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Emrick's incessant babbling.

If USA wins, you have to tape it with stars and stripes haha.

I agree sometimes the tough decisions have to be made just to prove a point. You truly do have to be a parent to understand, but you made the right call in my books and I would have done the same thing.

Woohoo my skates (Alkalai Crew) arrived fresh from USA yesterday. I baked them like a master chef and followed the fitting instructions to the letter. They fitted great straight from the box.....or is that bawx??....but now they fit perfect, like a glove, even better than my hunting boots. I am impressed. After initial inspection the skates are very impressive and well put together. They look awesome. Unfortunately I haven't skated on them yet.....they're still curing in the box. I will definitely skate on them tomorrow & over the next week. I'll let you know what I think. As for the aggressive stance angle....when you stand up in them you don't even notice it as the natural bend in your knees when skating, aligns your legs to the angle of the boot. In my other boots my legs are always at that same angle but more pressure is put on the tongue. Seems like common sense design to me.

This is the problem with today's youth. I'm seeing a lot of people making excuses for the kid and trying to find ways around the kid not doing what he was apparently asked numerous times to do. A parent found a need to discipline his child and did so. Good on him for making a hard decision.

Thanks. Took me ages to hunt down via ebay/kijiji One kid saw the Vapors at a public skate, and was like "Those are Vintage!" negatively. Didn't even recognize the old Bauer logo. As for the 8000's, I give the edge to 7000s (blacked out with blk tuuks+) as the coolest Bauer skate. 7000s are a perfect skate (like F40 with Ferrari). Period.