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No real overall benefit. I shoot better with RH sticks, but I play defense better with LH(my dominant hand is high, which allows me to defend better one handed) stcks. That conversation seems oddly familiar......

Winner winner chicken dinner.

My collection of sticks. Every few months it goes past 10 sticks, then it's time to weed them back down to a manageable number.

Any one know of places near Ann Arbor that offer fbv.

they are, i have one for review. its crazy whippy. also, i can't wait to get my hands on that gionta curve. looks like the perfect curve for me,

New Dolo DD just came in from warrior. Going to do a long term review with it.

Product: Custom Bauer Vapor X:60 (size 6.5EEEE/B) Ht: 5'7" Wt: 210 lbs (I'm a fatty) Foot Size: Size 8 sneakers, 7.5 dress shoe Foot Type: Duck like would be a good description. Med-Low arch. High Volume. FEET PICS WARNING Foot 1 Foot 2 Level and Use: B/C league 3/week. Since January Previous Skates: One95, U+Pro Reloaded, Original U+, Supreme 70, Vapor XXXX, RBK 5K, Nike Air Accel Elite Pics of Skates: Skate Pic 1 Skate Pic 2 Fit: These skates were custom made for my feet. So needless to say, they fit as close to perfect as they can get. Only minor flaw is that the toe cap is still not wide enough for my feet. My pinky toe still rubs a little against the sides, even though I requested the widest toe cap possible. 9/10 Blade/Holder: I'm a LS2 guy through and through. Not much I can gripe against the holder and the stock steel. 10/10 Weight/Protection: These skates aren’t heavy, nor are they considerably light. They weigh exactly how you would expect a top end skate should weigh. I've taken a few hard slappers to the side of the boots, didn't feel anything worse than a slight amount of pressure to my foot. 10/10 Durability: Everything has held up pretty well. Just a few minor points. Some of the stitching in the boot has begun to fall off, though it hasn't effected the performance the skate. Also the skate's graphics are easily rubbed off with any contact from a puck. Pic of puck mark Also the liner on the tendon guard is beginning to tear(Pic). 9/10 Intangibles: First I want to address Bauer's custom skate program. It's really quite amazing the amount of customization that Bauer allows in their skates and how easily it was to have them done. For my skates alone, I got double stitched & extra stiff boot, extra vamping, flexlite toe cap, re-enforced/attached tendon guard, and re-enforced eyelets. The skate could have been further customized with different liner, tongue, and other options I can't think of off the top of my head. If you are buying a top of the line skate, I would highly recommend getting customs done to get exactly the skate you want. I do have one little gripe however. The initial build quality was a bit on the shoddy side. As you can see in the pics, it looked like the seamstress was a little off when sowing my boot up(Pic 1 Pic 2) Also, there is a weird fold in the bottom on the boot(Pic). None of this had an effect on the skates performance. 9.5/10 Conclusion: The Bauer X:60 is an amazing skate. There is a reason why its the top skate in the NHL. If you are looking to buy a top of the line skate, you can't go wrong with the X:60. I would also recommend that if you have freaky feat like me, or want your skates made a specific way, spend the extra ~$75 to have customs made for you. OVERALL: 9.5/10

nah, the raffle was more for collectors than gear whores who want to use his curve. we know to just go after eric fehr's sticks.

My Caps Eq sale buys: 3x New Navy Edge Socks (one is missing, probably in the car somewhere or I lost it somewhere between register and car) Home Caps Edge sock 2x Pro Practice Edge Jersey (air knit body with edge sleeves and shoulders, also with fight strap) Easton Pro Pants (Size 54, bought for friend, didn't realize they are 54 +2in legs, probably going to ebay them) New Clark (drury curve, 85 Flex) SE16 Used OV U+CL (stolen/used by Eric Ferh, says 102 flex but feels 75ish at the top)

dolo dd with gionta curve is my new stick. drool... also are they getting rid of the tapered dolo blade?

me down 20lbs since getting back into playing hockey regularly. another 20lbs to go, and i'll be back to my normal weight. in comparison to me at the beginning of summer up 40lbs since starting grad school.

ebay and the buy/sell section of the board

how could you even keep the puck in the rink with that thing.

it's a mybauer stick, you can see the blue "my" symbol on it.

yah, that's what happens when all you have time for is reading and writing papers. since moving back to dc, I've been on the ice at least 4x a week. already down 10lbs. hopefully be back to my normal weight by the end of summer.

my fat rear end on the ice. every one warns you about the freshman 15 (which I never got), no one tells you about the grad school 40! It's really time for me to start jogging again before I turn into a blimp! I think I might be doing a backwards cross over hear, cause I can't really explain why edges/foot position looks odd

i was getting a little worried that i was the only nerd here. glad to hear my fellow hockey nerds are gear whores like me. p.s you guys "gearwhores" when it comes to tech stuff?

sorry, nerd joke, figured more people on a internet message board would get it. anyways, MY 5t1cK M4KEz Meh 4 1337 h4x0R! ->my stick makes me an elite hacker

I didn't see any s17 repaints, I saw a bunch of se16 repaints. but yah, I made sure I picked up true s19's. lol, I just noticed the code on my stick: MY 5t1cK M4KEz Meh 4 1337 h4x0R!

I swear I didn't take the last one! :P

What's even crazier is that i don't cut my LH sticks at all and I cut my rh sticks 4-5 inches. When I leave the rink, it looks like I stole some ones stick.

Nah, SE16 and one of the S19 are 85 sakics, the other s19 and x60 are 85 drurys

I'm weird, I play both handed, right on offense (better shot), left on defense (better stick work).

Dear University of Michigan, you are not helping my problem. -tamtamg

i hear a mix of rubbing alcohol and water works wonders for cleaning gloves.