BenBreeg

I first saw the sharpening level sign last month. I really had to try and figure out what the hell it was even trying to say… I still drive 30 minutes to get them hand sharpened by the figure skating guru in town. $9 and he just raised his price from $5 which it was for like 10 years. We are lucky to have him and Binnie although both are far from me and Binnie is drop off only so that makes two round trips.

TBH, buying footbeds separate seems like an upsell when you are in the store. If their position is the skate would be best with it, the skate should come with it, especially as you get to the higher price points. when my son was in youth and junior skates, the Pure associate would automatically bring over Superfeet and try to upsell them. So a parent is buying $200ish skates and here comes a kid telling them, “they really should get these because the stock footbed isn’t that good”, by the way, that adds another 25% to your total.

If you want the thinnest socks, don’t spend a lot. Champro that you can get at Epic Sports are like $3-4/pair. We have a ton. They are as thin as you can get, basically slightly thicker than panty hose and comparable to liner socks that have been mentioned. https://m.epicsports.com/baseball/p/125179/index.html I went through all kinds trying to find what I wanted.

Very cool! I had Vapor 8s for a very brief time. Their vice-like grip on my forefoot put an end to that. I always liked the 10s design better.

We use Howies laces which are the “puffy” style. Thicker than the slippery nylon type ones that come with CCMs. I find they have enough friction through the eyelets to let me tighten 2-3 eyelets to get good heel lock and leave the rest barely snug.

I still work out. Advil will help with pain but doesn’t prevent the I do backwards and forwards sled dragging, single leg movements like step ups, rear elevated split squats, curtsy squats, some other single leg squat variations. Lots of side planks, banded side walks as well.

I see a lot of kids on the ice, 90% of them are in mid level skates. Some below. I have never seen a kid skate and attributed any shortcoming to their skates. i do see a lot of kids with no ability to get on their outside edges on get any kind of forward shin angle. They have their skates cranked and it’s like from the knee down they are an action figure, the ankle doesn’t move. my son is almost 13, a good skater, and is in the age where kids are enamored by high end sticks and skates. I could afford it but I won’t buy him top end skates.

Wow, that’s crazy! Nice job, it’s been a great place to learn!

Yeah, I understand that, how they state it in the chart was a little weird. The pivot point would be -20mm which would cause the forward pitch but they label the column pitch and the value is actually the pivot point adjustment.

Quick clarification. In the chart, does -20mm mean the pivot point is moved back 20mm which would translate to forward pitch?

Likely over time sales numbers showed low demand for non-grip sticks and they went away.

To add, if after skating for a while all you feel is off is the pitch, you can get a shim put in for cheaper than profiling and if it isn’t the issue it’s easily reversible. Getting profile recommendations on the internet, even from knowledgeable people who have never seen you skate isn’t a high percentage endeavor.

Like has been pointed out, at this point it’s not really about tech, it’s about a company trying take over share in a relatively fixed size market. And when you look at the TAM/SAM/SOM, there’s probably not a lot of room there. The video said CCM came in and basically forced them out of some markets. It’s a huge uphill battle, probably more akin to scaling a cliff face under fire.

Yeah, I stopped watching Hockey Tutorials years ago.

I am tempted to pick up a pair. I lusted after them. There was a custom Graf thread here years ago, I wanted a pair so bad.