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sellouts posted:please god someone tell me their pro shop puts a sticker on the bottom of the boot under the blade holder to remind them to sharpen at a certain date Not a date but the place I get them puts a sticker for my preferred cut. I get a sharpen like twice a year, at most. I play 60-80 games a year. It's just never convenient for me because most of my games start after the rink pro shops close, if they even offer sharpening.
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ya the sticker for the cut is a legit good idea Xzzy where’s the Thursday morning pickups??
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I don't fuckin know, deciphering rink schedules needs a spreadsheet and I ain't going there.
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Gonna sharpie the tags on my gloves to have all the essential info for lace, profile, and hollow on me at all times
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Oh yeah was looking at sticks and the op mentioned sherwood 5030s. Glad to know the classic wooden ones I remember still exist, since I'm not touching the $200+ until I'm much much better, if ever. However, I see that there's a couple sticks around the same price point as the 5030 - the PMP 7000, T20 ABS, and the RXW-1. Are these about comparable? I see there's some sticks have different heads more meant for street hockey. Can I also practice using street hockey sticks for the ice too? I will likely get some rollerblades for the summer since most of the rinks around me are only around for winter.
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Chill la Chill posted:However, I see that there's a couple sticks around the same price point as the 5030 - the PMP 7000, T20 ABS, and the RXW-1. Are these about comparable? I see there's some sticks have different heads more meant for street hockey. Can I also practice using street hockey sticks for the ice too? I will likely get some rollerblades for the summer since most of the rinks around me are only around for winter.
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Feb 14, 2023 11:21
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Tron Hockey also has some inexpensive sticks that aren't too bad. When I started out again, that's what I started using.
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Thanks for the suggestions. I thought street pucks and ice pucks were around the same? I saw these things: https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0905/5370/products/biscuit-pro2.jpeg?v=1435286118 Are they weighted differently? I know the balls would be different but thought these were supposed to mimic ice pucks
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Feb 14, 2023 15:36
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Green biscuits are a decent training product but nothing replaces how a puck feels on ice.
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Feb 14, 2023 15:40
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Chill la Chill posted:Are they weighted differently? I know the balls would be different but thought these were supposed to mimic ice pucks
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I see. I think I was confused by this comment: quote:You might be able to use an ABS stick for stickhandling practice on the ice, but trying to shoot or pass an ice puck is going to be a tough ask. So I thought it was because the weight might be different between the green puck and ice puck. Or is this the difference between ball and puck? edit: ^ Got it, that's it, thanks!
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It's not just weight but the friction. They make the green biscuit lighter because you're intended to use it on asphalt, so the ground friction+lighter weight tries to get it as close as possible to ice feel. They did a reasonable job but you can't fight physics.. a 6oz puck on ice feels like nothing else out there. They do the same with stickhandling balls, great tool for screwing around in your living room because it does work out your forearms but it doesn't make you a hockey player, it just makes your ice time more effective because you can focus on drills instead of basic puck handling.
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Feb 14, 2023 16:12
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Does anyone have a Super Deker? Seems like it would be a really fun toy to play with off ice, but it's also super expensive.
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Kevlar v2.0 posted:Does anyone have a Super Deker? Seems like it would be a really fun toy to play with off ice, but it's also super expensive. Probably fun if you like having the computer feedback arcade game feel, but most of us with kids just have the basic white panels. And those are much cheaper, though you'll go through a lot more stick tape if you don't have an old stick for them to use.
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Feb 14, 2023 17:28
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RE: sticks I've been pretty happy with everything I've gotten from all-black: https://allblackhockeysticks.com/store/
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Yeah my team is slowly being converted to everyone using ABHS though it’s probably still too spendy for a beginner stick.
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Feb 14, 2023 19:26
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You can get composite sticks under $100 easy. They'll be on clearance so selection will suck so you won't get your favorite curve or flex, but it'll be cheap. And maybe you'll find a new curve you like.
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I got two pro blackouts for $130 total from hockeystickman.com. Doesn’t seem to have that deal up anymore, but $65 for a pretty decent twig is a steal.
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I get refurbished pro stock sticks at hockeystickman.com. They're way lighter than anything else you can buy new for the price.
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Kevlar v2.0 posted:Does anyone have a Super Deker? Seems like it would be a really fun toy to play with off ice, but it's also super expensive. My sister bought one for her daughters and they played with it a lot for a while. Then my middle neice put up a score that no one has been able to touch, including her, and they kind of lost interest. I still play it when I visit even though I have to use a stick that's 12" too short.
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I went to pure hockey to get a foot scan and see if they could do anything to help fit my skates any better, or worse case get new skates that fit. It's definitely not a good sign when the dude looking at the results says "wow, that's strange" and calls over a more experienced person to make sure he's reading it right. Apparently my arches and forefoot volume are so high i maxed out the scanner?
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Feb 19, 2023 03:23
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drat, both of my teams made the championships next week. Both are like 0.500 teams that knocked off the top teams somehow to make it. Feels good.
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xsf421 posted:I went to pure hockey to get a foot scan and see if they could do anything to help fit my skates any better, or worse case get new skates that fit. It's definitely not a good sign when the dude looking at the results says "wow, that's strange" and calls over a more experienced person to make sure he's reading it right. Apparently my arches and forefoot volume are so high i maxed out the scanner? I hope you got to leave without needing to get $1300 skates custom made at least. It is always cool to make machines go wtf.
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xsf421 posted:I went to pure hockey to get a foot scan and see if they could do anything to help fit my skates any better, or worse case get new skates that fit. It's definitely not a good sign when the dude looking at the results says "wow, that's strange" and calls over a more experienced person to make sure he's reading it right. Apparently my arches and forefoot volume are so high i maxed out the scanner? That was my experience at well. Maxed out volume and all. Those people said I’d need a custom, another store got me to try and I could reasonably fit vapors so at least no custom. I think true catalysts will be what I get at some point but the vapors do well enough right now. I do notice they’re a bit long
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I'd consider full custom if there was a guarantee the seam between the toe cap and the boot didn't dig into my big toe.
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Jhet posted:I hope you got to leave without needing to get $1300 skates custom made at least. It is always cool to make machines go wtf. They actually chopped up some high arch insoles to help as best they could and sent me on my way. I was expecting them to tell me the $1000+ custom skates were my only option, but they were surprisingly helpfujl.
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Superfeet makes a high arch insert that may work for you. I think it's the carbon hockey insert. Unless that's the insoles they gave you.
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calandryll posted:Superfeet makes a high arch insert that may work for you. I think it's the carbon hockey insert. Unless that's the insoles they gave you. Yeah, that's what they put me in. I think if these don't work, my only real option is going for custom insoles.
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xzzy posted:I'd consider full custom if there was a guarantee the seam between the toe cap and the boot didn't dig into my big toe. I thought I was the only one. It's only on my right foot and I thought it was from my sock's seam at first but I have a callus there now which should help.
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I have a set of the Powerfoot inserts, basically foam on the top of the toe box, which might help with that feeling.
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A guy who I know is a good skater lost an edge while turning and face-planted. Got a big bloody gash on his eyebrow. I see way more blood on the ice in public skate sessions than I do in games.
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Kevlar v2.0 posted:A guy who I know is a good skater lost an edge while turning and face-planted. Got a big bloody gash on his eyebrow. I see way more blood on the ice in public skate sessions than I do in games. I'm a firm believer there needs to be helmet requirements at public skate. Or at least a requirement for anyone who's renting skates. Right there with you on injury/cuts being more of an issue there. I've not seen more concussion symptoms anywhere than public skate. Almost like ice is hard.
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My wife and I were visiting her sister in park city the other day and we went to some outdoor rink to get the nephew out ice skating. I saw one kid around 12 slam his head backwards against the ice so hard. I helped him off the ice and sat down with his parents, told them what to look for in terms of a concussion, which he definitely had. As we were leaving we saw another kid slam hard and hit her head as well. I agree 100%. Helmets should be required for public skate. Hockey gloves wouldn't be a bad idea either. Kids should 100% wear both. I'll never forget the time I was in millennium Park in Chicago. This couple was ice skating, the woman fell and someone nearby skated over her hand and cut her fingers real bad. I was right behind them. Her scream was blood curdling and there was so much blood.
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I think it's silly to REQUIRE them, but they're a good idea if you're learning to skate. I think learning how to fall properly is key too. Some of the best advice I got is to bend my knees/lean/shift my weight forward so if I fall I can catch myself on my hands instead of falling backwards and hurting my back/noggin.
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Colorado pond hockey tournament, for all of its flaws, continues to be the best outdoor tournament by a mile.
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Verman posted:I'll never forget the time I was in millennium Park in Chicago. This couple was ice skating, the woman fell and someone nearby skated over her hand and cut her fingers real bad. I was right behind them. Her scream was blood curdling and there was so much blood. Without fail in my 10U practices I have to bark at some kids who are taking their gloves off and sitting on the ice playing with snow. They're down to one warning before I send them off the ice completely at this point of the season. Even so, I had to patch some kid up who fell and pinched his finger between stick and ice and cut open the finger tip pretty badly. Thankfully that was the week I restocked my rink side first aid kit. My stomach dropped so quickly getting him over to the bench to stop the bleeding.
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Kvlt! posted:I think it's silly to REQUIRE them, but they're a good idea if you're learning to skate. I think learning how to fall properly is key too. Some of the best advice I got is to bend my knees/lean/shift my weight forward so if I fall I can catch myself on my hands instead of falling backwards and hurting my back/noggin. Any USA hockey event requires helmets for everyone on the ice, game or otherwise. Public skate should be the same but rinks can toss up a "ice skating is DANGEROUS" sign and wash their hands of it so why bother. It's super important for bad skaters because they're horrible about leaning back and having their feet slip out from under them. Since anyone can show up and rent skates with no instruction it's surprising there aren't more concussions.
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xzzy posted:Any USA hockey event requires helmets for everyone on the ice, game or otherwise. Public skate should be the same but rinks can toss up a "ice skating is DANGEROUS" sign and wash their hands of it so why bother. Well there's a difference between skating when there's a hockey game going on around you and a casual public skate. I think it's silly to REQUIRE helmets, if people don't wanna wear them they are only hurting themselves. but I guess that's just a personal opinion difference that I don't think is worth arguing over.
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I like the one ice rink near-ish me that doesn't require helmets but lets you borrow them free as part of entry. Every time someone hits the ice with a bad injury, it halts the rink. Last night for public skate, girl fell and an ambulance came. Better for everyone involved even for purely selfish reasons the fewer injuries imo. Like, if anyone falls the rink has to slow down anyway, but better that than getting people on the ice, potentially halting skate time as personnel have to enter the ice. But it's an additional cost and seasonal rinks will have to store all that equipment somewhere, so yeah it's just the sign and waiver
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Chill la Chill posted:I like the one ice rink near-ish me that doesn't require helmets but lets you borrow them free as part of entry. I feel like this is sort of a best case option. They have boxes of disinfectant spray for the skates already. Anytime I bring my kids friends along to public skates I tell them to bring helmets and then I stick an extra kid size helmet in the gear bag before we leave. A lot of kids already have bike helmets, and while those aren't perfect, they're so much better than nothing at all.
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