VegasHockey

I had a customer come in today with the new CCM XS tongues in their TRUE skates. He drilled out two little holes in the boot and used the CCM XS tongue and it seems to work nicely.

Seems crazy that third level from the top is coming with this revised attachment screw. I could understand bottom tier skates having such, but at this price point it should still be metal.

So you want TRUE to offer top tier skate at half the cost of the other guys and also provide stores demo skates as well? Anything else to add to your Christmas wish list? How about free demo sticks and free demo gear too?

I recently have been considering implementing a fitting fee which would then be applied to the cost of purchasing a pair of skates. Too many people come in to get fit and then go online and buy used skates or pro stock return from other sources. I normally wouldn't complain about our stores doing a fitting or even baking skates for a customer but since we are down 300% in sales this year I can't keep offering services like that for free. Gone are the days where I could replace rivets or eyelets for customers free of charge. 😞

I spoke with a few car restoration stores in the area and they recommended this: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07S1Q7NQD/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Tested it and it works fantastic. I'll post some pics later tonight.

Documented in the CCM Catalog. I am not sure what calculation or specifications they are using.

Does his junior team cover the cost of any of his gear or do they at least offer gear at cost to the players? If we went with a higher end skate with better materials he would probably be getting a season out of his skates.

AS1 and AS3 are basically the same stiffness. I think the AS1 is rated at 195 and the AS3 is 190. The AS3 Pro is rated at 210

Nice write up. I like the AS3 and AS3 Pro very much and they fit nicely but are unfortunately too stiff for me. Maybe I need to start eating more so I put on some weight or I should spend more time at the gym bulking 😉

I do blend it all the way. I just eliminate the pitch. If you profile using the following technique (see video below) it will apply the full profile but not add the pitch:

Where are you located? I have a pair of AS3 Pro skates that I ordered for myself but they are too stiff so I am likely going to sell them. If you want to use them for a test fit I would be happy to let you give them a go. They are a 7.5D

Unless the player specifically asks me for an aggressive forward lean I always profile neutral or add a minimal pitch. I also dont like grinding down the whole front of the blade on a Q0 or a Zuperior.

Those are just brass eyelets. https://blademaster.com/web/en/2606-eyelets

Good thought. I know a few people. I'll reach out.

Stores that have a very solid relationship with Bauer or CCM will likely be hesitant to carry them. For example, Pure Hockey only sells the TF9 and custom skate. They will not carry or sell the TF7. No store in AZ or WA has either model in stock. While I think the skate is amazing the fact is Bauer and CCM rule the market and TRUE is going to struggle to get big box stores to sell these skates as it will cannibalize sales of your there Bauer and CCM skates. Think of how hard it was for Tesla to "flip the script" in the automotive industry for a good example of how hard it is for a new brand to enter a market and disrupt it no matter how great the product is.

Paging @CCMHockey and @BelangerJS

It actually doesn't feel dry though. The product you mention seems to work for leather, synthetic leather, and vinyl so that might be a good option to test.

Such as? I think at this point moisture wiking is likely not working. The surface of the clarino is matte and no longer shiny.

Need to renew the clarino liners on a pair of skates. Not sure what could be used to seal the clarino or rejuvenate the liner. I have tried beeswax and leather conditioner but neither lasted longer than a single ice session.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/14Bt6kDOTlMAs2pSiaqIrMjTK_H6Dwnmc/view?usp=sharing

Not sure of the material, could be nylon. It's hard for me to tell if they changed the dial and screw on specific skate models or specific skates manufactured after a certain time period. We just got a shipment in of 9380 and 9370 and all of them had the new dial and screw assembly. We got our shipment of AS3 Pro and AS3 skates in May and haven't gotten any more since then. The older 9380 and 9370 skates we got in our previous shipment had the first generation screw drive assembly.

What skates is she currently wearing and what size? What size TRUE skates did you get? I find the TRUE skates seem to fit very close to the Supreme in terms of volume.

They were fairly advanced skates. I remember the advertising talking about how they weighed less than 800 grams and had the Lightspeed 2 Power holder which was supposed to be ultra-stiff. I skate with a lot of guys who still wear and love those skates. The players I know that did finally transition to modern skates almost always adopted the Ribcor 70k/80k but always lamented the One90.

I noticed some of the newer CCM skates we are getting in stock have a slightly modified XS holder. The screw assembly is now black and seems to be plastic and the dial piece also has larger ribs on it.

CA is delaying tryouts until October As a result of recent updates with respect to governmental restrictions on youth sports activities, CAHA is pushing the CAHA permitted tryout calendar for on-ice tryouts as follows; - Tier 1 not earlier than 10/1 - Tier 2 not earlier than 10/5 - A / BB / B / HS not earlier than 10/8 WA is moving forward with tryouts but I don't understand how they think they will be having a season until January considering they are only in Phase II currently and Phase II and III are extremely restrictive. There will not be any normal practices and games until Phase IV. Even the WHL has pushed their season start date to December and I am hearing they are now discussing January as a potential start date. Arizona things seem normal, same with Nevada. I am not into politics, but it does seem red states are moving along and will likely have a somewhat normal season while blue states will be delayed.