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Bob Lee is inducted into the National Bowhunters Hall of Fame and is honored with a standing ovation during the award ceremony in Las Vegas among his peers, family and other industry notables
The company moves into a newly-constructed facility on nine acres in Jacksonville. The lobby is now home to Bob’ s first bow, built in 1951, as well as other vintage Wing models, memorabilia, and a multitude of trophies from Bob and Rob’ s hunts and tournaments
The company celebrates Bob’ s 60th anniversary in bow-building with the unveiling of a Limited Edition Anniversary model— The Legacy featuring Stabi-Lock™, an innovative tool-free limb attachment system that uses a riser channel and limb wedge with detents
A Bob Lee recurve wins“ Best Bow” in the nation out of 12 market leaders tested by Bowhunting World magazine— the winning Bob Lee model is aptly named The Ultimate; 2nd place was also awarded to a Bob Lee bow( The Natural)
Bob Lee receives his second Hall of Fame induction during the Grand Opening ceremony of the National Archery Hall of Fame Museum at Bass Pro Headquarters in Springfield, Missouri
Bob Lee, founder of Wing Archery and partner to son Rob in Bob Lee Bows, passes away at age 92 after an extended illness. His legacy will live on in the multitude of bows cherished by shooters around the globe, and the innovations that changed the face of traditional archery. His indelible presence will remain in the hearts of his family, friends and throughout the sport he so dearly loved.
Jenni said that people stop in from all over the world.“ We have people pop-in quite often,” she said.“ We are a retail shop, we sell direct. We don’ t have dealers. We sell a lot through our website. We have people call and say,‘ Can I come in and shoot and try...’ We had customers show up one day that had driven all-the-way here straight from Maine without stopping. Husband and wife, taking turns driving. They each bought a bow. That was 10 or 12 years ago and they have become very good friends.”
She shared that another couple had flown in from Sussex, England to see the shop. They stayed for two weeks and came back a year or so later, buying bows for the family.
Jenni said they ship bows all over the world to places like Sweden, France and Italy.
While their son JJ started out in sales, he is now an apprentice under his stepdad Rob and grandfather Bob as a third generation bowyer.
Rob Lee, son JJ, wife Jenni and their devoted team continue Bob Lee’ s legacy through an ongoing commitment to the sport of traditional archery. Bob’ s spirit of innovation lives on as well, with this year seeing the introduction of new products such as Carbon CobraCurve limbs( super recurve design faced in twill carbon) and a streamlined concealment cap for the company’ s renowned Stabi-Lock™ system
BOB LEE BOWS FEATURED IN MARVEL UNIVERSE
Disney used a Bob Lee Bow Blackhawk recurve for its Marvel character Kate Bishop in the“ Hawkeye” series. Disney purchased additional bows with the same specs from the company to be featured at Disneyland and on their cruise ships. The action figure for Kate Bishop carries its own miniature Bob Lee Bow.
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