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Did you try on the other flex (85 I believe) before buying? I'm curious if people are really feeling a difference in stiffness.

The pro shop at Anaheim Ice does them. I got mine there. I also believe Jake's Custom in El Segundo does them as well.

Ideally, yes. But, in my case it's not really an option at the moment.

Anyone have suggestions on getting good tracings? I've been able to do my right foot fine, but having trouble getting accuracy on my left.

It's a very simple drill. Start at one goal line with a puck and do three crossovers in one direction followed by three in the other while handling the puck all the way down to the other goal line, stop, turn around, do it again.

I bought a pair of Mako's and they gave me the "bump" issue up at the top of the ankle like a lot of others here. Given the number of people who have had the issue I'm inclined to think there is something going on. I've heard of skates being improperly fit at a lot of different parts of the foot, but never up above the ankle, basically on the side of the shin. Now it may not be a design flaw per se, it may be that if a Mako is made just a tiny bit out of tolerance (an amount people would normally not notice) the ankle rubbing/"bump" is a result. It also may be an issue with the heat fitting, such as people tying the top eyelet too tight during the molding - which could explain why none of Jimmy's customers have it, better instruction during heat fitting = no problem. I don't really know the reason it's happening, but it's clearly something Easton is addressing on the Mako II - as JR said in his catalog review - so there must be something happening that is not just improper fit.

What do you mean by "too much"?

Based on their videos I would think you're better off hitting them with the heat gun. Maybe do so while standing up to get the affect in the correct area without affecting the rest of the skate.

They list the non-elliptical V9 as a mid-taper kick point stick as well. There are obvious blade differences between the V9 and the HTX, but are there any other differences? Or is it essentially the same shaft fused to two different blades?

Does the updated injected lacing facing (with the teeth and the better wrapping) on the Supreme MX3 carry over to a running change on the APX2 or is that not going to happen till there is a new Vapor skate next year? Also - Is it the backhand padding of the APX2 glove that is thermoformable? What is the process for the forming?

The hypertoe concept makes sense to me when talking about snap/wrist shots, but I wonder how it affects slap shots. Given the marketing am I to believe hitting a slap shot out on the toe of the blade is going to generate more velocity than if I hit it in the "sweet spot" in the middle of the blade?

F--K!! F--K!!! F--K!!! F--K!!! MOTHER F----ER!! F--K!!! That about sums up my feelings right now.

Well, the answer depends on both what, in particular, you want to do (finance has a variety of disciplines) and where you go to school. As narrow-minded as it may seem, a large portion of the finance world is quite snobbish when it comes to the name on the diploma. Also, if you're looking at investment banking it's kind of late in the game for the big banks, as most will hold their final round interviews for next years recruits shortly, or have already held them. If you want to talk more specifically, feel free to pm me.

Where did you go to school and what are you interested in? Many top companies these days simply try to hire smart people into their training programs, regardless of what their undergrad major was. For instance, the investment banks and big management consultants will hire from just about any major if they think you're smart and will fit (I personally know more than a few history, liberal arts, and other majors who went this route). Google, Facebook, Twitter, et al are said to do the same.

What are they? A 2014 release?

I did ask about the 3D molding and Scott recommended against it. His response was: "You are correct it would be more exact but with hockey skates the bottom of the boot must marry with a blade holder, plus there is much more foam, and the hockey boot is very heat moldable, whereas a custom speed skate boot is not heat moldable at all. We have made hockey skates utilizing this technology, but the cost was incredibly high and almost all of the testers preferred the custom hockey boots made from the foot tracing vs the scanner."

Speaking from experience, it ain't pretty.

I don't believe the reason for banning them was that they would go too fast. Think about it, if that really was the reason (they really did make you that much faster) they would have been a massive hit at retail, despite the cost. But they were a flop at retail. Maybe someone who knows can fill us in on why they we're banned.

If it's available to everyone then it's not an unfair advantage and I doubt it would be banned by the NHL. Composite sticks allow players to shoot harder and they're not banned and they provide a similar advantage in shooting to what this product proports to provide for skating. Overdrive blades were banned, in my understanding, because they changed the way skates actually function, by adding an extra blade. This product doesn't do that, just like composite sticks don't change the way sticks function, they improve the way those pieces function. Now I'm not a goalie, so I never followed the overdrive debate, so I could be wrong on why they were banned, but that's the way I understood it

Has anyone ordered these skates with Cobra holders? I'm interested to hear how they felt

Did the guys that had their EQMs take them off ZC ask to get it back/go back to it this past summer or did they not notice enough of a difference to care?

I was told today, by a reputable source, that the MCI skates have been delayed till May 2014. Does anyone know I'd this is true?

Blocked one by accident last week and it earned me this. It's a sold 8-9inches across. Won't be doing that again soon

Yeah, that's likely what I'll do. I'm just amazed a pair of skates could make it through QC with two footbeds and then I could skate on it once without noticing. Heck, I didn't even notice when I took the top footbed out to dry, only when I went to put it back in.

I know a few people have mentioned how thin the footbeds are, well I just found out first hand. I was packing my bag for tomorrow and I went to put the footbeds back in the right skate, but there was already a footbed there. For a minute I though maybe I had already put it in and was just holding the left one by mistake, but nope, the right skate came with two footbeds in it. Now, I've only been on the ice in the saktes once, but I couldn't have told you there were two footbeds until I just saw them. Heck, I didn't even notice when I took the footbed out. I doubt it will have any effect on how the skate performs, but I'm wondering if I should have them rebaked, since the first time I was obviously using two footbeds.