evrydayimbyfuglien 600 Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 (edited) Viva Mexico! If you watch Felipe "Flip" Rodriguez play, you'll notice he stands out from the other players visually. From the green, white, and red stick tape on the blade of his sticks to honor his home country to the lime green (his favorite color) tape spiraled up the shaft of his stick to the Mexican flag mouth guard, he likes to make sure his sticks are flashy. He starts by have the blade taped with the lime green tape then has that same tape candy-striped up the shaft to create the barbershop pole design. Then he has first green wrapped a few times around the blade, then a band of white, and lastly a band of red. He's personally not a flashy guy but when it comes to his sticks and equipment, he wants people to know where he comes from. This tape design started a few years ago in the Liga Mexicana Elite when he was playing for the Teotihuacán Priests. One off season he was hanging around the equipment room and was looking at all the stick tape. The usual black and white was the most abundant but they had red, blue, yellow, green, and orange. He wondered what kind of rules there were regarding when and how the tapes can be used. As far as he could tell, the only rule was that the stick had to be under a certain weight, 737 grams. He also wondered how many different colors were available. He asked the equipment manager if he could get some lime green tape for him since that was his favorite color. For weeks he messed around trying to get the taping done just right. Then finally he had it. He just had to get the equipment guys to mimic what he had done. The tape he uses for his socks is also different from the usual. You guessed it, he uses a band of green, a bans of white, and a band of red tape on his socks as well. He makes sure to wear shorter pants during games, too. Not only does he feel it gives him more mobility, but he can show off his green, white, and red tape as well. All ways of showing he's proud to be Mexican especially in a sport in which his people are not very well represented. Now every time he hits the ice he has a piece of his heritage on display, no matter where he's playing. That, to him, is more important than the name on the back of his jersey. No matter how much money he makes or how much popularity he gains, he never wants to forget where he comes from. He hopes this can encourage other young Mexican children, boys or girls, to chase what interested them, even if it is the road less traveled. Edited November 23, 2015 by evrydayimbyfuglien Ahma 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybrid1486 577 Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 Content It looks like an interesting piece. Not many VHL Mexicans, or Mexican hockey players in general, so a heritage piece is pretty cool. Well done. Grammar Looked good to me. One thing at the end... ...to chase what interested them... - In context, that should be 'interests' Appearance Title, pics, works for me evrydayimbyfuglien 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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