| Pete Sampras, Lance Armstrong, Tiger Woods, | | | | tennis racquets also contributed to tennis advance |
| Barry Bonds are great sportsmen who have one | | | | into being considered a power game as players |
| thing in common among themselves. They have | | | | gained more control over their strokes when they |
| excelled in their sport of choice and have | | | | started using racquets made from extruded |
| achieved greatness. Almost all of the equipment | | | | aluminum tubes in various widths and sizes. |
| they used at one time or another during their rise | | | | The water sport community also took great |
| to fame and fortune have been made out of or | | | | advantage of the versatility of aluminum tubes. |
| contain aluminum tubes! | | | | Windsurfers, Hobie Cat enthusiasts, deep sea |
| Sports and recreation are two areas where the | | | | fishermen and even weekend water babies all use |
| use of aluminum tubes has made great inroads in | | | | gadgets, parts and gears for their particular sport |
| the manufacturing process of equipment. Baseball | | | | manufactured from marine grade aluminum tubes |
| bats, frames of bicycle racers, wheel assemblies | | | | and stock. One important quality of aluminum is |
| of skateboards, golf club heads, tennis racquet | | | | that is can be given an anodize coat and painted |
| frames, exhaust headers and manifolds of race | | | | over to match the color scheme of your rig. |
| cars are just a few of the sports equipment that | | | | From windsurfing beams to oars and deep sea |
| have been greatly improved and made superior | | | | fishing gear, aluminum tubes are in wide use in the |
| with the use of extruded aluminum tubes. | | | | marine community. |
| Both fans and players love to hear the solid sound | | | | Take a look at the bottom of your son's |
| of a ball being hit squarely by a player's baseball | | | | skateboard and chances are you will see that the |
| bat when a ballgame is in progress. Today's | | | | wheel assemblies of high performance, |
| baseball bat is a so much different from the ones | | | | competition type skateboards are made of |
| used by Babe Ruth, baseball bats then are made | | | | aluminum tubes. |
| of wood whereas today's modern bats are made | | | | On the home front, even your outdoor chaise |
| of extruded aluminum tubes albeit they still have | | | | lounge and patio furniture, outdoor awning and |
| wood inside. The combination of wood and | | | | umbrella and the ever present portable barbecue |
| aluminum made the players hit better and farther | | | | grill all have aluminum tubes as their main |
| than before! | | | | components. |
| All cyclists in the world's ultimate bicycle race, the | | | | Such is the versatility of aluminum that it is used |
| Tour de France, use racers constructed from | | | | regularly and extensively in more applications than |
| aluminum tube alloys in order to lower the weights | | | | we can imagine. Look at an elderly person's |
| of their bicycles to combat drag and in order to | | | | walking cane and you will surely see a variant of |
| be able to pedal faster with lesser effort on their | | | | the aluminum tube, anodized and painted, a |
| part. | | | | testimony to the metal's usefulness in almost all |
| The transition of tennis players from using | | | | aspects of our daily living. |
| wooden tennis racquets to aluminum framed | | | | |