SPORT SCIENCE
PASS TO CASCADE LACROSSE’S HUB OF HELMET AND HEADGEAR INNOVATION
BY JON METTUS
AN ALL-ACCESS
A white, boxy helmet hangs on the wall of a small second-floor conference room. It’s the old bucket style from 1986, with a flat front and ties in the back, branded “Sport Helmets” across the chin pad. One row down dangles a
newer, sleeker red-and-black design popular on lacrosse fields today. The helmet is elongated and streamlined. It tilts down from the back and has a ratcheting system to tighten in the back. Those helmets making up a two-row, 18-piece display serve as a visual timeline and proof of the evolution of Cascade Lacrosse.
“We took a white water rafting helmet and put a lacrosse mask onto it,” said Steve Moore, director of manufacturing. “Look at the rest of the line and how that’s kind of evolved.” Cascade, headquarterd in Liverpool, N.Y., is the industry leader in lacrosse headgear. The company was the first to use the expanded polypropylene foam in helmets and launched the first-of-its-kind women’s headgear, the LX, in November. Its equipment has touched nearly every lacrosse field in America. The helmets are born on the second floor, which
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38 US LACROSSE MAGAZINE January 2017
USlacrosse.org
©PHOTO CREDIT ©GREG WALL
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