jpeaslee 30 Report post Posted November 24, 2019 (edited) Steel - Step Blacksteel 288 SB4.0 Hollow - 7/8" Profile - Quad II About Me - Played inline in South Georgia a little bit growing up and club inline in college. Took about a 10 year break and started playing Ice a year and a half ago after turning 30 and moving to a place that has legit hockey (yes it's "Alabama", but it's different than you'd think). I play 3 nights a week. Low D2 player, but skating is probably my biggest strength. I messed around with profiles a bit when I first started ice and wound up skating on 8'/13' w/ a minor forward pitch and that completely changed the way I was able to skate. FWIW, I'm a big guy, 6'2" 265, usually play forward. Review - So this is probably the least I’ve skated one one of these profiles before writing a review, but when you know, you know. THIS IS MY PROFILE. I liked the Zup M, I felt more comfortabe and I thought that was probably going to be the winner but I figured I’d try the Quad II before finalizing everything since objectively the QI was for 254-280, and the QII was for 263-296. Reminder, I’m on 288 steel. Immediately upon receiving the runners I noticed they had a visible amount of forward pitch. I asked JR about it before skating on them (Mostly to make sure I didn’t accidentally order the wrong profile) and he pointed out that they’re a bit different and do have a little bit more forward pitch since they’re designed for longer steel. To be honest, I got a little excited about this. I’ve been feeling like I wanted a little more forward pitch and figured I’d possibly experiment with that once I figured out what profile I was going to keep. Stepping on the ice, I immediately felt comfortable. Even though these technically have a slightly flatter series of radii, I actually felt a little more maneuverable. I think a lot of it is the pitch forcing me to be more on my toes. Stability still felt great when I put a little more weight on my heels. This is the first time on my new skates that I’ve actually felt BETTER than I did on my old skates (Nexus 9000, 288 LS Edge w/ step steel 8’/13’ combo radius w/ minor forward pitch). Overall I still feel like the Zup was a little more stable at speed and maybe a little faster overall, but there wasn’t ever really a point that I didn’t feel solid on my feet or like the profile was holding me back in any way. Without a doubt, this profile simply felt right. It left me without really Acceleration: 4.0 Mobility: 5.0 Stability: 4.5 Speed: 4.0 Other Profiles Tested: 11', 9/10’, Zuperior M 8'/13' (not prosharp) BIG shout out to JR for offering this up. I think this is a huge asset to this community and a great opportunity to try so many different profiles, which is not normally very feasible. Edited November 24, 2019 by jpeaslee Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
