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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.

Two back to back 11 hour flights suck in coach no matter who you are.

Leaving home tomorrow at 2pm, and after stops in Los Angeles and London I'll be arriving in South Africa two days later. Teaching a 4 day class (th/fri, mon/tue) then flying back next Wednesday (landing 5pm Thursday). Two hours later I'll be on the ice. Then on the next Monday I leave again to go to Roswell NM with a layover in Dallas. Come back Thursday again landing just before game time. Get home from that game at 11pm and then get up early to fly to summer jam. Fly home Sunday in time to be on the ice again. I'm going to need a LOT of coffee this month. And of course all this travel is in coach.

Mmmm looks awesome

The wrap is incredible. To the point where I actually will have to follow their "adjustment" video in order to spot heat the area around 4-5 eyelets down and pull that area out a bit. The wrap is so good it actually hurts my foot to put the skate on and take it off in that spot. The tongue is WAY more moldable than the Mako tongue, and the toe box is even more snug (if you can imagine that!). They also made sure to work around the bump on the outside of my right big toe, and it worked beautifully. The ONLY complaint I have is that it's almost like the insole is a bit too wide in the heel and its preventing my heel from getting all the way down. Kind of the same feeling when I try to wear Bauer Supreme skates. I took the yellow insoles out and put my foot in with just the red and the feeling went away, so I'm thinking its just the insole needing some trimming. Planning on getting these things sharpened and on the ice during a public skate tomorrow, in time for my game tomorrow night. I'm not going to try the Lundqvist loop right away, figuring I'll worry about the different fitting skates first and try that during a pickup where it doesn't matter as much.

Wow, overnight shipping from Winnipeg is pretty amazing. Bauer 4mm Vertexx cowling 4mm Step runners

I think the problem here is that I know I can't get the 5-hole closed no matter how hard I try so it's almost like I'm compensating by making sure my legs are closed behind me. I mean, even if I put on my skates and pads at home, drop into a butterfly on the carpet and actually take the time to physically move my legs, knees, etc all into the right place theres STILL a pretty huge gap. I think its a combination of a couple things: - Obviously flexibility, specifically in the hips. A wider flare is going to allow me to get the 5-hole tighter. At this point because of how bad my flexibility is, my thighs are fully closed, my knee stacks are butted up tightly against each other, and STILL there's a huge gap. Widening that flare is going to allow my thigh rises to get closer together before the knee stacks touch. - I think my pads are too small. I'm in 33+1 Brians, and my knee pads are right at the tip edge of my knee stacks when I'm in the butterfly. I tried on some 34+1 Brians the other day and theres about a 1" space between the top of the knee stack and my knee pads. I also had no issue getting the 5-hole closed when trying those on the goaliemonkey synthetic ice. See here (NOTE this is just me looking at the fit, I'm not trying to close the 5-hole here... I was able to close it fully in these pads): (I was shocked by how good the attached Brians knee pads were. Not thigh boards but actual knee pads on this model. Very comfortable! But would definitely be keeping my Passaus!) I also noticed one interesting thing the other day. When I sit (anywhere... couch, computer chair, even in the car when im not the one driving) I sit with my knees apart and my feet together. Like the bottom right image here: I find when I consciously try to sit with my feet on the same line with my knees and thighs (top left image), the front of my hips actually hurts a bit. This is obviously an issue here. It's something I guess I've just done all my life and never really noticed until now. Again, Maria Mountain to the rescue! I will say though, it's a whole hell of a lot better than when I first started. This photo is from page 3 of this thread, when I first got my gear and had never yet been on the ice. Wow.