During one of my famous “there are too many people here and they are looking at me, probably” moments during IATC, Dannie, the contracted social media agent for the IATF, passed by and told me something kind and nice. Naturally,…
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IATC 2025 in about 120 pictures
IATC 2025 happened this past weekend, and I’ve finally managed to dig out from all the sleepiness and content gathering to present to you, dear reader, the ~120 pictures that weren’t absolute garbage (out of the ~2000 pictures I took.…
Post tourney blues – dealing with the drop.
It can strike almost instantly – in fact, it hit me just as we were crossing the border between New York and Pennsylvania (on the way back from Toronto) – the “drop.” Having post-tourney-morbs is well documented in axe throwing.…
I leave for IATC tomorrow. Here are my very badgery goals.
It just finally hit me that I’ll be picking up Chøpman (my dad) and our son DaddyLongLegs (Brendan) around 6 in the morning tomorrow, beginning our trip to Toronto and the biggest axe throwing show in the world. Like, I’ve…
Missing IATC 2025? Recreate the experience in 5 easy steps.
IATC is, without a doubt, expensive. Now that it’s a full week of events, the championship has become a major investment for, like 95% of throwers in the world. But, dear reader, we can’t help but feel a real FOMO…
Don’t wait: here are the REAL answers to Collins Rating questions
It’s the…3rd(?) day of Clutchmiss, and I wanted to give a gift to all of you before the IATF fills your head with a bunch of malarky about the hows and whys of the AxeScores Collins Rating system. As you…
Tiny IATC Axe Thrower Interview: Baby Deer Ankles (Katelyn Causey)
I’d seen Katelyn around at Urban Baltimore a few times, but never got a chance to sit down (in this case, stand around) and interview her. I decided to pluck up the courage during IATC, thanks to a series of…
Tiny IATC Interview: Kevin Bradley
There are people in the axe throwing world that I kinda see as pillars in the sport. And it’s rare that I build up enough gumption to talk to these people. But after a few very expensive beers and just…
Tiny IATC Interview: John Pimentel
John did a lot of shouting and dancing whilst at the Stockyards, and I thought that made him a good target for interviewing. He was kind enough to give me just a liiiiitle bit of time for this chitty-chitty-chat-chat. How…
6-ish Things I Didn’t Expect to Learn at IATC 2024
I guess it’s atypical to go to the biggest tourney of the land and expect to learn stuff. After all, the idea is that you’re already good enough to roll deep at Worlds. You really should know a bunch about…