Equipment

Review: Fairweather tab

Posted on August 19, 2019 by towens

The archery tab designed by the 2000 Olympic gold medallist has been gaining some major fans, including Arne Metzlaff. At the European Games this year, Simon Fairweather posted a graphic on Facebook pointing out that the top four men in…

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What’s on your bow: Antalya edition

Posted on July 22, 2019 by towens

Wonder what the elite were swinging in Turkey? This is your chance to find out. SERGIO PAGNI (ITALY) Reigning Vegas champion, twice a World Cup final winner Long sponsored by Hoyt, Sergio also has his own company that produces blades…

Tagged with: Antalya, arrows, bow, rest, stabilisers
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New Products

Posted on July 19, 2019 by towens

Stabs, tabs and packs new on the market this July from your friendly local archery dealer. Easton Halcyon Stabiliser As previewed at the ATA this year, this 14.7mm wide rod has Easton claiming the highest stiffness-to-diameter ratio they’ve ever offered.…

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Complete guide to: recurve stabilisation

Posted on July 2, 2019 by towens

Andrew Smith weighs up your options. Despite all the technical papers on recurve stabilisation, when you ask top coaches and archers about their stabilisation set up and how they arrived at their current configuration, all of them will say that…

Tagged with: archers, bow, recurve, riser weights, shooting, stabilisation, stabilisers, technical, top rods, v-bars, weights
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New products in 2019

Posted on May 26, 2019 by towens

We’re looking at some of the shiny new products available in 2019 MK ‘ZEST’ LIMBS MK Korea are known in the recurve world as a relatively ’boutique’ brand, at least compared to the bigger names. Started around a decade ago…

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Complete guide to: compound stabilisation

Posted on May 22, 2019 by towens

By Duncan Busby, who likes to keep things balanced. Look along any shooting line and you will see an entire row of stabilisers pointing towards the target. These are not actually essential to shoot a bow, but you will see…

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The business end with Adrian Tippins

Posted on April 9, 2019 by towens

Getting arrow selection right first time. With Adrian Tippins. What standard of arrows do I need?” and “Which should I buy?” are two very frequently asked questions from archers. I spend a lot of time with customers debating these very…