Nico

Race, are you sporting prostock Blackhawks gloves?

What hollow did you use before? 7/16" So you've gone from 7/16 to something with the bite roughly equivalent to 5/8 and the edges are still sticky? Something sounds odd here, did you have them profiled at the same time? Nothing else was done to the skates, which is why this confused me too. For now I'll just blame myself, and work on my FBV stopping technique.

What hollow did you use before? 7/16"

Just had my skates sharpened 90/75. Two things I initiall noticed was that I could feel the blades more in contact with the ice and the edges were more pronounced. Of course, glide was impressive. Not so impressive was my stops and quick starts. My stops, I feel like my edges are catching more (a little sticky), as I pivot into the stop. My quick starts were a little uncomfortable. I had to use more ankle roll to dig in, and I didn't feel very quick either. Anyone else experience these types of issues? How did you resolve it?

Anyone know if any shops in the Chicago area offer FBV?