Cure for the male midlife crisis: $850 skates

[tro 4]

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/sto...y/lifeMain/home

[ArcArsenal 0]

I wonder which skates he was looking at? Only thing anywhere near that expensive that I know of are the One95's and those are only $750.

[thecat1792 0]

Yeah, ONLY $750

[team50 20]

$750 + 13% tax=$847.50

[mrusse01 0]

"Gear money is best spent on the sport you're least lousy at."

Great advice. That's why my hockey stick retails for about 3x what I paid for my set of irons in golf.

On a sidenote, did anybody see this in the comments?

Paul Sheridan from Hawkestone, ON, Canada writes: When Larry Robinson first started with the Habs (early 70's)....he was given an old pair of recycled and repaired shin pads that he thought were too small. He didn't have the heart to complain when he saw the #9 written on them.

Is that for real!?!?

[pantherfan 0]

Yeah, pretty sure I read an interview a while back where he mentioned that. I think he only played like 1 game in them or something but still...

EDIT: Not the article I read but has the shinpad story in it.

http://www.globesports.com/servlet/story/R...ortsHockey/home

[adam14 182]

"If you don't walk out of here in skates that are totally comfortable from Minute One," he said, "then that means they don't fit."

"I wasn't planning on walking out in them," I replied.

it made me chuckle.