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The First Atlatl Contest 1981...waa 1987


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Désolé c'est en anglais...

la vidéo :

This is a historical document. During the 1981 school year the 6th grade class being taught by Rod Laird in Saratoga, Wyoming crafted their own atlatls and darts and then joyfully used their handiwork in the following spring. This was the humble beginning of the first atlatl sporting event in the modern world, the Kid's World Open Atlatl Contest, held at Saratoga from 1981 to 1994. It was this event that directly inspired a group from the Colorado Archaeological Society to form the World Atlatl Association in 1987 and the rest as they say, is history. This video (shot on VHS) was entirely the production of those kids, they are the young pioneers who created (and predicted) the current world-wide sport of the atlatl.
For their pivotal roles in atlatl history Rod Laird and Leni Clubb were proclaimed by the WAA in 2011 as the Grandfather and Grandmother of the modern atlatl sport.
To read a fine article detailing the history of the Kid's World Open Atlatl Contest go here:http://www.thefencepost.com/article/2.... To see great photographs of the early years go here:http://www.flintknapper.com/Atlatl%20....

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