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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 to travel due east to Cherry Hill, New Jersey, joining a lil' gang of miscreants to huck a different shaped steel at Chopper's. There was an added bonus of the marathon being a sort of celebration for my-very-best-friend-forever Mel's birthday, so my going was a shoe in. A
2 days ago2 min read


400 and 69 pictures from Urban Open 2025
The 2025 Urban open and come and gone, and I spent the greater majority of my time in those hallowed halls snapping away pictures. I...
Aug 51 min read


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...
Jun 191 min read


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...
Jun 173 min read


One Hundred and Fiftyish Pictures From Clutch Shot's 5/10 Marathon
Still don't much feel like writing, yet - but I didn't want to be stickdead in the cosmos so I thought I'd at least offer up a bunch of...
May 131 min read


I straight up quit a marathon.
I want to say I’m rarely a quitter, but I don’t know how true that statement really is. I do have gumption, for sure. It’s a fact - I won...
Apr 155 min read


NYD marathon: What the eff happened to me?
I've done the Urban Axes: Baltimore New Year's Day marathon twice, now. Yesterday (actually, today. I'm writing this after getting home),...
Jan 24 min read


I Think Choptober Changed My Brain Chemistry.
I'm still digging out from Choptober (going through a bunch of early-2000's-esque pictures, putting my toothbrush back where it belongs....
Oct 29, 20245 min read


APATC Wrap Up #2 - Interview with a Valkyrie
Howdy all, Aussie Badger back with an interview of a top Australian thrower - a valkyrie in fact. This is something of an interview in 2...
Oct 11, 20245 min read


Zen and The Art of The Axe Tourney: Heckler's APATC.
One of the great things about big events is they can bring out some big surprise performances. Watching the Open Tournament at APATC 24,...
Oct 9, 20245 min read


LoT(c)R - Lord of the (Clutch) Ring: APATC Wrap Up #1.
Calling all heroes – Tyler Seddon keeps winning everything, please send help! Australia; home to some of the world’s deadliest creatures...
Oct 4, 20247 min read


I Went to Urban Open 2024 and All I Got Was A Sense of Community and Value
This was my first year competing in the Urban Open, having gone as a spectator last year to support fellow leaguers and to get sweet,...
Aug 10, 20244 min read


Selected Notes From Urban Axes Baltimore NYD Over/Under Tourney
While I've attempted to write a longform article about my experience at the Urban Axes (Baltimore) New Year's Day Over/Under tourney, I...
Jan 8, 20243 min read


Urban Open 2023: Thought and Feelings
This past Sunday I travelled with Chapman to our ancestral home state's capital for the Urban Open 2023. Now, I wasn't going to compete...
Aug 7, 20234 min read
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