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Return to THROWING ARTICLES Index Page Weather Extremes by Chuck Fogarty Looking thru some pictures a few days ago I came across some of both Winter and Summer throwing. I thought it might be interesting to share... The 1st picture is of a windsurfing board, a great target, located at my friends home in in Stuart Florida. This was the first year he owned the home so he didn't have a target for me when my wife and I arrived for our usual February visit to Florida. After some discussion about the difficulty of finding tree rounds down there he remembered a worn out windsurfing board under his pier. We nailed it to 2 trees in his yard and it was a wonderful target. The outside was a heavy vinyl and the inside a very dense kapok, almost like wood. It held up so well it lasted for the 2 weeks we were there before it was finally destroyed. The next few pictures were made a year later when again he didn't have a target for me. After suffering thru a day of long lasting silences on my part we went to his garage and found some plywood, 2 by 4's and some heavy insulation sheets. This made a very nice target for my knives, hawks and even my Cold steel torpedoes. See pic below) The ambience of course was great, the pictures of me throwing on his beach were from the 12 and 18 foot distance.These pictures were taken when the tide was out. When the tide was in I would have to throw standing on the rocks, to my right, which were covered with water. I lost a knife overnight but the friendly tide left it there for me in the morning. The last 2 pictures are of my wife and me throwing the atlatl after several inches of snow had blanketed the ground. It is really difficult to throw knives when the temp dips down into the 20s or lower, especially when there is lots of snow on the ground. You need layers of sweatshirts, gloves and much effort is required to sweep and shovel the area clear of snow. Your fingers soon ache with the cold as do your toes. Enter the atl atl. As you can see the atl atl is a throwing stick made with a spur on the end that hooks into the end of the arrow, or dart. You get 2 to 3 times the distance and striking power because of the atl atl and I can throw the dart to a maximum of 200 feet. It's really great to throw the atl atl in the cold weather and I have invented a technique that really helps. You wear a glove on your left hand and keep your right hand in your pocket (or vice versa) do all the carrying and picking up of darts with your left hand and just use your right for throwing. It works pretty well. You can of course throw the atl atl in the Summer as well but knife throwers sometimes find it difficult to get away from the knives and tomahawks. The atl atl has gotten very popular and there are lots of full time atl atl throwers. I see the record for an atl atl throw is over 800 feet. This seems impossible to me but they use much longer atl atls and longer and even springier darts. See you can throw all Winter long! Article Contributed by: Chuck Fogarty - San Diego Chuckers thechuckster@webtv.net Return to THROWING ARTICLES Index Page Get your copy of the best knife throwing Info-Pak on the Web. It's free, and there's no obligation. Free 101 Knife Throwing Tips Info-Pak You'll get hundreds of free tips, articles and interviews with the biggest names in the growing sport of knife throwing.

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