Posts by Gerard
Record Turnout for Golden Gate JOADs July 21st Achievement Shoot
Golden Gate JOAD’s July 21st session saw a record turnout as 16 new students, taking their first time archery lessons, joined 22 returning archers at San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park Archery Range. Gorgeous clear blue skies and great warm weather set the stage for our returning archers, kids and adults, to shoot for USA Archery…
Read MoreThe History of Archery Targets Used in Brave
The Pixar movie Brave is a fun movie with some great archery scenes inspired by real archery technique and actual historical archery equipment. So this is a look back at the history of target archery, and archery targets, to see where the inspiration for some of the details in the movie came from. Here is…
Read MoreOvercast Weather Makes for a Great July 14th Golden Gate JOAD Session
Overcast weather is a staple in San Francisco’s Richmond district by California coast. For Golden Gate JOAD archers it can mean terrific weather for archery because overcast weather can keep direct sunlight out of archers eyes in the early morning. Golden Gate JOAD had another popular session, with more new students taking archery lessons for…
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