Back to skating after 30 years, struggling with my Jetspeeds...
Yes after 30 years I decided to start skating again. I spent two, two hour sessions at our local rink in rental skates, Riedells I believe, and decided to buy a new pair of hockey skates.
Headed to the local hockey store where I tried on numerous skates and bought CCM Jetspeed Xtras. The guy who fit me noticed I had a wider foot and we went back and forth between Tacks 5042 and the Jetspeed. Had them baked and the next day off to the rink.
OMG, here's where the pain starts. While I kn
I'm not sure that amount of discomfort is natural. Over the holidays I had to get new skates. I got fitted and my first time on the ice with the new skates I was able to skate for almost two hours. There was discomfort but if I was focused on just skating, I barely even noticed. Definitely nothing near what you're going through.
The funny thing is, because of the unique circumstances of my feet, it turned out the skates weren't quite right for my feet. Not enough volume, and I got lace bit