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swede

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  1. I still use the grey ones! 😂 iv’e tried the yellow ones but for me the grey ones worked better.. Found a swedish retailer a few years ago who still had a few grey pairs (size E) in stock.. So i bought them all.. I have like 8 pairs left, so i think i never have to buy skate insoles again 😄
  2. Yeah, but still no way near the stiffness of the Easton CXN holder.. Which means i still have to search eBay weekly to grow my stock of sz 7 CXN holders and steel..
  3. First? There is 6 more helmets that has recived 5 stars before this fugly thing!!??
  4. Here in Europe there is a special edition of the Tacks AS-V pro called ASV-Pro NHL spec.. Would say it’s even more protective than AS-V pro. If you prefer Bauer over CCM i would go for Bauer Pro Series shoulder pads.
  5. Depends on pitch and hollow.. Try a more shallow hollow and you wont notice such a big difference. With same hollow on both profiles i sometime felt that my heel got caught in the ice with elipse, I went from 38mm hollow on Quad 1 to 41mm hollow on Elipse 1
  6. Ok, so Elipse 2 would be ok then.. as i said, I did not notice any big difference between the 2.. Before, i had Zuperior, and it was also similar.. I spoke to my coaching collegue earlier today, and he ran Quad 2 before, and now he is on elipse. He said that he felt more stable and had better glide on quad, while beeing able to pivot and turn tighter with the elipse. Straight ahead speed was better with quad than elipse. he agreed with me on the hollow. Need to have less hollow depth with elipse.
  7. What skate size do you have? I’m on elipse 1 on 7.5 makos.. had quad 1 before. Feel more pitched forward with elipse, other than that, i dont feel much difference.. also i went from 38mm to 41mm hollow when switching from quad to elipse. Felt i had to much bite on elipse with 38mm hollow.
  8. -Does the new skate fit the same as the old one? Or is the fit of the new skate perhaps better? Skate depth, stiffness etc.. -Can you flex forward more in the new skate? -Is the new skate (boot) pitched different than the old one, or do you have a different insole? there are many factors to be considered!
  9. Yeah, i guess i have to order them and see if they fit or not.. The store that has the Vapor 3x, sz 7, fit3 offer free shipping on orders over 2000sek (~200$), and 1 free return, so i will not loose any money on shipping fees if they dont fit..
  10. I actually think the EE vapors are longer. I also have a pair of Nexus N7000 in 7.5D. none of the skates (vapors EE or Nexus) compresses my feet and fit nicely width wise but the Nexus skates fit much shorter than the vapors.. i should have changed the topic title to lenght difference between Mako W width and Vapor fit3..
  11. Hi guys! I have these Bauer Vapor x3.7 skates in 7.5EE.. Fit is kinda ok, but since the skates was broken in i cant feel the toecap any more, and i have begun to notice slight lacebite signs on my ankle. Iv’e found a shop in Sweden that has Vapor 3x skates on closeout. But the shop does not have any sz 7.5 left in stock. How much difference in lenght is there between Vapor 7.5EE vs Vapor 7 fit3? it feels like a EE Vapor is almost a half size bigger than the D width Vapor. Before i bought the Vapor x3.7s i was in makos 7.5W. How will newer Vapors fit lenghtwise compared to them makos?
  12. Yes, it’s an option, IF the int Vapor shins are to wide
  13. Nope, the sports store that we have in our city did only have tacks shins in stock, so we could not try on any jetspeed shins.
  14. My 9 year old son need new shins. He has outgrown his 12” Vapor x2.9 in one season, and need 13” shins now.. He has been in Bauer Vapor shins since he started playing and would like to stay there. Problem is the Bauer shins in 13” are now int sizing, and my son is quite thin.. We tried on the Super tacks ASV jr a few months ago in size 13, but my son did not like the fit at all Are the int sized Bauer shins much wider than the jr shins or are they similar? We have no store around stocking bauer shins, only CCM, so we are stuck to ordering online. Thanks in advance.
  15. Hi there! Since posting the thread about finding skates for my wide, thick feet i have tried on like 7 different pairs of skates only to find out that mid end vapors in EE width fit me the best.. so iv’e bougth a pair of Vapor x3.7 EE from a swedish online store, but didn’t get any baking instructions with the box. Does anybody on here know time and temperature for theese skates? We have a Bauer skate oven at the team rink, so i’m not going to bake the skates at home.
  16. Hi everyone! need some new skates, but i’m totally lost! Iv’e been in Makos for the last 6 years, first mako m8, then m7, both in sz 7.5EE/W. The makos have fitted me like s glove, right out of the box, but now both pairs are falling apart so i need something different since makos is no more….. I have a regular width, pronounced heel, wider midfoot and really wide forefoot with bunions behind the big toe on both feet. My ankels are kinda skinny, while my instep is on the higher side.. I dont have any LHS in my city, so im stuck with ordering online. I tought CCM ribcor in wide was supposed to be Ccm’s widest and deepest fit, so i ordered a pair of ribcor 88k 7.5wide which arrived today… And.. I have never failed a pencil test as bad as i did with theese skates. The width is ok both in the heel and the forefoot but the boot is to shallow from the toebox all the way up..!! This is really wierd, because jetspeed in EE has enough depth, while the midfoot is to narrow! Supreme D has enough depth while mid-foot and forefoot are to narrow. Nexus D had to much volume, ok forefoot, but to wide heel I havent tried Vapor EE or newer Bauer fit 3, but since Bauer fit 3 is supposed to fit like Nexus D, i don’t think it will fit very well anyone have/had a similar problem or have any suggestions? thanks in advance
  17. Why not buy a CCM pro jock combo instead? The cup itself covers a lot more and is much sturdier than regular cups in jock shorts.. Most protective jock/cup on the market.. I would never use any other jock.
  18. Going with vapors would have been even worse because of bauers ridiculous side stiffness. They are simply to stiff. your best bet is to have the CCM skates reprofiled to the same profile as your old RBK skates. if you are used to having softer skates and skate good on them, there is no benefit of going with stiffer skates.
  19. Cant tell for sure, BUT the F60’s will probably be a lot better than the G35x… The G35x’s were one of the Canadian graf skate models that had severe quality problems, while the F60 is a Swiss made Graf 704 with modern materials..
  20. The shoulder cap is attached to chest/back part. The upper part of the shoulder cap is lined with medium density foam, while the lower part of the shoulder cap is unlined. Instead the upper part of the bicep pad act as liner for the outside/lower part of the shoulder.. this make the pads really low profile and even though the biceps pad is attached to the shoulder cap, it’s never restrict the range of motion. its allmost the same pad as Jetspeed ft350 shoulders. But with tacks styling Tacks 9550 se bottom of page for pictures of how the biceps pad is fastened to the shoulder cap
  21. A simple cheap option that also offer great lightweight protection where it’s needed, is the CCM Tacks 9550 shoulder pads. great sternum protection, really low profile shoulder caps and a plastic spine protection.. It’s offered as an entry level pad, but in my opinion, it’s more than that. Specially if you have a little more body behind it.
  22. Correct! the swiss graf skates has allways had a superior quality compared to any other skate manufacturer. The only problem is, -the skates are made in swizerland and priced after that. among the pro level players in Europe, swiss made graf skates is still very popular, especially in Central Europe where Graf skates can be found in just about every sports store that sell hockey equipment.
  23. Back in the -90’s when i played in the swedish junior leagues (14-18yrs), i used to play with super xxstiff wood sticks from Bauer. Back then i was the same length as now (5’11”), but weighed like 160lbs. now i weigh around 245lbs, and use 85flex sticks cut down to the same length as with the wood sticks in the -90’s. can’t understand how i was able to play and shoot with such stiff sticks back then. I tried shooting with one of my old sticks last winter, and it allmost ruined my left elbow 😂😂
  24. It sounds to me like your muscles just has begun to mature. They now store the lactic acid more easily. You have probably also much stronger and more explosive legs now.
  25. My only concern was, when using a ”regular” jofa shin pad liner, the pad sits against the shin, while the fitlite straps put the shin guard further away from the shin. but since the fit is much better with a regular liner, i think i’m gonna cut the fitlite straps off on the other shin guard too. If the protection suck, i just let a pro shop take the knee caps and calf wrap of the 6K’s and stitch them on the 7k-pros instead 🙂
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