The 2025 Vegas Shoot and the World Archery Indoor Series Finals have furthered the incredible legacy of the Easton X series as the world’s most successful indoor arrow shaft.
The World Archery Indoor Series produced a gold medal sweep and a near-total podium sweep throughout the 2024-2025 open circuit events. These events culminated with the first two days of The Vegas Shoot to seed the final 16 out of thousands of participants. These finals, like those at The Vegas Shoot, were held in the iconic PH Live Theatre in Las Vegas before a sold-out audience, adding extra pressure on the competitors. In the end, Easton shooters claimed every single gold medal through remarkable head-to-head performances.
In the recurve divisions, matches are decided by set play. In Men’s Recurve, the USA’s Brady Ellison used a 20-year-old set of Easton X7 Cobalt shafts, which belonged to his late Olympic teammate Butch Johnson, to dominate every match with overwhelming wins. Ellison concluded his campaign with a final match against Olympic Champion Mete Gazoz of Türkiye, winning 7-1.
The women’s recurve division was a battle between two Olympic bronze medalists: USA’s Casey Kaufhold and French archer Lisa Barbelin, both equipped with Easton X10. Their match escalated to an incredible shoot-off, with Kaufhold securing victory on the final arrow due to her distance from the center of the 10-ring.
The compound categories use a five-end straight points system, with 150 points being perfect. However, in World Archery, the 10-ring is only two centimeters in diameter, the size of the Vegas X-ring. Men’s Compound showcased epic elimination round battles, culminating in an ultimate display of precision from winner Nico Weiner of Austria in the gold medal match. The world outdoor champion shot a perfect 150 points to claim gold against French sensation Nico Girard, who had previously secured a victory in the quarterfinals with a 150-150 shoot-off. Netherlands’ star Mike Schloesser also scored a perfect 150 in his bronze match against Denmark’s Mathias Fullerton.
In Women’s Compound, Denmark’s Tanja Gellenthein clinched the gold medal by a two-point advantage in the finals.
The 58th Vegas Shoot concluded at the same Planet Hollywood venue as the World Indoor Series, drawing a capacity crowd of 4,700 spectators. They were treated to a stunning 16-end finals that began with 30 perfect-score competitors and ended in a second Vegas victory for Bodie Turner against Nico Girard for the $50,000 prize check. Bodie shot the Easton SuperDrive 27 while Nico wielded his X27s in their showdown.
Additionally, spectators witnessed an unprecedented 11-way shoot-off for Women’s Compound vice-champion, with Paige Pearce prevailing among a group of stellar performers using her Easton X27 shafts.
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