Best Way to Break In New Skates

[Whip 0]

CCM claims that the CCM 252 Tacks has: Comfort foams immediately form to the ankles eliminating break-in

Cyclone Taylor recommends just lacing the skates up and wearing them around the house.

A friend of mine recommends me just using a hair blower to heat up all around the skate and then wear them so that it molds to your feet (kind of a less drastic way of skate baking)

So what other ways to break in a new pair of skates?

[PH_Hockey2 4]

You could use the wet sock method. Just get your skating socks wet, put your skates on and walk around in them.

[Cavs019 710]

the best way, imo, is to just skate in them and let it happen naturally.

[kosydar 0]

the best way, imo, is to just skate in them and let it happen naturally.

Obviously, but he probably wants help breaking them in faster than the traditional method.

[PH_Hockey2 4]

the best way, imo, is to just skate in them and let it happen naturally.

I agree with you totally Cavs but it is painful to break in your skates naturally.

[goalie39 0]

the best way, imo, is to just skate in them and let it happen naturally.

Obviously, but he probably wants help breaking them in faster than the traditional method.

It's part of buying new skates, get used to it.

[flaming_june 2]

the best way, imo, is to just skate in them and let it happen naturally.

Obviously, but he probably wants help breaking them in faster than the traditional method.

It's part of buying new skates, get used to it.

yah man.. take it like a man

oh yes, get the parts that are too small puched out asap

[Ryan 0]

Since it is summertime as well, if you can't make it to a shop to have them baked, you can leave them in the car on a hot day for an hour or so and then lace them up and walk around the house. No longer are cars for getting you from point A to point B, the car is one big skate oven too!

[PH_Hockey2 4]

Since it is summertime as well, if you can't make it to a shop to have them baked, you can leave them in the car on a hot day for an hour or so and then lace them up and walk around the house. No longer are cars for getting you from point A to point B, the car is one big skate oven too!

Now that is a nifty idea. :lol:

[JR Boucicaut 3804]

I really wouldn't recommend that. Especially the walking part. He can totally cave in the outsole.

I sharpened a pair of skates that were left in the person's car for a couple of hours...I could've made the ankle pads touch each other if I really wanted to.

[Ryan 0]

For a couple hours yeah I can see that. But depending on the heat, for about an hour should just warm them up. I should have been more specific about the walking around. Lace them up, wait till they cool. Then walk around the house if you want.

[Whip 0]

The guys at my LHS said that the 252 tacks cant be baked and that only the 952 and 1052 were the only tacks that could be baked is this true?

On a side note: is there any special way/s of lacing your skates, I just lace them like you would lace a shoe, the standard "X" way.

[wolveshockey10 0]

The guys at my LHS said that the 252 tacks cant be baked and that only the 952 and 1052 were the only tacks that could be baked is this true?

On a side note: is there any special way/s of lacing your skates, I just lace them like you would lace a shoe, the standard "X" way.

I had my Pro Tacks baked.

[Chadd 916]

He's correct that 252s can't be baked but more than just those two models can be. If you have problems keeping your laces tight enough you may want to try backlacing them. When lacing go outside to inside when you go through the eyelets.

[wolveshockey10 0]

you may want to try backlacing them.

Thats the only way to go.

[JR Boucicaut 3804]

852 and above are heat-moldable.

[fastmiele 59]

I went into "Just Hockey" in Toronto and the salesperson told me the reason why I have not been able to find a comfortable pair of skates is because I never had a properly fitted skate and I need to have them baked. He claims that unless you bake them, the skates will never properly form around your feet. Is this true ?

[kosydar 0]

I don't see how it can be true. As far as I know, skate baking only speeds up the breaking in process, but the same results can be achieved through time.

[Cavs019 710]

And going with that reasoning, since baking was really only introduced around when the vapor 8 was released, that means that every skate prior to around 1998 wasn't fitted properly. Its bs.

[marek svatos 0]

does baking a skate comprimise the longterm durabilty of the skate, particularly some of the newer lighter skates that arent known for there durabilty?

[thejackal 46]

852 and above are heat-moldable.

452 and up now

[PH_Hockey2 4]

does baking a skate comprimise the longterm durabilty of the skate, particularly some of the newer lighter skates that arent known for there durabilty?

I dont think so but if you bake them like 4 times(its ok to have a skate baked 2 times) it comprmises durabilty.

[Cavs019 710]

2 times is the max, except for grafs which can be baked an unlimited number of times. I'm not sure about the G series though since teclite is a synthetic material.

[JR Boucicaut 3804]

The only one you can bake more than twice is Graf.

[kosydar 0]

2 times is the max, except for grafs which can be baked an unlimited number of times. I'm not sure about the G series though since teclite is a synthetic material.

Thought XX's were three?