Mimi Landström walks us through the new World Archery rule changes and how they will affect international competition With the past 19 odd months that everyone has been through around the world, we have all had to make adaptations to…
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Interview: Marc Chavet
The voice of World Archery events speaks to Bow International. Anyone watching the Tokyo Olympic Games will have heard a highly distinctive ‘10!’ in the background, every one of them called in the arena by Marc Chavet, a genial French-American…
Bow International at 150
The magazine founded in 1995 has hit yet another major milestone. Who made it happen? Bow is 150! A magazine is formed by the publisher and the ad team, and the views of contributors and writers – but it is…
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Posted in Features
Posted in Features
Archery photography tutorial
We’re here to give you a tutorial on archery-specific photography, and why it’s important. This feature is not going to cover the basics of photography such as lenses, or the relationships between shutter and aperture and ISO. For the basics,…
Compound: Micro Tuning
Duncan Busby on how to get the extra edge. We all know the merits of shooting a well tuned set up, but how much do you really know about the finer points of compound tuning? Micro-tuning is often overlooked but…
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Posted in Technique
Posted in Technique
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
Posted in Getting Started
Ask the experts – stiff vs damped and other questions
Our expert panel answers your questions. Send yours to [email protected] Question: My son shoots competitive compound target archery. He currently shoots a 30″ front bar of a larger diameter and my thought is to upgrade to a much smaller diameter…
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Posted in Technique
Posted in Technique
Essential outdoor kit for archery
Field generally needs more kit than target. Here’s the lowdown. All archers will be familiar with the need to carry a set of equipment around. Field archery, due to the more complex and unforgiving environment requires another level of self-sufficiency…
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Posted in Equipment, Reviews
Posted in Equipment, Reviews
Interview: John Dillinger
The USA barebow archer is on fire this year. He talked to Mimi Landström. After an incredible start to 2020, taking first place at the Lancaster Classic and The Vegas Shoot – achieving two of his biggest dreams – John…
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Getting started in barebow field archery
An overview by Victoria Williams There is always a lot more to barebow archery than meets the eye. To score well at field archery with a barebow it’s not, as some might say, a matter of pointing in the right…
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Posted in Technique
Posted in Technique