Sportmas Tour

by **LukeD** on Mon Mar 22, 2010 4:42 pm

http://ingoalmag.com/interviews/sportma ... ny-priolo/
Interesting that the masks are gelcoated, but then the ones "just out of the mold" have to be sanded. hmmm... they look like templates to me. He looks pretty clean for working in such a messy business.

by **DRE75** on Mon Mar 22, 2010 5:22 pm

A few important things to note. "400 KM/h"? Strand matting in the finished shell pics, the press moulds, and the pic of the guy finishing/sanding the mask compared to the rest of the pics. I'm not gonna say anything more, but these pics are interesting to say the least.

Funny, some of those areas look JUST like my garage does... wonder what Shadow has to say "aboot" that? :shock:

by **LukeD** on Mon Mar 22, 2010 5:52 pm

In all honesty that's not his building.... at least I highly doubt it's his. In fact I bet if we turned the camera a bit we'd see other parts being molding up for planes, marine etc. Being in business myself and knowing how much space goes for Tony would have to make more masks than Eddy, hackva and bauer combined to afford that overhead. I never said anything about the quality of his product or if he actually makes them himself. But they seemed sourced out to me. The picture of all the cages is probably from otny.... taken straight on there are probably tags of other mask makers as well.

by **chakal** on Mon Mar 22, 2010 6:32 pm

LukeD wrote:In all honesty that's not his building.... at least I highly doubt it's his. In fact I bet if we turned the camera a bit we'd see other parts being molding up for planes, marine etc. Being in business myself and knowing how much space goes for Tony would have to make more masks than Eddy, hackva and bauer combined to afford that overhead. I never said anything about the quality of his product or if he actually makes them himself. But they seemed sourced out to me. The picture of all the cages is probably from otny.... taken straight on there are probably tags of other mask makers as well.

I've been to Tony's shop when he moved in and I saw his old place. This looks like what I've seen in person.

It has 2 floor. The shop at the ground level and the office on the 2nd floor. There's the receptionist also at the left when you get in at the ground level. The main part of the shop is open and uses the entire height of the building. There's a main entrance where you go meet the receptionist and there a huge garage door opening on the shop.

I've see the rack with hundreds of cage in the receptionist office. The pictures do look like the shop I've seen.

LukeD wrote:He looks pretty clean for working in such a messy business.

Mask making is messy, nobody builds mask in a "pharmaceutical" clean shop. ProtechSport makes great NHL masks in a basement. Michel is fully equipped and functional working in it's home. But if you suffer from asthma, don't go and visit a maks making shop.

But when you know a reporter is coming, you dress yourself for the pictures and you clean the place a bit. Just like you're receiving folks at your house.

by **dhutchis** on Mon Mar 22, 2010 8:22 pm

Oh my, this sounds like the conspiracy theorists!

Folks, it's a goalie mask business, not US Military research.

I wrote the piece. I visited the shop. Nothing magical going on there.

He's clean because it's a BUSINESS, he has EMPLOYEES. That's not him sanding gang.

Seriously, why the lack of trust?

by **chakal** on Mon Mar 22, 2010 9:28 pm

dhutchis wrote:Oh my, this sounds like the conspiracy theorists!

Folks, it's a goalie mask business, not US Military research.

I wrote the piece. I visited the shop. Nothing magical going on there.

He's clean because it's a BUSINESS, he has EMPLOYEES. That's not him sanding gang.

Seriously, why the lack of trust?

Mask wars are raging these days on this Board. And a lot of misinformation have been written lately too.

by **shadow** on Mon Mar 22, 2010 9:45 pm

dhutchis wrote:Oh my, this sounds like the conspiracy theorists!

Folks, it's a goalie mask business, not US Military research.

I wrote the piece. I visited the shop. Nothing magical going on there.

He's clean because it's a BUSINESS, he has EMPLOYEES. That's not him sanding gang.

Seriously, why the lack of trust?

You sound very familiar to me...hmm

by **shadow** on Mon Mar 22, 2010 9:47 pm

DRE75 wrote:A few important things to note. "400 KM/h"? Strand matting in the finished shell pics, the press moulds, and the pic of the guy finishing/sanding the mask compared to the rest of the pics. I'm not gonna say anything more, but these pics are interesting to say the least.

Funny, some of those areas look JUST like my garage does... wonder what Shadow has to say "aboot" that?

Shadow would say...post pictures of your garage.

by **Tzell** on Mon Mar 22, 2010 11:32 pm

I currently use a Sportmask Mage and couldn't be happier. I've taken about 10 good slapshots off directly the mask thus, and other than the white coat being slightly chipped on the top part of the cage, it's been rock solid for me.

For what it's worth.

by **shadow** on Tue Mar 23, 2010 7:52 am

Chakal...
I must say in the pictures shown here by LukeD...it doesn't look like there would be a 2nd floor.

Also, a receptionist you say?? Why?? he doesn't even have a phone #. :lol: