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Fair enough, but the FL12 was the last pro-level FL skate correct? I guess the skates I'm looking at are 2 years old. Either way, if anyone has any info on whether or not the new FL coming to market is a significant upgrade over the FL12 I'd appreciate that info. Thanks.

Quick question for those of you that have seen the new skate line. And no, the question is not about the X:60s: How significant are the improvements that were made to the new Flexlites as compared to last years Flexlite 12s? I ask because I have a chance to pick up a pair of Flexlite 12s fairly cheap but if the new ones are significantly improved I would rather just wait. Also, do the Flexlites run the same size in terms of length as the Supreme line? I know several years ago they ran about 1/2 size bigger (similar to One90s) but I don't know if they've been changed to run at the same sizing as the rest of the Bauer line. Thanks.

I'm with you on this, believe me, thats why I attempted to preface it by saying I was in no way condoning the baseball swing, there is no excuse for something like that. Maybe blameless is the wrong word to use, my point was that the original guy shouldn't be in a situation to have his stick clip the other guy in the first place in a drop in situation. Regardless, he definitely didn't deserve a two handed chop to the face, no one does.

I don't want to sound like I'm condoning the second kid's actions in any way because he obviously is so far out of line I can't even begin to understand his thinking, but it doesn't sound like your buddy was completely blameless in the interaction. If this is really just an open session there is no way his stick should be high enough or close enough to anyone's face to clip the guy in the first place, open hockey isn't a place for people to be playing physical, save that for real games. That being said, I'm not implying that your buddy deserved what happened or anything of that nature, the other kid clearly has problems and deserves to be punished to the fullest extent of the law. There is absolutely no room in hockey, at any place or any time, to be taking a two-handed chop at someone.

anyone who knows how to search can just use google and find the negatives of the X60 skates I really don't care when I happen to see the skate and I'm not really interested in looking around for pictures. I was simply questioning the marketing philosophy behind what they are doing. When the skate comes out I'll look at it, until then, I'll wait like most people.

By no means am I saying that Bauer has some type of obligation to release any of its line before it hits stores. My point was if you're releasing the rest of your line you may as well put pictures of the skates out there. Even if the skates are truly revolutionary in terms of performance, is there really all that much competitive information that could be gleaned from a catalog picture and description that it would really be detrimental to them? At the end of the day, its neither here nor there, it just seems overkill to me, but I totally respect their right to do whatever they want.

Am I the only one that thinks this secrecy with the skates line is a little bit overboard? I mean is the new skate they're bringing to market really going to be that revolutionary that this CIA treatment is really worth it at the end of the day?

SAK, Without making too much competitive information public - can you tell us if the FBV concept was something that Blackstone developed internally or something you purchased/licensed from a third party? Thanks

Anyone know if the R8 one piece can be turned into a shaft by heating and pulling the blade? Looking at the stick it seems like it should be able to be heated and pulled, but I was wondering if anyone had actually tried it.

Geeze, is this a pair of skates or a set of nuclear launch codes we're talking about? They're still going to be a skate and look like a skate regardless of the colors or graphics package. Is there really anything that radical they can do to tweak the look anymore?

That floorball game is pretty sick. I went over to Finland about 15 years ago to play in a tournament with my PeeWee team and the guides showed us floorball. So of course we all bought sticks and were playing in the hotel hallways like the genius kids that we were, but it was a ton of fun. Unfortunately when we came back home there was no where to play.

Has anyone gotten sticks through the RM19 program? Any ideas what the turn around time and pricing is? Thanks.