Its application in sports goods ranges from the stiffening of running shoes to ice hockey stick, tennis racquets and golf
clubs. ‘Shells’ (hulls for rowing) are built from it, and many lives have been saved on motor racing circuits by its
strength and damage tolerance in body structures. It is used in crash helmets too, for rock climbers, horse riders and
motor cyclists – in fact in any sport where there is a danger of head injury