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mahatmakanejeeves

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Fri Feb 22, 2019, 12:30 PM

Feb 2019

I get that these companies are in business to make a buck and that there’s little profit in a one-off order of this sort. After all, the vast majority of lacrosse players have a head circumference of less than 24 inches and fit nicely into one of the standard-size helmets that come rolling off the assembly line. Chu’s head circumference is slightly larger than 25 inches, so big that he can’t get even the largest available helmet over his ears.

Lacrosse helmets are injection molded. It's hard to justify making a mold that will produce a few dozen helmets per year.

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