The Great One's aluminum stick, with a wood and fiberglass blade, was constructed in part using innovations derived from bow and arrow technology. As he recovered in the hospital, Easton devoured a book by Saxton Pope called "Hunting with the Bow and Arrow." A bow manufacturer called Hoyt, owned by Easton since the 1980s, developed a new core for bow limbs using syntactic foam. RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) " Hall of Famer Wayne Gretzky's slap shot was always precise and straight as an arrow. As for the bow, it certainly doesn't take a backseat to the arrow in technological progression.

Source: New Zealand Herald August 07, 2016 14:48 UTC