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How To Pronounce Kubb

May 16, 2012

So there’s this guy…..

And he started making up pronunciations for words, and I have laughed very much due to this guy. It is a satirical play on the actual Pronunciation Book, a series of Youtube videos to help people pronounce different English words appropriately.

Here is an actual Youtube video from Pronunciation Book:

And here is one from the "dieloushious" Pronunciation Guide:

See the difference!?

I am a fan! It is just a bunch of ridiculous pronunciations; so stupid it’s funny. My favorite so far is Guiness (he uses it in a sentence). Second up is hors d'oeuvres. Go ahead, watch 20 of them like I did the first time I found it....milk, Skyrim, Aeropostale, cappuccino....it never ends.

Watching them got me thinking…..people never seem to pronounce kubb right:

No, that isn't my coworker saying "I have not played that game" in Icelandic. It's the real pronunciation of kubb, and we have been saying it wrong for thousands of years!

Enjoy!

Posted by Josh Feathers. Posted In : History

Facing your Fears of Doubles and Triples

May 11, 2012

The scenario:

Your opponents throw a good group of 6 in the upfield. Your team leans over the pile of wood and have no clue where to start. You know that getting the kubbs away from each other is the main defensive strategy, but in this case, the group is good. Too good to rely on spreading out the kubbs. You wonder what other factors you should consider when righting kubbss an opponent has thrown. Have you ever considered how the facing will effect play?

Facing:

Facing refers to the angle of a ...
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Posted by Josh Feathers. Posted In : Strategy

SKAL!!! (Week 5 Results)

May 4, 2012

Week 5:

Steve : 8
Chris : 7
Abbey : 6
Mary : 5

Total through 5 weeks:

Dobbie : 38
Steve : 37
Mary : 31
Chris : 25
Tony : 14
Bert : 13
Brian : 11
Steph : 10
John : 8
Grant : 7
Abbey : 6

Posted by Chris Hodges. Posted In : SKAL

SKAL!!! (Week 4 Results)

April 26, 2012

Week 4:

Dobbie : 8
Mary : 7
Steve : 6
Brian : 5

Total through 4 weeks:

Dobbie : 38
Steve : 29
Mary : 26
Chris : 18
Tony : 14
Bert : 13
Brian : 11
Steph : 10
John : 8
Grant : 7

Posted by Chris Hodges. Posted In : SKAL

Kubb Centerpieces

April 22, 2012

Below is a short video of 4 centerpieces Tony and I made during Ibsenfest last week:

1. The dinnerbell

2. The Sentry

3. The Dead King

4.The Levitating King

enjoy!

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Posted by Josh Feathers.

SKAL!!! (Week 3 Results)

April 17, 2012

Week 3:

Steve : 10
Dobbie : 9
Tony : 8
Chris : 7
Bert : 6
Mary : 5

Total through 3 weeks:

Dobbie : 30
Steve : 23
Mary : 19
Chris : 18
Tony : 14
Bert : 13
Steph : 10
John : 8
Grant : 7
Brian : 6

Posted by Josh Feathers. Posted In : SKAL

Inkastare Tavling

April 13, 2012

Based on the Inkastare Tavling scoring system built by GVB, I painted by own "house", threw 10, and scored them.

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I got this group scored at:

2 at 3 points = 6
5 at 2 points = 10
3 at 1 point = 3

Total: 19

I like the idea of this "skills competition" like this, and 8m shot competitions. I want to see this play out someday in a tournament. You can continue the discussion at ask.planetkubb.com, specifically the question "How about a Kubb Tossing as its Own Contest".
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Posted by Josh Feathers. Posted In : Variants

SKAL!!! (Week 2 Results)

April 9, 2012

Week 2:

Dobbie 9
Steve 8
Bert 7
Brian 6
Mary 5

Total through 2 weeks:

Dobbie 21
Mary 14
Steve 13
Chris 11
Steph 10
John 8
Bert 7
Grant 7
Brian 6
Tony 6

Posted by Chris Hodges. Posted In : SKAL

Splitting Kubbs (and Cake and Pie)

April 4, 2012

Splitting Hairs on Splitting Kubbs:

Splitting kubbs....literally (pic)

Kubb is… (brace yourself) a Team Sport. Barring local ladder tournaments to keep things interesting, no tournament has a 1 player per team minimum. Maximum baton rules are also a staple of tournaments to make sure the team that is the best...wins. Yet there are no maximum kubb throwing rules. A player serving as the inkastare (the kubb thrower) can throw all the kubbs, each game of a match; all matches in a tournament....

Posted by Josh Feathers. Posted In : Tournament