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Des Moines Kubb Team Restructure Changes Finalized

Posted by Horhey Pachelli on Monday, April 1, 2013, In : Tournament

After 2 long months of deliberation between team captains, and the Des Moines Kubb Board Members, the 2013 teams have been renamed and restructured to accomodate the changing landscape of Kubb Country, USA.

Here is a breakdown of the restructure:

Team Knockerheads will adopt the team name: The Wringers
The Beers will now be Wolfpact
Pitch Slap will play as Kubb Sickles
Los Padres will now be known as Sweden Suns
Head Slap will be Thad Kubbler
Chicks with Sticks is now Kingpen
Kubb'd will now be the T...
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Endurance on Thin Ice: 2013 Winter Kubb Tournament

Posted by Chris Hodges on Tuesday, February 5, 2013, In : Tournament

The alarm clock wakes me up; its 4:30 a.m. I load the car and pickup my team. on the road by 5:30 a.m. and while I drive the next 3 hours, my teammates get their beauty rest. To say the least I was worried about endurance. The cold sucks the energy out of your body, and cold was vey much in the forecast.

I was confident (not cocky) about our skills. We’d practiced hard and often. We worked drills, discussed strategies, practiced on various playing surfaces and various game situations - I kn...

Uff-Da Fest

Posted by Josh Feathers on Monday, October 1, 2012, In : Tournament

This was no tournament of gnats. This was the real deal.

And Jaime and I competed well.

Here was the final 4 teams, and their specific awards:

KingPin (JP, John and Matt)

2nd Fall Kubb Klassic 2011

4th Fall Kubb Klassic 2012

2 years of experience at Nationals.

Dark Side of the Kubbsicles: (Mark and Luke)

Clash of Kubb Champions

2012 US National Champion driller

2011 US Nationals - 3rd place

3-6 years combined US Nationals experience

Goofy Kubbers (Evan and Braden)

2nd Place Fall Kubb Klassic

Clash of K...

How to shoot a "perfect kubb game" video in less than an hour

Posted by Josh Feathers on Wednesday, September 26, 2012, In : Tournament

Just do a search on Youtube and you will find a ton of videos of kubb players rocking out perfect games. Why can't you make one, too, you are asking yourself. Well, here at Des Moines Kubb we have compiled a "game plan" to your Youtube Kubb Stardom that anyone can use to make a video of a "perfect game of kubb" in less than 1 hour.

First and foremost, you need a video machine that posts to Youtube via the wireless internet. You don't want to get bogged down in editing too much; we are going fo...
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Klassic

Posted by Josh Feathers on Monday, September 24, 2012, In : Tournament

Saturday was Klassic.

After testing all the technology on Friday morning, a handful of club members met up at Tower Park to setup. We knew that the girls were going to be playing soccer with us on the field, and we did everything we could to keep them there. I am glad we did it, too. While the room between pitches may have been a little tight, a lot more people know what kubb is because of it and no soccer balls came into the pitches.

After setup, I made a trip out to Tim Arends workshop to pic...
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The Rockford Experience

Posted by Tony Hansen on Sunday, June 3, 2012, In : Tournament

-by Tony Hansen

Pitch 1 & 2 at the Rockford SHS Tournament

I had been looking forward to playing in the Rockford 2012 tourney since I missed going in 2011. While sad the other half of Pitch Slap couldn't come, I was thrilled Dobbie was able to partner up with me. I always enjoy playing kubb with him and knew the tournament was a fun one to boot.

On the drive to Rockford, we chatted about the possible strong teams we may encounter and tried to predict the seedings in bracket play. I think...

Splitting Kubbs (and Cake and Pie)

Posted by Josh Feathers on Wednesday, April 4, 2012, In : Tournament

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....