It started on the field.
If you’ve spent any time on a lacrosse field, you never forget the feeling of a wooden stick. For me, it was getting checked on the forearm during a dodge by a teammate wielding an old-school wooden shaft. There was no vibration, no flex—just pure, solid feedback.
After 35 years in and around lacrosse, my respect for wooden shafts only grew. But traditional wooden sticks had a fatal flaw. Cut from a single block of timber on a table saw, they lacked consistency, warped over time, and lacked the modern responsiveness today's game demands.
A new approach to a classic shaft.
In 2016, we set out to fix that. We looked outside the lacrosse industry and adopted advanced woodworking techniques used in high-stress architectural engineering. By precision-laminating selected cuts of lumber and moulding them into an ergonomic octagonal profile, we unlocked incredible dimensional stability, maximum flex-snap, and unmatched durability.
Birch, maple, rift-sawn white oak, and walnut. Four hardwoods, each with its own grain and character, in 30″ short shafts and 60″ long poles.
We’ve placed these shafts in the hands of world-class national team leaders and grassroots players in developing lacrosse nations across the globe. Now, we’re bringing this refined classic back to your game.
Welcome to the modern evolution of traditional power. Welcome to LumberJack Lax.