Weird stick combination

[EBondo 233]

I saw this picture in the NHL gallery and noticed how the Easton SE as it goes down the shaft, shows a RbK lower half. Does anyone know what's up with this?

Here's the link to the larger picture which shows spraypaint, but the rest is beyond me..

http://images.sportsline.com/u/ap/photos/C...09_1024x768.jpg

[budro727 0]

Wow that is weird. Also on the Swedish players helmet, isn't the RBK logo on backwards? lol

[markov79 0]

now that I havent seen before, looks kinda weird to me.

[texanhockey 0]

im thinking its just sprayed black on the bottom with a rbk sticker. i mean the blade is still silver like the rest of the SE

[ronnychencharik 0]

The Czech government spent all their money on pairs of XXXX's for their players and had to SRS their old sticks, haha. That poor dude is about to get tagged in the berries too.

[Ultimus 0]

Photoshop?

It looks like the lower RBK portion is actually bigger than the upper part of the shaft.... either that or it looks like a rubber "sleeve".

[the iceman 132]

Could CCM/Rbk be a sponsor or equipment supplier of the team? Therefore the sponsor's brand or logo has to be shown?

[budro727 0]

Could CCM/Rbk be a sponsor or equipment supplier of the team? Therefore the sponsor's brand or logo has to be shown?

Yea that's what I was thinking, but if that was the case wouldn't you think they'd cover up the easton part too?

[Wolfpack_1986 154]

looks to me like the shaft was spray painted black, and then the RBK was sprayed in white with a stencil. note the chipping of the paint, and the terrible lack of fine detail on the RBK, especially the K.

probably a sponsorship thing.

[Patrick67 1]

Looks like a really bad painted amatuer Rbk logo, on a easton SE.

[mack 44]

At least it's better than the Hull'd up "Mission" shafts.

[burrn 0]

looks to me like the shaft was spray painted black, and then the RBK was sprayed in white with a stencil. note the chipping of the paint, and the terrible lack of fine detail on the RBK, especially the K.

probably a sponsorship thing.

i agree, cuz the blade obviously looks like an SE

but it does look like a wrapping of some sort too...reinforcement?

although the "rbk" is definitely a sponsor issue

[Chadd 916]

looks to me like the shaft was spray painted black, and then the RBK was sprayed in white with a stencil. note the chipping of the paint, and the terrible lack of fine detail on the RBK, especially the K.

probably a sponsorship thing.

Bingo

[Stampede#11 0]

Yep ... in the worlds a lot of the time they are only allowed to "use" the sponsors equipment for the competition/team. I remember a few GB team guys complaining about it years ago in the late 90's.

A lot of guys seemed to just spray and black out their sticks where the logos are. But that still doesn't explain why the stick in the picture is half and half, assume it is because he didn't want the paint where most of the grip/smoothness is on the shaft when puck handling/shooting etc.

I think they used to do the same in the Swiss league (and mabye other Euro leagues), as I recall seeing a picture of Stacey Roast (think that's how his name is spelt) and he had a UL shaft with their teams sponsors stickers covering the Easton logos.

[James 0]

looks to me like the shaft was spray painted black, and then the RBK was sprayed in white with a stencil. note the chipping of the paint, and the terrible lack of fine detail on the RBK, especially the K.

probably a sponsorship thing.

Bingo

But if it was a sponsorship thing, wouldn't his gloves have to somewhere display the RBK logo? I know CCM and RBK are the same company, but they have different marketing/advertising.

[k-ody.m 0]

usually there is a limit of allowed non sponsership gear, and gloves and helemt would be easiest to change to if you didnt like that company but if you dont like RBK skates, and gloves it might be a little harder to get use to.

[eastonfinn 0]

every player in the Czech team has the bottom part of the stick painted black whit rbk logo sprayd on

[Wolfpack_1986 154]

it could just be a stick sponsorship. it doesnt have encompass all parts of the players equipment.