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Hi, I want to share my experiences with True VH custom skates as it might help other people. First of all, thanks for all the comments in the thread. Without them I could not have got the best out of the skates. So shortly the story goes like this: I got the skates, they baked them without shrink wrap. I had heel slip and the skates were quite loose. We tried to rebake them with LHS with shrink wrap and ratchet clamp but no help. I was about to give up but in one video Scott recommended adding more insoles if the skate was loose - so as I really disliked the "spongy" original insoles, I innovated and cut 1mm "technical insole" to increase height. I made it out from plastic chopping board and it was easy to cut with normal scissors. I drilled holes to help with moisture and friction (dunno if it helps...). The result = Night and day, there was zero heel slip and otherwise the skates feel now snug and there is no need to extra tighten the laces as other people have noticed. Image here: https://imgur.com/a/rVxBCNT Another interesting thing with these is that choosing insole is quite difficult as I have very high arc. The skates seem to have some arch built in which mean that if you put custom insoles matched to your feet the skate + insole seem to result to too high arc - so one needs to just try something out and hope for the best. In the end the best result came with CCM Orthomove with adjustable insoles. I tested also footbalance custom and Bauer Speedplates. With bauer there is not really any arc for high archers so they were disappointment. I tried also to make big arc manually with hands before putting them to skate but still CCM was better. Also CCM seem to have forward pitch built in to the insole which works well. So to summarize, lessons learned: If you have too loose skates or heel slip problems, try adding more insoles which can do miracles - and you can make plastic ones from chopping board or plastic canisters etc. In order to have more snug fit, one can bake them with very thin sock or without socks When baking, in addition to shrink wrap, you can use elastic bandage over instep as you cant really get shrink wrap through skate holders For high arc, CCM Orthomove is worth trying as you can customize arc height a bit If you have Bauer Speed Plates and high arc, try creating arc just with your fingers on the floor after heating For me, Prosharp Quad 0.5 profile seems to work the best. Will still try 1 degree forward pitch as well.

Main reason is that the players have been isolated from the rest of the country(ies). To my knowledge, the NBA has experienced the same success. Both leagues are keeping their players away from negligence (whether by the players or the societies they live in).

There are no plans to discontinue accessories or service on prior models. With thousands and thousands of customers (consumer and commercial) utilizing prior models that are going to last for several years, we are obviously going to support their product needs in the future.

Graf 707 or G7

This is true. I have Fred Flintstone feet and wide ankles.

So far, the playoffs have been going on without a player catching the virus. Maybe the daily checkpoints at practice and game rinks are working.

No, EE is wider all around so heel and ankle will be bigger.

Yup, I just saw that. Confirmed that they shipped size L.

Spoke too soon haha: I got my shipping confirmation email early this morning (5:30 a.m. EST). 3-6 days via UPS.

Ya I know that's probably the case like most stick sightings, but I didn't think new wrap does the trick sounded as good.

I haven't received mine yet. I ordered the R1 Chassis (Large) on one of the last days of the original discounted price.

I find that most people who have issues with ankles and such, injuries, they usually prefer a skate like the 80k as it has more give/flex than other boots.

7.5EE in Vapor 1X (always been a Vapor footshape), 7.5R in True, might be able to go down to 7.0 in the True post-bake. Details were posted here.

guess you're playing at Floyd as well. I think they've been handling it pretty well. not a huge fan of dressing outside, but its a start.

I was there the minute the rink opened. Missed it too much.