A staggering atlatl world record made today
Today, May 12th 2007, a few hours ago, Ilkka "Isk" Kontinaho made an unbelievable atlatl throw here in Turku, Finland at our Flight shooting range. Using a three-foot atlatl carved from a spruce...
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Hi!Nice throw... but somebody was better a few years ago!A record long distance throw for a spear or dart was made in 1995 by Dave Ingvall who threw one 848 feet (258 m) which is almost the length of...
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Those are both very impressive accomplishments!!Ken
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No. I'm well acquainted with the Engvall record: he used fiberglass / carbon fiber gear to make it. I am talking about natural material, primitive atlatls here. This is basically like comparing the...
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I think Fiddler was talking about a throw around that far using primitive materials. It was a light unfletched reed dart, and I think there was a strong wind gust from behind. Not sure it went that...
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The primitive atlatl distance record (in open contest) is 199 yards by Michel Pirotte (Neuwied, Germany, 1994). We had a long distance throw in our European Championship until 1994, when we...
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I'd have thought you'd have to throw from both directions and average the distance to factor out the wind. But a very impressive throw none the less.Luke
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sumpitan, thanks for this information! this is great! 250 yards using natural materials. a three foot atlatl, and a 63" unfletched dart of aspen! I guess "unfletched" would make some sense, as the...
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Pascal,Thank you for the details on European primitive atlatl throws - there's a darth of reliable record data of atlatl records, here at least. The next time Isk throws here we'll have to get it not...
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Here he is throwing. I also took a video but I cant make it work in the fotobucket.
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Craig Ratzat told us in his knapping class a few months ago aboutthrowing a dart made from a cattail stalk. No fletching, it went over200 yards with no tail wind. He said he had a number of...
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Ilkka had about a dozen darts with him that day, made from all sorts of woods. I have no idea which one is in the picture, but the record one is 63" long, quite thick and of solid wood. I'll have to...
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I'd really like to see that video of him throwing. I'd like to see this violent technique you're talking about. Did you click VIDEO above the little box where you download media onto photobucket? You...
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or try "youtube" for video hosting ......i have tried it and photobucket both and youtube is faster loading. "Watch yore topknot."
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Thanks Scalp!Here it is: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W3S08YZaOc
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Man that guy's got a lot of energy. I'd like to see that in person. How's the dart fly? Does it come off the atlatl straight or does it whip around in the air a bit, and if so how does it straighten...
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Yeowww!!!! I want him on my team!!! Or tribe!!!!Great, Fiddler wants to flight throw now!!! He must be hitting over 120 miles an hour.
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Juri,heh what a throw!! what a yell! he has the angle down pat for distance! very cool in video, thanks for posting!"Watch yore topknot."
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Most of the darts he threw flew quite erratically (buckling and veering off course), understandable due to the short time he's had to tune his gear. Not one of them flew even near like a well-tuned...
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