Inno Sticks

[beerleaguecaptain 999]

One of my buddies just bought some Inno sticks but they have never been big in our area. I've seen a bunch of guys on MSH talk about Inno and seem to like them. Can you tell me a bit about Inno? I thought they were bought out by Warrior a few years ago.

[end2end 0]

Warrior bought inno

my bad....your put that in your post

[Chadd 916]

Blades were good, shafts were average but the hard to find factor made them cool.

[vitaminZ 0]

while we're on the topic, what exactly is that "megalyte" stick that Hockey World has these days?

its got no warranty, so I assume its a factory second but of what?

[Aussie Joe 0]

I loved my Inno Novius shafts, amazing feel and the stiff/whip combination was amazing. I would buy more of those shafts if I could find them and didn't just buy 3 Warrior pro stock shafts. :)

[Chadd 916]

I loved my Inno Novius shafts, amazing feel and the stiff/whip combination was amazing.

Every Novius I tried would twist badly.

[Aussie Joe 0]

Never had the fated "torque-ing" issues that others had, both my grip and non grip versions performed to higher then expected levels.

[epstud74 24]

I liked the Polarfibre ones you could find on eBay and on here via the seller forum. Nothing special about the shaft itself, but the grip I like. They're reasonably light as well..

[db88 0]

they arent bad, sometimes the blade curves are a little off.. ive gotten a draper 210 flex stick... exact match to naslund/sakic curve.. although i split that shaft in half on a slapshot/onetimer. so i bought another for 50$ INNO maniac pro, same as before but 260 flex.. and the curve isnt exactly the same and it still says draper.. its enough of a difference to affect my shots sadly..

[echi24 1]

i had two novius shafts (tapered), and they felt great for about a week before i would notice the torquing. i had warranty replacements for one of them and i noticed the feeling of a new one was completely different than the other which was just over a week old.

[Okeetee 0]

One of my buddies just bought some Inno sticks but they have never been big in our area. I've seen a bunch of guys on MSH talk about Inno and seem to like them. Can you tell me a bit about Inno? I thought they were bought out by Warrior a few years ago.

Where did your buddy manage to snag some Innovative twigs?

[db88 0]

ive gotten mine at peranis, try hockeyworld.com

[JR Boucicaut 3801]

"Inno" is a SMU now.

[LkptTiger 1]

I'd kill to gets me some PF 1100s.

[jrhky36 1]

I'd kill to gets me some PF 1100s.

pro return dolomites at hockeymonkey.com

[LkptTiger 1]

1) I won't use Warrior product anymore. 2) You don't really know what you're getting; there are usually some inconsistencies (flex, shaft shape, etc.) in the pro-stock stuff that gets sent out. I can be kinda picky.

Thanks, though.

[mack 44]

I'd kill to gets me some PF 1100s.

Ugh, why? Those were so brittle and blades were often a bitch to get in there. At least Inno fixed one of the problems.

[LkptTiger 1]

I never really had any problems with durability with the 1100s, actually (I broke 'em, but it took awhile). I was in the habit of using TPS R2 wood blades (which I did break a lot of) at the time I was using the Inno shafts, so getting them to fit in the event that there was an issue was usually just a matter of a few strokes of a razor.

[mack 44]

Oooh, my bad. I misread that as PF1000s and not 1100s. I had no problems with any 1100 other than some of the usual torquing issues.

[LkptTiger 1]

I had a few Novius OPS that I used for about 15 minutes - while I can't say I ever had any of the torquing issues some of you guys seem to have had with the 1100s, those Novius twigs opened-up like Vapor at the end of a hot date.

[maverick81 0]

When Warrior was formed, all the Easton Stick guys from Van Nuys left to go work for Warrior. Warrior bought all the equipment and some naming rights from Innovative which was located in Thousand Oaks CA (like 20 min away). However, Innovative had a better source of materials (carb graph) than Warrior currently does. Same with Easton. While many of the warrior sticks are brainchilds of many OG Easton guys, the sticks are made on better carbon weaving machines, although the purity of the Materials used is somewhat questionable. Last time I talked to my former colleagues they were trying to get a more reliable source of composites. Give em prob a year more and I think their market share will get up there with Easton, but no surpass them. So while Warrior is almost getting to where Inno used to be, their old sticks prob are going to be better in consistency due the good carbon and good machinery. So grab em up while you can! I remember them having nothing but heel curves though?

[metalwinger13 1]

I have two of the INNO Maniacs which i bought at peranis. I love these sticks and for 50 bucks its a great deal. i use just the basic federov curve. All i have to say is these sticks seem to hold up pretty well. Ive been hacked and whacked and only thing is slight paint chipping. i might buy some more at that price just to have them

[JR Boucicaut 3801]

When Warrior was formed, all the Easton Stick guys from Van Nuys left to go work for Warrior. Warrior bought all the equipment and some naming rights from Innovative which was located in Thousand Oaks CA (like 20 min away). However, Innovative had a better source of materials (carb graph) than Warrior currently does. Same with Easton. While many of the warrior sticks are brainchilds of many OG Easton guys, the sticks are made on better carbon weaving machines, although the purity of the Materials used is somewhat questionable. Last time I talked to my former colleagues they were trying to get a more reliable source of composites. Give em prob a year more and I think their market share will get up there with Easton, but no surpass them. So while Warrior is almost getting to where Inno used to be, their old sticks prob are going to be better in consistency due the good carbon and good machinery. So grab em up while you can! I remember them having nothing but heel curves though?

You've got quite a bit of bad info in that statement.

Warrior bought the whole kit and kaboodle from Innovative and they weren't even the highest bid.

One stick guy went over (well, he took a few things with him along the way, the usual, like patents and stuff) and he wasn't there long, if at all...had a wee bit of a legal issue. A true G...

Out of the three Easton employees who jumped ship, only one is left.

All of the Warrior sticks are the same Inno designed-product - matter of fact, no coincidence that all of the Warrior sticks say "Inno Design" on them. The only thing that was new in their stick category spare lower-price point sticks was the Spyne blade.

[maverick81 0]

When Warrior was formed, all the Easton Stick guys from Van Nuys left to go work for Warrior. Warrior bought all the equipment and some naming rights from Innovative which was located in Thousand Oaks CA (like 20 min away). However, Innovative had a better source of materials (carb graph) than Warrior currently does. Same with Easton. While many of the warrior sticks are brainchilds of many OG Easton guys, the sticks are made on better carbon weaving machines, although the purity of the Materials used is somewhat questionable. Last time I talked to my former colleagues they were trying to get a more reliable source of composites. Give em prob a year more and I think their market share will get up there with Easton, but no surpass them. So while Warrior is almost getting to where Inno used to be, their old sticks prob are going to be better in consistency due the good carbon and good machinery. So grab em up while you can! I remember them having nothing but heel curves though?

You've got quite a bit of bad info in that statement.

Warrior bought the whole kit and kaboodle from Innovative and they weren't even the highest bid.

One stick guy went over (well, he took a few things with him along the way, the usual, like patents and stuff) and he wasn't there long, if at all...had a wee bit of a legal issue. A true G...

Out of the three Easton employees who jumped ship, only one is left.

All of the Warrior sticks are the same Inno designed-product - matter of fact, no coincidence that all of the Warrior sticks say "Inno Design" on them. The only thing that was new in their stick category spare lower-price point sticks was the Spyne blade.

Yea thats what happens when your in the thick of it... I can think of three people who left. And One who moved to Detroit. Which has to suck.. moving from LA to Det. And I think Mikey is still there... I saw his ugly mug on a vid talking about the new S17. The sellers from Innovative were family relatives... but very extended... those crazy Asians will take pride over money any day!

[JR Boucicaut 3801]

Yep, Neil's still up there. Haha and you threw Mike under the bus...

Hey, nothing wrong with the D, man! I was there for three years...