Competitions
Chimney Point state historic site in Addison, Vermont hosts the annual Northeast Open Atlatl Championship. In 2009, the Fourteenth Annual Open Atlatl Championship was held on Saturday and Sunday, September 19 and 20. On the Friday before the Championship, a workshop was open to teach modern and traditional techniques of atlatl and dart construction, flint knapping, hafting stone points, and cordage making.
The World Atlatl Association stages an annual event of spear-throwing at Valley of Fire State Park in Nevada.
There was an atlatl competition at the Ohio Pawpaw Festival each year.
In the sixth episode of the fourth season of the television competition, Top Shot, the elimination round consisted of two contestants using the atlatl at ranges of 30, 45, and 60 feet.
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