Giltis

My first game on Monday may be pushed back due to the Coronavirus. But otherwise, I had another test skate on 3/4" and it felt much better, although I'm now wondering how all that gear weight might affect me. I also did test fitted wearing everything again a few times, and found a good sequence, where I put on my skates before my pants (I had trouble putting on skates with those enormous pants on), but also I fixed how big the pants felt on me by sort of tucking in my C/A and looping through the loop, my pants are now up higher and there's no interference with the leg pads. I guess I'm a tucker. P.S. It's normal to sweat from just putting on the gear right? I think I will bring three water bottles, one with ice water, one with gatorade, and one water for after on the ride home.

I've always advocated for SIDAS footbeds, there's no guesswork involved.

As in titanium? Assuming it is, how would that affect sharpening it? Could it cause more wear on the stones? I guess it'd be just a coating like the Step/Tydan stuff. I'm not much of a Bauer skates fan, but that tendon guard looks really cool.

Update I have all the gear now, I've got a deal on a CCM Composite. I went with a 25" based on how it felt when I was in a butterfly (I wish they had a 25.5", or maybe I will go 26" in a different brand the next time). I went with a Bauer Supreme line of skates, and even though it was the best fitting skate they still killed my feet a test skate. I've placed in a SIDAS footbed and it seems to have alleviated the pain while standing up (we will see if the pain returns during a skate). Another test skating tonight during warmups with the new hollow to see (my sharpener was a bit worried that I am going too shallow with a 3/4", but it's what I skate on normally so I think I will be ok). I have my first pickup game next week, my buddy who's a goalie is coming out to play on the opposite side to see. I'm both excited and nervous, first time a long while.

This is what happened to my friend with his mid-level Bauers, his steel kept on snapping near the same spot. We thought it was the steel quality (esp. due to the Bauer steel reputation at the time), but turns out his holders were damaged/misaligned somehow and causing a stress point, and so any little impact would cause it to fail.

My dad had stents put in a few years back, I was more worried than he was about the procedure hah. He's totally back to his old self now, golfing all the time.

Looks aside, if TF7/TF9s are at a cheaper price point and fits less radical feet, then sign me up for another pair.

I settled on a skate, and I wore them during my beer league warmups yesterday to see how it'd be (with player gear on). I almost fell twice lol. What was crazy is that after 5 mins, when I went back to player's skates, that took a moment to adjust as well. I got them sharpened at a 5/8" but it felt like it was dug in real good. Hopefully I will get used to that feeling. Skating straight forward was easy, as well as skating backwards, but I did not have a good time shuffling, or changing directions, should I go with a shallower hollow to something like 3/4" (what I usually get for my player's skates)?

SB4.0 love that holder. I'd have gone XS if they had it available during my switch though.

You were right, I tried a test fit last night with everything, and there is full coverage with overlap. I'm having a hard time with the goalie pants feeling a bit big though. I'll see if I need to swap them for a medium or something (this is something I experience in player gear too, I'm right in between a Medium and a Large). Just need those Skates and Stick and then I'll be ready.

Yeah honestly, I didn't feel it when I was skating. It probably would have been fine, but I'm extremely particular about the feel of my skates.

I really think he likes the flex, every time I see his skates up close with his ankle flexed, it's creased to all hell.

I've experienced this with the older holders, drove me nuts and I had to swap them out. TRUE did send me new ones though, but I didn't want to chance it. My unverified theory is that the holders can't take the long bake temps, and they weaken or loosen up.

I've had mine for a year and a half, I just see some normal wear in the linings. I skate quite a bit all throughout the year.

So found the right fitting skates, didn’t buy them yet. Turns out that I fit into a Bauer Supremes. I’m now contemplating between the S170 vs S190 models that they had, I’m now looking online at the differences and also possibly see if the newer S27/S29s have anything much improved on them.

My McKenney pants came in this afternoon, I've not tried them on yet, but looks decent enough and were a great price for new pants. I also ordered the Passau bag so I'm looking forward to that. For sticks I was looking at these https://www.northstarsticks.com/shop/g1-shooter-ggsu-edition-goalie-stick/ in 26" to start out from, I emailed and they've told me that they are foam core. I'm 6' but yeah would like a shorter paddle for my butterfly, as a player I use a stick that's on the shorter side so cutting the shaft is something to keep in mind. I am also looking at skates today after work, so if I see a cheap composite I'll pick one of those up. Finally I think that completes the gear if I'm successful at skate/stick shopping. Then I guess my first game could be as soon as March.

I wasn't able to get skates, I've tried a few, but they lacked my size or width. It's really odd because I measure as a 8/8.5 on their Brannock device, but I couldn't get into anything smaller than a 9. Bauer Vapor 9.5D felt good at the back, but way too roomy at the front, I'll have to look for a 9D and try it. The CCM tacks felt ok, but again they only had a 9.5 and it would need punching out.

Yeah I had to do the Oxyclean bath for the chest protector, I had ran it through a long cycle in the wash, and it still smelled, so I dunked it for about an hour in oxyclean, and that was what fixed it. Incredible how much brown water it produced even after a cycled wash. The bath actually took off the Passau logo that's in the back lol. A few updates W.R.T. the gloves, I probably won't be using the ones pictured because I got better sets that came with the pads (and matches too). They close a lot better/easier, in better condition, with only a tiny hole. I got myself a PAW kneeguard and pro-laces, tried going down a few times into a butterfly, and it felt MUCH better. I feel much more confident. I'm going shopping for pants/jock/skates today most likely, so I'll have a look when I get home how it all fits with the chest. I'll probably try my first game within a month's time., I got the ok from two guys that runs pickup leagues (so I can slot in the one that I usually play at, or one that's a level lower) I'm still not certain of the paddle sizing, so I might borrow a few different ones from the goalies that play in my pickup. After reading a lengthy post on here, I was looking at a 25" one. I heard they differ a bit by brand though. Also I was afraid the arm length on the chest was too short, but I put on my glove and blocker, and it covers everything perfectly and gets out of the way.

So these are the chests, I think I will order a belly extension. But other than that, how does this sit on me (esp. around the neck)? It feels pretty mobile and I'm able to reach things well.

If you go through the proper channels, you'll be paying more probably through canadian taxes and then duty once delivered to you. You might as well buy them locally, esp if you have any issues and need to make adjustments, re-bake, etc.

Starting to get a bit of the "What the hell am I getting myself into" feeling. I lucked out and found a used 2nd gen Passau in a very good condition for cheaper than what most used chestpads were going for around me (gonna wash it before I adjust straps and things). I also have a PAW knee guards coming in (if these don't work, I will get the Vapor 1Xs that I liked when I tried it at the store), so I think all I have left to look for are pants, jock, stick, skates, neckguard, dangler.

One thing I've wondered about this stick aside from the speed of the shot is accuracy. If the puck isn't exactly centred on the blade, would it not affect the travel direction? Because as I imagine it, the point that deforms the most would be the centre which would cup the puck towards it, for better or for worse in terms of accuracy.

My eyes, I don't want them anymore.

Oh yeah my laces are one size up so that I can undo my skates easily without taking them out of the eyelets. When I tie them, I tuck the excess between my shinpads and hockey socks.

Alright, progress time. Kinda stoked that my butterfly actually seem to overlap a bit, not every time, but most of the time (more on this later). I tried going down into a butterfly and then recovering a few times, and it is more taxing that it looks haha. Also I found that I really need the softest knee pads, I was looking at PAW's (http://www.protectiveathleticwear.com/kneepadsmain.htm) with the viscoelastic gel (anyone have experience with those?), I figure I need to order and repair those knee flaps anyway (maybe I'll order the neckguard there as well). I've also read that I can add a bit of height to the knee stacks to make things more comfortable, I should look into it as well. I've then afterwards found an issue where sometimes I would land below the landing of where I should be. I'm wondering if my strapping could be improved? Keep in mind that I'm also using player skates for the moment to test the fit, and removed the bootstraps as they seem to be getting in the way, but maybe I should put them back. Standing up the knee stack seems to be at where it should be.