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HISTORY OF AXE THROWING

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The wild Vikings were real masters of the axe. However, the Vikings did not only use the axe for close combat or felling trees. An axe can do much more than modern people think.

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The trend from overseas

Canada and the Axtsport

More than 200 years ago, lumberjacks in wild Canada measured their strength by throwing their axes. The focus was less on distance and speed than on accuracy. From these beginnings, a real sport developed that many men and women still enjoy practicing today.

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Axe throwing as a sport

The whole thing started a few years ago in the Canadian city of Montreal, where the first municipal axe-throwing club was opened. In Canada and the USA, there is now an axe-throwing facility in almost every major city.

Now axe throwing is also making its way to Europe as a leisure activity. The first systems were installed in England, Spain, the Netherlands – and now also in Weiterstadt, Hesse.

No cause for concern

Today, safe conditions prevail when practicing the trend sport

Axe throwing is a new and increasingly popular trend sport in which tomahawk axes are thrown at a wooden target. In most facilities, throwing is allowed from the age of majority, which in the case of Germany is eighteen – but sometimes also from sixteen if the parents allow it. There were injuries at the Axe throwing not yet, the sport is surprisingly safe despite the axes.

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Questions about the history of axe throwing

North American lumberjacks discovered axe throwing in their spare time, organized competitions and thus founded the sport of axe throwing.

Yes, and we are also working flat out to establish competitions for axe throwing.

Axe throwing is permitted in Germany from the age of 18. Axe throwing is also permitted from the age of 16 with parental consent.

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