When.com Web Search

  1. Ads

    related to: spring loaded carbon fiber telescoping poles home depot

Search results

  1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Ski pole - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ski_pole

    Axel Composites has a patent for carbon fiber ski poles dating back to 1975, however, inventor David P. Goode's improved design from 1989 became the first widely produced. [ 12 ] [ 13 ] [ 14 ] The carbon fiber pole builds on the same qualities of the aluminum pole: lightness and stiffness while being extremely strong.

  3. Trekking pole - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trekking_pole

    When in use, modern trekking poles resemble ski poles as they have many features in common, such as baskets at the bottom to prevent the pole sinking through unstable surfaces, and rubber-padded handles and wrist straps to strengthen holding grip. Their maximum length is usually 135 cm (54 inches), however, unlike ski poles, they are often made ...

  4. Stilts - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stilts

    Stilts are poles, posts or pillars that allow a person or structure to stand at a height above the ground. In flood plains , and on beaches or unstable ground, buildings are often constructed on stilts to protect them from damage by water, waves or shifting soil or sand.

  5. Jumping stilts - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumping_stilts

    Jumping stilts, bounce stilts or spring stilts are special stilts that allow the user to run, jump and perform various acrobatics. Spring stilts using fiberglass leaf springs were patented in the United States in 2004 under the trademark "PowerSkip", marketed for recreational and extreme sports use. [ 1 ]

  6. Carbon-fiber reinforced polymer - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon-fiber_reinforced...

    Controversially, in 2006, cricket bats with a thin carbon-fiber layer on the back were introduced and used in competitive matches by high-profile players including Ricky Ponting and Michael Hussey. The carbon fiber was claimed to merely increase the durability of the bats, but it was banned from all first-class matches by the ICC in 2007. [37]

  7. Fishing rod - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fishing_rod

    A mixture of the rods in the other categories, they are carbon rods, fly rods and telescopic rods all in one. These are ultra-light and very portable telescopic rods (read more about telescopic below). Their extended length normally ranges from 11 to 13 feet (3.5 to 4 m), and they have a very soft action.