I was wondering if anyone has ever compared skating with and without the top eyelet on their skates done up.  I've been skating for almost 15 years, but in the last 3+ years, I've left off the top eyelet when tying my skates.  Instantly I felt so much more freedom to do agile turns, lower forward lean (deeper knee bend?), and everything associated with it.  I've even got my kids (starting Bantam) doing it and they like it too.  But my question is whether or not this has a negative effect on anyt