- All right, so how long had you been
ax throwing before you became champion?
- From day one to World Championship was just over a year.
- [Steve] What?
- Yeah, just over a year.
- Really?
- Really.
(audience applauding) (audience cheering)
I mean, that being said, for a while I was
throwing axes like 40 hours a week.
- Yeah, that'll get you right pretty quick, yeah.
All right, let's get to the dangerous part
of this whole thing.
- Awesome. - Show us what you got.
- Okay, so we'll start with two.
And we'll just make one of them upside down.
Why not, right? - You gonna do what?
- I'm going to throw one overhand and one underhand,
but I'm gonna do it at the same time.
- [Steve] Really?
- Yeah, I'm wanna give it a shot at least.
- Oh? - See what happens.
Let's see.
(audience applauding) (audience cheering)
Something like that.
- Yeah!
Well, you nice.
That's nice right there.
- Okay.
- Yeah, okay, hey, hey, hey.
(audience laughing)
Yeah.
- Well yeah, we'll do the same kinda thing now,
but we'll do both axes in one hand.
(upbeat rock music)
- Both at the same time?
- Yeah, two axes, one hand.
Two different rotations, one target.
It's all in it.
Okay.
Really wanna hope, this better go well.
(wood thuds)
(audience applauding) (audience cheering)
- That's cold, that's cold right there.
I ain't never seen that.
- Feeling a little bit close to the target.
I'm gonna go back here.
- Oh, okay.
You going back there, I'm going back here.
(audience laughing) (Benjamin laughs)
(wood thuds)
(audience applauding) (audience cheering)
Woo!
- I got another ax here.
- Okay, you want me, can I try?
- You can in a minute.
- Okay, yeah. - You wanna do it
right after this? - Do your thing.
What you getting ready to do with three of 'em though?
(axes clanking)
(audience cheering) (audience applauding)
(wood thuds)
- Woo!
(axes clanking)
Wanna give it a shot?
(audience laughs)
- Give me your technique.
- Real quick, do you wanna do one or two hands?
- One hand.
- One hand, okay, so you're gonna be
almost all the way to the bottom.
- All the way to the bottom.
- You're throwing from your shoulder.
- Throwing from your shoulder.
- You're gonna throw from about where that mark is.
- Uh-huh.
- So you're gonna draw back,
straight over, let go right about here.
You want to do one rotation into the board.
- One rotation into the board?
- Yes sir.
Just like that. (audience laughs)
(wood thuds)
(audience applauding) (audience cheering)
Nice, here.
So this is the trophy I won
for winning the World Championship.
You wanna give it a hold?
- That's the trophy?
- This is a trophy.
- Aw, I can't throw this.
- You can't throw that, but it feels
nice in the hand. - Woo, that's nice, boy.
(audience laughs)
- You ought to give me this for making that one.
(audience laughs)
(audience applauding) (audience cheering)
Hey man, thanks for coming.
- Absolutely, man.
- Thank you very much.
Hey y'all, give it up for Benjamin.
Great job, man!
2018 World Ax Throwing Champion.
We'll be right back.
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