cougarscaptain87

My kid has always worn vapors but he's 12 now and is influenced by marketing and what pros wear. He begged me for the vizion skates and I caved, we went to Windsor to try them on and he even sold me on the idea after watching videos and knowing what he needs in a skate. After trying out different sizes and fit profiles we couldn't get a pair to fit him correctly. He was wearing 3EE supreme M50 pros and the length was fine but he was maxed out in volume and getting tons of lace bite. The wide variant was too wide in the heel with no lock and the regular width was squeezing at the base of the toes with the new toe cap. Tacks fit better, but had way too much padding in the boots for his liking and I agree, seems like that will pack out and become too large over time. After 90 minutes of trying to make a CCM boot work for him we relented and got the salesman to grab his usual suspect of Bauer Supreme and ended up in a Supreme Fuse fit 2. The vizion are cut almost an inch taller than the supreme boot in the same size, and the tenon guard being integrated into the eyelets was pressing into his calf. The manufacturing quality on the vizion did appear to be very high quality, pitch of the boot seemed to feel normal for a Bauer user but he did not get on the ice with the vizion so that is hard to say without skating in them. I wanted to let him get what he was after but it seems as if you need high volume/width but have a normal sized heel these may be difficult to make fit properly.

Sorry I just saw this, my stick is between my nose and my lip, certainly on the longer side of things. I'm 6'2" and have longer arms but keep the puck away from my self generally speaking and I only coach now I haven't played on a team in a years, as I coach I get more and more upright using a longer and longer stick but I do like how it feels for me personally, back and hips are less mobile than 20 years ago and the length helps compensate for me,

I came from a p91/p91a and like mentioned before if the lie is .5 different I will adjust the length by about an inch, lower lie = longer stick. The blade shape and rocker also seem to effect the length I prefer, for the p90tm I can use it a bit longer than a p91 due to the toe having the shaved profile on the bottom.

Warrior covert 8" fit my son the best, some of the Bauer lines are more tapered as well. I've seen people use clear tape on the cuffs as well to make them fight tighter without losing the ability of taking them on and off. I have seen one person with the old school mitten string behind the back under the gear attached to each glove but that doesn't keep them from coming off, just not hitting the ice when they do

My son is somewhat the opposite of your son, he's short and sturdy, he's muscular and has a wide base at 4'10" and 95 lbs. He's a 2013 plays AAA in Michigan and plays defense. We used to have him on 8'/9' profile with a 5/8" hollow and he was a good skater but being shorter I was always trying to find ways to make his stride longer. After a lot of discussion we moved him to a 9'/10' profile still on 5/8" hollow also on the 212mm blades (1.5EE Supreme boots) he spends most of his days at home in roller blades which have 4 wheels and a longer feel on the ground than an ice skate will have, he's comfortable with transitions on longer profiles and in the spring I'm going to drop him down to 11/16" hollow and see how shallow we can go without losing agility and cornering ability. I am curious on some of these blended or more advanced profiles available but he has 4 sets of steel and I don't want to change too many variables at one time on him. I know from my older son when they grow a lot it seems to be good to keep as much consistent as possible due to their bodies changing and already feeling awkward but if he is staying consistent I think experimenting with different profiles can't hurt anything. With all of that being said, one of the best skaters my son used to play with always skated on the stock 13' profile from Bauer, I used to ask his dad about it specifically because his agility was surprising based on my preconceived notion of what a 13' profile would do to a youth skater, but dad said it is all that he has known and sees no reason to change it. Everyone is going to have their own preferences, when I change my sons I do not tell him and watch to see if there are any indicators if it isn't a good fit for him, he knows we maintain his skates but has no idea about his profile or any specifics.

Awesome to see this thread still going strong almost 20 years later! I don't have any photos on hand but I've been rolling around in Super Tacks on Marsblade I haven't played roller competitively in 15-16 years now but still mess around with my younger son who is almost 12

My son has tried a few different pairs and has reported that he likes these the best: https://aycane.com/en-us/collections/youth/products/blade-pro-skate-socks

My son has them in his skates. He scans at a 13.5 fit 3 which isn't something they make. He has wide forefeet, high volume, medium arch, narrow heel, so we have to play with fit to make something comfortable, size 1 D was causing the bottoms of his feet to go numb, 1 EE was better but then he was complaining about his heel rubbing and then we switched to 1.5 EE with fit b insoles. The fit b insoles seem to take up the negative space he was feeling from the size 1 skates, and he can be in his skates all day long with no complaints, last year between games we would always have to take his skates off. Could be coincidence, and he's always growing but I am going to continue to pay for these insoles during this phase of his growth and see if they continue to make sense. I use stock insoles from my super tacks in my ultrasonic skates so I don't have any personal experience unfortunately.

thanks for the trip down nostalgia lane that was awesome

Not sure what you are coming from, I'm a p91 convert and I tried p29/92 and p28 didn't like either of them, tried the p90tm and I love that curve, I think I like it more than the p91. Still has as flat heel for backhand passes, still opens up if you want to send it to the moon you can, and the addition of the toe hook eliminated losing the puck when pulling wide laterally, and more control when moving backwards while stick handling. The max height is only a positive in my mind, I don't see where more blade is ever a bad thing. Give it a go, I was pleasantly surprised.

Just got a three pack of customs for my son, they feel and look the same as the old batches we've gotten but the labeling on the inside of the shaft has changed. This order took about 120-130 days which was longer than anticipated but always happy with the products I get from Gep

My kid switched to the PRO sticks from a trigger 7 pro after breaking three ft4 pros in less than 5 weeks, keep in mind he was 8 at the time. He has never broken a PRO, I order them 3 at a time for him and cut them about an inch different he moves up to the next stick as he grows and we give the old one to a sibling or a younger player in the organization. I weighed the PRO vs the trigger 7 pro and the PRO was 18 grams heavier, but a noticeably thicker grip coating and thicker wall construction, which hasn't impacted his performance and he likes the ability to customize the look of the stick to his preferences. Long story long I don't think you're going to look back to CCM after getting your pro, more and more AAA kids are using them and then everyone knows there has been some pro use as well.

Just got my son XF pros for his shins, he's smaller than your kid but the features on them are pretty awesome, calf wrap is adjustable depending on tongues in, tongues out, and preference, as well as the length of the strap. Certainly a hair wider than FT line or Vapor line but the kneecap on the bauer offerings seemed very soft compared to the JDP cap on the CCM lines IMO

my 10 year old skates on a 9'/10' and loves how it feels and I like how he looks on it, I skate on a 9.5'/10.5' and the difference between a straight 10' profile is noticeable but it doesn't feel foreign. 9.5' up front gives you a bit more agility but doesn't make you feel like you loose any speed, could be all mental but I think it's a great profile for a vast majority of adult sized skaters.

I couldn't say about youth true sticks and their flex over time, but I have to point out that your sons size seems bigger than most kids who would use a 15 flex stick. Generally someone 75 pounds would use around a 30 flex, could use a 25 could use a 35 depending on how they load and shoot but I would think 15 might end up twisting and flaring more than they would like it to. My son is really small, he's maybe 51" tall, 80 pounds and uses a full length 30 flex, I think he could bump up to 40 but I have some 35 flex on order for him to bridge the gap. If it wouldn't hurt the pocket book to give the 15 flex a shot by all means I could be totally wrong and he could love it but based on my experience the 10 and 15 flex sticks are for the 30-50 pound mini mites.