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Bittersweet but when one door closes another one opens. That would be great if you ran a shop in AZ though, you'd have one custy to start at least.

This should be for TF9 but not 7s ime

Preference. Try on a few different gloves and see what's more comfortable. Gloves aren't supposed to fit any way except how you like them. I knew a kid Scottie, one if the nastiest kids I ever played with. He used to use 15.5" Easton airs and he was like maybe 5'7" and probably could have worn 13" gloves (it wasn't a money thing either). Personally I prefer for that seam to come up onto my wrist, but in sure there are those who like it on the palm of their hand.

The issue I'd be more concerned about is if this tech actually proves itself. How many times have we all seen a new helmet design that's supposed to have new tech and it ends up being the same old thing with a more aerodynamic, space case look and some marketing mumbo jumbo. I for one am very sceptical of all of these things and would just rather use what I'm used to. Not interested in being a test dummy. Even when I went to the e700 it was after borrowing one from someone else for a bit and I don't think I paid more than 75 bucks for one.

Yeah they do feel like a different material, a more brittle plastic. I can see how those might crack easier. The glow in the dark ones are good though

The translucent green ones?

I hear. I dunno, I'm pretty happy with the e700, never tried on the 910, but the 3ds felt ok. If you have the money, by all means, but for me I'm happy with what works. With skates and sticks, I'll spend to try new stuff, for gloves, if I like them I will get them, but protective, of it fits i don't mess with it.

Gotta stay in the game. Hey, at least STX actually charges less for direct to consumer.

Seriously? I dunno man, I did fine with the 4500 for a long time. The biggest tech leap I made was from the 4500 to the e700 and I have a few of those stockpiled, but I could never see spending 450 on a helmet. Not because I don't think it's important but because I don't totally see how the performance is that much better to justify the price tag. My .02.

They learn how to actually fit...

It's a wood stick Nah jk, it's the old super tacks 2.0. it was the last stick I bought before I took a couple years off.

JR is great, but not on the west coast. Hockey X in Oakland was good (going back many years, but I had an emergency holder swap that they did on the fly and it was fine). I think also BAHR does inline mounts. That was to answer your question. However, regarding pricing, in my experience almost everyone is more expensive than the MSH pro shop, so if you're sending specifically on the WC to save on shipping, you're probably still going to pay more than sending to JR in Florida, and if your concern is turn around time, I had 3 pairs of skates done in 9-10 days total I believe, with shipping there and back being 4 days each, and I think they arrived by him on Friday afternoon and went out on Monday, so the turn around is basically however long shipping takes. Sorry for the hard sell, I just can't recommend the services enough, as someone whose first inline mount was done closer to 20 years ago with many in between.

I hear. Yeah the tf7 is ok. Not sure about revision frames but I hate their wheels. Anyway, back to topic

I definitely felt like they were less supportive than my 2s pros around the ankle. At the end of the day everything comes with a price and the Supremes, which are better for my lower ankle injury are probably awful for high ankle sprains so obviously nothing is perfect. Before this injury I would have loved the True cut as I definitely like the ankle flexion. I played once in skates that were too narrow in the heel so I didn't tie them tight and ended up rolling an ankle in them, basically rolled my foot out and landed with my foot under my butt. Crunched the bones on the top of my foot where the ankle tendons connect. ( Obviously as these things go it was the last play and the frames were slightly too short for the boot, plus I had shredded the rear wheel and so I had basically nothing behind me, leaned back expecting to have some wheel there, feet came out from under me, tried to catch myself and went down on my foot). In my Bauer's I feel pretty good, although they're not the most comfortable skate ever, but in the Trues I just felt like that area on the top of my foot and ankle was not as sturdy. It's not because if the fit as the slate for me fairly well, so I'm guessing it was the low cut, but either way it just made me a bit nervous.

Yeah wasn't thinking about covid since my sister and brother in law have actually been in NY for about the last 3 months anyway lol. Covina is definitely a trek from the west side, but the play there is definitely really good

I see how that was confusing. I meant how protective the outer would be of the internal mechanism, in the sense that the other might crack really easily and expose the insides. I had already watched the video about the gyro. Thanks Re the verbero pucks, I have never broken one and used them for indoor pickup games that we used to organize.

Where in LA? My sister lives there and they are in Brentwood now. Hey husband plays at Mar Vista, not sure if it's just pickup or if they have an adult league, but there is definitely pickup there during the week and on weekends. When they lovyed further east he played at the famous West Covina rink. There's plenty of roller in the area though. Look up rinks on the rink source map

900 dollars is incredible? If you bought the boots with promo and sold the holders and steel you could have paid 350 for the boots and mounted R1s for another 140+ mounting, so 550 mounted. Wheels and bearings at 200 total would put you at 750 US for a much better setup than the stock chassis and wheels. Anyway, I had a chance to try these on recently and I'm not going to keep them. Fit was fine, baked nicely and they're really comfortable. I was not a fan of the lower cut boot having injured my ankle in the past, but otherwise the skate is sick. Holders feel really nice and the comfort of the boot is unreal and the heel lock that I got was crazy. I want a huge fan of the thin TF9 tongue, but it could be swapped. The finish is amazing. For sizing, my right foot is a 9.5 and my left is a 9. Sometimes I can get a 9 to fit my right foot and other times not. I have had 9.25 pro stock returns which are ideal for me (not interested in custom ordering skates). I was not able to get the 9 to fit comfortably in this case, so I went with the 9.5r. I know lots of people like the low cut and I have tried on makos. I found these to be a bit more volume and a bit more room above the toes than mako 2.

Definitely a valid point. Ice time is retarded and we used to play at 11-12 and then wash up and drive 40 minutes home. If you're looking to start a inline rink and run house leagues you've got your work cut out for you, but you can definitely succeed. One thing is to make good leagues. Another thing that I've found to be good is to market it as a different sport altogether. It really is strategically very different, even though the end goal of both ice and roller (and basketball, football, soccer and lacrosse) is to put the puck in the net and stop it from going in yours, but the way that it accomplished is totally different. As mentioned, high level roller hockey is a game of possession and control. It requires a ton of patience and discipline. Not that ice doesn't, but there are many differences. Developing court vision is also very different in roller, as is playing both sides of the puck. Many more

Not sure why that came across salty, I was just trying to explain my original point that if you got 15 years out of a set of bearings you most likely didn't use them outside.

I know you can, my point was just that indoors is much less wear and tear on bearings

Indoor use only?

I play roller. I grew up on long island where roller has been very popular, especially in the 90s/2000s. I played some ice but it was very expensive and I think when I was a kid the nights of ice hockey in long beach conflicted with something else I had going on so I played roller and stuck with it. We had a nice big outdoor rink a few minutes away and there were pickup games there literally every day from when I was like 12 until after I finished high school. The only expense was gear basically, and it was a lot more fun. Great crew of guys and eventually we played together ecrha and competitive men's leagues. A bunch of the guys also got into ice in college, I had other extracurricular activities and roller was enough for me. They still try to get me to come and there was a period where I played drop in ice weekly, but I just like roller more. I like the speed of the game, it is more easy going and fun, just a different style of game. I also like the finesse of it, the style of the game that my team plays. I recently moved from NY to Phoenix az and am really just praying to find a good team with guys who like to play hard and don't take themselves to seriously. From Phoenix AZ (formerly NY)

Doesn't matter too much ime, but whippier and lower kick is preferable if anything will make a bit of a difference. Most important is blade. I prefer a closed face in general, but with a ball it's a must imo