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1 hour ago, coopaloop1234 said:

Glad you know to never take me seriously 

Then I'm joking to an equal degree as well.

On 9/8/2023 at 1:39 PM, keeperton said:

There's certainly a handful of people I see post on Instagram that make me roll the hell out of my eyes, but I suppose I rather not digress this thread further.

There are a handful of people here that make me roll the hell out of my eyes too:

On 9/7/2023 at 5:42 PM, coopaloop1234 said:

Always knew you were some sissy liberal 

8 hours ago, Chenner29 said:

Nothing juicy or super secret.  Just realized it’s not a Ferrari, it’s a Lambo.  Either way, putting a front license plate on a car like this is a sin IMO 

Don’t really think it’s his, but reminds me of social media influencers taking staged clout pics in a Gulfstream

Got it. Would love to hear what Ron would say about this. This whole thing is particularly confusing if Apex is just another indie company owned and run by Ron.

On 8/12/2023 at 11:12 PM, Chenner29 said:

He's gotta fund that Ferrari habit somehow

Care to divulge?

On 6/2/2023 at 9:13 PM, keeperton said:

Thank you. The texture work he did on it is really good, I couldn't have asked for it to turn out better.

I gave him a sketch-up I did on paper using pencil and colored pencils that I highlighted with fine-tip a Bic marker for the leaded veins as well as scrawled with notes therein with an email note of essentially, "this, but better;" my original bear and crow looked like a tanuki and seagull respectively. The transcription of the VHS artifacted motif on the back (rooted in vaporwave inspired aesthetics surrounding a general nostalgiacore and early 2000s WARP Records designs) turned out fantastic.

I had been kicking around the design in my head for about three years, wavering from an original idea of something phalanx related on what was to look like an impure marble block morphed into the stained glass. The next mask will be something very mecha in nature.

Perfect timing with AC6 coming out this August.

15 hours ago, netminder said:

Why are you such a dick to me??? Are you not supposed to be an unbiased mod???

 

Grow up and stay on topic next time.

He's a dick to you because you're an ethnocentric dick to everyone else.

Just now, seagoal said:

You stopped playing hockey, presumably a sport you enjoy playing, because people make fun of people and things?

Ok. 

I did not say I stopped playing. I said I "left the community".

Hockey is something I do, it does not make me a member of the community.

Whether you believe differently is your own opinion, but it's not mine.

Ok.

Some of the more recent comments about libtards and seattle name suggestions remind me why I left the hockey community for so many years.

Sigh, although I'll bet that my handle as well as what I just said will give some folks all the ammunition they need to feed their ignorances.

1 hour ago, Puckstopper said:

Jesus H. Christ, this is the video you claim supports your posiition that Axis is the ZOMG MF me, Amazeballs revolutionary pad of the 21st century?  Well, I guess it makes sense.  That video was a rambling, nonsensical pile of B.S., much like many of your posts.  If you haven't wasted a click on this video you could use your time more productively by watching literally anything else.

Moving on,  back to the Axis line.   Our local store got a 34+2 demo set and I got my hands on a full set Friday.  I will have some ice time in them coming up as soon as the rinks open here in Columbus, but after some time playing with them in store I can offer some first impressions.

Blocker:  I'm going blocker first because it's the most improved, most dramatically different piece of the set.  Yep, the freakin' blocker is the headliner.  Must mean this set had undergone some RADICAL changes right?  Anyway, the blocker has been put on a diet and is about 1/3rd thinner than it used to be.  It's noticeably lighter but still feels like it'll offer solid protection.   It's a nice update for sure!

Catch glove:  The changes here are super subtle, but if you've hated the way CCM gloves closed in the past you'll like what's going on here.   It's a 590 break and they've trimmed back the amount of D30 in the hinge area.  The glove still doesn't close great out of the box but it does feel like it'll break in quicker and better than the 590 I ordered with my EF4 set which still hasn't broken in.  Other than trimming the D30 there are no major changes, just a couple little tweaks that don't change function.  This is still a very heavy glove and I'd love to see CCM find a way to put it on a diet like they did the blocker.

Pads:  Sorry, these aren't a revolution.   Compared to my EF4 set they're barely an evolution.   Compared to P2 there are some nice changes but still nothing earth shattering.   First of all they're a little thinner and somewhat lighter than P2 or EF4, but still not on par with Bauer, Warrior or Brians.  The strapping is EXACTLY the same as EF4 which was nothing more than a minor tweak of what came on the P2.  I didn't notice the calf pillow as much as the guy in the video, but it's visually different if nothing else.   The squared off inner edge is new to the "butterfly" line from CCM, but to me the real party piece is how hard that square inner edge felt.   I roughed up Warrior pretty bad for not finding some new sliding material for the G5's, and Kirk responded that with the harder foam on the inner gusset of the pads they didn't feel a different material was needed.   When my G5 set showed up he was proved correct.  The hard inner edge on the G5s mad them the best sliding pads I've ever owned, and I'm hoping that the hard foam used on the Axis line has the same effect.  Overall though the Axis pad is nothing but a stiffer set of EF4's with a soft tabletop boot.

Now, it may sound like I'm taking Axis to the woodshed here, but nothing could  be further from the truth.  Yes, I'd say the Axis is little more than a blending of the best part of CCM's two lines, but when you have a really solid product you don't have to be revolutionary.  Just make tweaks and give the customers what they want, and that's what they've done here.  In my store CCM is by far the number 1 selling line of pads, and it's not close.  I'm predicting that the graphic will be the biggest challenge the Axis line has to overcome, but if I had to bet money on it I'd guess that die-hard CCM goalies won't be jumping ship over it once they get their paws on the gear.  It's a very nice line from the reigning retail champ of the goalie world.  It probably won't gain them a lot of customers, but they're not going to lose ground here either.

Lol.

1 hour ago, mr_shifty1982 said:

Last time I checked he made a post here that he's leaving, doing his own thing

Hmm, score one for thegoalnet.com I suppose.

@Hills care to respond to said accusations?

34 minutes ago, coopaloop1234 said:

It's what the internet was created for. 

Al Gore told me so. 

lol.

God I love it when people argue over practically nothing.