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Wow that thing is awesome! Maybe I'll shoot HG or HM an email to see if they have any regular mirrored laying around.
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D C posted:What size ice do you usually play on? Looking it up it appears it was in fact an Olympic sized sheet. No wonder everything seemed so far away.
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So I've got a question about sticks. I've got an Intermediate EQ20 (5 lie) that's chopped about 3.5 inches, and I just got an S7 (5.5 lie) that's totally uncut. I was trying to follow the CutHockeySticks.com advice by going short (just below chin length) with the EQ20, but the uncut stick is actually easier to stickhandle with because I can keep my head up and still see the puck in the bottom of my peripheral vision. The only problem is that the S7's blade doesn't lie flat, to the point that I burn through the tape on the heel in a game or two. And no one sells sticks with lies below 5, unless I get into Junior length. Any advice? Should I try to split the difference (maybe cut 1 or 1.5 inches off the S7) and call it "close enough"? Or maybe cut some plugs to different lengths and test them out in the EQ20, until I find the sweet spot?
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Mar 27, 2015 19:50
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How long have you been skating
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Mar 27, 2015 20:24
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Someone posted a video about tinting visors awhile ago. Ever since then I've been tempted to buy one of the Tron visors and tint it green. Only thing is I don't know how bad/awesome it would be to look through it. If you can't tell I want to be equipped head to toe in green.
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Mar 27, 2015 20:34
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calandryll posted:Someone posted a video about tinting visors awhile ago. Ever since then I've been tempted to buy one of the Tron visors and tint it green. Only thing is I don't know how bad/awesome it would be to look through it. If you can't tell I want to be equipped head to toe in green. Haha, my Silver team has green jerseys. I already sport green laces and green gloves. I saw a forest green E700 helmet on sale earlier this week which would pair well with a green visor. I already think I look like the jolly green giant. Or Hulk. Yeah the Hulk.
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Mar 27, 2015 20:36
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Henrik Zetterberg posted:Haha, my Silver team has green jerseys. I already sport green laces and green gloves. I saw a forest green E700 helmet on sale earlier this week which would pair well with a green visor. I already think I look like the jolly green giant. Or Hulk. Yeah the Hulk. I looked at an E700 in green as well. I think a nice mix of black and green would be pretty awesome looking on the ice. Well at least to me that is.
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Mar 27, 2015 20:47
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Played a pickup game last night and finally at a decent time now that the kiddos are wrapping up their seasons. There were so many high level players there that it was far and away the best skate I've ever been a part of. So fast that most people were huffing and puffing after each shift. It forced the lower level guys to play harder, the high level guys were trying ridiculous stuff but also quarterbacking nice plays etc. 2 kids fresh out of juniors, about 6 guys who were all elite highschool/college level players, and then a few mixed D-B level. The goalies definitely got their workouts for the week to say the least. The best part was that the higher level players were still passing and dishing to the lower level players and including everybody. The two junior players were always out against one another, one of them even getting a silky smooth lacrosse style scoop goal from behind the net at game speed. I honestly don't think I've ever had so much fun playing hockey, my leagues included, it was one of those magical times where everything just clicks and everyone was playing well together.
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Mar 27, 2015 21:07
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sellouts posted:How long have you been skating If you're talking to me, I've been skating since I was a kid, but only playing hockey for a year or so.
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Mar 27, 2015 21:32
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Yeah, I mean the lie thing shouldn't be an issue for an adult of normal size. No adult should be using junior sticks imo. I don't know how you skate or anything but being that far off from the correct lie seems really weird. Are you bending your knees at all when you skate?
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Mar 27, 2015 21:39
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sellouts posted:Yeah, I mean the lie thing shouldn't be an issue for an adult of normal size. No adult should be using junior sticks imo. What do you suggest a 5 foot tall adult buy to avoid having a 100+ flex stick with a kick point in the top 6" after cutting, if not a junior stick?
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Mar 27, 2015 21:58
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5 foot isn't really normal height but a 55 flex intermediate stick should probably be fine.
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Mar 27, 2015 22:17
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My attempt to fully outfit myself in Bauer equipment is complete. New shoulder pads arrived yesterday, and my new pants just arrived. Bauer, for sponsorship information, you can reach me at @hockles10 on Twitter. Thanks.
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Mar 27, 2015 22:20
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sellouts posted:5 foot isn't really normal height but a 55 flex intermediate stick should probably be fine. 5' isn't that weird. It's less than 4" below average for women in the US, equivalent to 5'6" for men. Right now on Hockey Giant I have my choice of 23 52 flex left handed PM9 junior sticks and....5 55 flex intermediate sticks of any description. It just seems dumb to arbitrarily rule out junior sticks if you're small.
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Mar 27, 2015 22:45
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That's still over one standard deviation below the average for women. You can use what you want, clearly, and I'm not trying to say you're wrong or it doesn't work for you. In the case of the op, I don't understand moving to a junior stick to account for lie issues. I don't get it and haven't seen it before. I feel like it's correcting a symptom rather than the cause. I could be wrong.
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Mar 27, 2015 23:21
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sellouts posted:That's still over one standard deviation below the average for women. I wasn't planning on moving to a Junior stick. I just meant, in general, that 5 is the lowest lie I'm going to find, so it's not the lie/stick construction that's the problem. Maybe I'm just worrying too much about how close the blade is to the ice or maybe I have long monkey arms or something. I mean, I can't see myself from the third-person, so probably it's not as bad as it seems. I just know that, with the EQ20, I can get both hands in front of my body as you're supposed to be able to. I mean, in the end I guess it doesn't matter, because I'm not good enough for sick danglez, so what's the harm in using a longer stick?
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Here's a great video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-etQAgIs48 I think maybe you should ask a rink trainer or a coach for a few minutes of their time and get a good opinion after watching you skate and move the puck, shoot, and pass. Nitramster fucked around with this message at 17:58 on Mar 28, 2015 |
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Mar 28, 2015 17:44
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3pm playoff game today, what the gently caress is this?
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Mar 28, 2015 20:58
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So I just bought my first ever pair of breezers and the overwhelming thought I had whilst trying on ~7 different pairs is "holy poo poo there is zero dilz protection on these things." Like, anti protection. My junk is better protected behind jeans than these. This is more of an observation than a complaint but holy poo poo how can that one goon NOT always wear a cup with these. 
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Mar 28, 2015 22:01
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Yeah I felt like even with a cup on underneath the girdle that there wasn't much protection in the dick and balls area.
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Mar 28, 2015 22:08
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Took a shot off the tongue of my skate at pickup last night. Finished the pickup without too much issue, it started to throb a bit after I took my skates off, but it's really started to hurt now. I've got a playoff game tonight, so I'm hoping that squeezing it back into my skate helps and my skating isn't affected too much.
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Mar 28, 2015 22:24
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I took a shot to the toe about two weeks ago. Kept my skate on as long as possible to keep the swelling down. Still freakin' hurts.
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No matter what I do, I am always hit with shots in the same 2 square inch area on my upper ankle/lower shin. One day, I am going to get hit there and my foot is going to fall off my leg.
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Mar 29, 2015 01:14
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When I started skating I had shin guards that went under my tongue, first or second skate I took a wrister right in the front of the ankle. Said gently caress that noise and went and got some big beefy shin guards that go over the tongue and protect a lot better, they go down my foot an inch or two more. Now I only seem to take pucks in the toe. 
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Mar 29, 2015 01:23
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Hockles posted:No matter what I do, I am always hit with shots in the same 2 square inch area on my upper ankle/lower shin. One day, I am going to get hit there and my foot is going to fall off my leg. There must be some sort of inverse Murphy's Law about this sort of thing... Where are you currently injured/sensitive? Yeah that's where you're going to get thwacked the most by everything on this planet.
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Mar 29, 2015 04:13
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xzzy posted:Now I only seem to take pucks in the toe. This was the first time I've taken one to the toe. gently caress does it hurt, even with that hard plastic. I couldn't put any weight on it and we took forever getting the puck out of our zone so I could hobble off.
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yo bewbies how are the grafs going? what ones did you get? looks like there might be some deals on g75s and i'm getting an itch that i shouldn't
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At 145lbs and now that I'm more comfortable stopping is there any value in getting a deeper hollow on my skates? One thing I've noticed is my skates don't bite when I'm crossing over as much as they slide laterally. But then I wonder if that's more technique than gear. I'm skating on 1/2" right now.
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Mar 29, 2015 18:55
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You probably don't need weird sharpening, you probably need to skate more.
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You could be as great as Coffey or gretz on 1/2 hollow.
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You'd know if your edges were hosed because you'd also feel it on your acceleration and stops. Nobody posting in this thread, myself included, needs to worry about holder type, blade hollow, foot angle, rocker size, or any of that. I plan to buy new Tuuks when my old ones break because I always wore Tuuks because that's what Brian Leetch wore and now I'm used to them.
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You're right but you are also wrong.
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I can accommodate hosed edges almost any time except when accelerating on a tight crossover with the puck, there's not much I can do when I've got all of my weight and I'm moving on that single edge while trying to control the puck. When I slip out of something I've done 1000s of time I know it's time to get sharpened. In all of that stuff find what you like, stick with it, just don't expect it to elevate your game or be a magic bullet any more than being comfortable out there would be. I'm far more particular than I have any right to be.
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Speaking of being insufferable I am seriously considering getting my own sharpener. Anyone have any experience with the Blackstone sharpeners? FBV is a must.
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sellouts posted:Speaking of being insufferable I am seriously considering getting my own sharpener. The #1 reason I skate with dull-ish blades, is I don't want to drive somewhere to get mine sharpened, because the pro-shop at the rinks that have them are closed by the time my game rolls around at 10pm. Are there options that are cheaper than $1000 ?
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Used maybe but I've heard conflicting reports of quality. I'm in a similar boat. My fbv sharpening is expensive, I wait for a while, they close before most of my games and it's 25+ minutes of driving on a good day. All for a sharpening that ranges from good to really bad.
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hockey helmets are unsafe, hockey players everywhere are completely unsurprised. I like how my helmet I got for $18 from Tron is better than the $270 helmet sellouts I wasn't a big fan of the Grafs, they didn't fit my feet well. they were top quality skates though, they're definitely worth a shot if you can get them for a good price
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sellouts posted:Used maybe but I've heard conflicting reports of quality. if you don't mind the pain in the rear end of mailing skate blades you could send a few sets of steel to the No-Icing Sports guys, which of course would require you to have a spare set to skate on while you wait for the week-or-so turnaround i'm not actually good at skating so i can't say if the sharpenings are good or bad. i just use them to avoid having to drive anywhere to drop my skates off due to an irrational fear of the public and waiting in line  their prices aren't terrible ($7.50 for FBV) and if you mail a few sets at a time it makes it easier to swallow any shipping cost soul pain
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PFlats posted:You'd know if your edges were hosed because you'd also feel it on your acceleration and stops. What? IDK where you got that info, but you are way off. Blade hollow makes a massive difference depending now on an individual skates. Like a huge, massive difference.
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bewbies posted:hockey helmets are unsafe, hockey players everywhere are completely unsurprised. I don't see the Cascade M11 in their results, I wonder how it would do.
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