Get Ready World Atlatl Day on June 2! Many Events Planned!

World Atlatl Day is June 2. It is a great time to meet new atlatl friends and join in atlatl fun. There are events planned in New York, Connecticut, Tennessee, Wisconsin, Ohio, Missouri and Dublin, Ireland.

The first Saturday in June is designated as World Atlatl Day by the World Atlatl Association. World Atlatl Day (WAD) was initiated by Linda Brundage and the New York Atlatl Association in 2011. Due to its popularity, the WAA membership attending the 2012 Annual Meeting voted to officially recognize the first Saturday in June of each year as World Atlatl Day.

Contact information can be found on the World Atlatl Association website.

Joining the World Atlatl Association is a great way to keep track about events in your area and to meet fellow atlatlists.

Daffodils, Atlatls! Visit Candor, NY April 29

Candor, NY is having a Daffodil Festival Saturday, April 29, rain or shine! Come to Candor and enjoy.

Thunderbird Atlatl will hold atlatl contests, including ISACs, at 90 Main Street, Candor, New York (behind our shop). We should be starting around 1 p.m., depending on weather. Call 607-659-3854 or 607-222-9873 to check!

Enjoy spring in Candor!

Off to a busy start for the new year!

Looking forward to 2023, the Thunderbird Atlatl staff is setting up our calendar and planning trips for the year! We already were able to travel to Ohio earlier this month for a project with Kent State University. We had a great time with Kent State students and staff with a research project involving stone and copper projectile hafted on atlatl darts.

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Stone Points on darts for testing
Copper Points on darts for testing
We appreciated the help of students using atlatls to cast many darts for research on what turned out to be a rather rainy day.

We will post links to the research results as papers and results are published.

Student volunteer casts dart while another volunteer records data under an umbrella
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Bob Berg casting atlatl dart with velocity being measured in background.

Gift Certificates Available for last minute Atlatl Shopping!

If you missed the shipping deadlines but still want to get an atlatl set for someone, Thunderbird Atlatl has gift certificates available

We can send the gift certificates out to your recipient by email immediately to arrive asap. We can also follow up with a paper gift certificate mailed to your recipient. We are happy to mail out your gift certificate if you prefer that type of delivery.

We are looking forward to the new year at the Thunderbird shop and wish all of our customers a very Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and a very Happy New Year.

Our into everything shop/family cat, Molly, says she will gladly help send out gift certificates!

Valentina (Tina) is no longer with us but she was always ready to help out. We know she is with us in spirit and definitely missed. She and Molly made a great team. Molly is working hard to carry on the for both of them.

Holiday Shipping Schedule! Check Out Our Free Shipping Coupon!

Buying an atlatl and or darts for a gift? If you are buying Christmas gifts, please try to get your order in by December 15 so we can get the order out to you in time for Christmas. According to the post office, the latest we can ship priority mail is: December 19 for Christmas delivery. We can ship Priority Mail Express through December 22 for an extra charge.

Check out our Free22Shipping coupon! Order a minimum of $300 in atlatl products and your shipping is FREE !This offer only applies to priority mail or UPS ground shipping with the domestic United States through December 31, 2022.

Our shop is ready to handle this last busy week as we head to the end or the year. Questions, give us a call at 1-800-836-4520! Thank you for checking out our webpage!

Boxes go out every day during this busy season. We would be happy to put your name on one of these boxes!
We are fortunate to have Molly keeping a watchful eye on our staff. She routinely is in the shop; making sure we are getting our jobs done.