DMU_AC said:
john you seem to know border quite well. do you know how they view sponsorship and what their requirements are??
I've known Sid and Anne Ball for a while, since I called them in 1999 with some questions about their XP10 limbs. I went up there for a long weekend break back in 2002, and hope to do so again this year. I'm telling you this to give you some context, and to also confess that I am biased when I talk about Border products. That having been said, I've never received a penny in sponsorship or "special deals" from them.
Which brings me on to sponsorship. They don't do it, full stop. Firstly, Sid doesn't believe in it. Secondly, it's completely impractical for a small business to give away sets of limbs in an attempt to compete with the likes of
Hoyt and W&W. Quite simply, this is why you don't see many top archers shooting their kit. We all like to say that it's not the bow, it's the archer who wins tournaments. Logically it follows that if Archer A can get two free bows a year by accepting a sponsorship deal, they'll do it, especially given the cost of other equipment, travelling to tournaments etc.
Border do have a few test shooters here and there, but they certainly don't get handed bundles of free kit.
Personally, if I ever got to the dizzy heights of 1250+, I'd keep shooting Border limbs. I think they're worth it.