I am glad to hear so many people who also think that foam/wood is a choice. It seemed that the limb manufacturers really sell the wood limbs as 'intermediate' and the foam limbs for the advanced or competition archer. This also seemed to be the feeling in many clubs. I am glad to find so many open minded people here
. The professional wood cored limbs were looking to become extinct a few years back. I am glad that Border and Samick keep making more advanced wood cored limbs, and I am glad that top archers are doing so well with both technologies.
I hope to get a chance to try Winact, Samick Masters, and Samick Universal Carbon limbs at Shibuya Archery's pro shop in Yoyogi soon. It will be much easier to make a decision if I can try the limbs.
I forgot to mention in my first post that a friend had lent me her old set of Border Premier Carbon limbs for 6 months. These limbs were so amazing. I tried to convince her to sell them, but they had sentimental value and she didn't want to part with them. I could probably order a set of
Border TXB limbs (wood core with TX40 carbon facings) sight-unseen and probably not be disappointed.