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  2. flip12
    Amp Fly Weight?
  3. MyBoxersSayJoe started following New 2025 Top End Vapor Skates
  4. MyBoxersSayJoe
    Pretty sure I had Flylites back in the early 2000's, but they were made by Mission lol
  5. Yesterday
  6. flip12
    Hang on, all ice in Europe is soft?
  7. JGraz15
    This year’s line is called the Flylite. They’re coming in various colorways (like their sticks now) such as all black, red, blue, orange, and green
  8. StinkyPinky
    Agree. Once you feel decent in a skate/runner combo, then get your reps in. What makes you faster is training! Personally grew up using P77 or P88 mid-curves, but migrated to P28. For me it's really easy to switch back to P77 or P88, especially if I play defense I sometimes prefer them. I keep rocking a 10' profile, and found the Pulse Ti that came stock on my Hyperlites REALLY decent (Euro stock came with runners). Currently on JRZ MultiFit 10' radius, 20mm hollow. For me, the sharpness and hollow is of utmost importance. On the soft ice in Europe, I prefer more like 3/4" after 1-2 skates (not fully sharp). Cold, hard, dry ice in Alberta I go for 5/8" and full sharp is fine. All this being said I'm waiting on some runners with an Elite EL4-2 Quad profile to test out this summer 😁
  9. Last week
  10. skates73
    Apologies if I missed it somewhere in the forum but has anyone heard anything about the new top line Vapor skates slated to be out this year? I haven't heard a peep and usually they would have rolled out some info on this by fall of the previous year (Fall 2024 for this year). I wondering if they're going to follow in the same path as the Hyperlites (the first ones were an excellent skate).
  11. 218hockey
    Curious, do those Reebok's run small? My son is 6'2" and wears Vapor 14" for games. He does have 15" 2S Pros for practice but they're a tad big.
  12. 218hockey
    Interesting. Our 14" 1X LITE's come in at 535g. They're pretty awesome and I still see them in NHL locker rooms.
  13. 218hockey
    My son likes his Skatescribe runners. He likes one more than the other I think and I can't remember with one. He has two different profiles and it has always confused me. I'll have to look at my notes. He just played in the Ted Brill Great 8 in St. Paul. Lots of players there going to NAHL and USHL.
  14. swede
    The 501’s look more like a Nexus skate volume wise .. the white/silver 301’s does indeed look terrible though.
  15. jaahaa99 jaahaa99 joined the community
  16. pgeorgan
    Indeed. Elite actually has their "Polaris" profile which is the Quad 0.5 with sections 3 and 4 switched with each other.
  17. Beflar
    Ya I like the pitch as well on my current Zuperiors over my Quad profiles. Just for clarification, the Quad 0.5 (8-10-12-14) is different than a Quad 0 (6-9-11-13). Cheers,
  18. pgeorgan
    Ya it comes stock on Bladetech. I've found myself buying more and more of their steel these days because it appears to be one of the only options that works with both the old Tuuk and PowerFly holders. I had an old pair sitting around and totally forgot I had it so threw it on my skates. I also used my Quad 0 last night to compare. I still think that profile has huge advantages in stability and straight line skating, but I find myself having trouble doing mohawk-type maneuvers because the heel is so flat. 10' is wonderful but I don't play offense often - more so defense. I've found the 9/10/11 to be a good balance between the 10' and Quad 0 and feels very natural. I do believe the 9/10/11 has slightly more forward pitch than the Quad 0. Comparatively, the Quad 0 feels very neutral.
  19. IPv6Freely
    Did you now?
  20. IPv6Freely
    Or at the very least be up-front about it. Saying "Anyone see this yet… " and "This is good stuff." about your own content is... weird.
  21. start_today
    Ewww. Can you edit the post to reflect that? One thing I love about Modsquad is the objectivity from a diverse population. People can have big feelings about who does their sharpening and what process is better, but that feels gross when he says “no subjective feelings” and he’s shilling for his own work.
  22. Beflar
    I know the Quad 0.5 jumps by 2 between zones (8-10-12-14) as apposed to 3 on the normal quads (ie. 6-9-12-15). I think the goal of the elipse was to focus on smoother transitions between the various radii.. 9-10-11' does sound cool thou, didn't know that was out there.
  23. IPv6Freely started following Bauer S190 Medium Girdle shells
  24. IPv6Freely
    Two Bauer S190 shells. Both Medium. Both brand new. One is black, and the other is navy with the MSH logo on the thigh and the baby blue and white winterfest stripes. $40+ship each OBO
  25. flip12
    Blasphemy 🫨
  26. MyBoxersSayJoe started following 2024-2025 Gear Sightings
  27. MyBoxersSayJoe
    Looks like a rebadged Bauer Vapor APX.
  28. Paluce
    Hey, I do cut profiles on a CNC, only difference is I do the finish sharpen by hand on a blackstone. Measurments are taken with a laser. The 981 Quad Hybrid is very close to the Gold Profile from skatescribe. Difference is the glide surface on the 981 Quad Hybrid is a bit shorter, and the heal and the toe are shaped a little differently. They taper down slowly to get to the final toe radius. (Like an Ellipse but different) Think increasing or decreasing radius turns on an F1 race track. continuously variable, not a fixed radius. Same Design Principal. The Powercut is another Skatescribe profile I like. And just like the name suggests, very fast and powerful. easy to skate on. really good balanced center glide profile. My boy and several others on his U13 AAA team are still on the 981 Quad Hybrid. The rest of them are on my 0.5/1 Profile. (The radius changes 0.5' per inch along the blade) 8.5' toe, to a 12.5' heal depends on blade length.... tapered as you move along the length of the blade. (Basically an exaggerated 9.5/10.5, but with a 10.5' center). Their team went undefeated in their AAA league, won a few summit series tournaments, beat 8 out of the top 10 ranked teams in the US... and they all skate on 11/16 to 1" hollows, (sharpened on a portable blackstone). We have 4 players from this team going to WSI in Prague this year.
  29. AnnaSwink
    Comfort and fit make all the difference. I’ve found that strapping style and calf wrap coverage really impact how secure they feel, especially if you’re blocking shots or taking hard impacts.
  30. glockaxis
    Do you use the same laser CAD system as Skatescribe to cut your profiles? How does the Gold compare to your Hybrid 981? What were your thoughts on the other Skatescribe profiles? Are you and your sons still using the Hybrid 981?
  31. pgeorgan
    I'm thinking it might have to do with the transitions between the various radii on the Quad. It doesn't feel as natural for me as say a 10'/11' combo. I have since switched to at the 9/10/11' triple that comes standard on Bladetech. I quite like it. Might be my favorite so far.
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  33. Sniper9
    Agreed
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