revolutionz_s13

Just got a late xmas present from my uncle...he is a personal trainer down in the cities, and got me this stick...isn't the best stick, but made up for it by getting it autographed by marion gaborik :D

LOL...i was playing around with the forums, seeing what different coding it would let me use...i fixed it now :P

Went and picked up a new twig today, first Easton ever. Sr. Synergy ST, Sakic, 85flex Full Size (1024x768) Full Size (1024x768)

Just got in the new gloves I ordered from my lhs... The white and black looks awesome in person!

coming from a customers point of view, a tip is only worth what you think the value of a persons service is. I have been to restaurants before and left no tip or tipped the person that did help me which was not necessarily my waiter/waitress. Same thing goes for a business like the LHS. They provide you a service. If you feel they have done a good job, and/or gone out of their way to help you, maybe you feel like they should be compensated a little extra for their time that they could have been making money by helping another customer but took care of you instead. I recently had problems with my one90 skates not fitting right, and needed new ones. The guy spent almost 2 hours with me trying different skates and just bs'ing about things. When all was said and done, i bought a new pair of vapor xxxx's, he baked them twice and sharpened/profiled them for me, and gave me $40 off the purchase price of the skates. He then offered if I couldnt sell my one90's for what they were worth (street value) he would go to bat with the owner and give me as much as he possibly could for a trade in. Well, I ended up selling the old skates to someone i know, but for the guy's trouble and generosity of knowledge and time, I went back to the store specifically to thank him for his help and gave him a $40 tip. I think that is the kind of service customers should expect from their LHS, and I think the people that work at them and work hard to be knowledgeable in their business should be rewarded fairly. Just like TBL said, most of the guys are college/high school and can use every little bit extra they can get. But that is just my 2cents.... sorry for the novel, lol

just picked up a set of vapor xxxx skates, now i need to get rid of my one90 skates....dont need to be sitting on over $1000 worth of skates

Well, the One90's just didnt want to cooperate with my feet, so just picked up the new XXXX skates... so far, so good...

LOL...i actually had a pair of Vapor XIV in between the old triumphs and the One90's. :lol:

I spose i could post mine now that i got around to takin pics.... The old skool bauers...got em from my dad, these are what i learned to skate on.... here are skates an sticks...

Here are my Vapor XIV with tuuk rockers...love the rockers...

lol...typical rotary

good cars when a turbo kit is added...pretty lacking in power until you get way up in the rpms...i've driven one with a greddy turbo kit and it made a world of difference...

Well, I'm a n00b here, so might as well start here: skates: NBH supreme one90 sticks: NBH one90 (pm9/St. Louis), vapor v2 (p88/Lindros) shins: bauer 4000 pants: easton synergy 700 elbows: ccm vector 4.0 shoulder: bauer 4000 helmet: bauer 5500 gloves: bauer XV