Bow talks to the Olympic silver medallist, now embracing barebow Jake Kaminski was a linchpin of the USA men’s recurve team in the last decade, and took team silver medals at both London 2012 and Rio 2016. He retired as…
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Interview: Jake Kaminski
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Stringwalking for beginners
Want to switch from recurve to barebow? Kristina Dolgilevica walks you through it. Barebow archers use the tip of the arrow as the aiming device and employ the following three methods of aiming: gap shooting; stringwalking; and facewalking. Face and…
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Posted in Technique
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Best gear for barebow archery
Everything you need for ‘the true path‘. We compiled a ‘best of the best’ a few issues ago for recurve and compound. Needless to say, for our barebow issue (number 151), you can probably guess what we’re going to tackle.…
Can compound help with recurve archery?
Can compound help your recurve shooting? Crystal Gauvin says absolutely. It’s common in the sport of archery for people to pick a bow type and stick with it for the duration of their career. Those who don’t start on the…
A tour around 2021’s virtual ATA
The annual trade fair was online this year and Bow took a virtual stroll around. Scott Archery Apex Scott Archery have over forty years of expertise making releases, and they aren’t shy about calling the Apex the ‘pinnacle of release…
Tagged with: arrow, ATA, bows, carbon, compound, outdoor target, recurve, scott archery, scott archery apex, scott archery summit, target
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Hoyt: New Recurve Gear
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…
Interview: Pierre Plihon
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!” …
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Setting up the Easton RX-7 arrow
Sponsored by… Easton’s RX-7 arrow shafts are proving to be one of the most popular and accurate new indoor arrows in history-both recurve and compound shooters love the RX-7 and are seeing great results, because it allows using the biggest…
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Posted in Getting Started
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Ragim Whitetail longbow review
Alex Tyler puts an Italian thoroughbred through its paces Italian manufacturer Ragim make a wide range of wooden archery bows, including recurve takedowns and beginners gear, but their speciality is high-quality wooden trad bows. The Whitetail is a product from…
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I Made This – OCD Strings
Part 2 of a series on independent archery businesses. This week, Julie Bergen of OCD Strings, on the west coast of the USA. I build custom bowstrings, specialising in single string bows (recurve & longbow). Each string is built for…
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