TheGoalNet Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 Learned a very interesting thing today... So to be as transparent as I can, I don’t know the people at Wall and they could be the world’s biggest A-holes and that’s why this happened or they could be the best people on earth and are the victim of bad luck... Wall Finland used to sell their masks in North America through David Marlin and Doug Wager ( WZLhead ). There was some sort of rift and they split. Marlin and Wager are selling North American made “Wall masks” that share a shape and that’s it. They are not using any of the newer materials that Wall Finland is. Wall Finland is working with Quick Anchor Pegs, Finn Goalie School, and @Jukka Ropponen to sell the “authentic” Wall goalie masks Goalie Monkey sells the USA built masks, regardless of what any website description says Any Wall fans know more about this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroGravitas Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 There was some drama on GGSU about this. And a response: Doug mentions that the Wall USA W8s are built by him: Wall Finland says all "real" Wall masks are made in Finland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoalNet Posted November 6, 2018 Author Share Posted November 6, 2018 Thanks @ZeroGravitas i don’t do GGSU and missed this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoalNet Posted November 6, 2018 Author Share Posted November 6, 2018 Anyone know who Dave Marlin is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroGravitas Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 6 minutes ago, TheGoalNet said: Anyone know who Dave Marlin is? http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=59537 - I think? https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/81072/dave-marlin https://www.finlandusahockey.com/contact.html And.... if you go to Pennyslvania's Secretary of State website and search business entities, Wall USA LLC's address is the same as the address shown in the FinlandUSAHockey link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TresPasser Posted November 7, 2018 Share Posted November 7, 2018 I personally know the founder and CEO of Wall Masks, mr. Petri Karvinen and he definitely is anything but an a-hole. He is a true gentleman and gives first class customer sevice. It is hard to believe that he otherwise would have been making goalie masks over 25 years and earned almost a cult status in Finland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoalNet Posted November 7, 2018 Author Share Posted November 7, 2018 2 hours ago, TresPasser said: I personally know the founder and CEO of Wall Masks, mr. Petri Karvinen and he definitely is anything but an a-hole. He is a true gentleman and gives first class customer sevice. It is hard to believe that he otherwise would have been making goalie masks over 25 years and earned almost a cult status in Finland. Hopefully my comment earlier were clear. I don’t know Petri and I’m not taking sides. That was my point. It’s a fascinating story though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoalNet Posted November 7, 2018 Author Share Posted November 7, 2018 Here’s where to buy Finnish Wall: https://b2bquik.com/collections/wall-masks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TresPasser Posted November 8, 2018 Share Posted November 8, 2018 16 hours ago, TheGoalNet said: Hopefully my comment earlier were clear. I don’t know Petri and I’m not taking sides. That was my point. It’s a fascinating story though. Yes, it was. No problem with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadAngle41 Posted November 8, 2018 Share Posted November 8, 2018 I have a Wall and ordered it as well as any replacement parts through Finland only. Yes, it's been more expensive for shipping etc... but my trust in buying directly from the original manufacturer would appear to be worth it. A couple guys I skate with have Wall USA masks and while they initially appeared to be of similar in construction there have been durability issues. None of which I experienced after having my mask for much longer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
estogoalie Posted November 8, 2018 Share Posted November 8, 2018 On 11/7/2018 at 2:57 PM, TheGoalNet said: Here’s where to buy Finnish Wall: https://b2bquik.com/collections/wall-masks I would just buy directly from Wall (Finland) web-shop. Then you know for sure what you are getting. http://www.wallmask.fi/wallshop/jaakiekkomaskit-maalivahdinmaskit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moose75 Posted November 8, 2018 Share Posted November 8, 2018 Wait is that the same Dave Marlin who was Kiprusoff's goalie coach at one point? Would explain the Finnish connection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadAngle41 Posted November 8, 2018 Share Posted November 8, 2018 1 hour ago, estogoalie said: I would just buy directly from Wall (Finland) web-shop. Then you know for sure what you are getting. http://www.wallmask.fi/wallshop/jaakiekkomaskit-maalivahdinmaskit Wall North America site for those in US & Canada... especially good for low dollar replacement parts if you're refurbing and don't want to pay more in shipping than the parts are worth (like I did.)... https://b2bquik.com/collections/wall-masks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MangoRhinehart Posted November 8, 2018 Share Posted November 8, 2018 Just chiming in on replacement parts. A Bauer 961 double bar cateye will fit on a W10H Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoalNet Posted November 24, 2018 Author Share Posted November 24, 2018 On 11/8/2018 at 10:15 AM, estogoalie said: I would just buy directly from Wall (Finland) web-shop. Then you know for sure what you are getting. http://www.wallmask.fi/wallshop/jaakiekkomaskit-maalivahdinmaskit Not very good product descriptions. Wish there was more info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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