Abstract: An ice skate of the "plastic" type is produced by separately molding two halves of the upper portion of the skate, by subsequently introducing between the two halves a steel runner and by welding the two halves together to form a unitary plastic upper portion of the skate. The advance over prior art of "plastic" skates is in avoiding internal stress of the plastic section of the skate due to internal stress developed in known "plastic" skates due to the shrinkage of the plastic material. The molds for producing the two halves are considerably less expensive than those required in the production of known, single-piece plastic skates. One of the "halves" of the plastic upper portion comprises at least one generally complete supporting column section provided with a flange for securing the skate to a skating boot.

Abstract: A hockey stick is made as a unitary, injection molded product from foamed nylon mixed with glass fibre. The use of foamed nylon results in a relatively lense shell on surface and a core having reduced density. There are no cavities in the stick such as in known hockey sticks or the like made of plastic material. The stick maintains its shape after molding due to a relatively low stress caused by molding pressure which is low in comparison with that required in the production of known plastic hockey sticks. The stick is generally identical to a regular wooden stick from the standpoint of weight and that of weight distribution. An embodiment of the stick with aluminum reinforcement of its blade portion is also disclosed.