I am with pinwheel on this.

As a general rule it is difficult to introduce new technology, in any industry. So here is HCA with their carbon risers, making very lightweight bows. How do they show the bows have the strength required, and how do they demonstrate that the dampening characteristics of carbon fiber are ideal for risers? Seems to me the method they chose to make a splash has worked. I don' t think that archers have such low IQ' s that they are going to go out there and deliberately shoot dangerous setups.

As far as I know the " speed records" held by various people in recent years were obtained using bows that had to be rebuilt after each shot. The resumes just say " ... holds record for fastest ..." . I don' t detect any shyness about using the experience as a marketing tool, to emphasize the design skills of the record holder.

Is there something about the people involved with HCA that I don' t know, that makes them targets for such criticism?