Babs, even before I started talking to him, struck me as the affable sort. A friendly demeanor, happy to carry a conversation on with anyone, and just generally into being a part of the tourney we were at. It was…
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So long and see you soon: A farewell to the meadery’s pro.
We had the tourney finish for our Wednesday league this week, and at the end of it, before he left, Bob (our resident, objectively very best thrower) quietly announced he was done with leagues. Now, he left some room in…
Tips for learning a new axe throw: A half-assed series of lessons.
For those of you who keep track of my adventures, you likely recall (or, if you’re more like me, you don’t remember at all) a post I did not too long ago talking about how I started developing a new-to-me…
Axe thrower interview: Pops
I’ve looked up to Pops since before I started throwing in a league. In fact, it’d be safe to claim that he’s the reason I solidified my interest in the sport. When I first learned of axe throwing, I did…
366 pictures from Choptober 2025
It’s that time again! Here are 366 photos from the last Choptober in Cherry Hill. A few notes, as ever: Enjoy!
The Last* Choptober: Revelations
There are, of course, the typical things. Eating free waffles at the Sleep Inn every morning. People whoo-ing across the venue, the sound moving like a murmuration of birds. Jell-o shots. But this was not just another Choptober. This was…
Choptober is here. Time for spoop-tacular plans.
Choptober is a cultural waypoint. A milestone of the axe throwing year, and a whole bunch of fun to boot. It’s a time to catch up with folks, get a feel for the community at large, and, you know, dress…
My first knife throwing league/tourney
After owning a set of throwing knives for, like, a year and a half, I finally got the chance to use them in a league. After a very open, loosey-goosey sort of invitation, I gathered up my road dawg OtterGuy…
Tuesday talk: the ambiguous IATF step rule, and a few suggestions
Earlier today, I published a post about the value in pausing before your throw (to get an actual read on your position, making for a more accurate throw). I knew that pausing for too long (or, maybe at all?) was…
AALOTO Broken Calculators
Life is full of assumptions; it needs to be for us to function. Assumptions are just things we believe without having vetted them thoroughly. If we had to check, judge, verify, and evaluate every piece of information coming at us every day,…