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Them: My custom fitted skates are causing pain and still don't fit right even with the manufacturer's guarantee You: LEARN TO SKATE, NOOB!

We used to tape 2 pucks on either side of a street hockey stick with a full roll of tape, then slide an olympic 5lb and even 10lb weights over the shaft for dryland training. You could only stickhandle with it (no shots). Was it hard? Yes. Did it help develop forearm muscles you otherwise didn't really feel while stickhandling? Yes. Did it make you a better stick handler? Probably not. Is the placebo effect real? Yes. Even if it didn't physically make you a better stick handler, you psychologically felt stronger holding a non-weighted stick in your hand after training with one.

Marsblade : pay us $200 to feel like you're skating on ice You : it's not really like skating on ice Marsblade : but it's also not like standard rollerblading You : you S.O.B. I'm sold!

I don't really see the logic in that statement. Bauer was still releasing Easton S19's as far as the Vapor 1X Lite. Easton's from 10 years ago. Easton's not even dressed as "Easton's" anymore. Post-merger. And pro's in the NHL were still using them. There are multiple GX, CX, HTX's, and V9E's available brand new for under $100.

So you're saying T-Blades aren't the future?!?!?!!!