Custom Flex Profile

[gymmonster 4]

Can anyone shed light on what this actually means?

I bought a prostock one95 that has the G3 coding on it with the checkerboard pattern on the shaft but the one95 blade. Is there really anyway to find out what the stick really is? I would rather return it if it was a Vapor XXXX as it is cheaper to buy a retail XXXX vs the prostock one95 I bought.

[TBLfan 25]

Like I posted in the sightings thread. In Ovechkin's case, it's a one95 that is actually softer in the upper 2/3. It's LITERALLY a custom flex profile.

Edit: Made a mistake. The flex profile is 75/75/100.

[furlanitalia 1]

What blows me away is how do these guys know what they want out of a custom flex profile. For example where did Ovechkin try a stick that was stiffer in the lower 1/3rd of the shaft? Although, I guess being Ovi allows him to ask for whatever he wants and try whatever he wants until he finds what works best. Must be nice....

[Chadd 916]

What blows me away is how do these guys know what they want out of a custom flex profile. For example where did Ovechkin try a stick that was stiffer in the lower 1/3rd of the shaft? Although, I guess being Ovi allows him to ask for whatever he wants and try whatever he wants until he finds what works best. Must be nice....

In a lot of cases, it's more of what the players don't want, than knowing what they do want.

[TBLfan 25]

I don't think it's personalized to order, I believe the custom flex profile is a standard stiffer lower third... I could be wrong in that assumption but it really wouldn't make too much sense to have one code for multiple flex profiles.

[furlanitalia 1]

That's true, it would be a major hassle to remember each one.

[TBLfan 25]

Oh, I'm sorry. I misread... It's actually softer in the upper 2/3 not stiffer in the lower 1/3. Oops, glad I rechecked my information.

[K9 Unit 1]

Oh, I'm sorry. I misread... It's actually softer in the upper 2/3 not stiffer in the lower 1/3. Oops, glad I rechecked my information.

given it more of a mid or lower kickpoint? these things confuse me

[gymmonster 4]

Is my stick most likely a one95 then? It looks exactly the same as the picture you commented on TBL in the equipment thread

[Jarick 5]

Are any retail sticks right now using a whippier flex up top?

Playing around with my old Sickick, which has a 3" wood plug, it has a great kick and it feels like it's due to the top hand flexing a bit more. It's like the tenon of the wood plug flexes the shaft up near the top hand, which somehow makes it shoot great.

[bostonjuniorblackhawks 1]

Are any retail sticks right now using a whippier flex up top?

Playing around with my old Sickick, which has a 3" wood plug, it has a great kick and it feels like it's due to the top hand flexing a bit more. It's like the tenon of the wood plug flexes the shaft up near the top hand, which somehow makes it shoot great.

tps I think.

[Chadd 916]

Are any retail sticks right now using a whippier flex up top?

Playing around with my old Sickick, which has a 3" wood plug, it has a great kick and it feels like it's due to the top hand flexing a bit more. It's like the tenon of the wood plug flexes the shaft up near the top hand, which somehow makes it shoot great.

Wood plugs are usually much stiffer than the shaft. Bauer triflex, some of the TPS sticks do as well. You can also get an Oggie Grip to get more whip at the butt end.

[Jarick 5]

The odd bit is that I've got a Sickick shaft (cut from a OPS) with a 3" plug and a Sickick OPS. The shaft has more whip and snaps back to shape pretty quick, shoots really nicely.

Only thing I can think is that somehow the tenon pushes against the shaft near the top hand and the blade tenon pushes against the shaft near the bottom, and somehow that makes it kick more. Meanwhile the OPS just flexes under the bottom hand. Who knows.

I thought about picking up an Oggie again and giving it a shot. We'll see.