Tornado Proton – Streit Edition

Holy mother of all things beautiful and brilliant, wait until you see this amazing new mask! This is so exclusive that we only have permission to post the tiny image of the prototype you see below. And as much as we’d love to post more photos, the makers have stressed that they’re totally overwhelmed by the interest in the mask and that they need to catch up on many things before releasing more information to the general [...]

Saving Face: A Mask Exhibit

On the heels of the IIHF World Championships taking place in Bern, Switzerland in a few weeks, our good friend Alec at Airxess informed us last night that they will proudly be a part of a goalie mask exhibit that is unlike any other. Introducing Saving Face: The Art & History of the Goalie Mask, an exhibit held at the Wankdorf Center during the entire [...]

Antero Niittymaki’s New Mask

Once upon a time in the land of goaltenders, the best mask artists were said to be found primarily in Canada and Sweden. Sure, there were great airbrush artists all over the world that would paint a couple of goalie masks for fun, but the artists dedicated completely to goalie masks were elusive to say [...]

The Tornado Proton Mask

So many goalies are content to believe that only so much can be done to make a mask stronger and more resistant to the bashings and lashings of numerous 100+ mile per hour slapshots. They look at Itech and Koho helmets with the resolve that the path ends there when it comes to finding the best mask available. Then along came the crew at Airxess to absolutely revolutionize the evolution of [...]