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The vents on the helmet are awesome. The 8k gloves really remind me of TPS HGT's.

From your pics, it looks like perhaps the toe cap is digging into your side of the foot right there. If worse comes to worse, you could have your LHS punch them out. Also, I never tie my skates up super tight near the bottom eyelets, I always just give a little tug and that's it.

The new SB60 shoulder pads look awesome :D. JR, do you have any comments about their new inline skates?

My LHS charges 50 bucks a pop to use the FIT machine unless you buy the skeats from them at their incredibly inflated prices.

The color determines the stiffness of the boot. Red is the stiffest followed by blue which is still stuff, just not as stiff as red. White is not very stiff and is only available on CCM junior skate sizes. The FIT system is a machine that many LHS' have and use in conjuction with a skate baking oven. When someone gets their skates baked, rather than just putting them on and sitting with your feet in the skates after they're baked, you put your feet into the FIT machine. Basically what the FIT system does is it's this machine that you put put your feet in and inside it has these expandable air bags, they turn the FIT machine on and the air bags inside inflate all around your feet and they can turn up the air pressure to completely compress the airbags around the entire skate to mold it to your foot... i've had it done before and it's absolutely brutal like a torture chamber for your feet. If you've never seen a FIT machine before, the best way I can describe it is it's like a giant blood pressure machine. I would not recommend having this done, try breaking in your skates the normal way and ONLY do the FIT system if your skates are giving you trouble or something. Most CCM dealers have a FIT machine, but some do not. Go to the CCM dealer locator page on their website and it will tell you if a shop has a FIT machine or not.

Arch is the same as the S series. I cannot comment on width - all I know is that my prototype pair were WIDE...much wider than the S. How is the fit of the S series compared to Bauer? lol...

I'm really loving the L-series skate lineup! Is the fit of the those (arches, width, etc.) similar to the fit of Bauers or?

How long until the new gloves start hitting the stores? I've got a $149 store credit to HockeyGiant.com that i'd like to use :D.

Who said anything about it being on MissionHockey.com? It's obvious the image of the christmas gloves in that pic was designed using some sort of CAD program.

Did you do that in Photoshop? If so, how? I think those were done using Mission's glove customizer program. Glove customizer program? What is this of you speak? CAD design program, whatever you want to call it.

I love those Michigan State Eagle's in the bottom left.

Did you do that in Photoshop? If so, how? I think those were done using Mission's glove customizer program.

They're not mine, I found them on goalieheaven's website and thought they looked awesome, so I figured that i'd post them.

This is an awesome custom Minnesota Wild Vapor...

Helmet: CCM 652 White Visor: Itech aviator half shield Shoulder pads: Sher-Wood Traditional Elbow pads: Koho 4420 Gloves: Bauer Vapor XXX Gloves Pants: Tackla Air 9000 Shin pads: Louisville TPS Contour Skates: Bauer Supreme 80-90 Sticks: Mission M2 shaft with various different blades, i'm still trying to find a blade I like. Jock: Itech jock shorts with built in garter strap