Each week Lacrosse Playground will be featuring a different lacrosse athlete as part of our “Grip ‘N Rip” series, where we’ll find out what the best use to fine tune their game. This week we are featuring Gonzaga Senior face-off specialist Chris May. Chris has committed to Georgetown and is looking to repeat as a Washington Post First Team All-Met selection. Listen to Chris May talk about what he uses to plunge with this season.>>VIEW VIDEO

The Design Contest is over and the winning shaft was voted by the fans. It is the limited edition Barbed Wire Shaft.

The Barbed Wire Shaft comes complete with the unique No Slip Grip Rubberized Coating that produces the ideal grip in all playing conditions and features a titanium-enhanced aerospace alloy with a superior strength-to-weight ratio.

Glory Hound has been announced as one of the sponsors for the Patriot Cup next week at SMU in Dallas. The event will feature High School and college teams from all over Texas as well as visiting teams from New England, Oregon and Michigan.>>READ MORE

Brendan Mundorf, newest member of the STX team, discusses what head and shaft he plays with in a recent interview.>>VIEW VIDEO

Members of the Wellesley High School lacrosse team in Massachusetts put this video together complete with a solid rendition of Maverik’s new slow-motion commercial for Paul Rabil. They’ve added a twist to it by including a goalie between the pipes and hot background music.

Yesterday you got to see the Bull Head, today LPG has the new shaft from Paul Rabil’s new line.

Long Island City, NY, March 4, 2010 – Maverik Lacrosse today unveiled “THE BULL” head and shaft designed by Team USA and Boston Cannon’s All-Star midfielder and Maverik “Soldier” Paul Rabil. Rabil will be promoting his new head and shaft as well as signing autographs at the Maverik Lacrosse tent on Saturday, March 6th at the Konica Minolta Face-Off Classic at Baltimore’s M&T Bank Stadium.>>READ MORE

1 Lacrosse, the premier manufacturer of custom lacrosse shafts, is proud to be supplying The Welsh National Men’s Team with their own custom designed shaft! Using our Pride Design, the Welsh incorporated their traditional team logo to have the perfect shaft for their program.MORE…

Nick Cotter and John “Bubba” Durno of the Boston Blazers discuss the intricacies of lacrosse during an interview. Bubba’s mustache ain’t nothing to mess with.

Lacrosse Magazine posted an interesting article this week on their site about the ongoing stick tech regulations. Questions have popped up about STX’s Professor head. Although, there have been more than 100 Division 1 games already, there have been slim to none infractions. Yet, there is always a chance of an infraction due to the fact that heads come from factories on the edge of illegal. MORE AFTER THE JUMP…