AAE Wav Vanes

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Emma on the AAE Wav Vanes:

When I first started shooting outdoor I shot regular plastic vanes.  Once I did some research and found out about the benefits of Kurly Vanes, we did a test with them versus my old ones.  In continuous wind, the Kurly Vanes definitely shot better.  I have been using them since with okay results and I do think in the gusty wind in Arizona would have been much harder on me if I had still had my old vanes.  When I went to Texas Cup though, the wind was gusting on and off, completely picking up my arrows with them.  It was crazy!

In Arizona, AAE was the tournament sponsor and we got sample packs in our bags of their new Wav vanes.  We decided when I went to Texas in practice, we would try them against the Kurly Vanes to see how they worked out.  I tried them on 60m in the crazy wind and they flew completely straight in a much tighter group!  When I shot the same number at the same distance of the Kurly Vanes they went horizontally before hitting the target and the arrows were very far from each other.

Once we got back, we decided to use the AAE Wav vanes for Gator Cup.  I will let you know what I think when I get back!

 

Kevin on the AAE Wav Vanes:

When we travel to tournaments we always look at what the top archer’s equipment choices are. If there is something Emma and I see interesting we take pictures and then do our research when we get back home.

We saw that Brady Ellison was using AAE Wave vanes at Arizona Cup we were excited to get a sample in our welcome bag. Emma was using Kurly Vanes at Arizona Cup and we were watching her arrows almost go completely sideways in flight to the target at 60 meters. I walked down to watch Mr. Ellison and his arrows had a much better flight in the same conditions. This made me decide to try the AAE vanes.

I fletched 3 arrows with the AAE Waves and we took then to Texas Shootout. I had Emma shoot 3 Kurly Vanes and then the 3 AAE vanes. The AAE vanes consistently flew better in the high wind conditions there.

Emma is now shooting the AAE Wave vanes and she has seen her grouping tighten and we are very satisfied with their performance.

New JOAD

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new joad

So, awesome news…I AM MOVING TO FLORIDA!  I changed my background to the beach scene to celebrate.  I am very excited because this will allow me to work outside all year round. I will be shooting with Newberry JOAD and I took a picture so you can see the cool shooter shirts they have.  It will have my last name on the back in a couple of days so please make sure to say “HI” if you see me at a tournament!  I have some friends in the club already and my JDT coach, Diane Watson, works with them in person every month so it will be awesome to see her more frequently!

Texas Shootout

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Emma (1 of 1) Emma (3 of 3)

I was going into the tournament feeling really confident I was going to do well.  We were in the car on the way to the field and I was doing my regular routine.  When I arrived, I started to get butterflies in my stomach.  I started stretching, shot some practice to warm up and I shot well so my butterflies went away.  About four ends into the tournament the sky got dark and grey and then it started to rain.  I got distracted by it because while I was shooting, I could feel it falling on my head.  After that realization, I followed with bad shooting.  Once the rain stopped, my shooting improved briefly but then the wind picked up.  It was blowing three different directions in five minutes!  After the wind finally stopped blowing hard, it went up to 82 degrees and after all that, I was really discouraged because I wasn’t shooting well since I wasn’t focused on shooting.  Overall, I didn’t do great because I was second to last but it was my first FITA, I am 12 and still learning.  I learn something new in each tournament situation. I still thought I didn’t do as good as I should have so I am going back to practice and plan to do a lot better for Gator Cup!

Emma (1 of 3)

AAE Arizona Cup 2013

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There was so much interesting stuff that had nothing to do with archery at this event!  There was a snake wrangler to catch rattlesnakes and our first briefing was about making sure to KICK the target before picking it up because of crawly things like spiders and scorpions!  One day, we had a huge dust devil come through, big enough to pick up tents and flip over targets came through and the tournament was delayed until they could right everything else.  Some people had arrows break in half!  NEVER SAY ARCHERY ISN’T AN EXTREME SPORT!

My notes are posted below.  I am back to training again because I have to be in Texas at the end of the month.  YEAH archery season!

Do you guys have questions?

 

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Day 1-Qualification Rounds

 

I went into the tournament pretty confident I was going to do well.  When I got to the field and I saw the flags flapping in the wind, it gave me a little shock.  Once I regained my focus, I began to shoot.  I started shooting to where my arrows were spread all around the target.  After about two ends my arrows started to compress more towards the center of the target, with an occasional one in the blue.  When the whole tournament was over and the scores were totaled, I ended up with a 501, which was 49 points of the minimum qualifying score.  I know I could have gotten it if it weren’t for so much wind and if I hadn’t dropped a two and some in the black and blue.  Overall though, I thought every thing went really well.

 

Day 2-OR

 

Well, this was an interesting day…but I didn’t know that from the start.  I went into the Olympic Round feeling confident, but I made the mistake of not eating much breakfast, not finishing my lunch and not drinking enough water.  I was nervous but I understand now that I have to make sure that I load my protein in early that morning.  I started shooting and shot consistently high right and even missed the target.  When we were done, I only scored 35 points out of 15 arrows when I normally get that in 5 arrows and lost that round 6-0 and didn’t get to advance.  We had to leave after that since we drove.  By the time we stopped to get dinner, I wasn’t feeling good.  I started to get dizzy and couldn’t walk.  I learned a lot that day.  Hahaha, I will never skip breakfast and lunch again.

 

NOTE:  My mom wants me to mention that I was given protein bars, shakes, sports drink and water in my cooler but I decided not to use them.  She also said that she would become one of those crazy archery parents that yell at their kids if I do this again.  Since that would be embarrassing, I don’t think that I will make the same choices over again.

 

AAE Arizona Cup starts today

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AZ check in

 

Got all checked in and practiced yesterday!  The tournament starts today and I think that if you want to follow along with the digital scoring, you can do so here (just click on Arizona Cup).  It is so HOT and there are snakes so don’t let any one ever tell you archery is not an extreme sport!

I will have a post written up for you guys when I get back.  If you are here, I am on bale 21 this afternoon, come by and say hello!