Smashtime Strings: Stringer Spotlight
This month, let’s welcome Smashtime Strings, also known as David Swartz! David needs no introduction to the stringing community reading this, but here’s one anyway… Simply put, David is one of the top stringers in our community and a great ambassador for the game. If you have a question about “how” to string something, he’ll […]
Inside Weave Stringing Tutorial
Today we’re picking up where we left the off in the recent spotlight with Lars (AKA Sidewall Jedi). We’re going to look at another option to stringing to the inside with David Swartz (AKA Smashtime Strings): the inside weave! This technique applies the concept of stringing to the inside, but involves running the sidewall string […]
Reclaiming a Lacrosse Head: #TheGopherProject
Today we’re reclaiming a lacrosse head. You can choose any lacrosse head and follow along. My goal is here is to take a head that wasn’t the commercial hit (that doesn’t mean it was a failure by the way) and see if I can construct a pocket that could turn this into a gamer. There […]
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 […]