anyone skip eyelets on their skates?

[stevelknievel 51]

so in all the glory of my sick day from work today i spent too much time on the computer and was going through some new team wallpapers for the wings and i noticed niklas kronwall has skipped an eyelet on both of his skates is there a specific reason hes done this? has anyone ever done this? is there a particular reason?

[n3ss 0]

only thing i can think of is its a comfort type of thing - perhaps he doesn't want it too tight at that particular point.other wise, no clue.

[raygunpk 0]

better forward flex

[cptjeff 0]

Cole does it as well, he does it at the toe though. Probably just a feel thing to keep it a little less tight there.

http://nimg.sulekha.com/Sports/original700...9-3-6-22-20.jpg

[Mike92 0]

I don't do the top eyelet of my skates, gives me better forward flex and the laces don't cut into my ankles as much. I feel like it gives me better ankle mobility side to side also.

[VakarLajos 5]

I skip the second eyelet. Gives me a bit more room at the forefoot.

[number21 3]

I skip the first set. I have a foot that is just between D and E so I find it more comfortable to skip the first row and then I don't tighten too hard until about the middle of the skate.

[jumtao 0]

My skates are pretty stiff for me so I skip the last eyelet on the top as it allows me to get more forward flex. Lacing all the way up makes me skate like I'm a penguin.

[brent 1]

I do it because one of the eyelets on my one90's ripped out :/

[hyprlte 0]

i skip the top eyelet on my one95s. It gives me more ankle movement.

[SolarWind 23]

there's been tons of topics & polls on this already - I suggest using search ;)

[IniNew 53]

I do it because one of the eyelets on my one90's ripped out :/

Had an eyelet come out, took it up to the LHS and within 10 minutes it was fixed.

As far as skipping, no. I lace all the way up pretty tight all the way through.

[AIREAYE 248]

I skip the top one and the one on the connecting point (corner) of the 'L' eyelet arrangment

[caldakid 0]

skip the top eyelet like a lot of people, found its too stiff all the way up

[thorbs 2]

I leave out the top one when I play, top two when I ref.

[Ahriman 1]

I skipped the top set on my One95s for the first month or so with them, now they flex enough for me to lace all the way up again.

[Alexxx 0]

i either loosen the top eyelet or take the laces out of it because it strains my ankle to much and gives me blisters...its more comfortable too.

[tt350z 0]

Top unlaced on both the CCM U+ Pro and ONE95

[sebseb 0]

Used to let the first 2 eyelets from the top on my last pair of skates, but once I started lacing them all the way I noticed I get a better break-in of the skates. Now I have a pair of X60 and I lace them all the way up, harder to break them in, but I like to move with the boot, not around it.

[t27j9s 0]

I skip the top two rows on my 8090's

But - Then - Before I tie them

I wrap some clear tape around a few times

This way I can re-tighten my laces on the bench without removing the tape

[gxc999 7]

I never lace the top eyelet or the first one on the bottom (the toe eyelet).

[Jarick 5]

I usually skip the top two with waxed laces, but last night I was pretty happy with skipping the 3rd and doing the 2nd, skipping the top. Seemed to give a bit more heel lock while maintaining forward flex.

[gxc999 7]

I usually skip the top two with waxed laces, but last night I was pretty happy with skipping the 3rd and doing the 2nd, skipping the top. Seemed to give a bit more heel lock while maintaining forward flex.

I'm going to try that next time I skate.