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2 minutes ago, jfu91 said:

Oh nice. I never did get to play at XI. I mostly played out of raleigh/durham rinks but periodically popped in at Pineville.

I'm up in Boston now. Lots of rinks but all shut with no peep of when they are coming back online. Some of my teams are trying to put together low-key pickups as soon as allowed

You missed out if you chose to play at Pineville instead of XI, at least before last summer when they finally replaced the compressors.  We have had games at Pineville cancelled because it was so foggy that I could barely  see a player standing on the blueline at the point let alone see what was going on at the other end of the ice.  Another time we moved the goal up to the top of the crease to put the hole where the ice melted inside of the goal.  Talk about messing up any positioning.

12 minutes ago, Teezle said:

Looks like we ordered at the same time (Monday is also 8 weeks for me), so hopefully we'll get them around the same time, too. Our official season is scheduled to resume on June 1, but ice rinks will be re-opening next week. I wouldn't go to one of them, because it's impossible to socially distance in their tiny locker rooms and hallways. But we're scheduled to do a few low number of skaters pickup games in the coming weeks to "tune up" for it - restrictions like only 5 guys a side (playing full ice 4-on-4 or 3-on-3), no contact/going into the corners, face covering required under your helmets, no showering at the rink, etc.

It would be nice to take the new gear for a couple test runs to get a feel for it. Mostly I'm just excited for new gear - I'l definitely post pics when it comes in.

I've been going to work and the store like any other time since all of this started.  I am not at all concerned about a locker room.

8 minutes ago, jfu91 said:

Nice, hope you get em in time! I wish the rinks around here had an idea of when they might even be opening. The stay at home around here is scheduled to lift next monday - but no word yet on rinks. Where do you play in NC? I used to play down at the Pineville icehouse

I play on two different teams.  One at the Pineville Icehouse and the other is at Extreme Ice in Indian Trail near Mathews.  The email that I got was from XI, no idea what Pineville plans to do yet.  

Monday will be 8 weeks from when I ordered my pads so I guess that I can't complain yet.

Where are you at now?

1 hour ago, Teezle said:

According to the response I got from the Warrior goalie instagram, my set has not yet been completed, but should be ready soon (tm).

Mine are done but i have no idea when they will or if they have shipped from Warrior to TGC.  Last I heard on Monday was that they haven't gotten any yet and that it'll take 4-5 days to ship to me.  Hopefully that means I might get them by the end of next week.  

I got an email from the rink this week and it'll be opening up for limited capacity stick times when phase 2 starts next Friday.

1 minute ago, dreadlocked1 said:

I was incorrect then.  I just got X2 Pro pants and thought I saw Thailand, but it must be Vietnam.  My mistake.  They can also certainly be shipping them by air, it just wouldn't be as cheap as ocean transit. 

They are probably shipping more of the stock items this way and then distributing to retailers across the US and Canada.  It just doesn't make as much sense when trying to meet delivery on custom orders.  

13 hours ago, dreadlocked1 said:

If the pads are completed in Thailand, and have to get to Canada, from a logistics standpoint, ocean transit time is 30-48 days, so add at least that time to get to the distribution center before they can ship to TGC (and if distribution comes from the U.S, then they need to be imported there first, then exported to Canada, before being re-imported to the U.S. if you live here.)  Not likely to be shipped by air as that is a premium freight cost, and shouldn't be utilized by a manufacturer that needs to keep costs low.  Warrior probably makes a bulk shipment once enough sets can be palletized for shipment.  Assume that's, at minimum, at least 8-12 sets (not economical) all the way up to a half-container load (at least 64 sets).  I'm assuming here on some of the stats, but wanted to try to help out with some understanding that shipping can be a beautiful thing and a logistical nightmare.  They are more than likely not finishing each set and flying individually to their destination from Thailand, or they should hire me as their shipping manager.

Do you know that Thailand is where Warriors custom pads are being manufactured? If that is the case and you are saying that shipping takes 30-48 days (4-7 weeks) then how are people recieving pads in 6-7 weeks?  The quoted time is 8-10, so it actually only takes a couple weeks from order to when the pads are shipped?

Well I typed the wrong month, actually ordered it 3/23.

33 minutes ago, Teezle said:

Cool. No big retailers are near to me, so we'll see when they come in. I asked TGC and they had not received any of the custom sets from their pre-orders yet.

The knee block is also bindingless on the G5, as opposed to the G4. I knew this would be a high-wear area, and it's one of the main reasons I didn't get the G4 (after being in G2s). But they fixed that and added all the features you mentioned, so I am very excited to get mine in. Hopefully they arrive soon! 

I ordered mine on 3/23 from TGC.   I had asked Warrior on instagram how long they were taking to make pads with everything going on.  He told me 8 weeks still and i said that I was about 7 weeks.  He asked for a picture of what I ordered and fired back a finished picture and said they would be uploaded eventually.  I just have no idea how long it'll take for TGC to get them from Warrior.  I talked to Rance yesterday and they don't have any yet.

Put the wrong date

41 minutes ago, jfu91 said:

For those of you wondering, Warrior is still producing. I just received my set of G5's that I ordered about 6 weeks ago! Here are some pictures, next to my set of G4's that they will be replacing. The blocker board is flatter, the glove has an insert to tilt the hand a bit. The pads are extra-stiff in the thigh, and the same size as my set of G4's (36+2). I think I'll really like the beveled cut on the back corner of the landing stack. Not sure when I'll be able to take them out for a spin, but hope to do a review when possible. Meanwhile, if there's any area where folks want to see more pictures, I'd be happy to oblige.

I'm getting really jealous now.  I ordered mine 7 weeks ago and have seen a finished picture of my pads but as far as I know they haven't made it to the shop to ship out to me.

19 hours ago, Yzueblin said:

Can you tell us the weigh please ? 

It’s all taped up but my CR2 is 815g and the M1 SR+ is 826. I have a buttendz grip on the M1. 
 

I have seen on the stick weight page that a Buttendz grip is about 40g. I’m not sure if that included the tape on the paddle but let’s say 786g. 
 

the only thing I notice different about them so far is the flex on the stick. 

1 minute ago, dreadlocked1 said:

Well now that I see the set, I would get some yellow tape.  Would accent nicely and you wouldn't possibly lose the puck when your eyes aren't right on the blade.  Can't wait to see the pads in a pic!

I might have gotten one off of A message on Instagram but I was told “Shhhhhh ”. They’ll be posting the picture soon I think. 

7 minutes ago, dreadlocked1 said:

It'll look badass no matter what you do I'm sure!

I’m going to stick with the black tape on the blacked out stick to go with the black pads for now. 

47 minutes ago, dreadlocked1 said:

Having a few CR3's myself, the flex on your CR2 looks comparable.  Now I really wanna try an M1 stick out.   The M1 stick looks great as well as the tape, but no one says you can't use white tape!  Either will work.  I just re-did my blade tapejob last night for my street hockey stick and tried out a black outline over a white tape job.  I liked it and think I would do white over black if I had your stick. 

Well between the pads and the stick there is no white so I don’t want to add it to the blade until I play with it. If it’s a problem I’ll retape it. 

25 minutes ago, Puckstopper said:

Warrior posted a pic of my sticks in Instagram over a month ago, right after all this fun stuff started.  Can't wait for my local store to reopen so these beauts can get delivered and I can see what they have to offer!

I got a picture of my G5 pads the other day. I’m waiting for them to be posed and shipped out. They’re still shipping with everything going on. I do t think that I’d care to pay for more expensive sticks or need to get 3 of them now. 

1 hour ago, dreadlocked1 said:

Thanks.  Would love to try one sometime.  Take video lol!

How does it look from the video? I’m looking forward to see how it plays on ice. I don’t think that I have ever used black tape before. 

Let’s see how this works

11 minutes ago, dreadlocked1 said:

How's the flex compared to the CR2?  That much noticeably easier to bend?

There is definitely more flex to it. I’m not sure that there would be a way to show it, at least not easily by myself. 

Just picked up a Sr+ model off of goalie monkey since I had some rebound rewards discount money. I’m coming from a CR2 so it should be pretty similar. I see that it goes from 800 to 1000 minimus carbon. I really don’t see too much out of the cutout on the back, it isn’t very deep. One thing that I find interesting that is hard to show in pictures is that the front of the paddle is flat and transitions diagonally across where the W is. 
I’m a big fan of the stock color option. It’ll go well with my G5 pads that I may have seen a picture of this week  

7 minutes ago, SaveByRichter35 said:

Same reason I refuse to ever get rid of my inline skates lol

Saying that I still have these pads. They don’t have jenpro on the inner surface so they are terrible at soaking up water but they slid a bit on sportcourt. 
 

16 minutes ago, coopaloop1234 said:

Now those are something else. How old are those? 

I don’t know for sure but I probably got these around 2000 or 2001. It’s been a while since I’ve played any inline but I can’t get rid of them just in case, even if I don’t want to ever switch away from the ice. 

Nice Coop. You should see the rollerblades that I still have somewhere from when I played inline. I’ll have to take a picture of them later when I get home from work. 

According to warriors Instagram they are still producing. 
 

all plants in Mexico would be shut down. My company is essential here but it has been shut down in Mexico. 

Decided to relace my Vaughn V7 this afternoon. I’m pretty happy with how it looks but I’m not really sure that I’ll get a chance to test it out. I have it a little bit of a floating tee but you can’t really tell. 

18 minutes ago, jtdubs01 said:

Thoughts on this colour blocking? Haven't seen any others use it but it reminds me of Demko's current set.

I think that this is a pretty solid combo. I would probably go with the W logo on the face rather than Warrior on the outer roll. 

19 hours ago, Quadzilla32 said:

That looks awesome who/ where did you get it wrapped?

It was mark from skinFX.