Oakline started as two lanes in a Strip District loading dock and a stubborn idea: an axe house where your first throw and your league final matter equally.
Since 2018
12 lanes
9 coaches
3 leagues
In 2018 Kit Tran and a few friends rented an empty loading dock on Penn Avenue, built two throwing lanes from pallets and opened the doors with a folding table for a counter.
The neighborhood showed up. Today Oakline has twelve lanes, a big axe cage, a knife lane and three leagues, and we still swap the boards every week.
Nine coaches, a busy bar and a counter that knows your name by visit three.
Head coach
Throwing since 2016. Teaches everyone from nervous first-timers to league finalists, and is weirdly strict about footwork.
League director
Former tournament thrower who now runs all three leagues and the Friday Throwdown.
Knives and events
Built the knife lane and plans every event night. Will fix your release if you let them.
Manager, co-founder
Runs the house day to day and still coaches the Saturday clinic.
Kit Tran, co-founder
A first throw gets the same care as a league final. Nobody should feel like a guest on their own lane.
Nine coaches, weekly board swaps and honest scoring. We check every score before it goes on the board.
Clear briefings, daily axe checks and coaches who speak up kindly when something looks off.
Trivia night proceeds go to a neighborhood food pantry, and our lot is open to the block on weekends.
The best way to know an axe house is to throw in it. Save a slot and a coach meets you at the counter.
