Space Commander: Traditional Goalie Head on #TheGopherProject
This week, I lost my sanity stringing up my version of the Space Commander for today’s installment of #TheGopherProject. While there are several challenging string-ups in the community, the Space Commander is at the top of the hill. Not only is it a lot of time to string (you’ll see below), it’s a giant pain […]
#TheGopherProject: No Vinyl Dyes Tutorial Galaxy Dyes
For this week’s edition of #TheGopherProject, we are going to build on the previous Fade Dye Tutorial with another no vinyl dye. These dyes are completely random which is part of the fun of doing these. You can dye two of the same heads at the same time and get completely different outcomes. This week […]
#TheGopherProject Spotlight: Stringing To The Inside Sidewall With Lars Keil
Every so often something new comes along in the world of stringing. Someone has a new top string set up or something unique with how they string up a head. Truth be told most of these hit a fad phase and then slowly fade away. For example, the Chenango top string anyone? It was all […]
Vintage Lacrosse Head: The Barney — #TheGopherProject
This week we’re going old — I’m stringing up a vintage lacrosse head. That’s right, the STX Barney. Let’s take a quick recap of the Barney. This head was released in the late 1970s and was off the market by 1983 (or around that time). This was primarily a defensive head where the SAM was […]
Stringing, Dyes and More on the April Monthly Mailbag
Another month, another installment of the Monthly Mailbag here on #TheGopherProject. Thank you all for submitting so many great questions. So, we’ll break these questions into four sections (Stringing, Dyeing, Heads, and Nonsense!). Stringing Q: Are sticks with prefabricated pockets bad for lacrosse? As you see, we start this month off with an easy question….Let’s […]
Vinyl Free Dyes: The Fade —#TheGopherProject
For this week’s edition of #TheGopherProject, we are going to visit how to do some dyes with nothing but things you may have around the house (or can easily purchase). While elaborate dye jobs can be great, there is also something that is pretty rad about a simple fade. Back in the day before vinyl […]
#TheGopherProject Spotlight: Robin Brown
For the first #TheGopherProject spotlight, how could I not pick someone who I consider the queen of stringers? I do not think there is anything Robin cannot do. Dye a head? Check. String a phenomenal traditional women’s pocket? Check. String mesh in any stick? Check. Since my traditional tutorial was geared towards the men, it’s […]
Stringing, Dyes, Heads: Monthly Mailbag — #TheGopherProject
Welcome to the newest monthly feature (well, I guess everything is new at this point, but you get my drift) on #TheGopherProject, the Monthly Mailbag. My goal is to take great questions I find that you submit during the month and answer them here. Now, you may see I’ve edited some of the questions you’ve […]
Stringing a Six-Diamond Traditional Pocket — #TheGopherProject
Last week we went through the steps to break and stretch in your leathers. This week, let’s take the next step. This is how I string my six-diamond pockets, it may be different from how others string theirs. Remember, there is one way to string this. If this differs from how you do it, let […]
The Gopher Project: How to Break in Leathers
Welcome to The Gopher Project! My name is Kevin aka Gopherlax. Every Thursday here on LaxAllStars, we’re going to take a look at one aspect of stringing. Unlike Traditional Thursday’s in the past, I will not be focused solely on traditional stringing. I envision this space having a collection of tutorials, new twists on pockets and spotlights from […]