do you use the top eyelet on your skate

[hockeyAA 0]

i have bauer x40s and i dont use the top eyelets on the skates, just wondering how many others skate this way

[JR Boucicaut 3805]

**eyelet.

You'll probably find something if you searched for eyelets.

[hockeyAA 0]

whoops, yeah, cant find any thing

[aarondevera 0]

Plenty of skaters don't use their top eyelet. Better range of motion and easier knee-bend to get lower. Why, did you think you were the only one? lol

[hockeyAA 0]

cause ive never really payed attention to that the whole 12 years of hockey ive been playing my whole life lol, yeah i looked at practice and more kids i think used the top eyelet, i guess its preference then

[bigdmac 12]

I go all the way to the top, I tried going without it, and I feel off-balance or something. It just doesn't feel right.

[Thepandamancan 0]

For my goalie skates I don't use the top eyelet. When I play as a skater, I always do.

[KoT 2]

I don't use 2 eyelet on top...

[fogelberg 9]

For me, it's depended on the skate. In really stiff skates, like a one100, I left the top eyelet undone. In a more flexible skate, I lace them all the way up. I like added flexibility and knee bend it provides when using a stiffer skate.

[JR Boucicaut 3805]

Depends on the boot and the height - low cut boots, I lace all. On my ONE95s I didn't, nor do I on EQ50. However, TotalONE, I lace all.

[sickwilly 37]

No top eyelet since I was young. I like the tops of my skates pretty loose.

[ScruffyTheJanitor 1]

I always lace my One80s to the top. I'm glad that they have a relatively stiff boot as well because I can't stand any loose feeling around my ankles.

[shoeshine boy 246]

I skip the top eyelet. always have. I'm just more comfortable that way. I have a friend who skips the bottom eyelet. I don't remember the specific reason why.

[Empieee 0]

I use all.. want my feet/ankle locked in as much as possible.. My ankles stat to hurt when I am too loose in my skates..(then again they also hurt when they are too tight)

[hockeyAA 0]

I skip the top eyelet. always have. I'm just more comfortable that way. I have a friend who skips the bottom eyelet. I don't remember the specific reason why.

thats different, i use to have a kid on my team who would skip the second eyelet and use the top eyelet

[JTully317 11]

Never do use the top eyelet. Feels like I have better range of motion and is just more comfortable overall for me.

[steelnation248 102]

I use all of the eyelets on my skates. I've experimented with other styles but I always go back to lacing them all.

I've heard a lot of people skip the top one. I've also heard that some people like to skip the second from the top eyelet and go directly from the third to the top eyelet. To each their own.

[interpathway 9]

I skip the top eyelet. always have. I'm just more comfortable that way. I have a friend who skips the bottom eyelet. I don't remember the specific reason why.

Probably had short laces.

No top eyelet for me. Never have, never will. Tall boots only.

[shoeshine boy 246]

Probably had short laces.

No top eyelet for me. Never have, never will. Tall boots only.

no, there's was a specific reason for it as far as support. maybe to keep the front part of the foot looser?

[Scoobersti 0]

I used to lace them all the way up, but when I got my One95s I tried skating without lacing them all the way up (just didn't do the top eyelet) and it felt good so I stuck with it. There is a guy on my team who skates in X60s and he doesn't do the top two, I asked him about it and he said he's always skated like that since he was a kid so he sticks with it.

[farhanshak 1]

No top eyelet for me. better ankle flextion for me, more pop in my stride and cross overs. Also find it much more comfortable then going all they way up.

[JSK81 400]

I lace all the way up with my TO's, I like the support.

[dayroc 0]

Nope. I generally like my skates on the loose side.

[reverseit 0]

Used to lace all the way up, then skated in my old graf 735's for a couple of seasons and got used to the low-cut boot. Now that I'm in one100's, I don't do the top eyelet

[Mario123 2]

JR, any update on your experiences with the EQ50?