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Another season over. Lost 4-0 in the semi-finals to the first place team that has lost about 3 games over the last four seasons total. Normally that wouldnt be sweet spot worthy but we’ve been informed that they aren’t allowing that team to continue as-is. So this is the last season that will be a complete waste of time.

For sure. I want to just be like... "You know what that thing is actually doing, right?" but decided to just mind my own business.

I think a product that sits in between something like a Sweet Stick (which I see guys at pickup use every single skate - one guy said he hasn’t had his skates sharpened in two years) and a full sharpening definitely has some value.

Basically where I was at too. 40 mins each way to get a 50/50 chance at decent edges. Showed up during hours posted. “It was slow so he went home.”

What I personally wouldn’t do is try to do the math to figure out the break-even. Maybe if money was the #1 reason why I wanted a Sparx, but honestly that was so far down the list of reasons that it was kind of irrelevant. I also feel like my time is worth something, not to mention the time wasted skating on a bad sharpening. The convenience is worth far more than any kind of perceived or real monetary savings, to me at least.

You sound like a good candidate for one. If you can afford the expense, then do it 🙂

Yours may not even have it.

Happy birthday MSH!

And in many places even if you ask for something different you’re likely just going to get 1/2” anyway.

Yeah 1/2 is definitely the most common.

What does this have to do with the thread you posted in?

I wouldn’t go anywhere near them, personally.

They might, just not in a gear sightings thread.

Retail photos / catalog images / product leaks. This is meant for images of guys in new gear, or occasionally stuff that is interesting/strange/special.

Haha nice.

Played softball for the first time in 15+ years last night. I played fast pitch as a teen (I was a catcher) and one season of slow pitch after I aged out of the fast pitch league at age 19. Of course I had to rep MSH (this league mostly doesn’t have uniforms of any sort): It was a bit nerve-wracking because it’s been so long and I USED to be good at it. I had no idea if I’d still be any good or if I’d be terrible. I got into the game quickly in the top of the first with a long fly ball to my spot in center-right field (four outfielders in this league??) Thank god I made that catch. Went 2-for-2 on a fielders choice and a single. These games have a 1 hour time limit and we started late because we hadn’t players showing up late so I think we only played like 5 innings. I quickly decided a) my cleats were way too big. I bought them back when I was fat(ter) and I’ve shrunk a shoe size since then. So I bought some new ones after the game: In addition, I’d been using a $30 glove I bought just for playing catch with my wife. It broke in really easily because it’s all synthetic, but it’s also very clearly poor quality and the inside I found really slick because it doesn’t absorb any sweat like leather would. So I hit Amazon and picked up an older model (therefore cheaper) Nokona. Always wanted one but they were always way out of my price range. I decided to make an investment. LOL. This thing is going to be brutal to break in, but ill still have my crappy glove until then. I was also looking at bats since apparently softball bats aren’t made of aluminum anymore! But man, the types and selection and options and certifications are all pretty confusing. I’ll just use other people’s bats until I figure out what I like and what works for me. All in all it was a fun time and I can’t wait for next week. Oh, by the way, we got wrecked... but apparently they merged two divisions this season and this was one of the former upper division teams so it’s not surprising. You could tell they weren’t even trying. All good!

Hollow is a preference thing.

Our league is actually doing something about the lack of parity. Shocking.

They are really hard to put on. I spot heated the top of mine to open it up, but still use a long shoe horn to slide my feet in. I get some weird looks still when I do it but whatever.

Keep in mind I’m in goalie skates. My player skates are 5/8.

It was noticeable but in a good way so it wasn't a big deal. If it was a problem I could have just got a 7/16 ring and tried that instead.

I don’t think it has anything to do with the Sparx but I did change from a 1/2 to a 3/8 ring a few months ago.

Pretty sure life continues in Canada just fine.

Let’s be honest, nobody cares about this tournament at all except to see the hockey hair.

Thankfully that disaster is going to be forgotten thanks to the new Ghostbusters movie coming out.