Supreme 8090 initial thoughts

[kosydar 0]

I'm really really tempted to try them out. I found out today I can get a good deal on them (around $300, and sorry, I can't get the deal for anyone else). Only problem is I'd have to order them without trying them on. Right now I'm in a perfect fit in a 9 W Graf 705. I used the BNH foot device and it said I'm at a 9 1/2 in between D and E. To make matters even more confusing, people are saying that the 8090s fit differently than other Bauers.

[Chadd 916]

Honestly, a 9D would probably fit you. Trying them on would be the best bet though.

[Edge 0]

yes, they do, the D width is wider on them than, lets say, an XX. I think a D would fit you nicely.

[slapper_snipper_73 0]

I finally retired my 705 and just purchased some 8090 from my LHS, lightweight and very comfortable

[Cavs019 702]

Kosy it took me about 2 weeks (10 sessions)

[JR Boucicaut 3759]

Skated in a pickup game in them tonight.

I kept the last eyelet undone.

Relatively no pain in the skate except for the right one where I was getting slight lace bite (however, I think the shinpad was pushing down too low on it.)

Skated okay - the only problem is that I really felt like I was on my heels, and I even fell once backward because of it. I think lifts in the heel is the next step.

[steve66 45]

A bad craftsman always blames his tools, maybes you forgot how to skate?!

[JR Boucicaut 3759]

LOL...probably. :)

[asdfa 0]

A bad craftsman always blames his tools, maybes you forgot how to skate?!

that's the excuse my parents kept giving me when my skates were 2 sizes too big :P

JR, do you have any problems with forward flex? i have only a tiny bit in my 8090's because of how stiff the lacebite protector in the tongue is,

[JR Boucicaut 3759]

Not at all with the last eyelet unlaced. The tongue looked like bananas.

[Edge 0]

hmm, how much do you think you'd have to do to get the skate like the vapor xx as far as the forward and backward lean?

[PH_Hockey2 4]

Maybe you should smack a Corbra holder on them JR, that would solve the heel problem quick. :lol:

[thejackal 46]

Maybe you should smack a Corbra holder on them JR, that would solve the heel problem quick. :lol:

JR problably won't be skating for a while

[JR Boucicaut 3759]

I was bored in the store so I decided to put on the lifts I had made for my Pure Flys. I put one on the left skate and left the right skate normal...then went out and skated a few laps. Then I just stood on one foot at a time and the ones with the lifts felt much better. I went ahead and added it to the other skate.

[mm705 0]

jr im going from graf705 with lightspeeds (standard 9 radius) to 8090s. i kno grafs havea more aggressive angle to them, what have you done so far to your 8090s besides the lifts, and what size lifts did you use?

on a side note im also thinking about switching out the lightspeed to a pitch, just a thought tho.

[JR Boucicaut 3759]

Fwd radius, added 1/8" lift in the heels.

[mm705 0]

think trying the pitch holder would be worth it?

[JGraz15 53]

JR - When will you put up a review of the 8090's?

[Chadd 916]

JR - When will you put up a review of the 8090's?

He's updating this thread every time he uses them. A full review will come later.

[JR Boucicaut 3759]

Yeah, I'm filling out the field tester's handbook for BNH and will give a full review when I am done.

[JGraz15 53]

JR - When will you put up a review of the 8090's?

He's updating this thread every time he uses them. A full review will come later.

Thanks captain obvious, that is why I asked when the review was coming ;)

[Vapor#42 0]

Hey JR, would you rate them better than Vapor XX's, i have just saved enough cash for a new pair of skates and im looking at Vapor XX's - 8090's and Vector Pro's. But were they really that good of a skate ????? ....

[Eazy_b97 1]

They fit differently

[all-star 0]

I'm really really tempted to try them out. I found out today I can get a good deal on them (around $300, and sorry, I can't get the deal for anyone else). Only problem is I'd have to order them without trying them on. Right now I'm in a perfect fit in a 9 W Graf 705. I used the BNH foot device and it said I'm at a 9 1/2 in between D and E. To make matters even more confusing, people are saying that the 8090s fit differently than other Bauers.

300 american or canadian? there 300 american at cyclone taylors.

[kosydar 0]

American. They don't have a price listed on their site, did you call them?