{"id":6392,"date":"2009-01-26T19:15:20","date_gmt":"2009-01-27T01:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/groonk.net\/blog\/?p=6392"},"modified":"2009-01-26T19:15:20","modified_gmt":"2009-01-27T01:15:20","slug":"teen-goalie-graphic-designs-camouflage-pads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.groonk.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/teen-goalie-graphic-designs-camouflage-pads\/","title":{"rendered":"Teen Goalie Graphic Designs Camouflage Pads"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The line between geek and athlete continues to blur. <\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.boston.com\/news\/local\/massachusetts\/articles\/2009\/01\/25\/teen_goalie_designs_pads_to_trick_shots\/\" class=\"external\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/groonk.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/camohockeypads.jpg\" alt=\"camohockeypads\" title=\"camohockeypads\" width=\"500\" height=\"181\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6393\" \/><\/a> <\/div>\n<blockquote><p>Using computer skills he learned in a graphic design class at the private school in South Hamilton, Leahy sketched out new leg pads that blend into the goal netting behind him. He wanted pads, a trapper, and a blocker that are white with a raised double-stitched design, just like the goal. He applied for a design patent and had them custom-made by a Canada-based pad maker.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When the shooter comes down and only has a split second to shoot the puck, they&#8217;re looking for net,&#8221; said Leahy, a senior from Hampton, N.H., who grew up in Byfield. &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.boston.com\/news\/local\/massachusetts\/articles\/2009\/01\/25\/teen_goalie_designs_pads_to_trick_shots\/\" class=\"external external_icon\">If you put the net on the pad, they&#8217;ll shoot at the pad instead of the goal<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>(via 7d, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boston.com\/news\/local\/massachusetts\/articles\/2009\/01\/25\/teen_goalie_designs_pads_to_trick_shots\/\" class=\"external external_icon\">boston.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The line between geek and athlete continues to blur. Using computer skills he learned in a graphic design class at the private school in South Hamilton, Leahy sketched out new leg pads that blend into the goal netting behind him. He wanted pads, a trapper, and a blocker that are white with a raised double-stitched [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,8,77],"tags":[103,404,806,807,809,808,93],"class_list":["post-6392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sport","category-technology","category-the-future","tag-awesome","tag-genius","tag-graphic-design","tag-hockey","tag-patent-pending","tag-tech-wear","tag-wearable"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.groonk.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.groonk.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.groonk.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.groonk.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.groonk.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.groonk.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6392\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.groonk.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.groonk.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.groonk.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}