OK.
So I have decided that because of my continuous usage of this forum to post stuff that has absolutely nothing to do with axe throwing, I shall return the favour given to me by Steve L. by learning to throw an actual axe and compete in the 2008 competition in Coer d'Alene.
I wasn't going to say anything about it, but was convinced to make it public by another member, who, by the way, should start practicing to chuck some real axes as well...
It is pretty much a no brainer...I'm ok at darts and archery, I'm Swedish, I like chopping wood, I repress some anger, and Coer d'Alene is near-by.
And I have a year to figure it out.
It may just come naturally to me, or I may totally suck at it. Either way, I will just do it.
Anyone with me?

Right. Sorry.

"Derek is only part Swedish"

Funny, because I'm actually only part Swedish as well.
But I lived in Sweden for 8 yrs - finished school there, paid taxes there, speak the language fluently...So I tend to call myself just Swedish.
Mind you, the other 1/2 of me is Carrier Indian, also known for throwing an axe around once in a while.

Any ways, enough about me - Who's gonna throw some axes?
I've found someone local to show me, a guy that runs the loggers sports, (oops...apparently not enough about me yet...) so I hope to get hucking this weekend.

C'MON PEOPLE!!! Don't make me get forceful...

I dunno, TG, I've spent so many years trying to hang onto the damn axes.... throwing them might be a bit much for the old brain....

derek, you just got my funny bone!!!!!!!!!!!

Not with an axe or a wormdrive, I hope.....
You OK?

I'm great, just sold a tractor, can now fix my loader!!!!!!!!!!

Most excellent TG. Did you get hucking this weekend? Learning new things is good. Keep us in the loop.

I don't know if I mentioned this before, but I watched my uncle huck a can of black spray paint on the asphalt - the tin pierced and artfully decorated his vinyl siding with figure 8's. Be careful what you huck.

Cheers,
brock

Hey, B-Rock!! Long time!
You wanna join the club?

So, ya, I picked up a small tomahawk axe today just to try it out...



It went so-so.
I chewed up a few tables and aerated the lawn...did that until the handle broke...




Then I moved to the larger chopping axe and threw it with both hands the way you're supposed to with the double headed one, and that worked surprisingly well for me.
I think I hit my stump every 2nd time as opposed to every 10 times with the smaller one.

Shopping List:
array of axes
axe handles
more wooden stands/old crappy patio tables

Doesn't look like you're quite ready for the 'apple on a friend's head' trick just yet, but good on ya!

Hey.... Wait a second.... Is that green grass you're standing on??? WHAT THE??? I still have 2 feet of that white shtuff in my yard. Was felling some birches today and sinking with every step. Now I'm tired.

How far away from the target are you supposed to be?

and remember, no gluggy gluggy swingy swingy

hey TG, you're in BC why don't you find a big ole stump and get rid of the tacky tables????

Waddaya mean, Mark?
I am getting rid of the tacky tables...slowly....

But, yes, you're right.
I'm gonna get a nice stump from the mill yard this week - this stuff just happened to be hanging around when I wanted to start chucking.

And, yes B-Rock, it's a green ground down south...that mysterious stuff you've probably heard your grandparents tell stories about from their travels...we cal it GRASS
(There is also other mysterious green stuff here that is called grass as well, maybe your parents know that story... )

my parents used to have an axe throwing range in the front yard. according to memory (always a bit fleeting ) it had an upright log, with a braced cross piece up top, and the log target hanging down from it.

we made up a range at a party a couple of years back, good times, if slightly dangerous party games. setting up a range in the backyard is a priority, as soon as the sauna is built, the garden is growing, the log-bridge is repaired, the deck needs new treads, etc. etc.

double bitted is the way to go. chop the handle down a bit to where you feel comfortable choking up on it so as to not bonk yourself in the back of the head with the excess handle. really satisfying when the axe sticks.

Thnx, Tips!
So, are you with me on this competition?
You commin'?

C'mon... you can be on my team....

i'll think about it.

where's this place you mention TG?

oh- it's in idaho, not france.

the thought of an axe throwing competiton in france seemed kind of trippy, but who knows- maybe idaho is a trip too. maybe we'll see!