hawkeyfan

This is a late notice...the weekend of july 26 to 28 the Blackhawks are hosting their annual Blackhawks convention at the Hilton Chicago. Tickets go on sale 2/15 at 10am. $95 for the weekend or $60 daily

Interested. This is very doable for IL skaters

What I have noticed over the years is that Bauer will hold the line until the freight train is right in front of you before they do anything. You will not see any discounting of their skates until either the new skates are in store or very close to it. They want the old stock to get moved out. The Catalogs should be online to see what the product is...Not sure about the product cycle or time on them , as I have moved away from purchasing Bauer equipment

wow...talk about a monumental move. This is a great looking site. This is very helpful in shopping and finding the curve(s) that are available. My biggest gripe when looking at curves online is that some comapnies even show their curves from different perspectives (look down) and its hard to see the difference between similar curves. EDIT: Even the Famous Warrior custom-izer does not have all their curve options shown (last I looked)... I have my own spread sheet developed using warrior curves by year for reference in searching for curves and using them...as they are my benchmark for sticks. I will be adding this into my spreadsheet

looks cool. Here's my question...how will have a hard knob hold up with your glove palms? on a side note...Ryan smyth used to have a hard knob end that was specvially made for him by Easton. Would love to have one of those, but this might be the next closest option. Does this guy take orders?

This is interesting to learn about and the above pic helps show the concern some have. I can tell the shaft on the right was heated and slapped together with the installer then nibbling around the hosel to remove the excess glue. Here's a possible solution to this. Heck this may be a reaso to buy a Base blade and check into it myself... On a standard 2 peice when I assemble... I wrap both the shaft and the blade with masking tape. Then after heating up the glue and assembling. I take a scrap of wood (a 1x2 x 12) and clear off the excess glue from the shaft area. I then wait a minute or two and then peel off the tape. This allows for a very clean installation. BUT I think that the void COULD get filled with the glue and it would be different, but better. I have taped my connections myself, but have done that as a safety measure of keeping the blade on, if the glue bond gets broken. It used to when I first started with 2 pc sticks...then I learned to use more glue (which you then have to wipe off) and learned my process. The only thing that would make this even better is if you could find a black glue stick.

WOW...This years catalog has been launched. This is great to see. I was up in the U.P. when this went live and well where we go is like being on the dark side of the moon (ltd communications). Iast year I was viewing a Warrior catalog online (different site) that was crashing my computer. Access to Manufacture catalogs are important to me to see more specifically what I want and how it works OR if it is even available. I was in Total Hockey during The NAHL Chicago combine and tried to find gloves, but that was a few months back. How would the New Alpha gloves fit compare to the old "Speed" {lightweight dexterity} Projekt/Koncept. Those gloves had a cuff that my boy really liked the mobilty and protection.

So Bauer is getting rid of Girdles??? I did not see a girdle in the catalog. I would think many pro's who wear girdles do it for the same reason I do...the hip bone padding is far better when you fall with a girlde. I own 3 bauer girdles from different era's.

As bad as the vegas stuff looks...I would guess they do an adjustment within 2 years. All of the Addidas jerseys have horrible stripping. Many other teams have what was smaller striping that is WAY...to big on the jerseys I have seen...almost goofy weird....but who am I?

RATS...but thanks for responding.

JDKsaves... Can you tell us...does True do custom blades for 2 pc set-ups? Whats the min? or should I just call a local dealer for more information???

so...you wanna "Strike With Speed" Dang it...now I 'm repeating all the Twitter propaganda that is blowing up my phone

The Key above all else is fit...you may like Price, you may like brand, but how does it fit on the melon? Then you can look at the variations...I know I am looking for a new helmet for my now Midget player sna everytime we can we are trying on helmets to narrow them down. And finding a model and size can get goofy crazy as he seems to fit between Small and Medm and that can even change withi manufacturers. So good fit is important...he has outlasted an old Cascade Messier helmet finally and getting something that is as comfortable is a problem...then add in trying to find a better helemt without signing off on body parts...thats another problem. Edit...Ok I see the new models on IW and have to say...we'll have to take a look at these. I have never been a fan of the hard pellet foam systems...But I dont really like the full on foam contact models. My boy did not like the fit of the earlier resistance models, but these could be different...so, since we have not made a purchase...and am borrowing a teammates old (not expired helmet) we have time. This is the problem with the OEM's not giving any insight on future product release information...What If I had to make a purchase today and had no idea because of a lack of information on the new products AND the other jokers are bombarding the social pages with their product push....over and over and over...the propaganda is crazy

Never ordered from Base, but they don't sound like they have an order center like the Big warehouse outlets...maybe someone was having a "thumper dumper" moment?

that's awesome to see. I might add that taking shots in front of something like a grid background can help provide visuals of scale ratios between blade models. your photos of the BC10 vs. BC01 really help identify the blade height differences. I must have one of those quirks where I really like to be able to run things down in certain order(s). The online page has at the top all of the curves laid out Left and Right and for the most part they run in a specific order and mirror themselves and in the order they are laid out in...but then when you work the description list below...it gets goofy on you AND part of that is where I noticed the 2nd letter designations and trying to jump back up and look at the above curve shots and back down...the wheels just fall of the car. There are curves in the description side that are not in the top. Maybe its me...I also looked at a Blog Photos of Team China in your studio and trying to ID blades in that photo. I thought these curves are totally different or appear different than the computer model graphic images. This is very helpful for those of us who do not/ or cannot visit a Base Studio in person. Me myself am always looking for the curves not readily available via mass market.