TRUE Project X Goalie Stick: Featherlight. Unleash the Storm.

The sound of a storm. Project X.

Sound of a storm.

Storm. It's Project X.

Storm. Shouldn't that be like a house party? It was not a movie about a house party. Anyways, folks, we've got different generations. We're on different wavelengths.

We have no idea what to do with Project X, but I will say the new project x stick from true is super super light.

How light? You tell me. Wow. Welcome back to the Hockey Shop, first of all.

Source for Sports here in Langley. I'm Kevin. He's Cam. This really light stick is the true Project X and it weighs 26 inches, five thirty five grams. Does that make it the lightest stick in your store?

I mean, at the moment, don't think there's anything that's lighter. Goalie stick, lightest goalie stick in the store.

I gotta say it is also pretty. It's pretty. It's got a little sort of purple accent in there.

The finish on the stick is quite nice.

Yeah. I know. Like, the straight carbon I gotta be honest with you, like

We've had some quarrels.

Nice finish. Like, a well finished stick and true have not gone hand in hand to point. Like, their sticks right up to the highest price points haven't always had the nicest finish, but this this is nice. Not painted down on the blade. Extra grip down there.

Little texture. It's a good looking stick. Is this like a stick blade as well. So walk me through the features other than the fact that Kevin's quite enamored with how it looks. Yes.

Oh, I see. Storm.

Storm. See, it's there.

So so that's part of the brand. Project X Storm? Storm. Oh, now it all makes

[crosstalk] sense. Yeah.

Okay. You can do your storm sounds at the end again. K. So textured grip, actually,

where you're on you're holding on the where the blade meets the shaft.

Yeah. Quite textured. Yeah. I actually quite like the feel Yeah.

Of that. It gives you a little bit of that control, it's like that sensibility of knowing it's just not smooth. It's like you still I know it's a hard word to describe when you just know the stick's there,

if that makes sense. Feels rubbery. Yes. Grippy.

Oh, thanks.

Fancy words that I use. You know, I'm journalist. It's grippy.

So on the back of the stick,

if you notice It feels like almost like on VEX. Like, it kinda like you can it's really hard to see. There's no way we're gonna be able to capture

this Yeah. No. Camera. Like, two minutes.

You can see how that kinda like it's true.

Patented. What do they

call that?

Invert technology that they've used in the past where they've kind of like flipped almost that stick, like geometry around on you.

I see it kinda Exactly. So I'm guessing that's our flex point. So it's a little mid Look at that.

Mid flex. Look at that. It's pretty good flex. So for a super lightweight stick, usually, you see that stiffness increase right away. Right.

It's kinda the opposite. This is quite flexible. In terms of for, like, pop as you're shooting, like

Yes. It's whippy.

Oh, yeah. She whippy.

For goalie stick, this is whippy.

She whippy. Okay. Yeah. If you're looking to send that pass, you know, down to a blue line. Or you could

be like me and just send it onto the opposition stick every single time. I mean, why not? Right?

Yeah. So Mark shouldn't try it.

Joey Dack almost had one the other

Joey Dack almost had one as well. Okay.

So you're telling me that I'm gonna get

a goal if I get

this stick? Are you guaranteeing that anybody that buys a stick from your store will get a Goalcam?

I guarantee that you can try.

Oh, that's okay. That's that's well played. Yes. Price point. Up there.

She not cheap. She not cheap. She's a high end stick. She is a high end stick. Got lots in stock?

We do got lots in stock though. So let's go. For peeling pucks off the wall.

That helps.

Okay. Anything else?

PWHL style curve. So that same mid curve that we see in basically all brands is available. Overall, in terms of like anything else, it's really like notable. Again, the weight is what really stands out to us. Super light.

That flexibility of the stick as well. And Super flexible. Much better finish in terms of

from True. There we go. Done. Project x. If you got any questions, give Cam a call.

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589-8299 or 1-800-567-7790. Don't worry. The stick will guide you through the store.

Oh my god. Go to the hockeyshop.com and learn more about the Project X Storm stick from True, and then you won't have to put up with him.

He's in fine form.

Yes. I mean, he's he's Cam. He's always in he's always in fine form. I'm not always in fine form with him, and so you get a little, like like, odd couple. He's he's fired up, ready to go, ready to greet everybody coming through the door in the day, and I'm just having a little trouble getting up.

We this last time we filmed after a Canucks game, so I get home at, like, one in the morning. We're out the door at seven to be there. So, yeah, Cam Cam always brings the happy and the joy even when I'm not not not feeling it to the same degree.

I'm always impressed how in-depth and detailed you guys get when it comes to sticks.

Yeah. There's I mean, in it's funny. It's a tough one because in some ways, it's really just feel. Right? Yeah.

But, like, you know, some of the things like the flex point, like this one has it's light. Like, it's the project x stick is incredibly light. Like, you notice it. Right? 535 grams.

Like, don't know that you normally think, hey. Like, the difference between five fifty stick and a five thirty five in terms of grams, like, can you feel that? I don't know. But when I pick this up, I'm like, holy, wow. Like, it jumps out at you as light.

But then the flex point, and then you see the unique geometry on the back end of it. And, like, this is gonna sound a little like a backhanded compliment, and and and I guess it is. But we've done a lot of these true sticks in the past where the fit and finish on it just isn't clean. And you're looking at the price tag, and you're like, really? Like, you know, you got glue hanging out here and clean lines that just aren't like, it just did they just they've dialed that in.

And this is a this is a good looking stick. It's a really good looking stick. It should be.

How much weight does tape add to a stick? Both at the top and the bottom?

That's a that's a well, I mean, I guess I guess to that point, it's not always just about the weight. It's about the balance, which is why when we add weight on the blade, we should also counter it with little weight at the top on our knob. Like, as much as that knob is about being able to pick the stick up when you drop it, it may also be about balancing counterweight because the sticks are so well balanced now that you wanna counter it a little bit. That's a good question. I I we should you know, like, when we get into a 535 gram stick, I would imagine if you go full Braden Holtby on the top of it Yeah.

You're you're you're adding a significant amount of weight. Like, how much a full roll of tape is probably not that much lighter than some of these sticks, to be honest.

It just occurred to me because we we talk about the weight dropping every release on these sticks. Yeah. But we but we still load them up.

That's a really good point. Now I feel like I I wish I had, like, my little scale that I used to weigh chemicals for the hot tub because I'd I'd run up and I'd I'd throw a throw a roll of tape on it and see how many grams it is.

Here's David Hutchison who joins us on InGoal Radio, the podcast. Hello, David.

Hello, Daren. It's fun to jump in just a little bit late. I apologize. Recording a podcast is like herding cats as we've all discovered, and I had an overlapping meeting. And and I feel bad just jumping in by slamming Woody, but most people would grab the kitchen scale, but Woody, of course, needs to point out it's the hot tub chemical Yeah.