JimmyTheDriver
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5 minutes ago, Vet88 said:2 options: 1: Reebok lace locks. Downside is they are getting harder to find and can break with a puck impact. Fit them before and after the area you want to tie loosely. 2: Eyelet extenders, make your own, it's not hard. Middle of the boot and moving into the curved area I would use single extenders although a 2 eyelets version might work ok.
With either of these options you buy the boot that fits you well everywhere else and then fix the volume issue.
Any thoughts on it just being a depth issue? I used the word volume, but maybe in my case "depth" is a better word.
Thanks for the feedback!
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Hey fellas, need some skate help. I plan to make a trip to try things on, but its a few hours away, so I need some preliminary advice.
I currently skate in Bauer Supreme S190s, and they kill the top of my foot. Right around where the 4-5th eyelets are - bones across the top of my foot. I have a feeling mine are a bit larger than other peoples. See included image.
My solution has been to tie the skates loose through there, which helps, but then I lose some of the rigidity of the boot. Almost feels like the boot is bowing outward through the middle. but no visible creases or anything. If I tie the skates tighter through the middle eyelets, the support comes back, but so does the foot pain.
While I don't otherwise have a high volume foot- do I need a higher volume boot? If yes - could that be the CCM Tacks? The Tacks 9090s are in my price range, and seem like they might fit the bill. I've done the volume calculations found on some hockey websites, and my score falls in the average category... but I've gotta stop this top of the foot pain.
Thanks!
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Consider the CCM p29 / Bauer P92? Aka.. Sakic, Ovetchkin, Crosby, Nugent-Hopkins. A great all-rounder that lifts the puck nicely and much easier to shoot than the p28, in my opinion. Cut a bit shorter than you are used to, and I bet you could get the feel in no time.
https://www.thestickguru.com/pattern-database/
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16 hours ago, puckpilot said:To me, the blades are similar in terms of openness. The difference lies in where the pocket is. With the p92, the pocket is in the middle. With the p28 the pocket is more towards the toe, about 1/3 of the way down from the toe compared to 1/2 with the p92.
The p28 is for the toe shooter, and tends to be more unforgiving. If you don't shoot the puck off the toe, the puck tends to not get off the ice because there's more flat area towards the middle to heel. But if you have the puck too much towards the toe, you can scoop/hook it into the rafters.
If you get it in the sweet spot, the p28 gives the puck a little more zip.
This is spot on. They feel similar, but the p28 was too unforgiving. Every shot either never left the ice - or took out the lights. When it was perfect though... wow did it rip. In the end, I'm more comfortable with the p92 and went back to it. I think the p92 loads great without the sensitivity of the p28.
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On 3/18/2017 at 2:45 AM, LilSchro said:An update. I ended up buying the 7D mako m7. It was a perfect fit length wise compared to my 6.5 6k. Felt great too on the ice after like an hour of baking and tweaking. Now I just need to figure out the blade profile. The arch is still a bit steep but not that noticeable. Think it can be flattened?
Arch in the skate or the steel?
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Thoughts on replacement steel? I feel like the pitch is a bit much for my liking, especially since adding superfeet yellows. Step Steel the only good replacement? If so, what size is my runner? Skate size is 8.5D, kind of had trouble following their size chart.
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On 12/2/2016 at 11:33 AM, krisdrum said:Will give them a full try-on tonight with socks after work to assess just how much things changed. Depending on those results, will figure out if I need to get a bit more aggressive with the heatgun and a clamp.
Did it work? The steep arches of these skates cramp my feet. Unfortunately that area of the skate is the hard carbon. Curious if this area can actually be shaped.
Thanks!
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Let's say you add Supefeet yellows to other wise stock Makos, is that slight heel lift enough to consider it more like a +4?
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Yes. The stock CXN holder and steel are a total +3 pitch (+2 holder, +1 steel) with a 9' radius. The Step steel comes at neutral (+0) so you've only got the +2 from the holder, and it comes stock at a 10' radius.
Great info, thanks!
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You can also swap the steel to Step and change the profile down to +2 and switch to a 10' radius in a single step. Pun intended.
They can be purchased like this so all I would have to do is a normal sharpen and I'm good?
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I just had my runners profiled at a negative pitch, and that seemed to help me a lot. That may or may not be enough for you, though.
I like this idea. Since putting in Superfeet, I am pitched extremely far forward.
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When I was having fitment issues my case got passed around a bit and landed with the Easton skate R&D guys. They had me go 15 mins in a standard skate oven and made a passing comment they could handle even more. They were extremely soft after 15 so I couldent imagine doing it longer.
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Will I gain ANY LENGTH with the bake/breakin such that 6.0D is my size and go with it, or do I need to go 6.5? I like tight fitting skates but do not want toe curl.
I never count on length while baking. Every skate I've run that gamble on, I curled my toes for the next year. The solid plastic toe cup and carbon fiber heel (whatever they call it) at the rear of the skates makes the front and back non-moldable. Now - the liner/padding within the heel does form some, but if you are toe curling, thats not going to stop.
Your toenail grazing the front ever so slightly, maybe, but the toe actually banging up against the front... I'd go a half size up.
-Jim
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What are you guys doing when the mesh tears on the boot? Got stepped on during my first skate in my new skates.
To me the rubbery mesh seems more for looks. The structure of the skate comes from the material under it. I wouldent be too worried about it.
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I've been ignoring this thread forever since I haven't been in the market for new skates but I am starting to do some research and eyeing up the M8 or M7s as a possibility. Do the Makos happen to have a similar fit of the old Nike Quest skates? I remember them feeling very anatomical with little negative space and they are still probably one of the best pairs of skates I've ever had.
Yeah. I have basically zero negative space. Now is the time with Easton skates future up in the air. Rumor had it Total Hockey stores gave mako 2s on sale for 400.
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Are VH as moldable as Makos or is their draw the fact that they are essentially the shape of your foot before you even put them on?
Many of you switch from Makos?
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Could we move speculation over to the Performance Sports Group Acquires Easton Hockey thread and keep this about the skate rather than the company or speculations what another company might do?
Damnit Gosinger, we are grieving!
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The purchase really has be bummed out. Just dropped 800 on skates that were discontinued like 10 days later. I feel lucky to have gotten a pair but worry about availability of parts in the near future, like replacement tendon guards.
My worry legit or do most guys never have to replace anything and I can rock these new beauties for a few years without manufacturer backing?
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It sucks when retail employees don't have a clue about their products
For sure. Like I said back when I bought them, I practically had to grovel to get them to shut up about Jetspeeds and let me try Makos on.
I will say though that was only the retail store experience, Easton customer support on the other hand, blew me away. They made everything right by me, and then some. I am a born again, lifelong Easton customer now.
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I'd be leaving then. There's no way to tell if they fit without baking them.
Yeah... but I also drove 4 hours to go to this store to be able to try some on. It worked out in the end so thats good :)
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You tried to put them on before baking? I definitely couldn't get my feet in mine before baking, nor is there any reason to since the skates are specifically designed to be baked.
I tried this tactic at a Hockey Giant retail shop and they refused bake without buying them. They were convinced these were like all other skates out there and once baked were fit for your foot forever - thus can't be sold to someone else.
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Wheels are back
Mako 2 + LS Edge + LS3 BlackEdge coated
Wow these are gorgeous
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Used my M8's in a game for the first time last night. Still really digging them. I feel a lot more "connected", and solid in these. When I really want to take off, I feel like these skates encourage me. In my Supremes, I always felt like I was fighting the skate, trying to get my weight forward enough and get enough flex out of them. My arches that bothered me a little during the first skate weren't an issue. I got a little bit of rubbing on the outside of my one ankle, but Ive had the same thing before with new skates and it went away. I also didn't feel like I had to retighten my laces halfway through the game like I did before to retain a snug fit, though I might switch to some shorter waxed laces. I feel like I might have a little too much volume in my left forefoot, the right skate fits like a glove. I was thinking of maybe sticking one of those Elite gel lace bite pads on the tongue there to reduce the empty space? They're velcro so it wouldn't be permanent.
I just went through a bunch of this, maybe its helpful (although I might have already told you this) ---
-The steep arches can be mostly fixed with Superfeet Yellows. Most skates accomplish arch support via the insole, these skates have a formed/solid arch, so it takes something like the yellows, which lifted my foot off the arch a bit to provide relief. Needed to rebake after adding yellows
-I had rub on the inside of my foot, enough to draw blood after a 10 minute skate. A $15 heat gun from Northern Tool and a few minutes fixed that. Just heat a little a push it out with thumbs or back of screwdriver
-Waxed laces feel just as amazing in these skates as your old. I just put mine in and they are better than ever
-If the volume is in a place that looks heat mold-able, the matrix/grid looking rubber, use the heat gun on that area and shape that section to foot better
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Does anyone use superfeet yellows in their skates? I threw some in to lift my arch off a rub spot which basically worked but...
Between the aggressive pitch of the skate and heel lift of yellows, I am a little wobbly out there. This something I will get used to?
Top of foot pain - Bauer Supreme vs CCM Tacks
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Pencil test, over the region of the foot where I am getting the pain, is just barely a pass. The pencil grazes over that bone in the picture. Thanks for the advice - I'll check out some other skates to see what the depth is like, and look into the lace extenders.