Adidas teamed up with London-based Hypetex and Hong Kong-based Marque Makers to develop the most powerful hockey stick to date
The new Adidas Kromaskin hockey stick is made of Hypetex Textreme material and developed with innovative F1 racing technology. The feature of the stick is that the outer layer of colored carbon fiber is coated on the short fiber, which can reduce fiber damage during the production process, thereby maintaining the highest structural performance, and at the same time bringing high-quality new beauty to the hockey stick.
Carbon fiber spread tow technology is used in shell production, using ultra-thin carbon tape instead of the traditional carbon fiber layer structure. They are woven into layers of tight and uniform fibers, reducing voids and carbon fiber defects, thereby improving surface quality and maximizing performance.
It also uses other new and improved technologies, including the core preform technology designed by the Hypetex team.
British hockey player Alan Forsyth said: "AX24 Kromaskin is the best stick I have ever played. The new shape is very suitable for control, and the power when hitting the ball is excellent."
The new Kromaskin rod, designed by Hypetex and manufactured by Marque Makers for Adidas, performed better than other benchmark rods in the market in laboratory tests.
Loughborough Sports Institute of Technology (STI) is recognized as one of the global leaders in sports research, testing the new Adidas and eight other sticks in the high-end market.
In the test, the coefficient of restitution (COR) of the Adidas Kromaskin rod is 16% higher than other rods, which means it will return more energy and the ball will move faster. The change in the upper COR coefficient of the five kromaskin clubs is 70% less than that of the other clubs, which means that the speed of the ball when hitting the ball will be more consistent in a series of effects.
Hypetex CEO Marc Cohen said, "Working with Adidas is a great experience. This is another example of how the engineering of advanced materials technology pushes the boundaries of performance to a new level."