The future of hockey padding?

[ktang 34]

Flexible material that hardens on impact - really neat

If the downhill racers can use this material, perhaps this can be used for hockey equipment.

After my last game, I would like a cup made of this material.

If elbow pads can be made of this material, imagine the freedom of motion.

[Chadd 916]

Wrist protection would be another great application. No bulky cuffs or elongated elbow pads. It could be integrated into the wrist or forearm of a shirt or a standalone wrist pad.

[goalie39 0]

could really help along the Nike Swift campaign for a more "streamlined" hockey player

[furlanitalia 1]

WOW! That is unbelievable. Imagine what you could do with a suit of that stuff....

(where would one get one?)

[ShaneyB 0]

wow that is truly sik. i can imagine nike releasing something like this

[pantherfan 0]

I cant see it being in small parts of pads but not the big impact areas like shoulder caps and elbows points

[Dan_The_Man_16 0]

I could see shin, arm and wrist protection all moving towards this material. Even jocks possibly. This stuff in awesome.

[All Torhs Team 0]

What would something like that cost though?

[jjtt99 0]

Wow...I've never heard of such a thing. I say get a patent on that really quick as this could be huge!

- Sports

- Law enforcement

- Construction

- Military

- Kids

- Really clumsy people

[Gongshow11 1]

"nothing like putting a little cotton patent in your shin pads. all the pros are doing it, its like falling on a cloud."

donald s. cherry

[Langenbrunner15 0]

heres the link so some of them...they may be replicas but if not then it's cooler!!

http://spyder.com/browse.asp?categoryid=6

[Chadd 916]

Wow...I've never heard of such a thing. I say get a patent on that really quick as this could be huge!

- Sports

- Law enforcement

- Construction

- Military

- Kids

- Really clumsy people

I would imagine they are working on that.

Although the exact chemical ingredients of d3o are a commercial secret,

[furlanitalia 1]

I'm pretty sure that spyder site is just for the downhill suits, not the suits with armour. At this point i'm pretty sure just the olympians have access to it. But once i get my hands on it...

[Quintin 16]

Oh, I'm so wearing this for Halloween! (if there was a Superman costume design)

"Hey, I'm Superman, the man of steel!"

"No you're not, you're bloody fat!"

"Oh yeah? Punch my gut then"

*punch*

"OOOOUUUCCCHHHH!"

[Rustybender 0]

Hmmmm I think I've seen this stuff before. At slow speeds it is soft and flexible. At high speeds, it act like a solid and is very rigid.

Where have I seen this before. Oh, I think I have it figured out. The secret ingredient is...Silly Putty. ;)

Very cool stuff. Kinda science fiction.

[Thirteen 0]

I sincerly hope, as this technology advances, that we never see hockey players in skin tight suits. We can leave those to speed skaters and Freddie Mercury.

[asdfa 0]

i think one of the best applications of this would be for undershirts and neck guards.

[Project_2501 0]

I don't want to be wearing a neck guard, personally.

I'd much rather see this integrated into say, the backrolls of gloves, elbow and shin pads, and maybe even skate tongues.

[shute 4]

if anyone can use that to replace hockey gear then it's game over for the rest... if i was reebok or nike i owuld put some serious money into this.. buy the company that came up with this stuff if you have to.

[LetsGoWings13 0]

Wow that stuff would make the perfect elbow pad. I wonder how ventalated this stuff is.

[hockechamp14 0]

if anyone can use that to replace hockey gear then it's game over for the rest... if i was reebok or nike i owuld put some serious money into this.. buy the company that came up with this stuff if you have to.

I pray they don't buy that company, they would retard the use of it so they could use more and more each year.

[shute 4]

with a major company like reebok or nike it would come out a hell of a lot faster. will they jack you for everything your worth for it... yes but it's better then waiting 10 years or more for a small company to bring it out.

[JR Boucicaut 3804]

i think one of the best applications of this would be for undershirts and neck guards.

You can't use anything hard for neck guards. You need it to be soft...so that it absorbs the skate blade in case of impact. If it were hard, it would deflect and slide off. That is why neck guards are terrycloth.

[ambro 0]

Put this stuff on the base layer in case of pucks then put a soft terry cloth layer over it to be able to absorb skate blades.

[JR Boucicaut 3804]

It would still deflect. The terrycloth would have to be really thick. Who wants a thick neck guard?