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I understand your arguments and agree with them. p.s. The photo was just an example) p.p.s. your prices are crazy

I have seen many times that in Suomi they put advertising on goalkeeper pads and I like it more than the standard graphics of manufacturers. why do you want a geometric graphic instead of some kind of picture that you can print on a promotional tape and completely cover the pad? i mean something like this

in the absence of the necessary holders, it was a bad idea to make them yourself like these or even make one piece like True\VH thank God I refused it otherwise the project would have died before it started. lol the spring of 2023 has arrived. I procrastinated. the project did not move finally, luck smiled at me and I bought the right holders ... along with the skates. Bauer Vaopr X700 which gave me not only holders, but also the opportunity to use other parts - toe caps, tongues and although I bought new toe caps it seemed preferable to use time-tested from Bauer want to know how the skates of the mid-10s of the 21st century are arranged? I wanted to, so I immediately took them apart the boot was made of, as it seemed to me then, a dense fabric on which vinyl decor elements were sewn in fact, the "dense fabric" turned out to be nothing more than a sheet of polyethylene with a fabric glued on both sides inside this piece of plastic with fabric was reinforced ... with another plastic, this time fiberglass with pieces of dense foam under which was... that's right, another piece of plastic. ha ha all this was sealed with foam to which the liner is glued this whole sandwich was attached to the inner sole of thick polyethylene nails. NAILS, Carl! that is, the technology for making skates has not changed in 100 years. and this technology itself came from the manufacture of ordinary shoes, which are 300 years old Well, this design was crowned with a cherry on the cake - the outer sole. that stuck, holding it all together to be continued...

our local hockey skate manufacturer has extensively tested several models from different brands. including by identifying the toughest boot among manufacturers Konekt took only 4th place in terms of boot stiffness, even losing of CCM. in general, according to this indicator, Bauer did not shine. and in the top three, as expected, were True models with Custom in first place which once again convinced me of the correctness of the choice of self-manufacturing of the boot using the composite monocoque technology used by Van Hoorn and if I decided on the boot, then the choice of the holder was difficult and long with the purchase of S29 I switched to a holder without a hood and 3mm steel. which I was very used to and did not want to give them up but finding used Vertex holders in MY SIZE proved to be a difficult task. as time went. the 23rd year has come and the project has not moved forward Desperate, I bought a CCM holder. hood and 4mm steel. sad at the same time, I studied all the available information on VH skates, photos, videos, articles but the most useful for understanding manufacturing technology was the old Discovery video that I accidentally stumbled upon it helped to avoid many mistakes in the work. Of course, there were mistakes, after all, I did it for the first time in my life, but they were minor and did not greatly affect the final result. to be continued

Hi people preview (carefully, a lot of letters) Over the past couple of years I have thoroughly upgraded my gear. this update required some repairs, which I wrote about in my topics in this section Lately, I've been thinking more and more about changing skates. I read on Trav's blog that skates need to be changed every 3-4 years because the foot changes and the skates themselves wear out I realized this on myself, when the bones on my foot began to increase and skating began to bring discomfort in addition, although my skates continued to be in very good condition externally and internally, despite their age, they became much softer and fixed the foot worse. I have a weak ankle and need hard skates. to provide the necessary fixation, it was necessary to lace up the boot very tightly, which led to foot numbness at the moment I have S29 last year, under the influence of general excitement, I began to look towards Bauer Konekt, but for a number of reasons, including the impossibility of trying on before buying, I had to abandon their purchase but "our hands are not for boredom" and after finishing other gear repair projects, I wanted to take up skating everyone remembers that the concept of the current Konekt goes deep into the 80s when there were skates with a movable ankle including me These skates are very cheap to buy now. and so I decided to make an experiment and make myself a semblance of Konekt skates were bought for about 5 dollars the pluses were their price, ankle mobility and a real "one piece" like on True guys from the show of the minuses was the profile of the skater's steel, which was quite familiar since in my youth I did not have goalie skates and I played on ordinary skates but the main disadvantage was that the skates were made of cheap polyethylene (like everything, including modern skates of the lowest price category), which provided no protection from bites fraught with injuries and most importantly, they were very soft and did not support the foot, which I needed most at the same time donors for buckles were bought for the same money. and their liner was planned to be used for the liner of new skates all this was prepared in September 22 but the disappointment from the skate donor almost killed the project that had not yet begun at the same time I downloaded hundreds of Konekt pictures and looked at all the reviews on them also on my search queries, google often suggested True skates and then I thought, if the existing skate donor does not suit me, then why not make the boot yourself from scratch and if you do this, then why not make a completely custom fit boot on your foot, as Van Hoorn did to be continued

thank you kind person. I've been having trouble viewing the site on my mobile device lately. no problems at PC

everything is very cool. But am I the only one who can't see the pictures?

but the miracle did not happen. Bob has dragged his team into this final. but one in the field is not a warrior

in the sense of "never happened and here again?"

for the first time I see how a dude became a victim of statistics and his own "based on facts"

absolutely agree

where one is there and the other. old school to the end

In my experience with both the Supreme and the Vapor, I would suggest that you choose a Vapor, the transition from the softer pads of the older generations will be noticeably easier. my bauers were second hand and I didn't notice any noticeable reduction in the stiffness of the vapor. the rebounds of the supreme were slightly better than the vapor, but not so much that it would be decisive in choosing. in the end I settled on supreme but it was my choice for many different reasons

Optik will definitely be tougher on rebounds. but if the main criterion is the rigidity of the rebounds, then your way is Bauer. I speak as a former Optik owner and a big Brians fan. when I switched from Optik, which I considered ideal to 1S, I realized that I was wrong and the ideal pads for rebounds were created not by Brians but by Bauer

The "modern" Supreme line, starting with Total One NXG (chest), 1S arms and legs. imperceptibly became a big fan of Bauer

as if the pocket has become larger, although this is only an appearance great work as always

I agree, you very accurately otmtili his qualities. he really thinks outside the box and tries to play outside the box. I hope he has good growth in his career

I completely agree. it has yet to grow and there is potential for this. of course, now this is not the level of Ilya and Andrey, but the guy already has his own style

I like Sorokin. I advise you to take a closer look at Kochetkov. this is the guy who wrote out Marchand with pizdyuly. This season, Carolina is giving to him a lot of playing time to prove themselves.

Igor's better

I think that painting, like dry cleaning, can destroy the material of the skin. imo the most painless option is pasting with white vinyl / plachtidip

I don't have accurate information. I dry at a temperature not higher than 30 Celsius

I own 1S, in the summer I dry in the open air under the sun. no yellowing. I don't think ultraviolet has anything to do with it. probably higher drying temperature

I think that the choice of a brand of goalkeeper equipment is least influenced by advertising policy and a certain "face of the brand". at least among the adult contingent of buyers who make an informed choice for convenience, performance and other characteristics, and not because Vasilevsky or Price plays in this brand. all of the goalkeepers listed in the topic have their own high rating in the league as well as their fans and it is difficult to single out the most influential of them in terms of brand promotion