No budget, no patience.

[MacLax1212]

I am an attackman at the the JV level, possibly playing at the varsity level next year. I currently own Hitman 5.0 shoulder pads, and I absolutely hate them. The bulkiness annoys me to death. I am the type of player that gets pretty beat up because I'm not the fastest guy on the field, but bulky pads really mess up my playing. I have no budget, and I am up for many opinions on what to get, but please give a good reason why the shoulder pads you request will be good.

WHAT SHOULDER PADS SHOULD I GET?????

[ccbl91]

o thank god u told me about this
i was gonna get those

[MacLax1212]

No problem, yeah there really not good at all... too much bulk.

[culbrethlax10]

well if you really have no buget then i ouwld go with the warior players club 6.0 cause they provide soo much prrotection and a kid on my team has them and yes they are pretty discrete. also rhino skin looks like your not wearing anything. but a check might heart a little bit more in those ones.

[beast416]

i get checked alot and i mean alot but rhino skin suprisingly absorbs 99% of the check

go with rhinoskin i have it

[gfgoalie28]

get the working man's rhinoskin. adams shoulder pad liners over a warrior vapor protek full shirt.

[MacLax1212]

Thanks for the input, anybody else??

[laxdevil666]

brine makes a few shoulder pads that are all worth trying on, the supercrosse and the element.

[MacLax1212]

Does anybody else want to give some input?

[elementsk8r070]

i think the gait/debeer intrepids are nice. I know price isnt a problem here but theyre only about 30-40, provide you with the protection you need and theyre light and easy to move in.

but before you buy your new shoulder pads, it would be a smart idea to go to the nearest store and try some of them out.

[SharpShooter3]

The new STX G-Forces seem to be what you want. They are very low profile but protective. The outside is hard plastic but it is lined with this shock absorbant stuff. :worship: Another possiblility is the Glads. Spartan cores look pretty low profile. One thing I will say though is that if you think that the Hitman is too bulky you might want to stay away from Warrior, all of their pads are of a similar design.

[corner_shot]

I use a pair of brine sp4's and pulled off the upper arm pads. They are nice and light and i never notice them. Also dont have any trouble w/ checks with them and ive used them for 5 years.

[Farny]

I have the Spartan Core's. They are so awesome and don't restrict movement at all. Too bad it's a real problem when you get poke checked on the top of the arm near the shoulder; it's a real pain. Most pads have protection there, little things which are connected to the shoulders, you know what I'm talking about, right? Those things should be detachable, so, it might look weird, but you could slip those on and wear the Cores. I love the SC, and it's only $40.

[MacLax1212]

get the working man's rhinoskin. adams shoulder pad liners over a warrior vapor protek full shirt.

I really like this idea.

Does anybody else do this, or know someone who does this.

On some website, I read that the adams shoulder pad liners are used by a majority of the NCAA players. Is this true?

[Falcon_Lax6]

go with the adams shoulder liner!!!

[gfgoalie28]

how do you delete posts?

[MacLax1212]

^^ Im not sure, but I know you can EDIT posts.

[FeelTheRain]

thats smart, i thik ill do that for my second shoulder pad option.

[Avs1103]

go with the g-forces...there really light...really protective...arent bulky at all, i barely know there on...there covered in like a hard plastic and another type of matrial...i dont feel anything at all...and while ur at it u might want to pick up the arm guards

[NLLStormCA]

go to the Harrow website www.harrowsports.com they have nice pads and are not bulky and are a good price...

[LaXDaVe]

Rhinoskiiiiin. Thats the stuff man. I use it, its like wearing a t-shirt but protects enough so you dont really get hurt

EDIT: and yea mikey powell used the adams liners last year, a bunch of guys i met from salisbury use them, and alot of guys in major division I colleges do.

[phattielax]

theres no way that u will play on varsity level next year or the year after that or the year after that so dont waste ur money

[lax4life6]

I use old small hockey shouder pads. They work fine.

[mdoglax13]

get the g-force shoulder pads

[destructivelax]

this thread is from over a year ago

[laxdevil666]

this thread is from over a year ago
true. but at least he did search, which is a rare quality around here.