Brohan Montana: Alternative Lacrosse Shafts

Native Americans Playing

Before I start on the shafts on the market today I felt I should give a history of wood shafts and lacrosse. For those readers who don’t know the wood shaft was first used by the Native Americans when they played lacrosse or as they called the game, baggataway or tewaraathon. Some tribes called the game the little brother of war because of its violent nature. Over the years the game has changed a lot coming from a game where different tribes had different versions of the game to two versions that don’t use the same type of field have slightly different rules and have different equipment. To this day the tribes that still play on their reservations make their own wood shafts and practice indoor lacrosse which just means they play within walls.

Looks allot like war

An out door "box" lacrosse game

Nation Lacrosse League Game

I have been noticing that there has been a lot of new materials being introduced into the the game of lacrosse. You have heads being created with new plastics that make them lighter and stronger or even heads being infused with metals to make them stronger. Companies have also been introducing carbon fiber and wood into their shafts. I personally have a bamboo shaft from a company called BAMshaft which makes primarily bamboo shafts for attack/midlefeild, defense, and goalie. Also on the market are shafts made of many different woods. I have found another company called Hectic which is one of those companies that makes their shafts out many different kinds of woods. These woods being Pecan Hickory, White Ash, Red Oak, Purple heart, Bamboo, and Maple, Ipe. There are many other companies that produce wood shafts such as Talon and Hickory but I found that one company has found a way to create the hybrid of a wood shaft and an alloy shaft. This company is called Haute Stick Lacrosse and the way they have created a hybrid is by placing a CU-31 Spine down the middle of the shaft with a Northern Ash surrounding it to help dampen the impacts that a shaft takes. I like this idea but I can see how some might not be inclined to want the shaft because of its weight.