Haxed Rushden, axe throwing experience

Rushden, Haxed, Carl Ward owner of Haxed axe throwing experience

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00:00 [Indistinct chatter]

00:07 I went on a 40th birthday party in Brussels.

00:19 And one of the activities was axe throwing.

00:22 I was thinking, "Oh my God, axe throwing, that sounds absolutely amazing."

00:25 The night before we'd been on the pop, so what we wanted to do is, "Great, let's go and do these axe throwing."

00:32 So we went in there, it was a group of males, females, and of course the males were like, "Oh yeah, macho, axes, real power."

00:40 But the women were like getting it in all the time, so it was finesse.

00:44 So it's not about physical power, it's just about a technique, because it only rotates once.

00:50 And it just said to me, "Wow, hobby job, that's what I'd love to do."

00:55 I decided to build a trailer and go mobile.

01:00 Because of the situation from COVID and it was closing all the fitness places down,

01:06 so I'm thinking, "Well, out in the outdoors, you can maybe still do the activity as long as you sanitize, etc."

01:13 So I sent this design to a company, they designed me this mobile trailer, and I went mobile.

01:20 So weddings, corporate, motor events, music, I can come to you, wherever it is.

01:32 But then with that, I thought, "Okay, I really want something inside, so I can do it all year round."

01:41 Because it's very much seasonal, you're dependent on the weather, and you're dependent on people obviously turning up.

01:48 Weddings are great, obviously, if they're pretty booked, because it's a good photo shoot.

01:52 So I then decided to find a venue, had a design in my head, didn't want to go too big to start off with,

02:02 and here I am, at Hax at Rushton.

02:07 It brings something to Rushton, brings something back into the community, because it's different.

02:14 Axe throwing is not everybody's cup of tea, but it is just like dance.

02:19 And it is, but rather than dance, you're throwing with an axe.

02:23 It's 90 minutes of throwing, and what we do is we actually get you so much practice in,

02:30 because practice is the key.

02:34 As long as we can make sure that you're going to get it into that board, then you're going to enjoy it.

02:39 And then it's game on.