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With its sexy appeal, colorful contrast and outlandish design, who wouldn't want an Olympic Recurve? It speaks volumes, but then you have to wonder what is an Olympic Recurve? Let's take a trip back down memory lane to see how the Olympic recurve bow came about. Archery as a sport has been around for centuries. The bow itself without using the words Olympic is older than mankind, part of the ages of the AD, BC, Middle Ages. I can write a whole history just on the bow itself. In the 1900s Archery made its first appearance in the Paris, France Olympic Games followed by 1904 in St Louis, Missouri. The Archery portion continued till the 1930s, taking a break for 50 years, returning back in the 1970s. Hubert Van Innis was the first Olympic Archer who won 6 gold and 3 silver medals, the most decorated Archer in history during the early 1900s. The first distance they used to shoot was 50 meters. (55 yards). Archery returns back officially to the Olympic Games in 1972, M...

In my field, this is a very common question to ask.  So let's jump right in! First off to best explain a Compound, Compounds are a unique bow that carries a pulley system. Very much like a cable machine at the gym. Compounds have been around for years. They started off in the early 1960s. Back in their days, they where heavy bows with lots of poundage and very little let off. They are primarily used for hunting but with today's, modern society compounds have evolved for the use of recreation target archery. With today's compounds, each manufacturer creates each bow slightly different from one another. Each one carries a unique pulley system which are the cams of the bow. Along with function, they create a series of risers to be unique from one another. Some bows might only have a single cam on the bottom with a basic wheel top, or dual cams on top and bottom, or hybrid cams and bottom. Depending on the manufacturer you will also find modules of which are custom to...