Stylin’ Strings Internship Opportunity
Stylin’ Strings is in the hunt for an intern for the summer of 2014!
Epoch Reimagines Lacrosse
Epoch Lacrosse, one of the best lax equipment companies in the country, is upping its game by introducing shafts made from the latest aerospace and military-grade composite materials, instead of aluminum or titanium. Not only are the sticks stronger, they’re lighter with a lower F.A.W. (Fiber Areal Weight) than other materials used.
Traditional Thursday: Trusty 8-Diamond Pocket
The 8-Diamond traditional pocket is a classic. When done right, it creates a sturdy and reliable traditional pocket, and while it takes some time to break in, once it’s ready to go it will be your favorite stick ever. Or not. You’ll never know until you give one a try!
Traditional Thursday: Spacing Middle Leathers on a Pita
Last week a reader asked about pointers for spacing out the middle leathers on a Pita Pocket. I am sure there is a long list of strategies for adding space to the middle leathers, and with a little creativity, I tried to test out a few.
Traditional Thursday: Two Leather Pockets
A few weeks back, Connor dropped a Metrik ton of traditional on us. His use of box knots and his variations on some pretty traditional… well traditional pockets, got me thinking about stringing up a new pocket for myself. I just so happened to have a Proton Power laying around so I went about twisting something up.
Traditional Thursday: The ‘S’ Flair Pocket
I wasn’t exactly sure what I was going to do, but I wanted to add on another color of cross lace, and do something a little weird and wacky, for no other reason than to have fun. I ended up producing the first ever (as far as I know) ‘S’ Flair Pocket!
Traditional Thursday: Paracord… WHY?
I strung up a standard 8 diamond traditional pocket in this Maverik Metrik and used Paracord. Then I went to play some wall ball with it. How was it different from a regular traditional pocket? Would I recommend trying Paracord in your next pocket?
Traditional Thursday: Half Mesh, Half Amazing
Welcome to Traditional Thursday! We’ve been showing off some of these super hot half mesh, half traditional pockets over on our Instagram account, but we got some requests for a video explaining the pockets (and of course showing them off) just a bit more.
Traditional Thursday: Contest Time!
To celebrate our new traditional head partnership with Stylin Strings we’re going to give away an original traditional pocket, strung by yours truly! You’ll get your pick of the four heads below if you win, and if you don’t, you can still pick one up from the SSLAX crew!
Traditional Thursday: Metrik Ton Of Traditional
LAS Partner, Maverik Lacrosse, was nice enough to hook me up with a couple of their new Metrik heads to string up and I have to be honest… I’m loving how these heads string up! Whether it’s mesh or leathers, it’s an easy head to string and the Universal face shape is definitely a favorite of mine already.
Traditional Thursday: Cross-Gender Pocket
I recently strung up a bunch of women’s sticks for some local girls in NYC and Ted Glynn. Instead of throwing out the center track, I recycled it and experimented with it in a men’s lacrosse head.
Traditional Thursday: Brine Edge Pita
If you weren’t using a Brine Edge back in the late 90s and early 2000s people would look at you funny. It was the stick of sticks, the stick of kings, and the stick that everyone wanted to use. It was offset, had an open sidewall structure, and was basically the bomb diggity.