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VegasHockey

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  1. I have a friend who is using a pair of Trues for roller and he drilled small holes in the top of the boot to allow his feet to breathe better. I'll try and snag a photo next time I see him. The way he did it is not noticable at all and he claims it works wonders.
  2. If you mean wear patches on the sides of the toe cap area don't think they are needed. Unlike most skates, since the True toe cap is one unit and is highly durable and oversized I don't think wear patches would be necessary.
  3. Your local store should be able to talk to the Bauer rep. Sometimes they will request a warranty exception, especially if you are around the 90-day warranty mark. Also, if you bought them with a credit card, which I assume you did, most credit card companies will double the factory warranty period. For example, had someone buy a pair of CCM FT1 skates, at day 120 they had a catastrophic failure and CCM would not warranty it. They contacted AMEX and AMEX issued them a credit on their account to replace the skates under warranty.
  4. Second pair of True skates that came in today with the fabric liners. http://imgur.com/gallery/od8yhIn
  5. Honestly, nothing on the market right now is similar to the Easton Synergy line of shins. What size do you wear? The new Bauer Supreme equipment coming out later this year will be the most similar.
  6. I own the shops in the Sno-King rinks (Renton and Kirkland) and in Everett..... we will also be opening a store in Northgate soon.
  7. I've never had an issue with them, I just dislike that the LS Edge holders have a lot of flex compared to SB, XS and True/VH holders.
  8. Personally, I would wait for the new CCM XS holder to be released and switch to that.
  9. Skate looks more like a Mako than ever and supposedly fits more like a Mako as well. If all of this is true I will be happy that Bauer is finally incorporating some of the technology from the Easton acquisition. The new Vapor sticks have some of the Easton tech in them too which is nice.
  10. Maybe it's time we close this thread then?
  11. Honestly, they are both about the same to me.
  12. My favorite thing I have heard recently was not said by a customer, but by a worker at a store.... A customer was buying CCM AS1 skates and the worker told him it was best to come in and get the skates baked right before he got on the ice so they would be warm and flexible. I tried to not say anything until after the customer left and then explained to the worker exactly why you would never want to do what he suggested.
  13. Is this a topic on VH/true skates or how to properly fit a player for skates.....? At this point, it seems everyone comes in here to rant which is getting a bit tiresome. I am not sure I agree that all of these individual topics should be lumped into this single thread, maybe they should have standalone threads? Anyway, just thinking aloud.
  14. Yeah, I am a big fan of the new Ribcor stuff for this year. I think CCM has really dialed in the stick. I haven't had a Ribcor feel this nice since the 40K.
  15. For those that say "CCM or Bauer custom skates don't have fit issues" I wanted to share an email from one of my customers from this morning. I obviously removed any information relating to him and the shop he purchased the skates from as it was not through us. I felt with everyone focusing so heavily on True, and a lot of this focus is very negative, it should be noted that many of the issues customers have may be related to the shops doing the scanning/fitting. This is the second pair he has had made.......
  16. Thank you for sharing. Very interesting. Might have to get some steel coated and try this out. I found someone who does PVD coatings but the cost is high and turnaround time is very long. I would have to do big batches of steel in order for it to be profitable and make sense.
  17. How easy is it to scratch off? Did it add any thickness? Is it a type of PVD coating or something else?
  18. The QLT is quite form fitting and tapered. I would say they are very comparable to the Vapors or STX Surgeon gloves.
  19. I would say its pretty mixed but players are seeming to gravitate slowly to more of a variable kick point sticks such as the True SBP/XC, Jet Speed, and Nexus.
  20. Flare can do DLC coating on the steel, they did this specifically for Andrew Cogliano before. If there was enough demand for it they would consider making it a standard offering instead of a custom order.
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