Pretty cool video, how hockey sticks are made

[Mikael21 0]

how hockey sticks are made.

[Ogie Oglethorpe 14]

Interesting!

[jjtt99 0]

Holy crap! That's a lot of work for a woodie. I would have thought it was more automated. How can they keep operating when wood sticks retail for such a low price?

[Mikael21 0]

Holy crap! That's a lot of work for a woodie. I would have thought it was more automated. How can they keep operating when wood sticks retail for such a low price?

Yes its unbeliveble how they could be so cheap. And I wondering what´s the differents between a great woodenstick and a bad woodenstick when the price is so different between each other. If you dont take this sticks with composite blades etc beacuse I understand why they are more expensive beacuse the materieal is better. But It must take the same time to do them all, so you mabe pay a little bit for the brand name allso.

[mack 44]

A good wooden stick will retain its flex longer and just have better quality and feel in general. I assume they'd be more consistent than a cheaper brand as well.

[Mikael21 0]

A good wooden stick will retain its flex longer and just have better quality and feel in general. I assume they'd be more consistent than a cheaper brand as well.

Yes I am sure you are right!

[sniper44 0]

i guess thats the answer to why every wood blade is just a little tiny bit different

[nizmo 0]

Saved to favorites.

[ThePurpleCobra 0]

i want to see a video of how the OPS are made

[TBLfan 25]

i saw this a while ago. Best show evar!

[mills 0]

If they start making wooden blades more consistently, I'd probably buy them, but for the moment, there's not telling what you're going to get in a wood stick unless you drop $50 on a nice Montreal or Branches stick.

[TBLfan 25]

I bet you that when they aren't being mass produced like retail sticks that they are a lot better and closer to what you want. Or at least when you do a custom order. When you're doing a lot of something you tend to start to take shortcuts and sometimes your eyes even start to play tricks on you. Changing it up and doing custom orders would keep someone on their toes and fresh so they don't get lazy and fuck it up.

BUT of course because it is wood and more importantly because humans are doing it, there will be slight variations... but you'd probably never notice if they do it right.

[trox_355 0]

Good stuff. Thanks for the link.

[Langenbrunner15 0]

Very good show!

[jjtt99 0]

And for those interested, the host of that show is Mark Tewksbury, winner of the gold medal in the 100 metres backstroke at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. He came out of the closet a few years back and is an advocate for IOC reform and equality.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Tewksbury

[cky3396 0]

buffin the wood takes on a whole new meaning

[badsk8ter 0]

If they start making wooden blades more consistently, I'd probably buy them, but for the moment, there's not telling what you're going to get in a wood stick unless you drop $50 on a nice Montreal or Branches stick.

Just curious, where are you still able to buy Branches sticks? They went out of busines a few years ago.

[A2rhino 63]

i want to see a video of how the OPS are made

I second that!!

[hockey315 0]

I had Sherwood make up my sticks for me, so they invited me to the factory to see how they're made. I couldn't believe how much work goes into one. It makes sense that it's hard to find 2 wood stick that are exactly the same.

[Mikael21 0]

wondering if ops is quite handmade to, It would be fun to found a video when they made an ops, beacuse woodsticks is a little out of date ;D

[asdfa 0]

i read an article on how easton made synergys a while agolink

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[Quintin 16]

There's also a video on how skates are made too.

[whalers* 0]

good video. but hockey was born in windsor nova scotia. not kingston

[Mikael21 0]

i read an article on how easton made synergys a while agolink

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thanks for posting this link!