Looking to buy an inline hockey skate!

[gman 0]

92hatchattack,

I got a set of Hyper Pro 250's for playing on asphalt. http://www.inlinewarehouse.com/descpage.html?pcode=HP25W

So far I am happy with them. There are a number of wheels designed for outdoor and asphalt. Labeda has one called the "Asphalt". http://www.inlinewarehouse.com/descpage.html?pcode=LGA

If the place you order your 5500's from will not swap out the wheels on order, keep the wheels that come with the skates for indoor play at some future date. I am not aware of wheels going bad in the closet without use.....

You can most certainly buy a proper sized set separately. Order four 80's and four 72's and you are set. If you think you will be changing you wheels often between indoor and outdoor, you can get a second set of bearings and spacers and keep your other set all ready to go so all you have to do is change out the wheels each time and not have to worry about swapping out bearings and spacers. That is what I do, but i am pretty AR about stuff like that.

Good luck

[92hatchattack 0]

Very informative! Thanks.

Never realy thought about playing indoors. I should do a little reseach and see if they have any indoor roller hockey around me. Do indoor roller leagues have beginer leagues as well?

[JSchultz 25]

Very informative! Thanks.

Never realy thought about playing indoors. I should do a little reseach and see if they have any indoor roller hockey around me. Do indoor roller leagues have beginer leagues as well?

You bet they do.

There are plenty of leagues around me that have Mens 'C' leagues where older guys or beginners get together with a team, play, and have lots of beer afterwards. Hence the term "beer league"

It's a great time. I play in one on tuesday nights primarily for the free pitcher of beer, and some good skating time to work on my form.

[92hatchattack 0]

Last questions. Whats ia a reliable and fast shipping online site that i can buy the mission 5500's from? Dont feel like dealing with shady sites that i cant get in contact with after i order.

Im always weary of ordering online, but i think im set on the 5500's. How can i not be after all the good things ive heard about mission.

[JSchultz 25]

without a doubt, ePuck.com

I got my 9500's from there with an awesome flat rate shipping plan, plus the guys there are helpful and great.

[saba 0]

Epuck no doubt and ask Damon or whoever to throw in or switch out the stock wheels (if they sell them) for some Rink Rat World Cups which are an outdoor wheel with some grip

[92hatchattack 0]

Well i was recomended to a local hockey shop today, so i figured id check out some Missions......

WOW, what a nice skate. They felt very weird at first. But after a minute and the help of employee i understood. I thought that they were tight at first but once they were laced up i relized that the pressure was just the skate holding my foot in firmly and it felt great. The skate i tried on was a 1500 i believe. It was a great skate. I love the hi-low feel and i felt like had a ton more control than the ccm and bauer skates i had tried on. What can i say, i walked out of the store with a pair of size 11EE Mission 5500's on order.

Cant wait ..... much thanks to everyone here that recoemended i get my foot into a Mission skate!!!!

[stock07 1]

Youll enjoy them......But remeber if your going to be skating outside your going to want and get some harder wheels than the Rink Rat Hot Shots that come stock on the 5500's, save the Hot Shots for indoor use only....Youll be able to find some cheap outdoor wheels....

[92hatchattack 0]

yeah, im going to buy some harder wheels and put the hot shots on a shelf at home. My intentions are toget into ice hockey, but ive always really enjoyed inline skating, so there potential for them to get used at a later time maybe fore some roller hockey :)

PS.... pictures of the skates do not do them justice .... they are very nice.

[JSchultz 25]

I said the same thing when I got my 9500's and saw the 10000's. They look 100x better in person.

[92hatchattack 0]

Heres another question. The guy at the place i ordere my skates from said the 5500's could be baked, and that they bake skates they sell for free.

Should i have the skates baked or break them in the old fasioned way???? What are the benifits of each?

[cprice12 0]

FIRST POST!!!!!!!!!

This has been a good read. Very informative.

I am in the market for a new pair of skates and I am considering the Mission he3500's or the he5500's.

I'm heading to the store tomorrow to try them on.

I currently have a pair of Tour G80's....which is a very well made skate, but the wheel base is too long and I never really got used to it...plus they are pretty heavy. So I am going back to Mission. Back in the day I had a pair of Proto V's and then a pair of Proto VL's. I loved those skates...until the chassis' broke on both.

[cprice12 0]

Heres another question. The guy at the place i ordere my skates from said the 5500's could be baked, and that they bake skates they sell for free.

Should i have the skates baked or break them in the old fasioned way???? What are the benifits of each?

I've never baked skates...but I'd imagine that is the way to go if they are made for it.

I'd do it.

[dez 0]

I got a wrong size He5500. In case you are interested, please go to sell section.

[saba 0]

Consider the e2 from Tour as well; super light and word on the street is it is a well made skate.

[cprice12 0]

Well, I bought a pair of Mission 5500's, size 10.

I tried them on in the store and they were quite comfortable out of the box, and yet they were still stiff and very supportive.

But I had them baked a couple days later anyway because I wanted the maximum comfort and the least amount of break-in time possible.

A couple days after baking, I played some indoor pickup hockey for two hours.

Wow....I am very pleased.

Even though they were comfortable out of the box, the baking made them so much more comfortable and it looks like they are broken in already.

I am very, very pleased with my purchase.

I look forwrd to lacing them up for my league game this Sunday.

I highly recommend the 5500's...and I definately recommend baking them.

[reaper07 0]

the new mission line is amazing

the first few skates were a pain for me

but now its heaven on my feet lol

very interesting thing i noticed yesterday

i was feeling the ankle pads inside the boot and there were 2 small indentations on the inside

then i skated in them at practice, and felt the same indentations, they were like 10x bigger

the memory foam they put in there is SOO comfortable

[Norm 0]

I am thiiiiiis close to getting some Mission He5500's from ePuck. But they only have 11EE and 12EE. I wear a 11.5. The "fit tool" says to get the 11, but I worry.

Do Mission, run a little big or small?

Also, any problem with putting the Tuuk rockers on these?

Thanks!!

[92hatchattack 0]

i bought the 5500...... felt great in the store .... got em baked.... felt great ...

at home now i havent skated on them but ive been wearing them and walking in them to break in a bit, and damn .. they are hurting me actualy. They are a little narrow for me, and i got the EE size too .... i have an extremly wide foot. Im hopinh they break in a bit and dont hurt my foot as much ... Besides that i love them ... love the hi-lo....love the suport...

just wish they werent hurting me...... i hope for the best .... or ill just play through the pain .. lol

[gman 0]

i bought the 5500...... felt great in the store .... got em baked.... felt great ...

at home now i havent skated on them but ive been wearing them and walking in them to break in a bit, and damn .. they are hurting me actualy. They are a little narrow for me, and i got the EE size too .... i have an extremly wide foot. Im hopinh they break in a bit and dont hurt my foot as much ... Besides that i love them ... love the hi-lo....love the suport...

just wish they werent hurting me...... i hope for the best .... or ill just play through the pain .. lol

My 1500's have relaxed a bit with skating in terms of width. I had the same apprehension on the width as initially I could feel the sides of the boot. But now they fit like gloves and I think that since the 5500's are made so much better than my 1500's that they will break in even better. It may just take longer. Are you barefooting or double socking or what??

[92hatchattack 0]

just a regular sock ...a think i may have needed them a 1/2 size smaller too. But there not to big as to make them feel dangerous, and when tied nice and tight they still hold my foot very well.

As for the width i do hope your right ... they are decently tight, feel as if they are actualy squishing my foot and making it buckle. But like i said... i bought the skates, and i will live with them. But besides the confort problem with my retarted wide foot, everything else is amazing about the skate

[gman 0]

First of all, I am sure you have a very nice wide foot :D and it is not retarded at all... Second, if they really are just too tight in width, you can probably have them stretched if your hockey shop does that sort of stuff. From what I understand, stretching the boot is not something you want to attempt on your own. But give them time as I said my 1500's stretched out on their own, and your 5500's might take considerably longer to stretch and break in as they are a much higher grade skate.