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  1. IPv6Freely
    I stopped using the yellow foot beds because they kept sliding forward and bunching a tiny bit in the toe box. It was causing me to curl my big toe while skating, and I could barely walk the day after games because of the pain in my foot. Replaced with my custom SIDAS inserts (which I don't find any better than my super feet but whatever) because they're very rigid. Problem went away immediately. I left the red insert in, though, to not mess with volume.
  2. IPv6Freely
    Inlaws finally going home today.
  3. IPv6Freely
    +1 for Passau, especially the model with the Maltese gel
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    Usually, or slightly further. I kept being told in this thread and on the other site I post these that I need to come out further. Ever since I started trying that I've been getting lit up. I'm going back to where I'm comfortable.
  5. IPv6Freely
    That's actually a picture of JR holding my skate, so it's his gauge :) I do need to get one though.
  6. IPv6Freely
    Awesome! This is fantastic.
  7. IPv6Freely
    I have the $500 "LATTISSIMA TOUCH BLACK". It's paid for itself in 6 months in starbucks savings, and is way WAY better than Starbucks (not that that's hard to do). Not as good as what you'll get at a real shop with baristas that actually know what they're doing, but for having a cappuccino whenever I want for $0.70 (plus milk cost) ends up being totally worth it. I look at the Sparx the same way. To be able to pop in a skate and press play and walk away for $1.25 each time is worth it in both money and time savings, for me personally! Then again, this is how awesome my local pro shop is at sharpening!
  8. IPv6Freely
    Though some of the higher end Nespresso machines are pretty decent! :) Certainly not $10,000 machine levels of quality, but good enough for the convenience of it. There's also something to be said for convenience in sharpening, too. For me, if this thing works "pretty well" its likely still better than the pro shop at the rink (they're terrible). That means I'll actually have regular sharpenings because I won't have to go out of my way to go to another city to have them sharpened, and that means I won't have the whole "I haven't sharpened my skates in two months and now that I just did, I'm falling all over the place because I'm not used to it" thing going on. So, in my case, it's not worth it to take it to the professionals if I can get a decent sharpening in my own home with a decent level of consistency. Also worth mentioning that there's no FBV in my area, so I'd been doing mail-order sharpening for my player skates. The sharpening plus round trip shipping was about $15 total every time. $500/15 = 33 sharpenings before the machine pays for itself, even before the first ring is even used up. Then from there the savings become massive. $50 for a new ring is a $550 savings compared to mail-order for 40 sharpenings.. Of course, my time is worth something too (in the case of my goalie skates that I don't send away). Everyone's situation is different of course :) Like I said, I'm not sure I could justify $800 for this thing, but $500 is a whole other story. For $800 I'd probably just buy an X01 and learn to use it.
  9. IPv6Freely
    You know you're in Canada when the reporter can actually skate.
  10. IPv6Freely
    Let's play a game. See if you can determine the exact moment where I gave up.
  11. IPv6Freely
    Really? Ouch. That's pretty hard to justify.
  12. IPv6Freely
    Just really really suck at this. 15 goals in two games followed by a 1.5 hour pickup where I made maybe 5 saves.
  13. IPv6Freely
    I give up.
  14. IPv6Freely
    Fantastic looking skates.
  15. IPv6Freely
    Fantastic looking skates.
  16. IPv6Freely
    Great to hear, and welcome to the board!
  17. IPv6Freely
    I paid $499 plus shipping. I think retail is $599. First sharpenings seem good, will find out how they are tonight. The nice thing is that JR was the one who did my goalie skates for me a few weeks ago and they haven't been sharpened since, so I have a good baseline to compare to after 10 or so sharpenings (will check edge evenness, etc). SUPER easy to use though. Could not be happier with that aspect. Had two pairs done in the first 30 minutes after I opened the box.
  18. IPv6Freely
    Perfect, thanks!!
  19. IPv6Freely
    I'd wait too, if nothing else because of the constant innovation and design tweaking these things get. When I got mine, they looked nothing like a model only 6-8 months older!
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    Is the TC4 a replacement to the TC3, or in addition to? Just so I know for the future.
  22. IPv6Freely
    Another stinker. Lost 7-2. Other goalie had a 7-0 shutout going until the last 5 mins or so. I just don't know what to do at this point. I don't feel like I'm doing anything different, they just all seem to go in. I've had 5-6 goals in the last two games that went between the torso and the arm. I'm starting to wonder if my confidence has gone so far into the crapper that instead of squeezing like I should be, I'm leaving my hands out trying to be as wide as I can to try to stop a deflection that never ends up happening. I don't know. It used to be that shots from the point made me happy because they meant easy saves. Now, I have no idea anymore. The first goal... well... that sucked. Shouldn't have turned my head. I was fine, I just needed a minute to let the ringing go down a bit.
  23. IPv6Freely
    So there's no dashers in your rink??
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    No there's not much they can do about weight.
  25. IPv6Freely
    You can't really make skates lighter. I agree my VH are pretty heavy compared to my old Bauer Reactors as well. I don't notice it at all on the ice though and wouldn't hesitate to buy another pair. In fact, it's about time to replace my original Makos. Hopefully they can do Ladd's color scheme for me :)
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