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Ah, cool. I did that one in my old Jetta at one point a few years back. Had to walk a couple miles in a snowstorm to pick them up from the parts store though :(

The toe cap would look fine if the side material went down further like on a normal skate.

looks pretty damn good to me!

Ruh roh, out of warranty?

Dude that boat is awesome. Is that a full-on houseboat? Or just a really fancy pontoon?

Ah, I remember seeing that video when it aired. Yea, I do not like that toe AT ALL.

The Internet is a strange place sometimes.

Going to be in Brazil during the finals. Really worried about my hotel wifi being too crappy to stream the games.

Yes. See the above link to the photo.

Interesting. Not sure if I like it.

Socks added!

I wear the light grey Easton socks, because they're super thin, and being in Makos there's really not much room in there. For goalie skates I have more room, and wear Swiftwick Aspire 4, because I like the compression and REALLY like the double thickness 5" ankle cuff protecting my leg from the potential irritation from the top edges of my goalie skates. Now that my Makos are a bit more broken in, I'm thinking of trying the Aspire in those too, but it's hard to convince yourself to switch from something you're happy with at the risk of having a bad game because my feet hurt. The Aspire double thickness compression cuff is FANTASTIC:

Added a removed section, and pulled some of the listings. Taking them to Play It Again sports this afternoon.

Cool, let me know :)

Sounds awesome! You're WAY ahead of me at this point. I can't do any of the things you mentioned :)

Rekker EK15 gloves sold to yrhmblnr8r.

That was the one thing I managed to focus on, was keeping my feet wider BUT still getting my knees together. I would gauge it by whether I had a slight overlap in my thigh rises. It was just a bad night for timing, I'd miss a lot of pucks I'd normally be able to stop. I also hate when a really slow puck fools you because you're expecting it to come at you much faster. My side to side movement isn't too bad generally, as far as getting across on a one-timer, etc. It's just the recovery from it that I have a hard time with. Oh well, this was definitely a good night for learning from video. This GoPro is becoming such a good investment! Haha yeah, the D was REALLY weak. Worse than usual, really. Oh, I should also mention that #16 is a forward. So.. why he was behind the net is beyond me. Whatever, maybe he didn't know I was a beginner. These guys have mostly been super supportive. I don't mind the celebration for the most part, it's pretty mild generally. Feel free to celebrate if you throw it top shelf on me, that's a goal that deserves celebration. Most guys don't hack at me for the most part. Not enough that it bothers me. As far as being hung out to dry, keep in mind that every 2 minutes the alarm goes and both teams change as soon as the immediate play is over. Most of the 2-0 and 2-1 come from times when the other team gets out on the ice quicker. It's NOT usually like this. Just look at last weeks video... very few 2-0 and 2-1. Just a bad night for our team. There were definitely times our guys blew a zone exit and it ended up in the back of the net. Guys in the room were commenting afterwards that our team had difficulty clearing the zone (the two locker rooms are actually a mix of both teams, which is kind of odd, but whatever) As far as me leaning... yep. As you may have been able to tell, my glove is by far my best asset and I kind of tend to cheat towards it. I lean to cheat a bit knowing my blocker side is weaker. I have to grow out of that, but its a confidence thing. If you beat me to the glove side, it had to be a hell of a shot, so i worry much less about it and cheat to my blocker side. A goalie I play with on Thursday nights has padskinz on his pads (actually, same pads I have - the Brians S-Series, but all-white) and he added some orange and blue. I'm not sure how long he's had them on for, but they look like they're still in pretty good shape. Realistically, the front of your pads should rarely be touching the ice, so in theory they should last fairly long. If I were you, I'd do it... the pads look great with the matching colors! I'd like to do it for the odd time I play goal for my Sunday team (which I normally skate out for) by replacing the silver with orange on my pads, but the bigger concern I have is how well they come off - I'm worried about them leaving residue or whatever.

Attaboy, get better soon!

Ugh. What a crap session tonight. I was very tired, didn't eat much, and very slow with poor timing. A couple nice glove saves but other than that... ouch. One guy on their team scored 8 goals himself, apparently. I also had a guy on my own team chirp at me for being crap. That's the first time that's ever happened during one of these pickup sessions. You'll also notice that my D-men are pretty much nonexistent. I don't remember the last time there were this many 2-on-1 or 2-on-0 rushes coming down the ice. Oh well... lots of video to watch and learn from. Still seeing the issues mentioned earlier, but tonight was just not my night. I'll get back to work next time and I'm sure it will be better. Video here. Much better editing thanks to using iMovie to edit instead of the awful GoPro editing software.

Which most of them do.

It was moderately helpful when it was just me, but having three of us who are all noobs learning together makes it awesome :D

I've actually already contacted Sara about new knee blocks. I'm not a fan of how pillow-like mine are, I'd prefer a solid block more like whats on Warrior pads. Luckily mine are all just velcro'd in, with no straps through them so its a super easy design. Anyway, I'll take away two things from this conversation: - Keep the butt up and drive the knees down - Wider feet, get lower, but keep knees fairly close together Is that pretty much the gist of it, for now at least? I have a pickup session tonight and will try to focus on both of those items.

Those ridges would be annoying as all hell. What skates are those? Just realized I never replied. Skates are 1/2". I know I can go wider, but I had a coach tell me to go narrower because the wide stance is screaming "shoot here!" So that's what I did. I don't really slip at all out there. I was actually going to go to 5/8 because of how much bite there is now. I know I open up the 5-hole a lot when I go down and pull my feet inwards. I can't get my 5-hole fully closed no matter what I do, but generally if its a shot to that spot I don't kick my feet in like I often do otherwise. It's just a hip mobility thing, mostly. Well, that combined with a technique issue. Just something I have to work at. Same for dropping the butt down instead of staying upright... just something I have to work on.

Hah, will have to continue using the XC90 for my goalie stuff. My player stuff would probably fit in the front trunk though.

Well I'm 33, so if that's midlife then I guess I'll enjoy it.