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Ax throwing may not seem to have a place in Los Angeles, where sun and surf reign supreme, but the city's first venue featuring the niche sport is counting on people to ditch the waves for steel hatchets.
抛斧头这一小众运动似乎和以阳光、冲浪为名片的洛杉矶完全不搭，但该市首个抛斧头运动场馆正指望人们舍弃冲浪、选择投掷钢斧。
"Axepert" at LA Ax in North Hollywood said the sport provides low-tech fun in a high-tech society, where people are constantly checking social media.
位于北好莱坞的LA Ax公司的的“斧头专家”称，在现今这个大家不断查看社交媒体的高科技社会里，抛斧头运动给人们提供了低科技的乐趣。
"Ax throwing gives people a good reason to put down their phones," said operation's manager Carly Chalom. "Put that down, step away for an hour or two, and throw some axes. Then you'll have something to post about later."
该公司的运营经理卡莉·沙卢姆说：“抛斧头给了大家一个放下手机的好理由。放下手机，远离手机一两个小时，掷几把斧头。过后晒网上的内容也跟着有了。”
She said it is also a good way to release tension at a time when the news can cause people to feel stressed and anxious.
卡莉表示，在这个新闻能使人感到压力和焦虑的时代，抛斧头也是个释放压力的好办法。
"This gives you an outlet to get out that aggression. Pick up an axe and we'll show you how to throw it. And you're learning a skill so if that zombie apocalypse ever hits you'll be well prepared," she said with a laugh.
她笑着说：“这给了你一个宣泄怒气的方法。起一把斧头，我们会教你怎么把它丢出去。你在学习一项技能，所以如果僵尸末日来袭，你就做好充分的准备了。”
The venue is getting a wide variety of clientele, she said, from people on first dates to those who have been unlucky in love.
据她介绍，LA Ax的客户群分布很广，从首次约会的人到情场失意的人都有。
"The latest request we've gotten is for divorce parties," she said. "So we have groups of women coming in to celebrate a divorce rather than weep about it. They come in here, throw some axes and get out some aggression."
她表示：“我们最新收到的要求是离婚派对。一群女人到这里来庆祝离婚，而不是哭闹。她们来到这里，抛了几把斧头，将心中的怒火宣泄了出来。”
