roller hockey pant help

[Rick 0]

Can someone help me out with some information.....

I recently joined a roller hockey league and one of the rules is you have to wear lnline pants. I have never owned a pair of inline pants. We have always played outside and I usually wear BDU (camo) type pants or shorts along with my shin guards and most of the guys I have played with do also. I am a big guy with a weist size around 40-42. What size pant would I buy? Do they make inline pants this size? The sizing info on the web sites isn't much help and the places I have called weren't much help either.

Thanks Rick

[BEE D0N 0]

Try www.blockalternatives.com, the pants are called Block. You can choose custom materials, and custom colors. The pants are awesome its all i wear and they are only 60 bucks (shipped) for completely customizable pants which is cheaper than most of the weird ugly IMO roller hockey pants... but anyways check them out!

[DamnLocust 0]

i'm about the same size as you rick, and mission XL seems to give me the best fit as I like them pretty loose for a greater range of motion. At the same time, I can even get away with wearing Mission Large since I don't wear a girdle.

If you can wait on the shipping, Hockeymonkey has a few mission styles on closeout. I could never stomach dropping more than $30-40 for a pair of pants, but I play a lot of outdoor and tend to shred them up.

[sdcopp 1]

Mission XL are humongous, I'm a 34 inch waist and have to tighten them to the max to keep them on. I have an extra pair of all black Mission D4 pants in XL. PM me if you are interested.

[Rick 0]

Thanks for the information.....After reading the archives and your posts I think I will go with a pair of Mission pants. Does anyone know if they all fit the same or is one Mission model bigger than the others? I have considered the Mission Injection, Mission Type -M and the Mission Apex.

The Injection might be better for me (40-42 waist) because it appears to lace up the front like ice pants and be belted at the sides. Anybody got any suggestions? And yes I know I should lose some weight.

Thanks

Rick Henry

[DamnLocust 0]

I've got both Type M's and Injections. The injections are a bit looser fitting and made with lighter materials, which makes them a bit less durable. The Type M is a nice pant, but is a bit heavier. I Use the Type Ms for outdoor in the winter, as they're a bit thicker and have an inner short integrated. I found them a bit stifling for indoor, but it was summer. The waist is about the same on both pants.

You really can't go wrong with either of these pants. I don't have any experience with the Apex.

[Rick 0]

Thanks for the information I hope to be ordering some by the end of the week. The only thing is the color choices are pretty loud and flashy. I hate to show up as the new guy in the old guys league with wild looking flashy pants.

Rick Henry

[DamnLocust 0]

haha i have the type Ms in blue/yellow, and the injections in yellow/silver. my old roller team wore thrashers colors tho, so it wasn't so bad. It's the yellow helmet that I regret most.

[OhMyGodImOnFire 0]

Thanks for the information.....After reading the archives and your posts I think I will go with a pair of Mission pants.

W00T! go mission! yeah, even though I never had much extensive use with mission pants, I'd go with them too.

[ATLstealth09 0]

I've been in Mission pants pretty much all of the better half of my life. I started with Franklin, like all people did. Then I don't know if any of you had it, but there was a sudden phase in which people had an insane obsession with the GEAR pants, so I got a pair. The GEAR pants got torn up, of course, so one day, at Sports Authority, I got a pair of size Senior Medium pants. I was really small at the time, and they felt like bed sheets!

After two years with those pants, I finally grew into them. I now am a 34", and wear a Medium. I've not worn through any Mission pants as of today, and I still have every pair that I bought. Mission Apex, Mission D2 Yellow, Mission D2 Black, and most recently, a pair of Mission Type M-1 pants from HockeyWorld.

I'll have these pants my whole life!

[cj190 0]

If you can find some wicked 1 pants in xl, I would get those. They are the best pants I have ever worn!

[Rick 0]

I really like the Mission Apex pants so far. Today was my second game in the league I joined and we skate on a really smooth concrete floor. I went down once pretty hard and slid on my left knee but it didn't wear through or even scuff the pants up.

Also even though I am a big guy the XL Missions are really huge. I think the large would have been better.

Rick Henry

[Justin 1933 134]

Our XL's are huge...I think Andre the Giant could fit in them....Glad to hear the pants are living up to their billing...

[Rick 0]

Yeah, I really like the Mission Apex pants. This was only my second week playing in the league and I bet 80-90 percent of the guys are wearing some type of Mission pant and Mission skates. That alone probably says something for the product.

Rick Henry

[saba 0]

Hockeymonkey rarely has the pants in stock they list on the clearance section. I have 2 pair over a year old have seen outside and inside action. Best pant in my arsenal to date. Will be picking up a 3rd pair this weekend. 2006 was a banner year for Mission quality, big props to Justin who should hear more thank you from us

I suggest the 7500 deal from hockeygiant for $49

http://www.hockeygiant.com/mishe7500pntsr.html

Real time stock check, reliable shipping, accept paypal

PS I am 228lbs 38 waist and wear just a large. The XL pair I have has to be cinched all most all the way to keep from hanging off of me