Competition for AIUK ... Not really!

[Deadeye Doc]

On my PC the "favourites", or as the Americanised version is, "favorites", folder on my browser is by far and away the largest folder. I have "les Archers de Perol", a French club, bookmarked on which I found, accidentally, a link to the "Archery Learning Center (sic)". This is another discussion board predominantly for those of a Transatlantic persuasion. The format is similar to AIUK - I wonder if this is where the inspiration for AIUK came from? However the content is far "harder" and feels far more "competitive" with more hard sell by retailers.

I then found, yet again by accident "Archery Talk". Once again this website has the same feel to it as the "Archery Learning Center". I have to say that I don't feel as comfotrtable with either of these sites, whereas the Australian bulletin board mentioned somewhere on AIUK and I think run by one of the members of AIUK feels a lot more friendly.

On the ALC board there is absolutely nothing posted concerning recurve archery, which I found rather surprising.

I wonder what others feel about these "alternative" bulletin boards?

[Little Miss Purple]

I spend all my time on the pc here at AIUK or ebay!!! I get all I need right here and womble would not be impressed if I started trawling over more forums!

[TJ Mason]

If you click on Directory in the menu bar above then click on Community, you'll find links to several discussion boards.

ALC is a very new one, certainly newer than AIUK. I like its intentions, but it hasn't really taken off yet. And no, there isn't much at all about recurves so far, apart from perhaps two threads. The answer to that is, join up and post some stuff about recurves!

[JohnK]

There's a little useful stuff on AT, but the signal-to-noise ratio isn't good. Archery-forum.com, the Aussie forum, is better.

AIUK is a fun and interesting forum to be involved in. However, at the risk of being pelted with cake I have to say my favourite is still the Sagittarius board, although it hasn't been quite as good as late. Then again, its been around for a while and has always had its ups and downs.

Each board has something different to offer so I think it's a good idea to at least read others, if not always participate.

[Cakemeister]

With all due respect, some of the Transatlantic boards are led by archers/organisations/retailers who are into bowhunting and/or professional competition, so you will have a heady mix of testosterone, cam cream & red neck oil- and an abundance of colloquialisms drawn from the NBA basketball commentators' directory...

[Deadeye Doc]

Originally Posted by TJ Mason

If you click on Directory in the menu bar above then click on Community, you'll find links to several discussion boards.

ALC is a very new one, certainly newer than AIUK. I like its intentions, but it hasn't really taken off yet. And no, there isn't much at all about recurves so far, apart from perhaps two threads. The answer to that is, join up and post some stuff about recurves!

Already done that, but I don't feel that there's much that I have to offer on the subject as yet. I'm only a "baby archer".

[clickerati]

With all due respect, some of us are American.

[Merlin83b]

Not for long!

[greydog]

Archery Learning Centre was started by George Ryals who is a pro shooter for Hoyt but used to design bows for Martin. As such he was very active on Archery Talk, which is a forum hosted by Martin (the manufacturer, not some bloke called Martin )
As most people have found, Archery Talk is only tolerable in small doses, but it used to have alot of pro archers on frequently who would help out with tuning tips and technique etc.......unfortunately, due to the high a**ehole content, most left.
Archery Learning Centre was partly started as a means to get those pro shooters, and more importantly their experience, back in the public domain.

Archery Talk still has a valuable database of tips if you use the search function, but I think they have cleared out anything on the servers that was more than 2 years old.

I've found most information I've been looking for on either Saggi, ALC or AT

[Purple Hugs]

althought i love forums.. and you likely noticed i do! hehe I'm not one for being a member of many to do with a subject. My grey matter can't keep up if I get overloaded on the pc as well as at home.

I already visit a horsey one, a fostering one, and now an archery one.