Since there was a big snow storm yesterday, all the games at the arena were cancelled. So there was free ice from 10 till 5, I had the rink to my self, well almost we were 6 on the ice. I skated for 6 hours yesterday, and boy did my feet ever hurt. They were killing me for about the first 2hours, but felt much better after that. They felt very similar to the synergy 1500's and I felt pretty comfortable in them which is very rare when i change skates and skate brands, it usally takes a good week or week and a half to truley fell good in them, but these felt good right away. Good to hear they were pretty good without the need for a break-in period...do you work at the arena b/c 6 hours seems pretty sweet for only 6 people