Welcome to the Carve series of underwater hockey sticks - easily the coolest things we've ever made. The Carve series was designed to meet the growing needs of increasingly skilful players worldwide - demanding sticks capable of smoother, faster skills (and maybe a couple of massive flicks, just to appease the teenage boys).

The Carve Family

2010 updates

The Carve 265 is probably the most eagerly awaited stick we’ve ever had. If you’re a smaller back or a forward who needs a longer flick, then this stick was designed with you in mind. It has the same handle size as the 252 but with increased length and hook for better tackling and flicking.

 
Newly revamped for 2010, the Carve 252 R is still teeny and super fast but we’ve increased the mass for just a tad more power, and refined the trim line for higher, longer flicks. Our new texture promotes even more friction than last years, meaning the abominations will think you’ve glued the puck to your stick.

The Carve 279 R has undergone more changes than any other this year. We’ve reduced the handle size shifting weight and balance to the blade, massively refined the trim line, thickened the front edge, altered the bevel, updated the texture and centered the position of the grip line. The raft of changes add up, this stick has the most consistent and powerful flick we’ve ever produced off all edges combined with a comforting solidity in the hand that makes you look around for something to hit.

Squidgy Technology

Squidginess is a wonderful thing. If you haven’t experienced the revolution of soft textured hockey sticks yet then you haven’t experienced what you’re truly capable of doing with a puck. Nothing gives you more control than a Carve and our new 2010 textures give more control than ever before.

The surface of the sticks have been treated in all control / grip zones to give a squidgy, rubberised feel on your hand and on the puck.  We've used textures specifically designed to increase the surface area and grip on all contact areas of the stick (just grabbing a rasp and roughing it up doesn't really cut it with this stuff).  This means the stick actively grips both your hand and the puck to give a level of control that makes anything you've played with before pale in comparison.  Think of the difference between a wooden wagon wheel and a modern car tyre and you'll get the idea.  In fact, just for the geeks out there (like me), we're offering the squidgyness in two hardnesses (medium and soft).  The medium hardness is about the same as your car tyre, the soft is about the same as a bicycle inner tube.  Like formula 1 tyres, softer squidge equals better grip at the price of lower durability.  We've left the plastic hard wherever it touches the tiles, but softer squidge will still degrade faster than harder squidge.  Choose wisely. 

Sizes

The Carve series comes in two versions - the Carve 252, and the Carve 279.  The number indicates the length of the stick in mm, and by association, it's general mass.  The 252 is a very forward oriented stick, moving very, very fast through the water.  The increased grip of the squidge stops the puck from slipping off your stick and you slide it happily off of the oppositions.  In essence, you get to carve through melees like never before.  The 279 is designed and built to stop the 252 from destroying everybody.  When you hit someone with the 279 they stay hit, and the puck stays glued to your stick.  Then you use its extra mass to hurl the puck through the stratosphere so nobody else can touch it either. 

Legalites

Yes, they're legal.  The squidge isn't a coating or covering.  The sticks are a single homogenous chemical substance all the way through, we've just sorted out how to make it change hardness in all the right places.  Clever us eh?

Now the Gammy Folk are happy too!

Now the Carve  models come both right and left handed in both the 252 and 279 versions.

That's it for now folks, come back for more pictures and videos as we get them up, for now, get out there, get carvin', and don't let the goblins get ya...