A short history of time…

How everything started

2015

Listen Up!

  • Bowhunter League Final at Erbeskopf – Winner: Thomas Brugger

  • Hans Miederer – Falkenholz – approached Thomas after his success and asked whether he would consider switching from Black Widow to the German-made product.

  • Thomas welcomed the challenge, but wanted to step up from 80 lbs BW to 100 lbs FH.

2015

2017

2017

European Championship in Hohegeiß

Top four:

  • Thomas Brugger
  • Matthias Pickhardt
  • Marc Lang
  • Steve Kuhn

At Thomas’ suggestion, the four of them founded the group “Extreme Archery” right there on the spot.

2018

It’s about to get extreme!

  • First Falkenholz bow with 111 lbs
  • First video shoots with Denis Hauser for YouTube

2018

2019

2019

BSE on Social Media

  • André Feikert kicks things off by launching the Extreme Archery Facebook account
  • Illyana Brugger brings EA to Instagram

2019

New Challenges

  • First Falkenholz bow with 125 lbs

2019

2019

2019

Partnerships start to take shape

  • A social media collaboration with Henry Bodnik marked the next big step for EA

2020

Now on YouTube

  • Thomas Brugger launches the official YouTube channel and takes the movement to the next level

2020

2020

2020

Falkenholz wants to push the limits

  • The “Raptor-Rex” steps onto the stage
  • It comes with a massive 150 lbs of pure power

2021

Core team change

  • Matthias Pickhardt steps away from EA for professional reasons

  • Christina Schmiedel — the designer behind our logos — officially joins the core team

2021

2022

2022

Partnerships come and go

  • Falkenholz retires as a company

  • BogenSportWelt takes over Falkenholz

  • The collaboration with the Falkenholz bow brand is now put on hold

2025

EA Next Generation

  • Janina Leber / Blonde Capgirl Archery

  • Danilo Grützner / DaniloXtreme Traditional Power

  • Tanja Fricke / X-Girl Archery

…come together to form the next generation of the EA core team. 

2025

future

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The story continues…