Zach Levitt: 13 years old 5'8 130 ice hockey (AAA and AA a year up) Stick specs senior medium flex aka 75 grip nugent-hopkins First impression: Right off the hop the stick had great puck feel and amazing pop. I also noticed a great balanced feel. Blade: The blade used on the ccm rbz is very unique due to the fact that there is no foam core in the blade but instead there are channels running through the blade called freak channels. I felt great puck feel with this blade when stick handling and passing on top of great pop. 9.5/10 Shaft/Flex: I love the feel that the shaft gives me when stickhandling and passing. The shaft loads amazingly when you flex it. Feels true to flex. 9/10 Shooting: This will sound cheesy but this stick truly feels like you can "strap a rocket to the puck" because whenever you shoot you feel a great deal of pop. The one thing with this stick when it comes to shooting is that you need to learn how to use it in the sense that if you get it right the puck leaps off your stick but if you release it wrong at all then you release a poor shot. When shooting with a rbz stage 2 it feels that you don't need to reef on the shaft as hard to get a good shot off . 9.5/10 Durability: My stick has a lot of dents in it so unfortunately durability is a negative factor when it comes to the RBZ Stage-2 but even though its gouged up and has a lot of dents it still performs the same as when it was new. 7/10 Intangibles: I love everything about this stick. I think that this is a great stick for the elite player. Total 35/40