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This line may never have been more apropos than right now............. "You see, these go to 11."

Please don't let the toy drive motivation argument get started again.

And I've been rockin' a pro S9 helmet since February because of it. Win/win.

What? That thing sold tons of units and they were tanks. Yeah, I loved mine, I wish they still sold them. My wish is for the TriCore to make some kind of return. I loved the square shaft version.

Was the advantage of this handle obvious when you played goalie? Better control, and less chance of losing your stick when throwing out a poke check I suppose? The advantage is when a goalie lays his stick on the ice.

That would be the Harpoon Latch system. I just glued those blades in.

I'm surprised that they've basically brought back the Triflex.

Yeah we used to write ridiculous things on our blades, like F**k you and draw pictures of dicks and stuff. It was all good shit Your parents must be very proud.

South of San Diego, just a different way of saying Mexico.

I wouldn't just out of principle.

Update: Helmet: Easton Pro S9 Gloves: Muskoka 980 Shoulders: N/A Elbow: Bauer 8000 Pants: Bauer 6000 Shin: Bauer 6000 Skates: Pro stock Vector Pros Sticks: Bauer One90 Oshawa General returns, 87 flex, P12, smooth w/grip

And the Mrs. and teammates accuse me of having too many sticks.

Does it really matter? It isn't like he's wearing a pair they found out back at the LHS.

They are shown in the '08 Roller catalogue.

Helmet: Intake Visor: Itech HS 22 pro cut Shoulders: N/A Elbows: Bauer 8000 Pants: Bauer 6000 Shins: Bauer 6000 Gloves: Muskoka 980 Skates: Vector Pro (pro return) now with Tuuk + Sticks: Synergy SE grip, '05 Stealth grip both Iggy 100

Interesting to see Tanguay and Sundin names on blade patterns. I wasn't aware that either of them had been using Mission sticks.

e-tailors = electronic (online) retailors You can get clothes tailored online?

It looks like the holes are too far down the shaft to make a viable 2-piece version.

Bergeron is just the new name for the Amonte pattern.

They are out now, both R2 Armor and R2 Armor Control are at my LHS. There is an odd bumpy kind of texture to the shaft.

Just grab a pair of snips and cut off your toe. It might hurt a little but problem solved.

If he uses a short stick he does.

Mods...perhaps we could just pin "It comes out in the Spring" on top of all equipment related threads. Steve...It comes out in the Spring. You're assuming people would bother reading it. Bother reading what? ;)

Most new skaters and even their parents can't analyze their skating until they have skated for a few years. The best solution for young skaters would be to learn to skate on a neutral profile and then look for tendencies after they have conquered the basics of balance and stance.

Contrary to the myth that youth skates do not need to be profiled or radiused, just the opposite is true. I recommend all youths learn to skate with a properly radius and pitched skate. No sense developing bad habits/body stance when you are young, it will haunt you later in life. Youths learn easy, bad habits as well. I can't even count the number of testimonials from parents who noticed drastic improvements after a PROPER radius/pitch was put on their child's skates. I won't even go into proper matching of left/right radius's. The thing is, until you've seen how a kid skates on non-profiled skates, you can't know what the proper profile will be. It would be foolish for parents to be profiling and reprofiling their 7 years olds skates trying to find the right combination. It's better to leave the skates unprofiled until tendencies can be identified.