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Interviews with people from the axe throwing community
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In this episode, Bill Fienberg chats with Coleman Bates, the 2024 World Knife Throwing League World Champion. Bill hopes to keep the conversation under two hours, but fails after going down rabbit holes about pants, Tim Robinson's "I Think You Should Leave," and more. They also delve into practice routines, visualization, and meticulously organized notebooks. It's a quirky mix of sport and absurdity, perfect for your next tournament road trip.
Christopher "Poppa Bear" Rios is a competitive axe thrower out of Urban Axes in Austin, TX. He recently placed 4th at the 2023 Choptober Challenge, and secured himself a bid to the 2024 International Axe Throwing Championship.
Cameron Dubrow is a competitive axe thrower from New Jersey, winner of the 2023 US Championship at Ace Axe Throwing and winner of the 2023 Urban Open.
Photo Credit: Urban Axes (Stacie McChesney)
Brandon "Showtime" McClester is a competitive axe thrower from Pittsburgh, PA.
Photo Credit: Urban Axes
Chris Ross is the owner of Total Axe Throwing and the founder of the World Blade League. In this interview, Chris talks about running an axe throwing venue, the first marathon league, The Yearathon, and more.
Austin Agosti AKA Daddy is an axe thrower from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In this interview, Austin talks about journalism, working at an axe throwing venue, practice routines, IATC 2022 and IATC 2023, the Pittsburgh axe community, and more.
Tyler Flynn is an axe and knife thrower from Cleveland, Ohio. In this interview, Tyler talks about his competition history, being a teacher, spicy dice, the 2024 World Axe Throwing League (WATL) Rules Proposal, Dungeons and Dragons (D&D), and more.
Dave Alviso AKA Canexican is a competitive axe thrower from Pittsburgh, PA. In this interview, Dave talks about coming in second at the 2023 International Axe Throwing Championship (IATC) in Toronto, CA, being a pilot, being a parent, and more.
Photo credit: Sir Panda Photography
Dan Ceballos AKA Dr. Dan is a competitive axe thrower and manager at Fondy Axe Company.
Nicholas Rich AKA Homeless Nick is an axe thrower from Texas. He took 3rd at the 2022 World Axe Throwing Championship (WATC).
Jorge Sanchez is a competitive axe and knife thrower from Texas. He's the owner of Texas Made Tool Co. And he recently won 1st in duals at Clash at The Cut in College Station, TX in March 2023 throwing with Michael Barton.
Photo credit: Jesse Hummel from Throvv
In this episode, I interview Tony Luce. Tony is a finalist from the 2022 World Knife Throwing Championship.
Some of my favorite highlights from this interview include:
Opening a venue (The Cut in College Station, TX)
Hosting a Tier 2 WATL tournament
Throw mechanics
Stories from his time in China
His take on hitting the wrong killshot in the WKTC finals
Photo credit: AI (DALL-E)
In this episode, I interview Jonathan Morgan AKA Fancy Lad.
Some of my favorite highlights from this interview include:
Fancy Land
his path to IATC 2020
staying out until 4am the night before WATC 2020
quoting Robin Williams' Hook
the stolen car story
Photo credit: Jesse Hummel AKA Throww
In this episode, I interviewed the 2022 WATC Hatchet champion, Dylan "Sweet" Teets.
Some of my favorite highlights from this episode include hearing about:
Being a musician/performer (percussion/juggling/dancing/etc)
Being a model
Going to school to be a sign language interpreter
Practice Routine
Throwing the First 46 in WATL Big Axe competition
Competition Mindset
Photo Credit: Dakota Unrau of Daksthetics Media for the World Axe Throwing League
In this episode, I interview David McIntyre AKA DMAC, who is known for posting a lot of axe throwing memes and being a smartass.
Some of my favorite highlights from this interview include:
Comparing and contrasting the International Axe Throwing Federation (IATF) and the World Axe Throwing League (WATL)
Craft beer
Working in tech/project management
Pop culture (movies/wrestling/video games/etc)
In this episode, I interview Colby Dean, who took 2nd place in Hatchet at the 2022 WATC.
Some of my favorite highlights from this interview include:
Colby being a 4-time state champion wrestler
Colby singing Rick Astley's Never Gonna Give You Up to himself on ESPN
How your height affects your throw
2022 WATC
The BIZNIZ
Photo Credit: Dakota Unrau of Daksthetics Media for the World Axe Throwing League
In this episode, I interview Mike Kump, the 2022 World Knife Throwing League champion.
Some of my favorite highlights include hearing about:
Fulfilling the villain role to make the sport more entertaining
Having 50 people celebrate when he lost his perfect season
Receiving hate mail from strangers
How we won the 2022 WKTL championship
In this episode, I interviewed 2022 WATC Head Judge, Tabitha Fisher.
Some of my favorite highlights include hearing about:
Dogs
Owning a venue
Judging
Ohio food (pretzels/pierogi/kielbasa/buffalo chicken dip)
Photo credit: Jesse Hummel of Throvv
In this interview, I get to know Zach "Zeus" Crawford, the 2020 WATC Big Axe Champion.
Some of my favorite highlights included hearing about:
WATL Team Melee
Valkyrian Steel
The bull/killshot shrinking overnight for the 2020 WATC finals
Photo credit: Jesse Hummel/Throvv
In this episode, I interview Jesse Hummel from Throvv for the second time.
Some of the highlights include:
his relationship
his 2022 travels
his new photography gear
Wesley Powell's fundraiser (https://www.gofundme.com/f/the-wesley-powell-fundraiser)
the relationship between the athlete, the venue, and the photographer AKA The Holy Trinity
addressing rumors/conflicts
mental/physical health
Photo Credit: Jesse Hummel from Throvv #throvv
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