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My "award" for best money spent on new gear has gotta be my own skate sharpener (first a Blackstone X01 and now a Sparx). It is so nice to get consistent sharpens for the family whenever I want. Well worth the money spent.

I can smell that mugshot.

Which one?

I understand it is all connected, but for the bottom to flex while connected to two endpoints, there has to be the gap or cutout. So yeah, not rocket science. And being an engineer, no matter who you work for, doesn’t mean your word is law when evaluating a description or picture of a design. Anybody who has spent any time doing npd knows that it is par for the course to hypothesize, prototype, and test and that often you are proven wrong, which is the point.

So he just un tapped that stick did he, taking all the residue off.

I pay for the teams I play on... I get a jersey and I enjoy my time with them. I don't pay as much as the others do but I still insist on paying. Pickup and drop in I would obviously never pay for though.

According to the IW preorder page, the new Pure X is supposed to add more grip: https://www.inlinewarehouse.com/Konixx_Pure-X/descpage-KPXPW.html. The release date seems to be valentines day.

He's not quite dead yet, but I'm going to go ahead and just put this here : Shaun Weiss (Goldberg from Mighty Ducks)

I moved pretty well but my body is not used to skating AT ALL, nevermind in gear. Swimming 3600m in a workout means NOTHING to the ice gods, apparently. At least I remembered how to get dressed...

Great news! When I went 6 or so months after surgery to skate it was so awesome just to be on the ice again and then absolutely humbling realizing how out of shape you are, ha!

I would strongly disagree that the LS5 is better than any of the aftermarket steel. It's definitely the best steel Bauer makes, but that's not hard to do when the rest of your steel is hot garbage. The LS5 sharpens decently well and doesn't burr too much, but it still doesn't hold an edge as long as Step, Tydan or Flare. The blacksteel hone and leather strop is where it's at for any coated steel.

On another note, I've heard many people (mostly non-True users) say the skates are heavy. I weighed mine and my current Vapor x90's and they came in at exactly the same weight and I have the integrated shot blockers. I was also able to weigh a pair of 9D AS1's which also came in at the same weight. So for those that are questioning the weight of the skate, don't let that make your decision. It's also important to note that because they fit so good, they actually feel a little lighter on your foot.

Personally im a bit nervous on the pure-x since I love the pure so much that I’d hate for them to change considerably, but will be holding out for them instead of stocking up, hoping their “new and improved” means just that. They haven’t let me down yet so we will see

Or maybe they are two entirely different concepts. I recall the O-stick being touted as reduced drag, improving swing speed. The ADV has nothing to do with drag or swing speed.

Kobe Bryant and his 13-year old daughter.