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Surprised Simmons wouldn’t do it. Ask kenesky as they still make some old school stuff. Paw might do it too like you thought

This was my potvin wrap from a few seasons ago. Found a new team this season and switched to custom cages. Once we get uniforms figured out I’ve got a mask ready for paint

That’s the best pain you can have

Might try that soon, I spilled smelling salts on my chesty once and always liked the little bit of smelling salt smell lol

Ended up just drilling it out. I was really worried about drilling it out because I’ve never drilled a screw out but it ended up fine lol. New issue is the hole is even more corroded than the one above it. Don’t believe it will be an issue with the fiberglass but can’t really tell.

My pro series has the same body design as 2s. I find them fine for me because my chest is a little small, but I can see how it could get in the way of the cup and when they move around it’s really annoying. Not a lot of protection at least in mine maybe 2s pro is different. I think if it’s long and it’s in an area you’re covered why not

How do I get this screw to loosen up? I’ve tried wd40 but it hasn’t helped yet. Just going to leave alone now and hope for help lol. Excuse the ugly paint working on sanding to repaint it.

Definitely not the same as stock lace but has belt up fine probably cheaper than stock lace is

This, I had some leftover from stringing a lax stick and it’s held up all season. I’ll upload a pic in a bit once I’m home

The people at Simmons are so nice and informative. I got to check out their new matrix set and it reminds me a lot of the Optik line. Strapping was different on all of the sets there so I can’t comment on that, to my memory they were mid stiff, probably similar to a vapor pad maybe slightly stiffer. Felt like a good pad. Gloves are nice the blocker is nothing special but the 580 feels really similar to my trues I’ve had. I would go with them over battram just because battram gear hasn’t evolved in about a century

I’ve always used random Amazon tights. Up top I’ve been playing with a ve8 shirt and v10 neck guard to compensate for a super undersized chesty. Once I got in my Bauer pro series chest that created too much space between me and the chest and I felt awful. I tried no neck guard and got hot so what I’m doing now is no shirt+v10 neck guard and I’ll probably stick with that. Zoombang stuff looks pretty sick if I could get my hands on that

I hope you can heal quickly! What toe ties were they? When I demoed bauers I always thought they had tight toe ties, thought the same with Ccm but never tried on the ice

X5 will be lighter than m5 for sure, thinner board. If you can I’d say get hyperlite 2 if you can’t x5 will be just fine

I’ll try in a week or two and get back to this thread, hopefully we can win states and I can do all the gear experiments I want

A video of this data would be really cool! D3O being in the package is what made me consider going with pharoah’s foam. Honestly might buy a sheet for the mask and beef my glove up a bit

I feel like I saw him wear a Brian’s one of his last years, could’ve for sure been shesterkins though

Was on the ice yesterday but I forgot to take pics lol. Took these today

What do you guys believe is the safest foam for a mask? I read through all the threads I can find and I’m leaning towards resilient str and normal rubatex. Any additional suggestions? Never felt gel foam so that kind of turned me away from shocktec stuff.

Sorry haven’t been logged in for a bit, I’ll get some pics next time I skate. I have the lower frs fairly loose I don’t think my knee block is very tight though. I’ll probably shorten my toe ties if I can get a not serious skate. Playing the best team on our schedule in playoffs soon so not trying to change up too much lol

My setup right now is bladetech with a mirror finish. Noticeably taller than my old blades (whatever black steel comes with 2s pros) I got a SAM profile on them and I love it. Only thing with these blades is for some reason they wobble around so much. When I put my Bauer blades in they don’t move but when I put the blade tech in they move when I shake the skate. I didn’t stress about it until it got to the point where I could feel the instability. I put some clear tape over the front “spike” that goes into the holder and haven’t had issues.

This just came out on Vaughns instagram, tough angle to get the whole pad in but they’re showing off the “carbon core tech” here. You get a really good view on how they do an integrated knee block, looks similar to @ser33’s optiks

I’m using brians basic knee pad (pros I think??) in junior size so it’s a super skinny knee pad, I’ve had them since I started playing and I’m planning on switching to Ccm kp pros once my playoffs have a break in schedule. I’ve been thinking about that for a bit I’ll try it soon and see if it helps If I get the chance I will, I was at Simmons shop while at a tournament in Buffalo and he said he couldn’t add one because of the l12.2s not having an outer binding. Maybe I’ll hit up someone else on my set next year about it if I don’t go custom

So here’s a (very blurry) example of my 12.2s over rotating during skating. I felt my pad slip like this a lot doing t pushes and any suggestions on how to stop this is appreciated. My current setup is about 3-4 inches of slack on skate lace, tight top frs loose bottom, knee elastic down to the calf.

That’s my current set up and I love it. After a few adjustments to the bulk it’s great. It’s also floaters, they’re so wide compared to any other chesty I’ve seen, things have to be like 10 inches wide

My wedgewood 12.2 returns came with the smaller strap on the bottom and longer on top. I switched those around and tightened them all the way down. I felt I needed a bit more tightening up top so I cut down about half an inch of the adjustment side and resewed and they sit how I like them to .