bunnyman666

Read this blog: http://jofahelmets.blogspot.com/2011/05/397.htmlNot my blog, BTW. Lots of good information, especially if you want it to look like Selanne's Jofas.

I probably would have initially felt the same if I saw what you show in the pix. But then again, 9/10 of my shoes have adhesive in odd places. I don't reject based solely on that.

I'm a Riptide Rush bloke, myself; sometimes I see it, sometimes I don't. My flavour won a Superbowl, not that it means much to me. I don't understand American Football...

I can't see the imperfections, but it isn't my $850 bones, either. Very attractive boots, matey!

Haven't seen that flavour in this locale. I will give it a whirl when I see it.

Today, the weather is nice enough to hang my gear outside!!!! Sunday morning pick up had TWO goalies show up. I hope the local rink does it NEXT Sunday!!!! 3-on-3 with two subs was fast-paced and a crap load of fun.

Back in the old days, you wore supplemental ankle protection for your skates if you were a defenceman. Of course the defenceman ankle protection offered back in the old days was slightly better than the boots themselves. I still don't feel that modern skates offer wonderful shot blocking protection. I blocked a shot with my 16K and it stung on my toes. Nothing's broken, but I howled like an American Idol contestant. I may just start making composites again starting with a toe shot blocker to supplement my Skate Fenders (great product IMO).

Today, I poke checked several danglers. While I might not be able to chase down break aways, I can play one-on-one. As a side note- the instruction from my figure skating instructor has helped me by leaps and bounds.

Very attractive.

Go to the Eagle website, contact Gus, and he'll get them going for you. Pricing depends on the dealer. Ask Gus what all he can do. I know goat skin comes in natural and black, but it may come in a few other colours I am unaware about. My wife got them for me for X-mas, so I have no idea where they came from or how much. But Gus will get you sorted.

You will love it more as you won't be replacing it like you do Windows machines. #lovemymac

And that's what I got with my home brew curve. Jury's out if it helps my game, but my clearing passes certainly aren't poached quite as easily. My slap shot, however, is QUITE suspect...

For the princely sum of $7.00 (cost of the blade), I brewed my own curve. I doubt I made anything new, but it's new to me. I used to brew my own curves 100 years ago, lol. Who knows if it works or not, but it was a cheap experiment. I took an Iginla curve, opened up the toe, curved the heel, and made a generally twisty curve. It could fail miserably, or I could end up doing this to every single Iginla curve I own. I am hoping for puck clearing ability, some good saucer passing, and a lofty shot. I hope two piece sticks with wood blades never go away...

Had to do a Pete Townshend on my veggie steamer- new fangled crap electronic timer would not cooperate, so I swung it by the cord and smashed it on the concrete. Much less expensive than doing it to a Les Paul. Got out a bit of frustration; maybe this should be on the Sweet Spot thread... ;)

Fun pix!!! Don't grind off the paint- you will SERIOUSLY damage the aluminium shaft. Instead, use a chemical paint remover (Citrustrip or similar), then polish. You may not be able to get rid of the battle scars without destroying the stick. You could fill the dents, nicks, etc. with Bondo and paint the stick silver (or whatever colour you desire). PlastiDip falls off; but you could get some of that soft paint. Alsa Corp makes a cool system; however, you need the capabilities of a full-on body shoppe to apply it. Thanks for the trip down memory lane with the pix of your gear!

Friday, I outworked a very, very good player along the boards and was given a shove after I moved the puck out of the defensive zone. I had considered it a compliment. When I had last played twenty years plus back, I was always more of a defensive forward, and now my new role as defenseman is starting to actually prevent a goal or good play develop. I'm still a crappy skater, and I have lost many steps in a twenty plus year hiatus. By no means am I Barret Jackman or Al Mc Innis. But on occasion, I do win a battle along the boards, and that was my sweet spot on Friday.

I've only been back on the ice since September, but I have already owned three pair of skates!!! CCM U+07- fit was good after break-in, but skating on them 8 hours per week proved too much for them as they started breaking down and hurting my feet Bauer Nexus 400- I love the feel of these, the toes box was wide enough for me, but darn if after fully broken in, the heel started slipping. They became downright slippery without a second pair of socks!!! These are still a back up pair. Reebok 16K- stiff, supportive, and I hope it takes at least a year before they break down. I skated their first full pick up game in them Wednesday, and they felt good from warm up to my very last shift!!! The Pump really helps lock my heel. My favourite skates previously were Bauer Supreme 90, but were way long in the tooth before they went to the rink in the sky... I had some cheap crappy Bauers that weren't the same for a short time after that and before I took a twenty year hiatus.

Holy time warp, Batman!!!

Maybe those are the two that don't fit in the rack because there are 50 sticks in his rack. After all, those two sticks aren't even on a rack. Or, he is taking the mick out of us...

Good looking boot!!!

One would hope that more R&D was performed on the NHL players that have these skates! After all, pros got many, many prototypes when I operated my components company. Many issues will probably never surface on an amateur player that would on a pro player. However, if I had a return, I would certainly update their skate if it were within a normal warranty period. I don't disagree. I think I want to save my pennies and wait until next year to buy these skates. I am certain there is a quality product available from VH footwear NOW; but seeing that there are some quantum leaps on the newer boots, it wouldn't pay me to buy now.

Then it was his duty to fix it! Again- this is a young skate manufacturer who is deep in the process of R&D. It's great that he has a portion of his local NHL team using his product because he is also drawing R&D experience from that, as well.

Measurements are KEY on ANYTHING custom, whether we are talking skates, bike frames, goalie masques, anything that is not a t-shirt size item. It's quite a bit different on skates than it is with bike frames. On a bike frame, we used a size cycle, which the bike fitter would come up with a set of measurements based from that. I did have a "gotcha!" moment with one of those, but the fitter finally admitted fault, and we split the difference. I see that some of the VH skate returns are being sold at a discount, which is exactly what I did with my "gotchas". Scott isn't losing as much as it would appear, and it is apparent he is deep in R&D with these skates. With the returns, he gets to see areas that could use improving without the need for a recall. It's better to have paid R&D than to make hundreds of working prototypes that never return a penny. It is also certainly better to be pro-active than need a costly and possibly reputation damaging recall. While I am not suspect about Scott's work, it really, really surprises me that he doesn't want a mould of the foot. I had to do that with custom cycling shoes. I had no issues, especially since the pedorthist was told how specifically to mould the foot for the mesurements. While this would add slightly to the cost, the cost savings in returned boots would even this out. After all, the customer is inconvenienced when an $800 pair of skates doesn't feel right.

http://s2.postimg.org/dl631fr2d/image.jpg x844, extra padding in thumb and fingers, 1/2" taller cuff, goat skin palms, "Bunnyman" embroidered. Gus at Eagle Hockey worked with me on every detail.

Probably not. I suspect tradition doesn't allow that secret to be told; but then again you never know...