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That's caused problems for me too. Never got heel lock on my right foot because of it. Luckily I'm only 0.25-0.50" off so Makos were an option that worked for me.

No, it won't fit backwards. I spent 5 minutes trying to shove it in the holder the other day wondering why it was so hard to get in. Yep... backwards.

Do you actually USE them, or do they just collect dust? :)

Heh well this was more of a retention bonus. "Please stay with the company at least until it gets sold and we'll give you a small % of the money from the sale". Beyond that, our bonuses aren't too bad. Mostly certification based. $5k base salary raise for expert-level (CCIE, JNCIE, etc), and $1-3k cash bonus for lower level certifications (CCNA, CCNP, JNCIA, JNCIS, JNCIP, etc). My last job was a quarterly utlilization bonus. Sounds great until you consider your base is much less. Eg. would you rather work for 100k + 10-40k in bonus (potential for $140k) or would you rather just make 120k base salary with no bonus? Hard to say which is better. Hah, I just got my team jersey (as an add-on, we only had four made for the new guys - not a new order), so luckily I won't need jerseys made for quite a while.

It already could be, rather the company we've been sold to. But the bonus is nice and makes it suck a lot less! :)

Getting a big bonus from the sale of the company I work for. Woo.

Nice, thanks JR. Definitely going to pick up an EK15 stick!

that's hot!

I dislike misunderstandings that cause people to get angry with you over something you didn't mean to be offensive.

We played at Staples center last weekend. Man, what an experience! Our photographer friend got a couple good shots of me: The other team also had a GoPro installed into the net during the game. They made a pretty cool video out of it:

Yea I was going to suggest that. Call them anyway, you never know.

Use lifts if profiling isn't enough for you.

Had the best game I've ever played tonight. Getting a goal in the first period was the least of it, too! I had at least 3-4 more chances, was skating well, no pain, not tired. Made some really good passes and didn't rush decisions when I got the puck. Helps when you're playing in the right division skill-wise and you have team mates who actually pass you the puck. I was seriously considering hanging em up after last season. It had stopped being fun. Now I'm having a blast, and on a team of guys I really like, who actually go do things together. We're playing on Staples Center ice in two weeks before a Kings game!

Hockey at tJ Maxx/Winners.. sheesh. Here, they dont even carry hockey equipment at sports stores.

I have Makos now, but damn are these ever tempting.

I had no-icing do a 10' radius, "slight negative" pitch (not sure how much "slight negative" actually changes it, but it sure felt a whole lot better on the ice).

Are the leg zippers in the pants the small metal teeth style (like what Bauer uses) or the chunky plastic teeth style (like what Reebok uses)?

Mine was totally fine for 3 games or so and then it just came back all of a sudden. I wasn't doing anything differently, as far as I could tell.

I don't think so. It's not even close to the tongue. If you feel the top edge of the outer side of the boot, it FEELS like when they stitched the seam between the outer harder material and the inner softer material, they pushed the seam excess (on the inside) onto the INSIDE of the boot when they put the foam into it. It feels like that little bit of hardness from the seam excess is what actually rubs. It's hard to explain so I drew a really bad diagram: See how the inside excess fabric of the seam is folded over to the right (inside) instead of the left (outside)? THAT'S the "sharp" bit that I can feel along the top edge of the pad. I wonder if I could get a small piece of leather or something stitched to that bit of padding in that area to cover it... It's likely true that it only really happens because your leg is SUPPOSED to move back slightly for more knee bend (because of the flexible tendon guard), which causes some rubbing where there wouldnt normally be any. But if a neoprene sleeve is the price to pay to have comfortable skates otherwise, it's 100% well worth it.

Heh I think I'd wear a neoprene sleeve on my ankle before I start drilling holes in my skates :P

So you think it's inward pressure from the removable tendon guard not being wide enough?

He's talking about the same bump as I was. It's been discussed numerous times in this thread, with some people finding relief one way or another. Here is a photo of my ankle. Keep in mind this is over a month after I had my issue initially, before I started wearing a neoprene sleeve over the area. It got better for a while (no pain when skating) but lately it seems to have returned. EDIT: Here's another post with the same issue: http://www.modsquadhockey.com/forums/index.php/topic/61887-easton-mako-skates/?p=970047 It's been discussed a bunch with the most common suggestion being to heat up the top and roll it out, or have them rebaked without tying the top eyelet tight (or at all) but I haven't had any luck with those ideas yet. They've informally been dubbed "mako bumps" because of how common the issue seems to be.

Somebody earlier in this thread used plastidip on the heels with what appeared to be fairly decent success. There's always spray paint too I guess. But yea, an all-black skate would be nice. Or even white instead of orange.

How come? Seems like a common problem based on the rest of this thread. What makes you say that?

I'm getting "mako bumps" again. They went away for a while and now my last game they were rubbing pretty badly again. I think I'm just going to make the neoprene sleeve (actually a set of ezeefit booties with the bottoms cut out) a regular part of my equipment. Takes 2 seconds to put on, and saves me a lot of pain. I'd also love to see a Mako SE. I kind of wish I'd known VH was going to be doing their thing when I got my Makos, but I'm still pretty damn happy except for the rubbing.