Lacing the top eyelet

[msander 0]

This came up in a previous thread, and until I read about it, I'd never thought about leaving the top eyelet unlaced. I'm just curious how many people here do leave their top eyelet unlaced?

[Chadd 916]

Depends on the height of the skate. Sometimes I do, other times I don't

[swede 52]

I allways leave the top 2 eyelets unlaced

[mew1838 0]

I feel I have more power from I lace up all the way but more ankle freedom when I leave the top unlaced.

[djinferno 2]

Bauer, CCM, RBK unlaced

Graf. Mission laced

[Guest superman20]

same here...it depends on the skate... I use bauer vapors so I lace them up

[Langenbrunner15 0]

I use CCM and just stoped laceing the top eyelet. I read on here than to some it feels better and give your ankle a bit more flexibility..so i tried it and liked it a lot.

[msander 0]

I had no idea so many guys did this. I guess I'll try it out and see what it's like.

[Jarick 5]

I did, just tried screwing with my lacing so it laced inside the first two eyelets and top two eyelets and the rest of them outside. Seemed to keep the boot a lot tighter where I wanted it and loose enough on the top two.

[dix0r 0]

unlaced top eyelet on L7

laced on synergys

depends on what mood i'm in for graf 703s - usually laced

[trox_355 0]

I'm crazy happy with the lace locks on the Vectors. I lace to the top, but keep my ankle flexed for the top three eyelets after the lace locks and keep it relatively loose.

[Scurvy 3]

I always lace up the top eyelet. I get a lot more control and power that way. When my friend (who can't really skate) was doing massive ankle skating (ankles on the ice), he had forgotten to lace up the top eyelet!

[sds 0]

FWIW, and I realize this is a geek answer, Laura Stamm's Power Skating book/DVD really recommends that you leave them unlaced so that you have more flexibility in the ankles.

[x107metallica 0]

laced but not that tight...

[Viking 1]

FWIW, and I realize this is a geek answer, Laura Stamm's Power Skating book/DVD really recommends that you leave them unlaced so that you have more flexibility in the ankles.

This Howie Meeker book from the 70's that my dad got when he was teaching me to skate/play hockey expressly forbade leaving any eyelets unlaced. I think Howie said if you left the top eyelet unlaced, he'd come to your house and strangle you with your skate laces, but I could be mistaken.

[Medic 0]

Depends on the length of the laces. I'm not too particular.

[sds 0]

FWIW, and I realize this is a geek answer, Laura Stamm's Power Skating book/DVD really recommends that you leave them unlaced so that you have more flexibility in the ankles.

This Howie Meeker book from the 70's that my dad got when he was teaching me to skate/play hockey expressly forbade leaving any eyelets unlaced. I think Howie said if you left the top eyelet unlaced, he'd come to your house and strangle you with your skate laces, but I could be mistaken.

compare the skates of the 70's to the skates of today... different animals.

[Kevin 5]

I have tried it, but prefer leaving my top two eyelets laced, but loose.

[Hockeydog 8]

With my Graf 704's I lace to the top but top eyelet fairly loose. If I leave the top 3 eyelets too loose my inside edges drag on the ice tto much ( pronate)

I tie my skates just tight enough to avoid that.

[Viking 1]

FWIW, and I realize this is a geek answer, Laura Stamm's Power Skating book/DVD really recommends that you leave them unlaced so that you have more flexibility in the ankles.

This Howie Meeker book from the 70's that my dad got when he was teaching me to skate/play hockey expressly forbade leaving any eyelets unlaced. I think Howie said if you left the top eyelet unlaced, he'd come to your house and strangle you with your skate laces, but I could be mistaken.

compare the skates of the 70's to the skates of today... different animals.

I don't care one way or the other how someone laces their skates, and I really wasn't trying to pose that as actual advice... But now that you mention it, compare the human ankle in the 70's to today. Not different.

[sds 0]

But now that you mention it, compare the human ankle in the 70's to today. Not different.

and this relates a soft leather skate to a skate with a hard exterior shell in what manner?

[Gaborik41 0]

i lace mine. a kid on my team last year ripped the top eyelet out of his XXXs. it was really wierd, but LHS fixed it.

[voss 0]

i lace it up, don't like the feeling of the chance of rolling my anke

it feels like when it's a little loose so that you have good control of your edges