Snapped My Wonderboy Today... [Archive]

ReLaxin 13

05-12-2006, 09:35 PM

In practice going for a ground ball, there was already a dent and someone just finished the job. I've still got the one year warranty so it's all good.
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sharpshooterFTW

05-12-2006, 09:47 PM

that sux, was it a hard hit or did he like just drop his stick?

ReLaxin 13

05-12-2006, 09:53 PM

that sux, was it a hard hit or did he like just drop his stick?

It was hard but it snapped real clean and real quick, it seems to dent pretty easily though.

destructivelax

05-12-2006, 10:00 PM

so wonderboys r pretty weak?

ReLaxin 13

05-12-2006, 10:01 PM

so wonderboys r pretty weak?

I'd say they are alot better than Aluminum but not quite as strong as like C405 or DB803.

Superman

05-12-2006, 10:57 PM

theyre a lot weaker than people think... two kids on my team have already broken theirs within a month of buying them. they are nice while they last... and at least they come with a warrenty

marflax33

05-12-2006, 11:06 PM

Those walls on it look really thin.... Like uber thin. Thats what sucks about modern shafts... Soooo much denting due to companys skimping on material. The STX c405 custom alloy and Brine F series are like the best simply because their walls are thicker and strong, yet the shafts themselves still stay reasonably light. But that sucks for your wonderboy. Yay for warrantees.

gigo567

05-13-2006, 12:38 AM

I am so glad that I just got another Field Attack, I could have gotten a wonderboy. Seems like I made the right choice.

the next 'one'

05-13-2006, 01:01 AM

well i guess these wonderboys arent as cracked up as they are supposed to be...look at all the other dents you still have around the break...

300th post!!

mohawklax1212

05-13-2006, 07:30 AM

dang i was just about to get one. oh well guess i'll just get another Kpro :crazy:

snell31

05-13-2006, 07:36 AM

thats a nice colour shaft. i really want someone round here to get one so i can see how they feel.
has gone through much before it snapped?

scruffy221

05-13-2006, 07:39 AM

never use a wonderboy for Defense...

I snapped one in like 3 weeks.

fossil8412

05-13-2006, 08:06 AM

How light are those anyways (like exact, in ounces)? If they aren't lighter than the db803, then what is the point of even buying one?

lax_crazy027

05-13-2006, 08:43 AM

I am so glad that I just got another Field Attack, I could have gotten a wonderboy. Seems like I made the right choice.
good choice my harrow-in addict brother, very good choice.
ReLaxin im sorry to hear about this, let us know if your replacment breaks.

ekeown

05-13-2006, 09:34 AM

I don't think anyone here should be making any speculations about the strength of the wonderboy shafts. Any shaft, not matter what it is made of can break. I've seen aluminum snap titanium in a game. A defender, using his back up pole in a game (head snapped on his other stick), went for a ground ball. As he was scooping an attackman with titanium checked the pole, which was at a 45 degree angle against the ground, and the titanium shaft just got sliced in half like butter against a hot knife. Is titanium better than aluminum? Definitely. Was it just one of those chance happening? Yes. When a shaft gets a good check it creates a weak spot, whether you can see the dent of not, and if that that spot is weak enough, and get's hit in that spot again, or more likely hit multiple times, it's going to cause the shaft to break.

However, with a naming the shaft "wonderboy", after the bat from The Natural, the shaft is destined to break.

MeTHLax18

05-13-2006, 09:46 AM

wow that shaft i guess is just a gimic?

gigo567

05-13-2006, 09:48 AM

wow that shaft i guess is just a gimic?
No! It is just weak. Gimmick is something that is new and innovative.

ReLaxin 13

05-13-2006, 12:22 PM

thats a nice colour shaft. i really want someone round here to get one so i can see how they feel.
has gone through much before it snapped?

Went through about 3 weeks of practice and games.

laxpro

05-13-2006, 12:42 PM

How light are those anyways (like exact, in ounces)? If they aren't lighter than the db803, then what is the point of even buying one?
Thats what I say

ReLaxin 13

05-13-2006, 01:05 PM

How light are those anyways (like exact, in ounces)? If they aren't lighter than the db803, then what is the point of even buying one?

I'm pretty sure it's lighter than a DB803.

i live 4 lax

05-13-2006, 02:31 PM

i swear you people need to learn the lacrosse definition of gimmick..

FredtheCat

05-13-2006, 02:54 PM

No! It is just weak. Gimmick is something that is new and innovative.

A gimmick is something that is designed to seem cool, but isn't actually practical.

donatello5678

06-18-2006, 06:08 PM

gimmick means its supposed to be awesome and its a piece of crap

laxin21

06-18-2006, 06:34 PM

just to let everyone know wonderboys are made of aluminum, theres really no titaninum in them like it says just high grade aluminum

EDIT: im not saying that this is a bad shaft, i like it i just dont want people thinking its supposed to be such a strong shaft

NuKoN

06-18-2006, 06:41 PM

errr... I like my wonderboy.. hasn't snapped yet, theres some dents and scratches though..

cougarlax21

06-18-2006, 06:59 PM

This has been a bad week for the U16 Yeti team that would be the second broken shaft. The other one being an F-15, I never thought I would see the day someone snapped and F-15 in half.

N.C.D-MaN

06-18-2006, 07:10 PM

lol, i have my wonderboy D-pole as my back-up stick. I would throw poke checks with it and i was so damn light that it would just slip right through my hands. I was also very head heavy w/ my X2 on it. Now i just use my Warrior C405 w/ my X2 and my torque on the wonderboy..... I would most definately not recommend this stick as a d-pole

LoyolaMiddie878

06-18-2006, 07:17 PM

hey guys, stop bashing the wonderboy. i have one, and i love it. i have had it for quite a few months now, and it only has one small dent in it after at least 7-10 games and that amount of time worth of practices.

Silverhawk

06-18-2006, 07:44 PM

ReLaxin 13

06-18-2006, 07:47 PM

This has been a bad week for the U16 Yeti team that would be the second broken shaft. The other one being an F-15, I never thought I would see the day someone snapped and F-15 in half.

Haha yeah this happened last month... Someone just dug it up.

N.C.D-MaN

06-18-2006, 07:50 PM

yea i had one as a d pole not a great idea. broke not long after gettin it. It broke like 3 days ago when i took a shot and hit another kids stick. I had no dents in it. It was a pretty good stick cuz it was light but personaly i think they break pretty easy. I dont mean to hijack this thread but how is the weight on the DB803 and C405 compared to the wonderboy? I really like a light d shaft

Wonderboy is WAYYYYYYYYY lighter. It's like it's going to float away or something. lol

GAlax3

06-18-2006, 08:34 PM

theyre nice but they do break easily..a kid on my team had 2 break during the season

if ur gonna get one be sure to keep ur receipt n such for the warranty

ekajsk8er

06-18-2006, 08:56 PM

yea i had one as a d pole not a great idea. broke not long after gettin it. It broke like 3 days ago when i took a shot and hit another kids stick. I had no dents in it. It was a pretty good stick cuz it was light but personaly i think they break pretty easy. I dont mean to hijack this thread but how is the weight on the DB803 and C405 compared to the wonderboy? I really like a light d shaft
The Db803 is the second lightest shaft on the market with the lightest being the db803 ice (which is also available as a pole, and just has some kinda of textured grip on it.) You be the judge.

goalie1215

06-18-2006, 09:03 PM

theyre nice but they do break easily..a kid on my team had 2 break during the season

if ur gonna get one be sure to keep ur receipt n such for the warranty

put the recipt inside the shaft so when it breaks, you will have the recipt right with you. you could also keep your heads recipt inside there near the top. thats what i did with my monster just because it has a lifetime warrenty. i know it is never going to break though.

cougarlax21

06-18-2006, 11:00 PM

Haha yeah this happened last month... Someone just dug it up.
kinda wish I would have looked at dates and not made that comment.

Pricealot

06-18-2006, 11:56 PM

I think the ice and standard db803 are the same weight, just the ice looks cool... the texture is a gimmick if you will. BTW, I think db803 is what deBeer named the specific alloy that they use in those shafts; so, if they are both made of the db803 alloy... same weight, yo.

sailorslax88

06-19-2006, 09:20 AM

i just ordered the brine ignite optra, that has come THICK walls

laxin21

06-20-2006, 11:10 AM

yeah i use the ignite optra also, its not too heavy and the things a tank

i was thinking about gettin a wonderboy...

laxmister22

03-09-2007, 06:20 PM

I have the blue one and I think that mine/it is pretty strong though.

ALEX WIZ

03-09-2007, 09:19 PM

that happened to 3 of my friends they def. arent made to last, like you said they break really clean.

THALAX

03-09-2007, 09:21 PM

Maverick is supposedly making them have thicker walls now. Or soon, I'm not sure...

EastCoastDeft

03-09-2007, 09:26 PM

yeah isnt maverick making them thicker?... i thought they were

tomtom

03-10-2007, 12:33 AM

Well, we just had 2 wonderboy poles snap in 2 days on our team, Im for sure not buying one anytime soon.

manhassetlax

03-11-2007, 07:34 PM

i just bought one cause they are so sweet lax. if they break it has a warranty so it's nothing to cry about

plus http://www.lax.com/shop/item.phtml?page=product_6122_front.phtml

"IMPROVED STENGTH IN ALL 2007 DEFENSE SHAFTS"

RAIDERLacrosse5

05-16-2007, 12:22 AM

put the recipt inside the shaft so when it breaks, you will have the recipt right with you. you could also keep your heads recipt inside there near the top. thats what i did with my monster just because it has a lifetime warrenty. i know it is never going to break though.

have you done this? haha that would be the first time i've ever heard of somebody putting their reciept in the shaft

Blackhawk1

05-16-2007, 06:11 AM

DB803 ice's suck. My friend traded his F-15 for one and thinks he made a great trade. So we were watching the varsity game and this kid snaps his D-pole, gets his DB803 standard adn then that snaps.

atxlax07

05-16-2007, 11:03 AM

Two kids on my team have them, but they pretty much worship it.

rockstar13

05-16-2007, 01:54 PM

you guys have to learn how to protect your sticks better

gigo567

05-16-2007, 02:50 PM

you guys have to learn how to protect your sticks better
Yeah, you can't 'protect' your stick when your checking another players stick and you can't protect a stick that easily on a shot.

italianstalion

05-16-2007, 02:53 PM

Yeah, you can't 'protect' your stick when your checking another players stick and you can't protect a stick that easily on a shot.
I agree, lacrosse is a physical game and the shafts should be able to stand up to the abuse, which is why I wouldnt buy a wonderboy for $15

MACDADDY

05-16-2007, 05:29 PM

I agree, lacrosse is a physical game and the shafts should be able to stand up to the abuse, which is why I wouldnt buy a wonderboy for $15
well...for $15 id buy it just because its better spent money that buying a reg. aluminum for $10.

rockstar13

05-16-2007, 05:43 PM

ok maybe you guys got a point but all sticks break every body plays differnt way and you guys must play wth the sweet spot exposed

Yeoj

07-08-2007, 06:34 PM

I know this is a old thread. I didn't want to make a totally different thread to say this but the new 2007 Wonderboy shafts are alot stronger than the old one. Seeing the pics of the thinness of relaxin's wonderboy that he snapped and comparing it to my new black wonderboy there is a noticeable increase in thickness of the shaft. Hopefully this extra thickness added to the Wonderboy will stop all the sayings of how they break so easily.

D4LIFE

07-08-2007, 06:39 PM

yes, they are same but stronger. they had some issue in the production that they fixed to fix snapping problem, idk what exactly.

VinelandHighLax

07-11-2007, 10:02 AM

nah wonderboys are really weak....my friend broke his giving a cross check to some1s arm...it snapped in half completely too

D4LIFE

07-11-2007, 08:05 PM

alot of shafts wont do well with cross checking, if u want to cross check then get a box shaft or a Fatboy. if u dont cross check the 07 wonderboys are plenty strong unless u absolutly brutal to your shafts (then u might want to just get like 100 aluminum shafts cause nothing will last long, lol.)

navylax161

07-11-2007, 08:14 PM

my friend broke his and he had it for 2 years in 5th and 6th grade leagues, and he snapped it fooling around. i bet a wonderboy wouldn't last a year in high school.