Bow International is the world's only specialist target archery print magazine, and within each issue you'll find news and reviews, new gear, technique, advice and tips; plus exclusive interviews from the world's greatest archers.
Welcome to Issue 182, our annual Gift Guide. Our staff have done their best to select the best for you and your bow - this year’s theme was luxury and best-of-the-best. However, it is not about overindulgence – on the contrary, we wanted to pick top quality items that will last, items that will serve you well and elevate your performance a notch or two. Within its 16 pages you will find items for recurve and compound, while barebow archers will be offered a choice of four barebow risers with four different philosophies behind them. GAS Bowstrings present their compound string and cable range and give away a very special Jesse Broadwater Freakshow set. R-Core share some exciting updates, and we recommend their DIY grip kit. Our experts share invaluable…
The Global Martial Arts Forum took place from the 7th to the 9th of October, at the headquarters of the International Centre of Martial Arts for Youth Development and Engagement (ICMAYDE), in Chungju, South Korea. The theme of the 2024 forum was Martial Arts as Living Heritage: Its Past, Present and Future. The main aim of the three-day event was to ascertain the current state of traditional martial arts practices from across the globe, as well as the “good and evil” of traditional martial arts safeguarding efforts. One of the key questions posed at the forum was, in what ways does a traditional martial art need to comply with the current enlistment criteria of the UNESCO Lists of Intangible Cultural Heritage to be categorised as one of the intangible cultural…
The 2024 World Field Championships were hosted by Lakeland Archery Club in Lac La Biche, Alberta, Canada from September 16 to September 22 - a beautiful setting of vast woodlands, fields, and we even got a glimpse of the Northern Lights - but unfortunately no moose or bears. RESULTS In the men’s recurve division, Olympic silver medallist Brady Ellison emerged victorious after a stunning final with Ryan Tyack, displaying incredible precision and focus throughout the competition. In the women’s recurve event the 2023 European U21 field champion, Roberta Di Francesco took the gold against Gaby Schloesser. The compound categories were equally competitive, with Mike Schloesser and Paige Pearce taking the top spots in the men’s and women’s divisions respectively. Their finals were spectacular, and both richly deserved their wins. In…
It is my pleasure to bring you our annual selection of gift suggestions. Our staff (myself included), have selected our favourite top-of-the-line items for recurve, compound and barebow. This year’s theme is luxury and best-of-the-best; we wanted to bring together what we felt was the best quality equipment and accessories that can give you that little extra and take your performance to the next level. For recurve we looked for inspiration to the Olympic and international circuit; for compound we looked far and wide, and focussed on gear that has the potential to elevate your performance; and inspired by our Barebow Special (Issue 177), we decided to go with the “unusual suspects”, focussing on four unique barebow risers – all with a unique philosophy behind them. We brought in two…
CLAIM YOUR TITLES - MATHEWS TITLE Marketed by Mathews as the best performing bow ever created for the competition archer, the all new 2024 Title was released last autumn and has already had medal-winning success across the Indoor Series and outdoor World Cups. The Mathews Title is one of the most advanced and adaptable target bows on the market, with a host of new features and technology that promise to significantly improve the stability, accuracy and efficiency of the bow. The innovative new riser design is a result of years of collaboration with the world’s best archers and promises to be the perfect shooting platform with its blend of rock-solid stability and forgiving geometry. The all new SwitchWeight Cam with Perimeter Weight Technology delivers maximum efficiency and an ultra-smooth draw…
At Bow we strive to select the best for you and your bow. We think GAS Bowstrings is one of those companies, so we caught up with the company’s president, Eric Griggs, and the GAS Bowstrings manager, Braden Gellenthien, known to you all as one of the biggest compound legends of all time. We asked Eric what sets his company apart from other string builders. Here is what he had to say: “Our process, and the great team of string builders that work for GAS. Our process is driven by over 100 years of bowstring building experience amongst our core leadership team. I’ve been building strings for 30 years myself. If there’s a way to build, tension, stretch, break or test a bowstring, we’ve seen it and done it! Our…
