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Robitaille was Yzerman/Gaborik type curve, huge mid curve

As bad as most of the THC stuff is, I'd still take a lot of them over the RM SWDs. DW is probably the only "major" company I'd put below THC when it comes to gloves over the last decade. At least Easton made a couple of gloves that were usable. They discontinued them, but at least they were available for a while.

Yes, virtually identical. They haven't made a decent glove in a looooong time.

they didn't have an oven at the show and never mentioned that the gloves should be baked. Most people don't buy gloves if they don't feel good right off the wall, I'm one of them.

Out of the box feel was awful on the new ones at the show, some of the worst gloves I've tried in the last five years.

The "R" series gloves were/are terrible, the only decent ones they have now are the 9950s.

I like them a lot more than the four rolls. I was shocked how good they were when I put them on at the Detroit show.

Open for review

P119

Nope, completely different.

They introduced that before Farrell came to market with his pads. Lightest flex is at the top.

After having it for a week or so, I really love my FJ. Surprisingly, I'm pulling a little over 20MPG in mixed city/highway driving. I was expecting to only get 20 on the highway.

It's the closest thing I can find to my old Amigo, a car I absolutely loved until the engine blew. It's larger than a jeep but not as ungainly as a four door and since I don't have kids, two doors will be fine. After some games my back and knees hurt, getting old sucks, and the ability to just sling the bag into the back and get in without climbing up or down is enticing. Plus I have two big dogs, I can lay the seat down and they have plenty of room to lay down or beat each other up. And a four wheel drive will come in handy when I move to Aruba. ;) The blue isn't my favorite color but it will do.

Just worked out a deal for my new ride while I was on the road. I pick it up next week.

Big fan of DT, I'll have to check into that.

Depends on how you wear the pads too. I would need 16s if I put them over the tongue, but I tuck them behind the tongue and use 15s.

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I think the same, Hook. If your not Ovechkin, why wear one? so you can play like him. <_< I don't mind the iridium or whatever it is he rocks. Plus he has the skills to back it up. But a major doosh rocked a mirrored in my old league and since then I've just not cared for mirrored visors. haha. i experienced the same thing. Some hot shot kid in roller (where full cage was required) tried to play with a half mirrored visor.. Needless to say we picked on him the whole game. and yea, Ovie can wear whatever he wants. 60+ goals gives you that right. ha A couple years ago one of the guys on my team wanted to buy a mirrored visor and I told him that I wouldn't sell it to him because the only guys in our area that had them were douchebags. A week or so later he came back and thanked me because he saw half a dozen guys with them over the week and they were all guys he hated.

First Impressions: Having worn Shift1 skates in the past, I already had a pretty good idea what to expect from the shift 2 (see shift 1 review). While I'm still not a huge fan of the appearance of the Kor skates, I don't have any problems with them either. Fit: They are wider than the shift 1, considerably deeper too. I did not have the forefoot problems withthe shift 2 that I experienced with the shift 1. This was a huge improvement for me. The first pair I tried on was so large that I could put them on the opposite feet without any problems before baking. The sizing is the same as the shift 1, but I did find that the Kor sizing "device" they used at the Vegas show was not accurate. As much as with any other skate, you really need to try them on. After baking the fit was much improved over the unbaked skate, as expected. The heel did cause me some problems, as you can see here. I had to bake the skates again and used the included foam wedge next to my heel to bump out the skate a bit. That resulted in a massive improvement and no more problems in that area for a couple weeks. I did have some problems again tonight, though not nearly as bad as the original blister. I believe that something like a thin layer of memory foam in certain areas would prevent problems like this. Protection: Again, this is one of Kors strengths. I have blocked some pretty heavy shots and have never felt anything. I could go on and on, but it would just be repeating the fact that these things are tanks. If you block a lot of shots or have had foot injuries, You should seriously consider picking up a pair of Kors. Performance: Always a nebulous concept, I haven't had any problems with the skates on the ice. More than anything, a product shouldn't hinder you in any way or even make you think about it on the ice. I don't think about these skates at all during a game, blister games aside. I never have to worry if the shot coming at me is going to hurt, never have to consider if I can hold a turn at speed and most importantly, never once have I thought that I could have gotten to a loose puck or piece of open ice if only I had been wearing my old skates. Skate performance is allowing you to perform to the best of your abilities, these skates do that for me.

Not to mention the ones most likely to proposition, outside of buzz who will proposition just about any woman, are their own walking cockblock.

Not perception, reality. The liner/tongue on the S500 is the best I've ever used.

No, it was a topic on the Torspo skates.

New topic not required, merged back into "show it off" topic.

1. Most sticks are sold to people who cut them down 2. Longer stick means more material used in production i never cut a stick, cause they're universally too short. more material. yes, but lets say changing from 60 to 63" is only a 5% increase in length, which should equate to a less than 5% increase in cost. i'd pay ~5% more to always have the right length stick. i guess i'm in the minority here. i'm not even THAT tall... about 6'0, but on skates, a 60" stick comes up to my mouth. when i play devense, my montreal stick is the perfect length... about 61", almost to my nose. Again, the vast majority of people cut their sticks. Why would a company increase their cost by 5% when most people don't want or need the extra length? You don't tailor your product to 10% of a market, you cater to the 90%. I use a plug in my sticks, and I find that it helps even out the balance quite a bit.

1. Most sticks are sold to people who cut them down 2. Longer stick means more material used in production