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weird, those are my two least favorite shows on that channel. To each their own I guess

wheel upgrade: millenium --- dynasty bearing upgrad: abec9 ---- swiss lite and the upgraded quarter which you mentioned. Personally id do the upgrade for the quarter as after discount its a 80$ difference in price. the other two do not matter as much to me as i would just throw bones swiss in there and a new set of konixx and sell the labeda wheels.

very few pond hockey chances this year so far, big bummer. mid 50s in the forecast next week =(

few days behind, but Vera Rubin RIP.

Every other shift on Defense? I'm just going to wait for your goalie to post in the venting thread soon ;)

Personally I prefer Dessert Knights.

not as beautiful as 4 days of Gary : *

Logo they chose looks ok. definitely not a fan of captain fancypants knight with the Dragonball Z plume.

the whole advisor program can be kind of sketchy, if you get someone that doesn't really know the ins and outs. I went to see an advisor once for my dual degree program, and was told i needed to take two classes within a couple of clusters for some prereqs, got about a month into my classes for the semester, went back and looked myself at the prereqs. scheduled a meeting with another advisor, and was told i didn't need them afterall. the courses were pretty trivial, so at that point i just decided to take the drops, work some more hours, and really improve my hacky sack game.

how they are selling the product has no bearing on the validity of this thread. Just because Warrior/Bauer/CCM distributes its product through your LHS/Big Box/ETC, they still want you to buy their product over the competitors, and have countless times mentioned their features or added performance benefits. The difference here is that the Sparx is a high costed, niche product that wouldn't do as well at a LHS due to the cost, nor is likely wanted due to the perceived competition. There is no different dynamic here, other than vitriol, as 75 percent of sparx posts on this thread lately have to do with responses to those same 3 you mentioned. People ask questions, they answer. All they have asked for thus far is an open mind, not an open pocketbook. I have no desire to own one, but I do enjoy reading about it.

a few jofas around, one guy on my team even had one. theres a guy at sticks and pucks every now and again who has a northland stan mikita.

they didn't even start the thread. If you want the post removed just because a manufacturer has added input or answered questions, then half of the posts on the site will have to be removed out of fairness. Do you make this same argument when a stick manufacturer answers questions about its product? its not like they are constantly bumping the thread, sending out promotions, or specifically even telling people to buy a sparx. they have simply been answering questions/addressing concerns.

sorry i think there was some confusion here. I was wondering if the Cypress skate will be available for both ice and inline. didnt even know about a vortex2 but thats cool as well.

im assuming there will be an inline version as well? if not will you be selling these as boot only so that a chassis could be mounted on, like you did with the previous model? very interested in the product, it looks like you guys have some exciting releases ahead.

there are a number of people on this board that are doing so, but lets face it, the vast majority of skate buyers aren't even aware of how the mako works etc, or even what is or whats not on the horizon, they just see that sticker price. sorry about sounding like a dick the first part of my comment, running on short sleep due to shift change and used a poor wording. that part is a huge reason why I'm probably just using the m8s I purchased for inline (or if I don't like the conversion, selling them). I use my foot a lot, and my 50k are the best shot blocking skates ive owned to date. I'm not big on shot blockers personally so id prefer to avoid those. the makos seem very lacking in protection although I haven't even worn mine as I'm awaiting conversion and bake.

I think its fairly clear that he meant the CXN hasn't been in production for so long that there is a strong back demand for the holders to continue production of them, coupled with the issues they have had with boot durability and the fact that more people prefer to tear off the CXN holders and strap some tuuks on. They are selling like crazy mostly because the price is slashed over half, just like any other similar clearance product. if it was just a fear over not being able to find something with a similar fit, they wouldn't have to go that drastic with the price drops. I think sometimes our view of the market is clouded by reading so many opinions of gearheads on these forums that we don't just realize this is a normal consumer reaction to a price drop this significant. the MX3 skate released after the mako2 and is far more sparse in sizes available with less of a price drop.

looking to convert some M8s, and trying to decide between hi/lo or a labeda chassis. outside my normal preferences, does anyone know any advantage/drawback to one or the other on that boot?

I love the lace locks on my 50Ks, that said, with how tight of a fit the makos are and with how good they wrap post bake I couldn't imagine needing them on my M8s I just purchased to convert, unless maybe you are a half size too big and really want to clamp down you should be good without them.

you mean to tell me Carey Price isn't pullin skates off shelves at his local Sportchek?

well there are a lot of crappy looking skates out at the moment. i mean i used both mid end alkali and u10s as an example and i owned and love both (maybe more so the alkali than the u10s) performance/cost wise. Grafs also inherently suffer from me for having the worst looking holders on the market, so that isnt adding anything to it. This photo just looks like a tier 4 skate to me, minus maybe the actual materials the quarter is made of vs the aesthetics.

not really. it looks like a low level alkali and low level vapor skate had a kid, and let it run around without a diaper on. edit: CCM u10 might be a better example than the vapor

let me know how you like the 48s. I have the 50s and love them, but may be looking to get a pair of the 48s when they go to closeout so that i can convert to inline. Same size even! also it may have even been worse as i was a 6.5 in the RBZ but fit in a 7.5 ribcor. =)

if it's just BFD then probably no reason to invest in the machine for me with access to close FBV. Still looks an interesting machine to me.

All kidding aside, the skate boxes can make great cat beds. I took a piece of carpet padding and cut it to the bottom dimensions and threw some fabric on it, put it in front of the window, and my cat sleeps in it half the day

Whatever LHS you have that gives you a free cat with purchase, hook me up with the details, because I'm sold.