Gorilla Gold Grip Enhancer is a towel used by athletes to improve their grip on sports equipment. The product releases a wax-based substance that repels moisture. It is effective in sports that require good grips, such as
American football,
baseball,
softball,
golf,
tennis,
hockey, and
weightlifting.
in 2001 approved the use of Gorilla Gold in major and minor league games as an alternative to
pine tar
Pine tar is a form of wood tar produced by the high temperature carbonization of pine wood in anoxic conditions (dry distillation or destructive distillation). The wood is rapidly decomposed by applying heat and pressure in a closed container; th ...
.
[ In 2012, National Football League (NFL) game officials were suspicious of the ]San Diego Chargers
The San Diego Chargers were a professional American football team that played in San Diego from 1961 until the end of the 2016 season, before relocating to Los Angeles, where the franchise had played its inaugural 1960 season. The team is now ...
' use of Gorilla Grip. The league later ruled that the Chargers did not violate any rules by using the towels, but the NFL subsequently prohibited its use.
References
External links
Gorilla Gold official site
Baseball equipment
American football equipment
Tennis equipment
Ice hockey equipment
Weightlifting
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