Polo Rules

It's used for pro level hockey sticks. Think they weave it with kevlar to get around the shattering aspect - point being, as John said, it's the construction that matters.

Yeah, that's what I was alluding to, hockey sticks, tennis rackets, etc... Carbon ski poles are terrible.

Ah, I see. I guess I'm thinking more of the horrendous broken carbon-f handle-bar incidents... splinters in the inner thigh etc...