Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA is now an official Corporate Member and Sponsor of the Physically Challenged Bowhunters of America (PCBA).  As a Corporate Member and Sponsor, Yamaha is helping to promote the PCBA’s mission and goals to introduce and educate people with permanent physical disabilities on the value of outdoor sports, as well as to promote safe, responsible sportsmanship and conservation.

PCBA members like George Bolender of New York  have unique difficulties with many outdoor sports due to access issues, whether it involves adequate equipment or safe and reliable transportation to areas where they can participate in these activities.  Each October the PCBA takes 12 winners from a drawing of member names on an all expense paid deer and turkey hunt complete with PCBA guides and volunteers in Loudonville, Ohio.  

In 2004 the lucky winners, pictured here, included (back row, left to right): John Tengelitsch, Mich.; Robert Kahler, Ala.; Dennis Miles, Pa.; Don Meyers, Mich.; Scott Taylor, Pa.; Dewayne Ward, Pa.; Joe Murley, Ill.; (front row, left to right) Ricky Payne, Ohio; Robert Mullanery, Pa.; George Bolender, N.Y.; Mike Schmitz, Tenn.; Elmer Stoltzfus, Pa.

Through its support of the PCBA and its annual events, Yamaha hopes to help shed light on these issues while directly assisting physically challenged hunters in getting into the outdoors and enjoying their sport safely and responsibly.

Yamaha ATV and Side-by-Side vehicles are built to meet the needs of sports men and women who can safely operate the vehicles.  The all-new 2007 Yamaha Grizzly 700 Automatic 4x4 ATV has the world’s first electric power steering (EPS) system, allowing it to be maneuvered with less effort and fatigue.  The 2007 Yamaha Rhino Side-by-Side vehicles are the most off-road capable two-passenger machines in the industry, and are capable of carrying a driver, passenger and their cargo into the outdoors and back.