Filament wound sticks?

[bunnyman666 445]

Is anyone making a filament wound hockey stick? I admit I haven't checked up too much on this, but I can't help but think it could net an even lighter, more tuned stick. Maybe mandrels for that can't be done (i.e. the square shape of a shaft) and current technology may not make for a good blade (or maybe it can; who knows?). Maybe it was tried. I know filament wound is expensive tech.

Any thoughts?

[Neo5370 132]

I dunno about now, but back in the early to mid nineties Christian made a graphite shaft that was marketed as "filament wound." I don't know how I remember this but there was an old issue of Becket Hockey around the time of the 1996 World Cup of Hockey (or the 1998 winter Olympics) w/ Brett Hull on the cover, posing in a team USA jersey and holding that Christian shaft I just mentioned. I also remember it from when I used to collect print catalogs from Ocean/GreatSkate/Kemps.

Forgot to add...saw one at H.A. Zwickers a few years ago when they cleaned out their attic. It was extremely heavy compared to even an Easton Ultra Lite.

[bunnyman666 445]

I dunno about now, but back in the early to mid nineties Christian made a graphite shaft that was marketed as "filament wound." I don't know how I remember this but there was an old issue of Becket Hockey around the time of the 1996 World Cup of Hockey (or the 1998 winter Olympics) w/ Brett Hull on the cover, posing in a team USA jersey and holding that Christian shaft I just mentioned. I also remember it from when I used to collect print catalogs from Ocean/GreatSkate/Kemps.

Forgot to add...saw one at H.A. Zwickers a few years ago when they cleaned out their attic. It was extremely heavy compared to even an Easton Ultra Lite.

Mid '90s filament wound stuff was heavy. I haven't done any recent research on whether or not filament winding has evolved. I know it got lighter as time moved on. When I was in my bike part and frame building phase, I was considering using a filament wound tube that was considerably lighter than many tubes available. I scrapped the idea because I then decided to go to the triathlon market and round tubes were NOT cool.

[bunnyman666 445]

I even used pre-preg in my garage. I had thought there was pre-preg filament.

Carbon-carbon sticks would be tres cool!!!