Gear Sightings 2008-09 Gear Sightings

[Rustpot 1]

How is it that a 6'6" guy ends up with feet meant for a 6' guy. You know what they say about a guy with small feet. :lol:

I'm 6' an am half a size down from Chara (11.5).... My dad's 6'3 and wears 13EE skates. My neighbor in Detroit was 6'5 and had size 10 shoes... It just happens some times.

[Fletch 219]

I wear a size 12 shoe and fit snugly into a 10D skate (One95). I used to use a 9.5 a couple years ago with my toes scrunched up at the end but I liked it that way. My toenails have never recovered though....lol.

[JR Boucicaut 3803]

Damn, I wonder what size shin pads Chara wears. You think he's riding on dubs?(20's)

I've seen 18" Jofas.

[VakarLajos 5]

Damn, I wonder what size shin pads Chara wears. You think he's riding on dubs?(20's)

I've seen 18" Jofas.

A 5'8" customer of ours was asking us what size shins he needed because he had just ordered 18" pro return shin pads online because "they were really cheap". "No kidding" my boss said, "You can cut off the end and get a pair of elbow pads too!"

I would imagine he uses 18". I have a guy here who is 6"7 and he uses 17"

[dw91 0]

How is it that a 6'6" guy ends up with feet meant for a 6' guy. You know what they say about a guy with small feet. :lol:

I'm 6' an am half a size down from Chara (11.5).... My dad's 6'3 and wears 13EE skates. My neighbor in Detroit was 6'5 and had size 10 shoes... It just happens some times.

Exactly, I'm only 6'3" and i wear size 12 grafs, so height doesnt necessarily correlate to skate size, especially with the varying preferrences on how much room you have in your skate,a s opposed to cramming your feet in. Also, 17" shinpads are a bitch to find

[JR Boucicaut 3803]

My feet haven't grown since I was 13. I had sz 11 skates when I was 13 and 5'2, and I'm 6' and still have the same size, actually, down .5.

[furlanitalia 1]

Size 13 shoe since 15 yrs old, i'm 6'2 and wear a 11.5 xxx, 11 one90, and 10.5 one95.

And yes, 17 inch shin pads are impossible to find. Same with pants that are long enough but not designed for someone with a 36+ inch waist.

[hattrick74 0]

I had 2 different pairs of pronger skates from the summer and they were both size 8's

He said the skate was a 10.5

That's it? Man, I figured they were bigger....

Pronger is a big man too...and I think he said he waers 10 or 10.5 on a NHLN piece last night.

8.5, his shoe size is probably what was mentioned.

[RadioGaGa 162]

C. Pronger

No way that is a 10.5.

It's at 1:54 of this video: http://ducks.nhl.tv/team/console.jsp?catid=2&id=25968

He says "I'm 6'6". I have size 10's...10 feet"

I assume he meant skate size (since he's holding a skate when he said it).

[hattrick74 0]

i am not doubting you since i havent had a chance to check out that vid, but i would assume a 6'6 guy would be a little bashful to admit he is a size 8/8.5....

[matt4494 0]

No way that is a 10.5.

its not a 10.5. its a 7 according to my frind whose dad is buddies with hiim

[JR Boucicaut 3803]

8.5 Bauer = 8 RBK

I had 2 different pairs of pronger skates from the summer and they were both size 8's

He said the skate was a 10.5

That's it? Man, I figured they were bigger....

Pronger is a big man too...and I think he said he waers 10 or 10.5 on a NHLN piece last night.

8.5, his shoe size is probably what was mentioned.

[iluvhky 0]

i just watched a show about him on NHL NETWORK and his skate size is 10

[phunky_monkey 6]

I'm 6'4" and wear an 11.5 skate (12 shoe), as I did ten years ago when I was 14. A guy I know is 6'5" and wears a size 9 shoe! It's weird, but it happens

[JR Boucicaut 3803]

i just watched a show about him on NHL NETWORK and his skate size is 10

I think we determined that he was talking about his shoe size.

[mgoblue 0]

I recall hearing a Red Wings announcer (Ken Daniels) reporting that Niklas Kronwall, 6', wears a 6.5 skate.

I'm not sure they're that small...

http://cdn.nhl.com/images/upload/2007/03/f...nside030307.jpg

(The crowd's faces in the picture are hilarious, by the way).

[JR Boucicaut 3803]

Those definitely look like 6.5.

[tommym96 0]

wow.. those are tiny. i'm the same height and wear an 11 skate

[crispy92 14]

spotted kyle okposo using a pair of torpso gloves. didnt even know they made gloves

[PBRyan 0]

Guys, we can solved this Pronger foot size question with the most obvious of solutions: visiting Pronger's very own Q and A Blog

http://www.chrispronger.com/index.php?opti...&Itemid=140

This was posted on another website today and I've found it heeee-larious.

[sniper_23 0]

I recall hearing a Red Wings announcer (Ken Daniels) reporting that Niklas Kronwall, 6', wears a 6.5 skate.

I'm not sure they're that small...

http://cdn.nhl.com/images/upload/2007/03/f...nside030307.jpg

(The crowd's faces in the picture are hilarious, by the way).

Pair of his size 6 vapor 40's on ebay right now.

Ebay Auction Vapor XXXX

[Monty22 833]

Chara does indeed wear 12's, and the shin are either 18" or 19", I don't recall off the top of my head.

[BGM 0]

I'm 6'4" and wear an 11.5 skate (12 shoe), as I did ten years ago when I was 14. A guy I know is 6'5" and wears a size 9 shoe! It's weird, but it happens

I'm 6'3", wear an 11 dress shoe, 12 in all athletic shoes and have always worn a 9.0 in Bauer. I think Bauer "generally" recommends 1.5 size down from your dress shoe size which would be a 9.5 skate-- but on 9.0 my toes feather the toecap which is perfect.

[layziebone_ 0]

Anybody see Spezza's stick in the shootout tonight? It looked like a Sickick shaft with a wood blade...

[AHF 1]

Damn, I wonder what size shin pads Chara wears. You think he's riding on dubs?(20's)

I've seen 18" Jofas.

A 5'8" customer of ours was asking us what size shins he needed because he had just ordered 18" pro return shin pads online because "they were really cheap". "No kidding" my boss said, "You can cut off the end and get a pair of elbow pads too!"

I would imagine he uses 18". I have a guy here who is 6"7 and he uses 17"

Funny you guys are discussing this today...

Just last night, we had a meeting with our Bauer rep, and the topic of long shin pads came up. The owner asked our rep what the biggest shin pad available was, to which the answer is 18".

He (our owner) was actually considering bringing in a pair...

Luckily though, the Manager and I convinced him that it was a bad idea. The 17's aren't moving, the 18's sure as hell won't. :lol: