I gradually came to make bows through two different paths. One was my lifelong work with composite materials and the other was my interest in archery. I spent my childhood by the water around boats and windsurfing. As a high school student I used to be on my vacations by the sea and instead of taking summer jobs I earned money by making surfboards. In the process I gained my first experience with fiberglass and later carbon laminates, vacuum lamination and surface treatments.