Meet 2 Of The Top-Ranked Axe Throwers In The World

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DENVER (CBS4)- Benjamin Edgington and Tobias Macera are two of the top ranked axe throwers in the world. Edgington is the defending World Axe Throwing Champion while Macera is just a few spots behind him in the world rankings.

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The two competed in the World Axe Throwing League Canadian Open over the weekend, and are eyeing the World Axe Throwing Championship this December.

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It's a sport that the two are fairly new to with Macera first throwing less than two years ago.

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"When they opened they did an open house," explained Macera. "I figured I'm going to suck at this, but let's try it out."

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Edgington stumbled upon axe throwing while in between jobs. "I found the ad for axe throwing coach. I hadn't done that before, but I was like 'I can totally do that.' I guess you can say fortunately I was in between jobs," Edgington says with a smile.

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Edgington and Macera spend much of their time at Bad Axe Throwing in Denver either teaching, or throwing. They both have their eyes on the world title, but also on a bigger, more global impact.

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"Once the sport gets to a certain point, I know for World Axe Throwing the next step is maybe the Olympics," said Edgington. "Olympian sounds interesting."

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