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I Made This – Custom Made Arrows

Posted on February 5, 2021 by towens — No Comments ↓

Part 7 of a series on independent archery businesses. This month: regular Bow columnist Adrian Tippins on his finger slings. I make custom made arrows and carry out renovations to existing arrows. I also make deluxe double and single loop…

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Hoyt: New Recurve Gear

Posted on January 29, 2021 by towens — No Comments ↓

A trio of mid-price offerings from Hoyt turns back the clock. There is a feeling among many recurve archers that there isn’t much new under the sun. The incremental improvements in materials science and computer-aided design have definitely resulted in…

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How to be an Olympic archer

Posted on December 10, 2020 by towens — 1 Comment ↓

Could it be easier than you think? For many recurve archers, the pinnacle of a career is representing your country at a summer Olympic Games. This is an extremely difficult goal to achieve, and getting selected and then qualifying is…

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IHAA World Grand Prix

Posted on December 4, 2020 by towens — No Comments ↓

With the horseback world champs cancelled, it was time for something different. By the competition organiser Claire Sawyer Early 2020 brought a gradual realisation that everything would be different this year. As the International Horseback Archery Alliance (IHAA) cancelled our…

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The Bow 2020 Christmas gift guide

Posted on November 27, 2020 by towens — No Comments ↓

Everything you and your favourite archer needs for the seasons ahead! Under £20 Fivics scorebook and pen Fivics have made this specially designed scorebook that comes with an arrow themed pen. Each page has space to score and plot 18…

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Best method for recurve tuning

Posted on November 16, 2020 by towens — No Comments ↓

Ashe Morgan shows you how to get it right – every single time. Learning how to tune your bow can feel like navigating through a minefield of settings which all affect each other. There are endless parameters you could change,…

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Long distance shooting – a brief history

Posted on November 2, 2020 by towens — No Comments ↓

A very short history of long distance shooting. By Jan H Sachers. Targets have changed a lot throughout the history of archery. From birds to butts, from boards to bosses, archers everywhere have always proven very creative when it came…

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Gillo GT review

Posted on October 31, 2020 by towens — 2 Comments ↓

Andreas Phillip looks at the radical new riser from Gillo for barebow shooting. When the Gillo GT recurve riser was announced at the end of 2019, my eyes immediately wandered in the direction of my archery piggy bank. The risers…

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I Made This: Triple Trouble

Posted on October 30, 2020 by towens — No Comments ↓

Part 4 of a series on independent archery businesses. This week, Sjef van den Berg of Triple Trouble, makers of The Grip. On paper, Triple Trouble Archery is my ‘company’ but in practice, Gijs (Broeksma) and Jaap (Bolt) are a…

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Interview: Pierre Plihon

Posted on October 23, 2020 by towens — No Comments ↓

The French international Pierre Plihon opens up to Bow. Interview by Mimi Landström “How did I spend lockdown? In my apartment. Luckily I was able to put a target at 2m in my living room. And I had my dog!” …