A few of us have been looking into making sticks out of other materials and I thought I had a handle on the rules - but it looks like "AquaChallenge" have just changed the rules. It now says:

- The stick shall be made of an approved material (see AquaChallenge website) but must
float horizontally in the water.

I had a look through cmasuwhcindex.htm assuming this is the site the new rules refer to, but I cant find mention of approved materials...

So that means that there is no way to make a leagal stick! (LOL)

Anyone know what materials are approved?

Anyway. From what I remember the old rules on materials said something about a single homogeneous material. So your sticks with two woods would not pass. In fact painting a stick would technically make it illegal.


Personally I would like to see the rules on sticks relaxed a lot. There have been some massive improvements in material technology in the last few years and we are still stuck with hacking up chopping boards. The floating thing also rules out a hell of a lot of composites and plastics with densities only slightly higher than water.

With a big interest in a more open skillful game, and even changing the puck so it passes further why not look at some modern materials to enhance a players puck control?



Ben