THE VERY BEST

Ultimate is such a great word. Once again, the Bow staff had a great time picking out the best gear available from a hundreds-long list to produce a ‘very best of right now’ list. It’s the time of year for new gear, and we have some of the best of the ATA’S shiny objects rounded up too. This issue we’re focusing on recurve and compound gear; we did an ‘ultimate barebow’ gear piece in our special barebow issue last year (Bow 151) and we’ll do another one sometime soon.

We’ve wanted to do a feature on archery podcasts for a while, and the Easton target archery podcast seemed like the best place to start; a mostly waffle-free discussion between George Tekmitchov and Steve ‘Big Cat’ Anderson and a starry guest list from international archery. It remains the best regular commentary on the sport side. On the occasional show that George does solo, such as the recent history deep dives, his warm baritone sometimes sounds like it needs a crackling fireplace in the background. We’d like to do another feature on podcasts soon, so if you produce one, please let us know.

On the more traditional side, our KTA expert Kristina Dolgilevica returned to Korea to receive a very special honour, and you can read about that on page 28. Rob Jones delivered the first of a two-part article on traditional bowmaking in the UK, and Jan Sachers takes another look at the Holmegaard bow, better known as the marker of an extraordinary point in history: the oldest bow in the world.

See you on the shooting line!