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Sent you a PM.

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Where in CA are you? I know some very good shops I can recommend.

I'll have some demos units in hand Monday to evaluate. I'll do a video.

IMO, the FT3 Pro and Trigger 5 Pro are both excellent compared to the Flylite in regards to performance, feel, and durability. CCM has really stepped up their game compared to everyone else.

You have had the TF9 skates for 3+ months?

Thought this was super cool and had to share:

I would use some double sided carpet tape. That will present it from shifting.

Can you overlay the Ellipse I template on the Quad I so I can see how they look differently?

That's what I gathered as well. I was hoping for more specific information than the webinar provided. Guess I'll just have to try out the profiles and see.

You would want that piece you are adding under the skate insole to extend all the way to the front of the skate tower rivets.

I am all for evolution but it has to be validated by science.

20mm adjustment for the pivot point.

The standard thickness with D3O or the extra thick with D3O? I have tried the extra thick tongue and it was too thick for me and took up too much volume.

There are multiple ways to add "pitch" to steel. What you are specifically referring to is changing the pivot point or balance point. By moving the balance point back 5mm, 10mm, 20mm, etc, you are essentially putting the player more on their toes. As mentioned, almost all profiles templates from SSM and Pro Sharp have this built-in so anyone who doesn't request a neutral pitch automatically has the balance point altered putting the player in a more forward position. Hence my question. Are you asking if some people here have done more than the standard? If that is your question, the answer is yes, I have done such for many people. Did they like it? Most did not unless they were coming from a Mako skate and were used to the extreme forward pitch and wanted that same feeling in a Bauer or CCM skate. Have I added an aggressive forward pitch to my own skates for testing? Yes I did! I did not like it. Anything more than what I would consider typical or standard makes it feel like you are falling forward into each stride.

Its usually measured in degrees. Most profile templates, for example from SSM or Pro Sharp, have a forward pitch of 20 degrees built into them unless the customer has specifically asked for a neutral pitch. What is your specific question?

I found this that helps a little. It seems as was surmised, no more multiple radii and instead just a single ellipse. https://www.prosharp.se/pub_docs/files/Our-most-popular-profiles.pdf

Thats kind of what I was thinking but without having my hands on the templates to measure them it's hard to tell.

The official description tells you even less. https://prosharp.us/collections/accessories/products/prosharp-profiling-template-elipse The new ELLIPSE profiles revolutionizes profiling by transferring the shape of an ellipse to the blade. This is a paradigm shift where we're going from radius profiling, which was introduced in the late 80's, to ellipse profiling. The focus is on providing the skater with the most DYNAMIC and SEAMLESS skating experience as possible. Combine maximum POWER with hyperlight AGILITY! The ELLIPSE profiles are pitched 20 mm backwards.

So I emailed to a shop that has the profiles and they said "There is currently only rumors to what the new profiles are. The overall guess is that the new profiles might be quint (5) where the radius are replaced with ellipse shapes. I am continuing to dig for more information with them. At the moment this is all anyone has." Kind of sounds like what I thought.

Its a 10' profile. Also, the LS3 is a 10' profile as well. The LS2 was a 9' profile.

I would go down at least half a size. In my case I had to go down one full size.

I assume it's probably like a quint radius with 4 radii and then a very long flat spot under the ball of the foot. Maybe ProSharp will comment.

I think any high traffic area such as locker rooms, benches, or even the retail pro shops in rinks are perfect locations for spreading C19. Any high traffic area where people are not maintaining proper social distancing or cant maintain proper social distancing are going to be "hot spots." If the locker rooms were cleaned after every use (as they are supposed to be) and the rinks installed UV lighting in them I think that might help as well. I contracted C19 many months ago and thankfully for me, the symptoms were very mild. I locked myself down for a few weeks at home in bed and once I felt well enough for multiple days went and got tested to verify I was no longer contagious and that I had the antibodies in my system. As such, I haven't been too concerned about being around C19 so my life has been pretty much back to normal. I still wear a mask and practice social distancing, out of respect to others, but I am not afraid of getting sick anymore.