When Chad Stelling, coach of the Oregon State University men's lacrosse team, saw what many football teams had done to the design of their helmets this past fall he wondered if the same was possible for lacrosse. After some research he found out that HGI's HydroSkin® technology was the answer teams had found and HGI was right in his backyard.

Stelling quickly contacted HGI last fall and work began on the project to debut the new helmet for the Beaver's 2012 season. The helmet features a matte/textured black shell with orange HydroChrome™ chin guard and mask. The Oregonian caught up with Stelling and our team at HGI for a full interview on the project and how it could possibly influence the future of Oregon State athletics. Click the following link to read the full article: 

- Oregonian: HGI Creates New Helmet For Oregon State Lacrosse

The Beaver's will debut the new helmet against UCLA this weekend on February 18th. For additional images of the new Oregon State men's lacrosse helmet finished with HGI's HydroSkin® technology, please visit the HGI Facebook page!

Could 2012 be any more exciting? We're not sure! HGI has once again been part of a very exciting story in the world of sports: the New York Giants won the Super Bowl and HGI supplied helmets to the Giants! The Oregonian recently featured the behind-the-scenes info on how the project came to be. Click the following link to read the full article: 

- Oregonian: Hydro Graphics Drafted by NFL after Rose Bowl

Thank you again to the Oregonian for their support and congrats to the New York Giants on their Super Bowl win!

While every football fan around the country has been making plans for watching the Super Bowl this weekend, HGI has been busy working on supporting one of the teams that is playing in the game: the New York Giants.

The New York Giants project has actually been in the works since early October 2011 when HGI was approached by the Giants staff regarding the HGI HydroSkin® technology. The Giants staff has been actively seeking out ways of improving the performance and durability of their helmet coatings for quite some time and were interested in how the HGI HydroSkin® technology might be able to help them.

Although HGI would have loved to add some spice to the Giants traditional blue helmet, our charter at this time was to match the existing Giants blue helmet using HGI HydroSkin® technology to improve the durability of the final finish to the helmets.

We at HGI are extremely excited to be working with the Giants and supporting one of the teams that will be playing in the 2012 Super Bowl. And although the helmets HGI finally provided to the Giants were not a visual update, we are confident that this is only beginning for future opportunities. For some behind the scense photos of HGI using our HydroSkin® technology to match the New York Giants helmet, please visit the HGI Facebook page!

Attention Duck Fans! How would you like to own one of the very same helmets worn by the Oregon Ducks in their last two bowl games? The Newberg Boosters Club will have two, authentic Oregon Ducks helmets available for bidding at the Crab Feed & Auction being held on Saturday, Feb. 4th @ the Newberg Armory. The two helmets will be:

Oregon Ducks Carbon Fiber Helmet:

- The exact helmet worn by the Ducks in the 2011 BCS National Championship game!

- Features  "Win the Day" center stripe and VOLT colored "O" on the side of the helmet! 

Oregon Ducks LiquidMetal™ Helmet:

- Finished with the exact LiquidMetal™ finish worn at this years Rose Bowl game! 

- Features the BCS Bowl Championship series decal on the back and includes the HydroChrome™ chin cup only found on the team helmets!

Hydro Graphics Inc. has donated both helmets to the auction. Both helmets are size Large Riddell Revo Speed helmets with custom inner liners exactly like the helmets worn by LaMichael James, Kenjon Barner and DeAnthony Thomas. Both helmets will be auctioned off, separately, Saturday evening February 4th during the Crab Feed at the Newberg Armory. Any questions, or for tickets to the event please call Tabitha Renne from Newberg Boosters Club @ 503-333-7838 or contact HGI through the Contact Us page.