Blade's Breaking in ultra lite shaft

[turcotte44 0]

my freind is kinda old school, anyways, he uses ultra lites, and he broke an easton hybrid blade in it i believe, after about 2 weeks. It broke right at the shaft. He got a new blade, differnet easton blade, forget the name, the kind thats been out for a while, normal woodie, after one pactice the blade broke at the same spot,. Any ideas whats wrong?

[Chadd 916]

Sounds like he's catching too much ice and hitting it a bit "fat". Improving technique is the best solution if that's the case. Composite blades may hold up a bit better but nothing will last too long if he's burying the blade into the ice.

[thejackal 46]

Steer him towards short hosel blades, and maybe revise his technique too.

[mm705 0]

you might also check out what flex UL hes using...i had this problem with easton custom blades in a 110 UL when i was experimenting with that stiffness a little while back. they wer too stiff so when they didnt flex when hitting the ice something had to give, and it was the blade.

[LkptTiger 1]

I agree with mm705. I'm thinking it's the flex. If you're buddy is using a shaft that is too stiff for his shooting style, then it often puts alot of stress on the hosel. If he can find a whippier shaft to experiment with, I would say that would probably give you much more insight: If the problem seems to go away, then it was most-likely the rigidity of the shaft. If not, then, as Chadd had said, he's got a problem with his technique, nothing that can't be fixed.