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I have a lengthy list but these are ones at the top: First generation one-piece Super Tacks skates. I wanted to love them but they were too stiff and had terrible forward flexion. I felt like I was wearing ski boots. TRUE XC9 Gloves with the replaceable palm. The idea made sense but the implementation was horrible. Some of the worst gloves ever made. CCM FL500 helmet. My God, what a mess. I wanted something that would provide great protection but that thing was like wearing an insulated bowling ball on your head. So hot, heavy and uncomfortable. Super Tacks Gen I stick. Awesome stick but they had way too many issues with the blade durability. I never had one that lasted more than a few games.

Meh. They make me sick. I am glad that the customs will allow for people to select a color for the skate.

Disagree. These are pretty ugly:

The Graf Supra 707 was my jam as a kid.

Fold some toilet paper into squares and apply it to the areas where he is getting pain, you can also use cotton balls too. Wrap his foot with tape to hold the toilet paper/cotton balls in place. Bake the skate and while its warm have him put it on. Instead of normally sitting down while they cool have him stand up in a hockey stance to widen his forefoot. That should fix his issues.

Yes, I like them both but the first generation are a little thinner and lighter.

It wasn't in their catalog for this season. The good news is our Bauer rep emailed and said it will be available again. He said it was a mistake on their part. From Bauer: "Just a quick note, the Bauer SpeedPlate 2.0 was missing from the Bauerbiz repeat catalog, in error. It is in the catalog for 2020. It has been added back there today and is in stock for immediate shipment."

Be careful to not apply too much heat or pressure as you might break the carbon on the heel. Honestly, I think you need to have the skates remade.

It's too bad that Bauer is likely going to discontinue them. The good news is there are some other third party company working on a heat thermoformable footbed for hockey that is lighter and better than the Bauer SP.

I use this: https://prosharp.us/collections/accessories/products/blade-bag

I wish I could share info but I am not allowed. All I can say is there will be a huge shift in the retail industry coming soon.

Easy fix. You could do it yourself or a local shop with some decent staff could do it.

Randomly wondering. Who is using the new Shift holder? If you aren't using the Shift holder, what holder are you using? LS Edge? CCM XS? Previous version of the TRUE holder?

Im spoiled. In AZ all I need to do is spray my stuff down with my special cleaning mixture and then hang it in the garage. In a few hours its nice and dry. Every couple of weeks I like to lay my stuff out by the pool to let it get some sun and to allow the UV to kill of bacteria as well. Cant leave it out too long in the summer though as the sun will wreck most anything you leave out for too long.

I have an extra I can send you if you want to do a tear down.

In hockey, unlike football, injuries are rarely from initial head impact acceleration, its the secondary and third impacts that cause the most harm. If you read this article they mention “The front location is where kids hit their head the most and at high energies, so that front pad plays a big role,” Rowson said. “The lower-rated helmets would test considerably better simply by reducing the stiffness of that front padding.” Based on the methodology they are using to test hockey helmets you can see the serious error here in the way they are rating helmets. https://vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2019/03/ictas-youthfootballratings.html I am also not saying that HECC or other methods are any better though. There is serious faults with HECC testing as well. The helmet's performance is evaluated by testing the chinstrap for strength and elongation and by testing the impact absorption properties of the helmet liner. All tests are performed using helmets attached to headforms that simulate different sizes of the human head. For the retention system, the helmet is placed on a headform and a load is applied using a device to simulate the chin bone structure. The strength and elongation properties of the helmet strap are evaluated. Dropping a helmet (with the headform inside) onto a flat hard surface tests the impact absorption properties. When dropped onto the flat surface, instruments in the headform measure the force transmitted through the helmet to the headform. This test is performed at ambient, hot and cold conditions. At each of these conditions the helmet must absorb a minimum amount of energy in order to meet the requirements of the standard. In general, we need a better way of testing helmet for hockey. If anything, I think MIPS is doing good with their testing currently. However even they need to make some changes as well. https://helmets.org/mips.htm https://helmets.org/mipstestpresentation.pdf

To be honest and fair. I am not sure other helmets would have faired much better than the TRUE helmet. Perhaps there would have been less result from the initial impact with other helmets but the MIPS design is more focused on the secondary and third impacts that usually result in the game of hockey as compared to many other sports. This is why the VT study is insufficient as it doesn't take rotational injuries into account and focuses solely on a single impact despite their claims "Our impact tests evaluate a helmet's ability to reduce linear and rotational acceleration of the head resulting from a range of head impacts a hockey player might experience during play." If you look at these ridiculous ratings they rate the CCM 710 and 310 helmet at 0 stars. Same with the Warrior Alpha helmets as well. Yet the Bauer 2100 has 2 stars......

VT testing is insufficient for hockey. I appreciate them trying, but until they change their testing methods their ranking are essentially useless.

Firs good for me too. Ventilation is nice. Helmet is light when paired with a Re-Akt cage. Probably not ideal for everyone though as adjustability of the helmet is somewhat limited.

Its actually pretty easy to sand off the grip and to reapply it. The biggest issue is having connections to get the grip coating liquid since it isn't made in enterprise level of volume. A lot of stick manufacturers have to pre-buy a year or more supply in order for the factories to manufacturer the chemical. This is why many companies are slowly changing their application to incorporating the grip into the graphics wrap for sticks. Warrior has been doing this and TRUE just started to do this too with the AX9. I dont think CCM or Bauer are, yet. Supposedly this is also helping to shed weight as well. I forgot where I read/saw info on it but they mentioned this helped Warrior get the Alpha DX down to under 400 grams, among other things.

I haven't had that issue and I have a bunch of them in my garage which gets VERY hot. Which model is this?

Yup. We have that. The main issue is the structural integrity of the cap is diminished when you heat and punch it as you are technically warping it. Do you have like a bunion or something on your toe rubbing? Crooked toe? I am trying to understand whats hitting.

Thats a tough spot to modify, heat changes the composition of the toe box and can weaken it and its not really possible to "punch it" without heat. You may want to try and take a dremel and see if you can shave off a little of the inside of the to cap. Proceed at our own risk.

The shop doing the order needs to request it specifically for you.