<![CDATA[Underwater Hockey World Forums - Underwater Hockey Equipment & Gear]]> http://www.underwaterhockeyworld.com What you need to have to play Underwater Hockey . en Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:38:07 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.underwaterhockeyworld.com/images/misc/rss.jpg <![CDATA[Underwater Hockey World Forums - Underwater Hockey Equipment & Gear]]> http://www.underwaterhockeyworld.com CanAm Plastic Fusion Sticks now in Stock http://www.underwaterhockeyworld.com/underwater-hockey-equipment-gear/859-canam-plastic-fusion-sticks-now-stock.html Fri, 27 Aug 2010 15:04:35 GMT Hi everyone,

We now have our production stock of the CanAm "Plastic Fusion" stick material. It is now available for delivery on most of our stick models as well as your custom stick! Please check it out...

CanAm Plastic Fusion Stick Material | CanAm Underwater Hockey Gear


Steven
CanAm Underwater Hockey Gear ]]> canamsticks http://www.underwaterhockeyworld.com/underwater-hockey-equipment-gear/859-canam-plastic-fusion-sticks-now-stock.html Mat Mas- Gull Mew Hard fins Feedback http://www.underwaterhockeyworld.com/underwater-hockey-equipment-gear/846-mat-mas-gull-mew-hard-fins-feedback.html Fri, 02 Jul 2010 22:51:10 GMT Hi, I would like to hear feedback from people that had used either of these fins, the fibre Mat Mas, and the rubber Gull Mew Hard fins. I want to get a new pair of fins, different than quattros. Thanks. Sergio Hi, I would like to hear feedback from people that had used either of these fins, the fibre Mat Mas, and the rubber Gull Mew Hard fins.
I want to get a new pair of fins, different than quattros.
Thanks.
Sergio ]]> uwhaletas http://www.underwaterhockeyworld.com/underwater-hockey-equipment-gear/846-mat-mas-gull-mew-hard-fins-feedback.html Underwater Hockey Swim Trunk http://www.underwaterhockeyworld.com/underwater-hockey-equipment-gear/845-underwater-hockey-swim-trunk.html Sat, 19 Jun 2010 10:17:54 GMT Hi Everyone! Looking to replace your old tattered, full of holes swim trunk? CanAm Underwater Hockey Gear (http://www.underwaterhockeyworld.com/www.CanAmUWHGear.com) has teamed up with EQ Swimwear to create the ultimate swim trunk for underwater hockey, the UWH Trunk (http://www.canamuwhgear.com/products-page/swimwear/uwh-trunk/). Please check it out!!!! Steveo CanAm Underwater Hockey Gear (http://www.CanAmUWHGear.com) Image: http://www.canamuwhgear.com/wp-content/uploads/wpsc/product_images/uwhtrunk3.jpg Hi Everyone!

Looking to replace your old tattered, full of holes swim trunk?

CanAm Underwater Hockey Gear has teamed up with EQ Swimwear to create the ultimate swim trunk for underwater hockey, the UWH Trunk. Please check it out!!!!

Steveo
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]]> canamsticks http://www.underwaterhockeyworld.com/underwater-hockey-equipment-gear/845-underwater-hockey-swim-trunk.html Sphera Masks http://www.underwaterhockeyworld.com/underwater-hockey-equipment-gear/844-sphera-masks.html Tue, 15 Jun 2010 19:17:25 GMT CanAm Underwater Hockey Gear now has the Sphera Masks (http://www.canamuwhgear.com/products-page/masks-mask-straps/aqualung-sphera-mask/) available for order. These are awesome masks for uwh! Comes with a CanAm Mask Strap and Free Worldwide Shipping. Image: http://www.canamuwhgear.com/wp-content/uploads/wpsc/product_images/sphera.jpg Cheers, Steveo CanAm Underwater Hockey Gear (http://www.CanAmUWHGear.com) CanAm Underwater Hockey Gear now has the Sphera Masks available for order. These are awesome masks for uwh! Comes with a CanAm Mask Strap and Free Worldwide Shipping.





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Steveo
CanAm Underwater Hockey Gear ]]> canamsticks http://www.underwaterhockeyworld.com/underwater-hockey-equipment-gear/844-sphera-masks.html CanAm Performance Series Gloves http://www.underwaterhockeyworld.com/underwater-hockey-equipment-gear/843-canam-performance-series-gloves.html Mon, 07 Jun 2010 18:52:18 GMT We have our first addition to the CanAm Performance Series Gloves! Please check them out... More sizes & colors coming soon.....

CanAm USA Glove | CanAm Underwater Hockey Gear

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CanAm Underwater Hockey Gear ]]> canamsticks http://www.underwaterhockeyworld.com/underwater-hockey-equipment-gear/843-canam-performance-series-gloves.html Stick Bevels http://www.underwaterhockeyworld.com/underwater-hockey-equipment-gear/827-stick-bevels.html Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:10:29 GMT Hi everyone,

I'm planning to experiment with different combinations of bevel angles on my stick over the next few months and thought I'd start by soliciting some input from others.

Currently, I use a wooden stick made of poplar (or maple if playing on a rough bottom). I use a bevel angle of 12 degrees on both the front and back surfaces. The back bevel extends rearward past the contact point where my thumb rests on the stick (so my thumb is pushing against a beveled surface rather than a vertical one - which affects the stick's "neutral" orientation).

My main motivation for this experiment is to improve shot length, but preferably without increasing the overall length of my stick. I work on my shot technique regularly and, while my shot is quite consistent, I don't seem to be able to get the really long flicks that others can get using sticks of similar length.

If you have any information regarding the relationship between bevels and shot length (or related, similar relationships), please feel free to share, discuss, etc. on this thread.

Once I start to get data from my experiments, I'll post here again with anything useful I discover. ]]> perphectnumber http://www.underwaterhockeyworld.com/underwater-hockey-equipment-gear/827-stick-bevels.html Pucks http://www.underwaterhockeyworld.com/underwater-hockey-equipment-gear/825-pucks.html Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:51:00 GMT YouTube - Prince - Purple Rain (with lyrics)

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YouTube - Broadcast Yourself. ]]> Flk_d_pk http://www.underwaterhockeyworld.com/underwater-hockey-equipment-gear/825-pucks.html Pool floors/bottoms http://www.underwaterhockeyworld.com/underwater-hockey-equipment-gear/824-pool-floors-bottoms.html Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:56:48 GMT Hi everyone, we need some advice about pool floors/bottoms, our home town pool (Copacabana) was renovated, we have now got a beautiful swimming pool but the bottom is not suitable for UWH, it is a PVC membrane so the contractors do not want to supply warranty if we play UWH. We have got some ideas from the courts used in San Jose and Calgary worlds. Is there any more options????? Maybe around Europe, has anyone seen something different????? I remember in 2008 at PCC´s in San Jose they were trying a different kind of floor, I am not sure if it worked out....anyway, I would really appreciate it if we can get some advice, Pics, Links etc. about it. Thanks. Sergio. Hi everyone, we need some advice about pool floors/bottoms, our home town pool (Copacabana) was renovated, we have now got a beautiful swimming pool but the bottom is not suitable for UWH, it is a PVC membrane so the contractors do not want to supply warranty if we play UWH. We have got some ideas from the courts used in San Jose and Calgary worlds. Is there any more options????? Maybe around Europe, has anyone seen something different?????
I remember in 2008 at PCC´s in San Jose they were trying a different kind of floor, I am not sure if it worked out....anyway, I would really appreciate it if we can get some advice, Pics, Links etc. about it.
Thanks.

Sergio. ]]> uwhaletas http://www.underwaterhockeyworld.com/underwater-hockey-equipment-gear/824-pool-floors-bottoms.html CanAmUWHGear.com New Website and new gear.... http://www.underwaterhockeyworld.com/underwater-hockey-equipment-gear/823-canamuwhgear-com-new-website-new-gear.html Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:22:42 GMT CanAm Underwater Hockey Gear is proud to announce the launch of their new website. CanAm Underwater Hockey Gear (http://www.CanAmUWHGear.com) We have some great new products, including a great uwh fin, come check us out! Steve CanAm Underwater Hockey Gear is proud to announce the launch of their new website.

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We have some great new products, including a great uwh fin, come check us out!


Steve ]]> canamsticks http://www.underwaterhockeyworld.com/underwater-hockey-equipment-gear/823-canamuwhgear-com-new-website-new-gear.html SIMMS puck ILEGAL http://www.underwaterhockeyworld.com/underwater-hockey-equipment-gear/821-simms-puck-ilegal.html Tue, 23 Feb 2010 01:26:59 GMT While doing research on other pucks, among most of available types, I also destroyed a new Simms puck. To my amazement, I found out its illegal. The thickness of protection arround the core, by rules has to be minimum of 2mm. On the side "taper" of a top-bottom disk, the protection falls down below 2 mm. The general thickness of the taper is only 1,9mm and on extreme end is only 1,8.

Measurements are correct, and verified several times. Puck was never used before its dissection.

The top plates on Simms have only 2.2 mm thickness, and while that would suffice for many games, if the plate was made from teflon or any other hard plastics (usually found in some other pucks), the PE used in Simms puck is soft and easily damaged, and I question the correct thickness even for the plates itself, after some use...

It looks to me like designers pushed the tolerances in order to both save on materials, and gain on stabillity of the puck. While Simms equals the "stable" pucks, its by no means the most stable one, amongst already available. Also, designers looks like to have more worries how to put it together, than the actual performances of the puck itself.

But in my view, the Simms is the only puck of all, made from what I enviously call "perversive" design, using all the latest gadgets in toolings, and materials to suit the ease of production, like CNC autocad all the way... Comparing Simms puck to say Italian puck, its like comparing horse driven plow, to the Apollo LEM spacecraft for moon landings. Even the Simms lead core, is made from CNC crafted, industrial supplied lead profiles, that serves the further processes of the puck production in the final toolings. But if this one was inside Apollo 11, Armstrong would crash it on the moon in '69.... or on Sheffield 2006 ;)

For that fact alone, I'm even more disappointed, to have found out this debacle of the auto-cad designers, designing its toolings.

Worlds was played with Simms puck (by current WAA leaders approval), CMAS has taken it as an "official puck"... and no one ever has taken the time, in so many years, to verify it. Until I decided to produce my own puck, and found that out by simple, old school analysis... bad me, huh?
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]]> Flk_d_pk http://www.underwaterhockeyworld.com/underwater-hockey-equipment-gear/821-simms-puck-ilegal.html Stick Rules regarding floating and holes/vents... http://www.underwaterhockeyworld.com/underwater-hockey-equipment-gear/820-stick-rules-regarding-floating-holes-vents.html Mon, 22 Feb 2010 04:30:30 GMT I have just looked thru the WAA rules for sticks and I found nothing mentioning that the stick must float (old rule?) or that there was a rule against having holes/vents in the sticks??? I am one of the largest stick makers in the world and I want to be sure to advise my customers correctly on the current rules. CMAS or WAA... Feedback please...

Steve
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P.S. Only 6 days left until the drawing for (3) CanAm Uni2 Pucks!!! Don't miss out on the opportunity to get a free puck!!! Details available on my Facebook Page! CanAm Underwater Hockey Gear | Facebook ]]> canamsticks http://www.underwaterhockeyworld.com/underwater-hockey-equipment-gear/820-stick-rules-regarding-floating-holes-vents.html Double-ended (ambidextrous) sticks: anyone making them? http://www.underwaterhockeyworld.com/underwater-hockey-equipment-gear/817-double-ended-ambidextrous-sticks-anyone-making-them.html Sun, 14 Feb 2010 13:19:43 GMT Hi All, After discovering about ten years ago that I play equally badly with both hands, and not just as a right-hander, I have been playing UWH with two gloves and double-ended sticks. My first ambidextrous sticks were made for me in about 2000 by Jim Randall in the UK, my next sets by Les Buchanan of True Blue in Australia, which believe has now been taken over by Matt Mason, with whom I reffed at the Hobart worlds. The sticks that Les made for me were basically double-ended versions of the Slick Flicker Slim, shown below: http://true-blue.com.au/catalog/images/SlimSlickFlickerlarge.jpg These sticks have done me well for many years, but having broken my favourite black at a tournament in November and my last remaining white in training yesterday, I now find myself with a single old black and no whites and my next tournament coming up in two weeks time. Would anybody out there be able to make me some double-ended sticks, ideally in the next two weeks? I have the carpentry skills of a four year old and unfortunately as I am now based in Switzerland, the only club that we have here is the one that I started at the end of 2008 and none of us are carpenters. I was talking to Benson Taylor at the 2009 Euroclubs and he was telling me his ideas for a double-ended stick that involved me rotating the stick, not just passing it from hand to hand. Bennie, are you out there? Or Jim, Matt, Liam, Ales or anybody else that fancies an interesting project? I am certainly not fixed upon having to have a duplicate of what I had before, and am certainly open to any suggestions of new ideas. But I do feel crippled by being able to use only one hand, so would be very keen to get some new ambidextrous sticks as quickly as I can. Many thanks in advance! Martin Reed Underwater Hockey Switzerland - www.uwh.ch Hi All,

After discovering about ten years ago that I play equally badly with both hands, and not just as a right-hander, I have been playing UWH with two gloves and double-ended sticks.

My first ambidextrous sticks were made for me in about 2000 by Jim Randall in the UK, my next sets by Les Buchanan of True Blue in Australia, which believe has now been taken over by Matt Mason, with whom I reffed at the Hobart worlds. The sticks that Les made for me were basically double-ended versions of the Slick Flicker Slim, shown below:

http://true-blue.com.au/catalog/imag...ickerlarge.jpg

These sticks have done me well for many years, but having broken my favourite black at a tournament in November and my last remaining white in training yesterday, I now find myself with a single old black and no whites and my next tournament coming up in two weeks time.

Would anybody out there be able to make me some double-ended sticks, ideally in the next two weeks? I have the carpentry skills of a four year old and unfortunately as I am now based in Switzerland, the only club that we have here is the one that I started at the end of 2008 and none of us are carpenters.

I was talking to Benson Taylor at the 2009 Euroclubs and he was telling me his ideas for a double-ended stick that involved me rotating the stick, not just passing it from hand to hand. Bennie, are you out there? Or Jim, Matt, Liam, Ales or anybody else that fancies an interesting project?

I am certainly not fixed upon having to have a duplicate of what I had before, and am certainly open to any suggestions of new ideas. But I do feel crippled by being able to use only one hand, so would be very keen to get some new ambidextrous sticks as quickly as I can.

Many thanks in advance!

Martin Reed
Underwater Hockey Switzerland - www.uwh.ch ]]> martinreed http://www.underwaterhockeyworld.com/underwater-hockey-equipment-gear/817-double-ended-ambidextrous-sticks-anyone-making-them.html Brass Puck Usage http://www.underwaterhockeyworld.com/underwater-hockey-equipment-gear/808-brass-puck-usage.html Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:16:21 GMT Hey Hockeyland,

A recent discussion on my facebook page (CanAm Underwater Hockey Gear | Facebook) took place over Full Brass Underwater hockey Pucks. When I started playing uwh in 1990 we played with brass until about 1995 or so. The brass was fast, stable compared to the plastic pucks of that vintage. The brass pucks chipped and cracked the tiles in our pool an we were told not to play with the brass anymore. I remember seeing the damage around the goal areas especially.

It seems that a few people are trying to bring back full brass pucks. I am worried that these pucks will cause harm to the game of Underwater Hockey. I could manufacture a full brass puck but I believe that the brass around the contact radius of the puck should not exist. I know there are some pools that are super bad/rough and that's why I have offered the CanAm Uni2 Puck with Brass and soon Stainless Steel Sliders. The sliders are not in the contact zone around the outer rim and should minimize any tile breakage and not wear out super fast.

So a couple of questions for other players, countries or organizations across the world:
1. Do you allow full brass pucks?
2. Do you think using them is good for the sport?
3. Anyone been sued or held liable for tile damage or lost a pool due to that issue?

I would love to have a good discussion on this...

Steveo
www.CanAmUWHGear.com ]]> canamsticks http://www.underwaterhockeyworld.com/underwater-hockey-equipment-gear/808-brass-puck-usage.html New Fin Keepers.... http://www.underwaterhockeyworld.com/underwater-hockey-equipment-gear/804-new-fin-keepers.html Tue, 15 Dec 2009 23:13:05 GMT The new Fin Keepers have now arrived at CanAm Underwater Hockey Gear! These heavy duty, wide, thick, non-stretchy black rubber fin keepers are the best for underwater hockey. As always, free worldwide shipping. Check them out.... CanAm Underwater Hockey Gear - canamsticks.com - Home (http://www.canamsticks.com) Steve The new Fin Keepers have now arrived at CanAm Underwater Hockey Gear! These heavy duty, wide, thick, non-stretchy black rubber fin keepers are the best for underwater hockey. As always, free worldwide shipping. Check them out....


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Steve ]]> canamsticks http://www.underwaterhockeyworld.com/underwater-hockey-equipment-gear/804-new-fin-keepers.html New Hockey fin http://www.underwaterhockeyworld.com/underwater-hockey-equipment-gear/802-new-hockey-fin.html Tue, 08 Dec 2009 05:53:52 GMT So I have been working with Force Fin for a while now and here it is, the first time Force Fin has prototyped Hockey specific fin. While this is the first prototype and there are a couple of refinements that need to be made before its release, it already promises to be a great fin.

Its' acceleration is on par with the best I have used, maneuverability is amazing, its short length allows even quicker turns, and positioning is fantastic.



there are still a couple of things we are tuning with the fin to refine it some, and a really quantitative comparative testing is still to come, the initial night of hockey and testing in them went fantastically. As for price and availability, I am not sure yet, so don't ask, but I am confident the it will be less than the Breiers, although not as cheap as the Mares line, but they should last forever (I have 15 y/o Force Fins that I still use regularly). As for a release date, well its still a work in progress, I don't know, hopefully sometime this spring for the first pairs. ]]> meesier42 http://www.underwaterhockeyworld.com/underwater-hockey-equipment-gear/802-new-hockey-fin.html