Long Island Axe Throwing is Heating Up

On a visit to Long Island your author Alex and his daring partner Irisrose visited NY Axe. NY Axe is a chain of throwing venues spread across the Island but this location was at 325 Main Street in Huntington. This beautiful town in the north central part of the Island has a very popular nightlife and it showed with a thriving crowd of enthusiastic customers. Almost every lane was full including a bachelor party who was enjoying food and drinks at the bar.

Upon entering we were greeted by Danny Simone, one of the owners who was thrilled to meet throwers who were more than "Casual." Wearing my Longhouse Axe shirt and carrying a backpack of Axes he was fascinated to hear about our experiences in throwing competitions and our participation in the World Axe Throwing League. We were more than happy to indulge and gave as much information as he wanted. NY Axe has weekly recreational leagues but they are definitely interested in joining the larger world of competitive throwing.

We partook in all they had to offer. We bought chicken fingers and pizza while throwing down a couple shots followed by Coronas. Then we proceeded to show off our skills by playing their digital target games including killing zombies, Axe tic-tac-toe and a type of candy crush. Iris was particularly good at their version of Wheel of Fortune where she solved the phrase and won the game.

NY Axe was a great night out. I hope they are able to get more involved in the competition side of things and maybe we'll get a chance to return. Check out their locations at NYAxe.com

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