Is the pro shop still open? I know a hurricane just came through there. Not sure if JR is doing okay. I have some Marsblade chassis that just snapped after four years and wanted to have JR replace them with some hi-lo chassis.
Edit: Never-mind. Got in touch with him via PM.
Had JR do these. True roller boot with Marsblades. You can see that my skates are a tad too short, but he made it work. I wear a size 6.5 in Bauer, and the Marsblades are a size medium.
Weird, the ones that broke on me were brand new. They were used indoors as well. Now that I think about it I think it was both of the dark green ones that broke and the red ones didn't break.
I played a few pickup games awhile ago and brought 4 Verbero pucks. Two of them broke completely in half within 2 or 3 games. I would not recommend them.
I pull the tongue forward, and put the lace through the eyelet behind the tongue. Then tuck the tongue back under the eyelets after I've got all the laces through.