2007 Easton Flex

[BuffaloKing 0]

This is mainly directed towards people who have used the 2007 Synergy SE's and Stealths. Has anyone found that they are whippier than normal? In my experiences the 85 and 10 flexes seem to be whippier than in years before, or compared to other sticks. I had heard that Easton was going to start doing 75 flex senir sticks but then abandoned that idea. Is it possible that they might have slightly compensated for this by giving their sticks a little more whip?

[colt45 0]

honesly...the 85 SE seemed stiffer to me than the 85 SL

[top 0]

im with buffaloking on this one all my easton's get wippier and wippier every time i buy them i used to use 85 flex and now i have to buy the 100's because they just get soft like an 85.

[KBO25 0]

Maybe you guys are just getting stronger....

[blueliner27 12]

Not only does SL feel whippy but also Stealth CNT feels whippy.

I had CNT 100 flex (retail) but feels like between 75-85ish.

[lee92 2]

don't quote me, but maybe it's due to a longer taper or thinner shaft dimensions.

[Lfntn10 0]

Not only does SL feel whippy but also Stealth CNT feels whippy.

I had CNT 100 flex (retail) but feels like between 75-85ish.

God, I can't wait to get the CNT in an 85 flex then :lol:

[jokerit1967 0]

Something similar to this happened in graphite/composite golf shafts. In testing some manufacturers found that players hit driver and "metals" better at softer flexes then players were selecting. Part of this was, like OPS sticks, golfers would "shake" or "waggle aggressively" a very long club - which was at the same "flex shaft" as a much shorter one would feel much "whippier" or appear to be visually. (With proper golf swing mechanics you can make solid/proper contact with a driver head on a rope).

Sometimes this was attributed to ego, etc. like senior aged men that won't play from the "women's tees" even though a 22 yr old woman in the group is hitting it was past them... thus the advent of "handicap tees" - renaming tees or changing the colors to take away certain associations with "red" normally thought of as the "women's tee or forward tee" being repainted to black. Or what was formally labeled stiff or firm is really what was previously labeled a regular flex.

This wasn't done as an evil deceptive practice, but I imagine male hockey buyers aren't any wiser, that they likely choose flexes that are stronger than is optimal for their shot - either in a misguided ego (or subconcious) -OR- a defective determination of letting what they think "feels" good override what actually fits their shot mechanics better.

[Joker518 0]

Joker, I hear you... That very well could be the case depending on sales figures that we're all not privy to.

Just like everything else when it comes to gear, we'd all be much better off if there was one damn industry standard for measurement