At my birthday my friend Emerald’s 7 yr old daughter (our Portland niece as we think of her) was telling us about this camp she did where they were throwing axes and throwing stars. I had NEVER heard of a kids camp doing this and Cory, me and our friend/neighbor Dave wanted to go throw axes ASAP.
Or throw spades?!
We three friends went, threw axes, ate pizza and poutine, drank beer and were talked into joining the winter axe throwing league. So now for the next several weeks we meet one night a week, throw axes and hangout. I am pretty terrible at it, but I think getting better, and we all got axes for signing up so we can set up a target at home and practice! (I think the axes might be a this time only thing-unsure) The group is a really positive bunch that encourages each other so the atmosphere is cool too.
A few years ago our friend Emerald got us a small branding iron to mark things with our last name. It fit our axes perfectly!
I can’t wait to tell my Portland niece about it tonight and how she inspired us to go try it. She’s such a fun kid!