Interview and Photos below:
Since day one, we have wanted to create and build community and culture, and have a kubb tournament where all levels of play are welcome, and everyone can have an enjoyable day. This is our story...

Eric and Erin Anderson moved to Eau Claire, WI in January 2007 and hosted the first tournament that August. The desire was to host the first open kubb tournament in the U.S. while at the same time to raise awareness and money to battle the atrocities happening in Darfur, Sudan. A total of 35 players on 15 teams showed up that day at a small park on the corner of 1st and Grand along the Chippewa River. Players came from Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois, Michigan, and California. Some were friends. Some were family. All the rest quickly became friends and part of a large kubb family. 

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In 2008, the tournament doubled in size and moved to Forest St. Park in downtown Eau Claire. The 2009 tournament moved again, as we were too large for Forest St. Park. The Championship moved to Boyd Park in the East Side Hill neighborhood along the Eau Claire River for 2009 (48 teams) and 2010 (64 teams). Due to the increasing size, the Championship had to move again. We then moved to the Eau Claire Soccer Park starting in 2011 (84 teams).

In 2012, the Championship added a second day and started requiring that no player may throw more than two batons, so at least three persons on a team. At the 2012 Championship, there were 76 teams made up of 262 players, which was over a 40 percent increase in the number of players from 2011. In the Fall of 2012, the Championship started a Kubb Set Program, which provides free kubb sets to introduce and promote the game to new communities and population groups.

In 2013, we changed the name of our kubb set program to the Steve Anderson Kubb Set Program, in honor of Eric's dad who gave them their first set in 2006. In 2014, we started the Pre-Championship Tournament and Kid Kubb. From 2016 to 2023, we hosted 128 teams and over 450 players each year. In 2024, we set a World Record for the largest 3-person team tournament with 144 teams. In 2025 and 2026, we were at 144 again, and filled up registration in 38 hours and 15 hours. 2026 set a record for most players at both the U.S. Championship and Kid Kubb. 

The U.S. Championship's goal will always be to create an environment where we crown the U.S. National Champion, but at the same time have an atmosphere where both recreational and serious kubb players can enjoy playing kubb all day. The U.S. National Kubb Championship is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.

All are welcome.