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Skated in my VH for the first time yesterday. Felt mostly great, except that it felt like I couldn't get my heel all the way down. I put in my yellow superfeet and that feeling went away but then the skate felt too loose. So I went ahead and trimmed the heel part of the red insole and now everything fits great. I still have quite a bit of difficulty getting the skates on and off because the wrap is so good though, but I can spot hear that and pull it out a bit.

About bloody time I got a chance to try these.

Should clarify, I meant NHL hockey season :P

It's not hockey season yet.

You need a green stripe on your pads as well :)

Pictures of Mammoth bag added. Also added CCM RBZ padded shirt and Bauer NME cage.

AC died today. Ouch.

Yea, I quickly left that group. I was hoping for a lot more buy/sell and a lot less stupid questions.

Had a good game tonight. Won 5-1. Great D in front of me. The one goal scored was a fantastic tip that went top corner on the blocker side. No chance at stopping it, though I was deeper in the net than I should have been and if I had been out more it may have cut off the angle on the tip right into me instead of up and over me. Surprised I played so well considering I drove straight from the airport to the rink and was dead tired from a day of flying. With that game my season save % is now .904. I'm pretty pumped about that! Still haven't had a chance to skate in my VH yet :(

George Coe "I shall fetch a rug..."

Avision Elite mask sold.

Work sends me to the other side of the planet for a week, to a hotel with no wifi, and then complains when I try to expense my roaming data charges (I *did* have an international plan set up but that's only 250MB. As an IT guy I went through that the first day.) Oh well. Also, back on a plane again... At least it's a short flight this time. 5 hours each way with layover is a whole lot better than the 30+ hours each way I did last week!

Brian's knee pads added.

The first breath in of fresh ocean air when I walk out of the airport when I get home after a long trip.

Nope. I fail the pencil test horribly with the Makos but the fit is just so good that I've never had any issues there.

Mammoth bag added.

Finally! Today I get to go home. So after 30 hours of travel the first thing I'll be doing when I get home is hitting the ice for a league game. Hopefully I don't pass out on the ice.

I FINALLY got a chance to try on a Re-Akt 100 helmet. Holy crap, and I thought my Re-Akt was pretty comfortable. The CCM Resistance was pretty good, but the Re-Akt 100 was amazing.

Beauty. I envy the ice time you're able to get.

That's part of it certainly, but mainly because on the list the Asian cities all had "requires translator" beside them. I'm an inexperienced enough instructor as it is without having to deal with that part. I'll leave those to the guy who has been teaching for decades.

Nice man, congrats! I'm down about 20lbs since I last saw you as well.

Make sure you book Alcatraz tickets way in advance. It's really difficult getting them even the same week.

I don't know if this is "sweet" or not, but driving on the left side of the road is... Odd. But in a fun way. Apologies in advance to the rest of the South African drivers!

If IW has what you need it's better to go to them anyway since you always get 15% off EVERY purchase if you're an iwin member :) Best customer service ever. Some vendors could learn a thing or two from them. Admitting mistakes and fixing them... Novel idea!

A bunch of our D6 team is moving to D5 next season, and I told them my preference is to play goal full time whether with them or somebody else. Turns out our current goalie was asked to play on a D4 team so that opens up the goalie spot for me. Awesome that it worked out for everyone. And even more awesome that I'm now a full time goalie. I'm no longer skating out at all.