b'CLUB CALL WORLDWIDEGreat stance. Love their rock-n-roll passes, too, well cool.IN MXICO, WE CALL IT RESORTERAIt is known by Catty in UK, Slingshot in the US, Tirachinas in Spain. In Mxico it goes by the name Resortera.These words and pictures were sent to usslingshot makers started to make aslingshot makers.from Mexico by Ral Galindo. di erence, with better slingshot designs,Nowadays, there is a growing market better materials and more professionalof custom made slingshots. Local and Slingshots have been in Mxico for a longcraftsmanship and they startednational tournaments are currently held. time. Back in those old days, they whereshowcasing their work on web forumsSome online rankings have been made. made of natural tree forks. The bandsand Facebook groups. A couple of shooters from Mxico even were made from bicycle inner tubes andA Mexican slingshot revolution began. attended the Slingshot World Cup in the pouch from the tongue of an old shoeSince then, this revolution has been2018. There are more and more local but they were accurate enough to huntexpanding. It is still a small group ofslingshot shooters groups and online small game with very well. Then camemakers and shooters but is growinggroups dedicated to slingshot shooting the plastic moulded ones, with rubberevery day and they are spreadingand slingshot making.tubes and big leather pouches to throwthe word about this hobby all overThat toy is quickly becoming rocks. Back in those days, slingshotsthe country, one shoot at a time. Thea shooting tool here in Mxico, the were considered as toys. There were noslingshots are not limited to traditionalslingshot hobby is growing little by shooting tournaments, no rankings at all,natural forks made with simple handlittle, and is getting popular among new but those days are gone. tools. There are designs made with generations and Im happy to say is here Today not everything here is a toy or aexotic laminated woods, syntheticto stay.craft item that you can only hang on thematerials like resins or metals and are wall as a souvenir - no seor! made with high end tools like CNCResortera!Around 2008, a small group ofmachinery and even 3D printers by someRalChlo Dighton will meet her at the OlympicsGreat catty sales table at the shoot. Serious trophy haul for the Kids classes.one day.064 SlingshotWorld064_SSW004 Mexico.indd 64 02/08/2020 22:06'