It all started in 1921 when 15-year old Doug Easton found his passion in archery. The young man had suffered a leg injury while hunting that fall, giving himself time to read a book on archery by Dr. Saxton T. Pope. The Dr. is best known as a founding member of the Pope & Young Club. Waiting for his leg to heal in his downtime, Easton made cedar and pine arrows and crafted bows from fine wood. It was a pivotal moment in the young man’s life that would eventually impact the lives of archers into the future.

Within two years, Easton developed a following on the tournament trail. He quickly became known for the most accurate handcrafted arrows available. In 1929, Doug moved to Los Angeles to start full-time production in his new Easton’s Archery Shop. Innovation came quickly, developing ground-breaking cedar arrows and the screw-in point system that is still universal today.

Convinced that consistently straight uniform arrow shafts were impossible to manufacture from wood, Doug turned his attention to aluminium. In 1939, he began manufacturing aluminium arrows in Los Angeles, California. His instincts about this material were correct and in 1941, California archer, Larry Hughes won the National Championship with a set of Doug’s aluminium arrows. This was the beginning of a trend that would change traditional archery and transcend into numerous other sports arenas over the next 50 years.

By 2005, Jas. D. Easton, Inc. was still a privately owned manufacturer, marketer and distributor of sporting equipment, headquartered in Van Nuys, California. In 2008, it employs more than 2,248 people worldwide in various distribution, manufacturing, sales and marketing capacities.

Easton has always been one step ahead of the competition. It is an industry leader where other companies use technologies developed by Easton engineers. Today, the company holds 40 patents and has been on the podium with 45 Olympic Gold Medalists and 45 Silver Medalists. Easton really does make an arrow for every archery application, as attested by its extensive product lines.

According to bornhunting.com; abbeyarchery.com.au. Source of photos: internet