A new generation of Astroturf
September 6, 2007 4:54 AM   Subscribe

3rd Generation turf is filled with sand and rubber crumb and offers natural shock absorption akin to that of a high quality natural turf, which is a marked improvement upon the sand filled surfaces of yesteryear. I would say Kestrel's synthetic turf is not likely to remove all risk of injuries but is the closest thing available to natural turf on the market (you can play full contact rugby on one of the surfaces). However they also offer the sand filled / dressed carpet which you wouldn't particularly want to fall over on, but mainly for multi sport, hockey and they are still better than the traditional astro turf as they are manufactured with a softer pile and less abrasive fibres. Word.
posted by Hollow_MarkeD (7 comments total)

This post was deleted for the following reason: this is a weird ad-like post that makes no sense in the context of metafilter and seems like a weird self-link but maybe it's just a weird meh link. -- jessamyn



 
I'm not seeing the best-of--the-webness here.
Explain.
posted by MtDewd at 5:01 AM on September 6, 2007


I am seeing something like Pepsi, in blue.
Please do as MtDewd requets.
posted by oddman at 5:05 AM on September 6, 2007


...the closest thing available to natural turf on the market.

Other than, you know, natural turf.
posted by DU at 5:07 AM on September 6, 2007


Is this some kind of meta-astroturfing joke here?
posted by Abiezer at 5:08 AM on September 6, 2007


I really hope this is a self-link ad thing, because otherwise it's just a really shit post.
posted by pompomtom at 5:09 AM on September 6, 2007


This post is about to be turfed.
posted by chillmost at 5:13 AM on September 6, 2007


Obviously you're not a golfer.
posted by Wolof at 5:16 AM on September 6, 2007


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