Hey there, I'm Evan Walters. As the title said, today is International Axe Throwing Day and I'm the Commissioner of the World Axe Throwing League here to answer any questions you have about axe throwing, the sport, and the crazy year it's been since the last AMA!
It's been a crazy ride going from graduating with a design and marketing degree at a small university in Virginia to running an international sports organization. I've spent the past few years growing the World Axe Throwing League from about 10 affiliated axe throwing venues in 2 countries to over 100 companies in 17 countries, as well as connecting our major tournaments with ESPN and TSN. We've had some pretty amazing effect in how much axe throwing has exploded in the past few years, especially in celebrities participating! Just recently Arnold Schwarzenegger threw axes with one of our affiliates in Brazil and having others such as Ludacris, and Hugh Jackman give axe throwing a try has been pretty surreal but probably one of my favourites though was being interviewed by an anime vampire in Japan.
I'm always juggling many projects and currently working on the Throw Down Axe Festival on the weekend of June 29, and working with Ironside Axe Throwing for our U.S. Open tournament on August 25th which will be on ESPN. I also have a pretty big announcement that I'll share later in the day, right here first!
Outside of my current position, I've had many different career paths from video games to major news marketing and travelled to many different countries since being a homeschooled kid. I even lived in Taipei for a while! I'm a fan of most nerdy things, comics, video and board gaming, movies, esports, and hockey to name a few. I was also named Time Magazine's 2006 person of the year and I've been recently described as "Breaktaking" by Keanu Reeves.
Follow me on twitter @AxeCommisisoner and follow the World Axe Throwing League on Facebook and Instagram
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As promised [the big announcement!](https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=40853
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u/queenbiz mentioned yesterday that we might put together a list of thrift stores we love in our cities. I moved to North Carolina recently and still have not visited a thrift shop that I like. So I'd love to make up a list here and creep on some of our NC friends for recs!
Given the hugeness of the US and how much of our user base is there, maybe let's keep US-based top-level comments as states. If you're also in a physically large country or feel it's important, you might put territories or states as a top-level too. If you want to make a top-level comment of a country because you feel the user-base is big enough to need it, please feel free!
Please share your favorite places or ones you've heard about from friends and help us all avoid the dread of digging through sixteen broken egg beaters to find a lime green crinkle top that smells of moth balls.
