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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 will be something similar to a Titanium Nitride coating. If you google around you can find the Bauer 2020 steel line up document.

Not titanium.

I ended up with the Warrior Alpha DX elbow pads which are three piece and have tons of flexibility and good protection. They are a little long but since I use a very short cuff glove they seem to work ok.

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 remember having a pair of Douglas as a kid and then later a pair of Flak shoulder pads. I hated both of them so much but my parents made me wear them since they were worried I was going to get hurt since I was smaller than most kids on my team and played in much higher levels for my age. My favorite shoulder pads were the Cooper Technifelx but it took a lot of convincing for me to get my parents to allow me to buy them. I still think those are some of the best should pads ever made for weight and mobility.

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Almost all steel has a bend to it of some type. I think when Sparx was first developing their machines they determined 90% of steel, even brand new, is not entirely within spec and has some type of curvature. This could be the steel itself or the holder exerting force on the steel to slightly bend.

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.

I am really bummed they stopped offer custom lie for orders.

Bummer.

Thats a bummer. Didn't @thelaterskater also test this stuff out as well? Seems like cloth might be the better option with a light dusting of Flex Seal over it to help with waterproofing.

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?

We still have Massive in stock but most Bauer skate users have always demanded STEP so we stopped ordering it as thats roughly 75% of our steel sales. Now with STEP essentially out of the picture we are seeing many customers being more open to Flare, Massive, Tydan, Byonic and BladeTech. Personally I would consider Flare if you are looking at getting new steel. Once you use Flare its nearly impossible to go back to traditional steel. Plus they have a satisfaction guarantee. https://flareskateblade.com/ https://www.instagram.com/flareskateblade/?hl=en

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.

Looks like they update their website and no longer let you select the lie. That was the main thing they had going for them IMO compared to every other generic stick.

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.

I wouldn't consider the P28, P92, or P88 to be short blades. They are typical length. The P10 however is a much longer blade and has a completely different shooting dynamic compared to a mid-curve or tow-curve like the others. Its more of a heel curve than. a toe curve so you will likely not be shooting off the toe with it.

I would look at the FT2. It's a very good stick.

Never heard of https://customhockeysticks.ca before. You ever used one of their sticks?