Jaap Bolt takes us through his process It always astonishes me when I hear phrases from regular archers like: “I don’t put much effort in my wooden arrows because they will never be as good as carbon anyway.” And even:…
Reviews
Uukha XPro2
Andrew Smith goes long with the latest Uukha riser… The Uukha Xpro2 riser, new for 2019, is available in 25″ and 27″ versions. With a 30.5″ draw I was looking to upgrade my ageing Uukha Xprolite, and was all set…
SPONSORED: Shoot with confidence using the AAE TRAD vane
AAE teamed up with accomplished outdoorsman and traditional archer Aron Snyder to create the first ever traditional archery vane that can be shot off the shelf
Review: Fairweather tab
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…
Tagged with: Aida Roman, archers, arne metzlaff, fairweather, gabi bayardo, kit, olympic, recurve, shooting, Simon Fairweather, sydney 2000, tab
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What’s on your bow: Antalya edition
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…
New Products
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.…
Complete guide to: recurve stabilisation
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
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…
Tagged with: 2019, ATA, bowcase, compound, easton deluxe, easton elite, kim woojin, mk korea, mk zest limbs, new products, price, recurve, takedown hip quiver, the elite, veracity, zest
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Complete guide to: compound stabilisation
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…
Tagged with: archer, compound, coumpound stabilisation, duncan busby, shooting, stabilisers, target archers, target shooting
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Wiawis CX7 Riser review
How does the new intermediate riser measure up? Amy Skogen finds out. At this year’s Archery Trade Association show, Win & Win unveiled yet another new carbon option in their recurve riser line, the WIAWIS CX7, billed as a high-end…
Tagged with: amy skogen, archery trade assosiation, ATA, hoyt gmx, tft, wiawis cx7 riser
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