What causes a skate to break down like this?

[4thpairing 0]

205 lbs and of average skill. Play 1 to 2 times a week.

[mojo122 538]

Out of curiosity is it just the one skate or both?

[4thpairing 0]

More so on right, which is the slightly larger foot; but it is on both skates.

These are my old skates (Crazy Lights), I'm asking because I've been skating in Mako's for three weeks now and they're starting to show the same issue.

[Mimizk 114]

This would be caused by that boots' flexing occur at the middle area spottedly and strongly. Of course I can't say this is true without misunderstand because I've not seen your boots in real. But it is a fact that some power have been centralized at the spot as making such this condition.

Then seeing your boots, its ankle support, especially top eyelet is completely closed. Of course tightening shoe laces is good for getting better fit. But you should change the lacing way separately as fore of the ankle and upper of the ankle include when you do heat molding. No problem if you lace up tightly for the fore area. It supplies well wrapping eyelet fin to your instep. But the upper area, usually it is last 2~3 eyelets should be little opened for leaning forward your ankle.

Current hockey boots are so stiff. 10 years or more former boots are not so, so we wanted to lace up as you done for getting better fit. The weak boots were flexed themselves.

 

[oldtrainerguy28 478]

Betting the skates might be to long. forced crease.

[hawkeyfan 36]

Is your foot sized properly for the boot?  Do your toes feather the toe caps?  I've seen where a skater who has a wide foot go up in like 2 sizes in order to accommodate their foot do this to their skates.  So basically with the smaller foot and enough forward flexing...this can happen.

[4thpairing 0]

Nah, toes feather and all that jazz. And I've always skipped the top eyelet. Do I have a fairly high instep, possibly the problem?

[Butters 1]

That whole CCM U+ line, and most CCM/Reebok skates that weren't top of the line before 2013, just had terrible quality construction. My brother had the U+10s and they creased/folded after a season of playing once a week and he's less than 150lbs.

[icewalker_bg 126]

4 minutes ago, Butters said:

That whole CCM U+ line, and most CCM/Reebok skates that weren't top of the line before 2013, just had terrible quality construction. My brother had the U+10s and they creased/folded after a season of playing once a week and he's less than 150lbs.

First time I hear this, the first U+ line had a lot of issues, but not this line. The 10s are not the best skate they had and is a softer boot, some degree of folding is to be expected if you use lower end skate and play hard.  

[All Flash 49]

I can think of a few reasons why the CCM would do this, ie; lacing pattern, lacing tightness, boot height in relation to boot flex . But not the Mako. If i had to guess sight unseen..... not tying your laces tight enough consistently from top to bottom.

Especially on the Mako's as they are 2 eyelets lower than most other skates in boot height. Which inturn does not give to the need of leaving the top eyelet undone, as they already give full range of motion in the design. Alas, without the full story this is just MHO.

[Mimizk 114]

I think that it seems you have already noticed the reason.

I wrote that it causes by too much concentration of any powers onto the problem point. Then you wrote that you have big swelling volume on your instep. If you don't lace up all eyelets usually, you can see the eyelet fin which around last 3 eyelets are wrapping well your ankle and comes inside than the problem point. Eyelet fin which around problem point can't close because your instep have much volume. From toe close-open-close again for last, the gap assist concentration of break the point.

[mojo122 538]

9 hours ago, oldtrainerguy28 said:

Betting the skates might be to long. forced crease.

See that a lot, but I usually notice it on both sides of the boot.

1 hour ago, Mimizk said:

I think that it seems you have already noticed the reason.

I wrote that it causes by too much concentration of any powers onto the problem point. Then you wrote that you have big swelling volume on your instep. If you don't lace up all eyelets usually, you can see the eyelet fin which around last 3 eyelets are wrapping well your ankle and comes inside than the problem point. Eyelet fin which around problem point can't close because your instep have much volume. From toe close-open-close again for last, the gap assist concentration of break the point.

Could be, but I would also except to see a complaint of excessive pressure across the tongue as well.  If the picture that the OP posted is of his foot sitting in the skate and laced, it doesn't appear to be a volume issue.

[vinprun71 61]

Two thoughts that come to mind is too long of a boot or too soft of a boot. That's the only things I can really think of. I have seen this before though on a pair of Ribcores. It actually happened two pairs of the same exact model from two different skaters.

[DarkStar50 679]

Flatten your laces out. That bothers the hell out of me when I lace my own skates. All laces lay flat and true.

[Monty22 833]

49 minutes ago, DarkStar50 said:

Flatten your laces out. That bothers the hell out of me when I lace my own skates. All laces lay flat and true.

[DarkStar50 679]

Don't touch my stick !!