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Well I’m no longer young and am far from a pro, so I’d say they work for the lazy old man stride. lol! I’ve been spoiled with how True skates fit/feel and these are similar. When I tried FT6 Pros after they were released they never felt ‘right’ even after months of skating on them. With the Warriors I just needed to tweak the lacing a bit and I was good to go. The boot is definitely stiff and I can barely flex the ankle opening but they do allow me to move easily when wearing them. Not exactly sure how they’re doing it, but CCM is claiming something similar with flex zones on the Vizion skate so like you said, manufacturers seem to be figuring this out. Height of the boot is also on the shorter side. Measuring the inside of the boot to the ankle cuff without an insole my True 9x4 are ~6.5” whereas the Warrior Alpha Pro are 6”. One less eyelet as well

I’ve been in a pro stock pair for a month or two at this point. Very comfortable and feel a lot like the True skates I’m used to. Since I have a lot of CCM Step steel I already swapped holders which was easy since the hole pattern is the same. Time will tell how they hold up although certain elements of the pro stock version (that may be tweaked for the retail version) felt a little cheap. As in, not a $1200 skate, but maybe an $800 skate

No, that's just the shell and liner. It's not made to reduce shock per se but some skates naturally hold up better against pucks than others due to the amount of padding they have, but it's not a feature that is considered or marketed with retail skates. For example, retail true skates are pretty good at preventing a degree of pain when taking shots, but if you want a beefed up shell for the purpose of blocking shots, you can get that option with custom true skates, or get aftermarket stick on heat moldable pieces similar to kydex.

Oh man, too loud for ice, but I may have to pick these up for roller… https://www.instagram.com/p/DY5Y-LGkria/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

I know we were all sad when CPR closed down, but Ian at ITR has really stepped up his game. Here are two custom built gloves he repalmed for me. Both were modeled after the Hawks’ 2015 Winter Classic appearance where they wore multi-colored gloves like they did in the 60’s, 70’s, 80’s, and early 90’s before switching to an all black glove with small red accents like they have today. All teams would look so much better with more colorful gloves IMO

Fill with epoxy, redrill and secure with copper rivet?