Haha. Thanks! I couldn’t be happier with the way these turned out; Brian’s did a phenomenal job, as always!
I’ve been able to get one mild pickup game and one more intense mini sheet session in them so far - I’m a chef, and the holiday schedule is not conducive for hockey unfortunately. Haha. But so far, I love them! I’m coming from Subzero Pro 2s, and the upgrade is out of this world! I honestly don’t even know where to begin, so I’ll go from the top down: love that I stiffened the thigh rise (like I had done in my sub pro 2s), makes the pad have more of the stiff, block-like, “Bauer” pad, if you will, which I like, but don’t like Bauer pads. Opening up the knee cradle by removing the knee flap internals and the elastic strap through the back of the knee block has been amazing at accommodating my warrior rx2 pro knee pads without interfering with movement, especially since I have the upper calf strap in. Love my subs boot channel and angle, so I had them replicate that on these, as well as reducing and offset the toe bridge, since that’s all I need. I also eliminated the boot strap/ attachment points, since I had long removed it from my subs. I had noticed on my subs that the cowlings of my skates had worn away the internal lacing that happens to peak out, so I had them cover it all with primo to avoid that from ever happening. And you obviously saw the graphics. Haha.
The blocker has an Anderson spec - thanks to you! And I’m glad I did it; although I think more than one would be too much for me. Love the upgraded protection for the fingers too.
The glove is a gnetik4 as I ended up liking the closure better. Since I was doing custom graphics, it wasn’t a hard switch for me. Pro palmed with extra break in and she’s a champ! Love the boa system, keeps me locked in. I’ve been know to have a nasty glove, so I’m excited to rob some people with the new one.