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Still quite common in europe BUT all European elite teams (KHL excluded) has an equipment sponsor/partner so they must cover their pants/girdles with a shell from the team sponsor... So you dont notice them as easy any more.

A good diet all year around is essential for performance.. I dont make any changes in my diet during gamedays or practicedays compared to days off other than pre-game supplementation.. 8hrs before practice i take 2 capsules of ”Beet Speed” (beet root powder and nitrate) and 3 grams beta alanine. Both supplements help the Blood vessels to relax which means better oxygen transportation and less lactic acid.. 30min prior practice/game i repeat the process but this time i also add ”High5 Energy Source” sport drink (fast and slow carbs with minerals).. During games/practice i drink water and between periods in games i might down a small package of energy gel with added caffeine and electrolytes..

You guys grew up skating in Bauers right? 🙂 I dont mind the forward pitch at all.. But them i grew up skating in Grafs, so.. This all remind me of when i grew up.. Most of our JR team were skating in Grafs, and only a few were skating in Bauers. Some in supremes, some in Air90's or Air70's.. What all Bauer guys had incommon, was that they were falling backwards, and had to re-profile their runners to a forward pitch..

A deeper knee bend will solve that problem..

68K not available yet, only 70K and 64K available at the moment. The 68 and 66K will be available in August when beer league season starts 😄 Lannasport.se and tinghockey.com are two online retailers.

The ribcor 70k has been out for like a month now here in Sweden.. but only at a few selected retailers (not monkey and greatskate because of their american connection)

Remove the bolts and rinse the bottom of the holder in hot water (heatgun works aswell, but be careful to not melt the plastic) , then -gloves on and pull/wiggle the runner out

Helmet: Reebok 5K Visor: Hejduk MHX Shoulder: Bauer vapor x80 Pants: Reebok 7K 2-piece pant (2010) Elbows: Bauer vapor x80 Gloves: Warrior Bonafide X Shins: Jofa 6070 pro-stock Skates: Easton Z-AIR comp (2004) Stick: Warrior Dynasty original 85flex

Yes, the league is SEL (Swedish elite league) and the Team is Luleå Hockey (my favourite team).. They are sponsored by Bauer (5 SEL teams sponsored by bauer, 7 by RBK/CCM).. Anyone who want to use a stick/skates/gloves from a different brand, has to pay for the stuff themselves..

X60 stick?

Cant wait to try on a pair of V10 shins, they look really nice. But i better start stocking up on some HT2/652/552 helmets, now when some idiot at CCM decided to ditch them

Hes from Sweden so they have less available products so they can charge more. not only that, we also have 25% tax put on.. It's a bit cheaper to order from US, but the customs does most likely put on the tax (25%) and customs fees. Then you would end up paying almost the same price as if you ordered inside Sweden..

it's kinda strange. The website i ordered them from, had them pictured with the red plastic around, but my skates had a black plastic edge around the outsole. When i first opened the box, i thought they had sent me XXX's instead of XIX's. I didn't know they were available with the black plastic.. I'm really glad i bought the vapors, they fit perfectly right out of the box. No need to bake them..

] My new skates. got them for $371 (2499SEK), retail price was $654 (4399SEK)

I promised some members that i would post a pic of my sligthly modifies sholderpads.. So, here you go.. ]My Webpage CCM 652's with sher-wood 5030 shoulder caps.. The best of 2 worlds :D Edit: the caps are not mismounted. My right shoulder are a bit more forward rotated/smaller due to a old injury in the rotator cuff. So it is supposed to be a little off.

Yes there is. Atleast in Europe. Flexlite 20 replaces the 12, and the 18 replaces the 10's.. It's kinda funny that we have different stuff over here..

does anyone know why there are different lines of sticks/shafts/blades depending on where you live? For example, here in Sweden we dont have the One90 or One50 shaft, instead we have a shaft called One60 which has the same color sheme as the One70 stick. Then we have a shaft called Vapor Pro-lite, which i not have seen in the nikebauer catalouge posted on MSH. Then, we dont have the VIII stick or the VII. Instead we got sticks called Vapor Pro-lite and Vapor Streak TI.. Why is this?

A small part of my stuff... Skates Shins Gloves Helmet Blade/shaft combo + shaft The shoulder pad & Girdle are at dry-cleaning..

Helmet - CCM 652 (HT2) Visor/Cage - None Shoulder - Sher-wood 5030 Pants - Jofa 7500 girdle + Jofa 7500 shell Elbow - Jofa ASD 8000 Shin - Jofa JDP 6070 Jock - Jofa 830 Gloves - Koho Revolution 700 -98 (with new palms) Stick - Salming Strike shaft + Easton hybrid blade, CCM vector 6,0 shaft + Easton hybrid blade, CCM ops vector 8,0 (Easton blade pattern "sakic", CCM "sakic clone") Skates - CCM Tacks 852, Bauer Supreme 3000