Chenner29

@SaveByRichter35 I told you these things were heavy.

I'll let you know when I get it back and skate in it. I've said it elsewhere in here before but... This was my first new c/a out of a 5 year old Bernier spec P1. I picked up one of the Goalie Crease D30 CCM ABPros shortly before. This felt more like the Bernier P1 after 1 skate than the D30 CCM ABpro.

Got some pics from the factory, thought I'd share: Looks like they've added a hard plastic sleeve, similar to the CCM Pro units, or a player' shin pad. I was also given the option (and accepted) the addition for a stinger pad that sits just under the upper arm protector (on my unit, the rectangular piece in red). And an airbag. They told me Helleybuck has these too.

Update - Mike got the arms, we talked for a bit on the phone today. He's going to add a layer of plastic on top, and a soft layer of foam beneath.

That's the first thing I think of...

Have a broker receive it for you in Canada, they can then ship it to the US I think you pay double the shipping, but if the savings warrant, it should be worth it. You're getting a double discount in the US (Conversion rate and sale price)

I knew you'd find your way here It's almost like your ears perk up every time someone mentions Brown Edit Somewhat relevant joke about brown pants I just remembered

No idea. I did some modding of my own on the arm so they will probably charge me because I did a pretty shit job at it. I was told the protection package is identical to what they're giving pros. Given my personal experience with it, I find that a little hard to believe. In context, the unit was already in process of being built when they told me that, so I don't think it was some tire-pumping sales tactic. They also told me that guys who are wearing the new CCM unit have switched the CCM arms out to Kenesky ones. Despite the bruising, I really do like the mobility I get in this thing. I had a brief stint with an CCM ABPro while I was waiting for the unit, and the Kenesky actually felt more like my old Reebok P1 than the ABPro did. I'm playing (or was, until COVID) in Silver leagues out here (leagues rank from Gold to Tin Can), so decent hockey. You'll see a few college guys and one or two junior/travel players sprinkled throughout. The Gold leagues have a heavier concentration of former NCAA and pro guys. Schedule permitting, I get called from time to time to come out as a target in private lessons with skaters ranging from AA travel to pro. Not bragging or anything, just want to give you an idea to the kinds of shots I'm taking in the list of units below. As for recommendations, my shortlist would be, based on usage and personal experience: Kenesky (we'll see how the arm beef up is) - I told them I wanted an extra layer of plastic on the outer surface to be like the new CCM Pro Issues. CCM Pro Issue (arms feel like player shin pads) No personal experience with these, but I like what I see/hear: Simmons 1000 (I've known JT for a while. Him and John know their shit and I trust them when they say their unit is good) Vaughn Velocity with arm beef up. I'd ask for SLR2 or V5 shoulder floaters, not sure if they'd be willing to do either. No personal experience here. Every time I put one of these on, I'm impressed at the crazy light weight. I'd be concerned for protection, hence the beefier shoulder floater request. And every Vaughn unit I have ever worn has had issues with arm protection. A few people will pop in and say Passau or Brown, I would disagree. For the Passau, every picture I've seen has shown the shoulder floaters sticking up at a weird angle - it looks like it would cause interference with the mask chin. Wore a Brown 2100 for a few months. It was really warm and super heavy. Believe it or not, I still caught a few bruises through it. Taking everything into account, I did not see very much in terms of protection gains, and when factoring in the downsides (heat and weight), it's just not worth it IMO...although I always felt super buff taking it off after an hour and a half skate. The price of a new one for what you get technology-wise is also a turn off - Brown has basically been using the same makeup for the past 30 years in a new form factor. I guess if one had the cash, they could get one of these for practice only and treat it as a weighted tracksuit, then switch to something like a Velocity for games and zip around. Hope this helps, let me know if you want me to dive deeper into anything.

More pics please! This set looks great.

I dropped off the arms at the post office today to go back to the Kenesky boys to beef up. I should have done it when COVID first hit, but now that I have the CCM Pro Spec, I have a backup unit to use while I wait.

Sir, You don't know me well enough to call me "regular" I've eaten pizza every day this week

Lined up some ice time next Saturday. I'm gonna die

I tried opening it up and adding more padding - it's only gotten a little better. They are still using the original P1 composition - a sandwich of two layers of LD foam and an HD layer inside.

Build quality is fine, but I've gotten smoked in the arms a few more times than I can count. This was the worst one - image is reversed, it's actually my blocker arm - pic taken maybe 6 hours after getting off the ice. The bruise spread out even more on day 2 to the point the entire front of my arm was covered

Yeah, the customizer on my home PC isn't behaving (same issue, can only color in the gloves). Using Firefox. My work laptop seemed to handle it just fine, though.

::racks shotgun:: Someone say 'brand war'?

Flexin' with the Airpods

Looks like there are a lot of similarities between the Axis and the Lefevre 20.1...bolded is my emphasis TLDR New calf wedge fills negative space in the shin, like the Lefevre FRS Flattened boot Bindingless perimeter https://www.goaliemonkey.com/new-items/ccm-goalie-leg-pads-axis-pro-sr.html

Tesla Model 3 Plenty of room in the trunk for my gear...

IIRC, there was a government mandated shutdown until April 13th in Canada. He probably caught up on a few orders during that time.

A lot of folks are doing this to help recoup the purchase price.

Based on how skinny the arms look, I'd guess this follows the new NHL spec. Interesting that they got rid of the crease at the center of the elbow floater. I don't think I've ever taken a bad one there.

Would you mind taking measurements on the front of the pad, running the tape measure along the surface? From the center of the knee section up to the top binding. I have found any kind of pre-curved pad can skew the measurement an inch or two. The Warriors are a bit tougher to measure for sizing as the knee block and padded leg channel make it hard to get a true measurement unless you're going off the face of the pad. Really, this is more indulging my curiosity as my friends group has found that Warriors fit really weird (paging @ZeroGravitas - he wears a 33+1.5 CCM and a 35+2? Warrior). This is how I sized pads back in 2006 working retail. I'm not saying this is the correct way, but we rarely got returns because we screwed up sizing. I would get an ankle to knee measurement (after offering up a prayer that people on the other side of the line measured correctly), then run to the floor and measure a couple pads from the mid knee down to the boot break. Then we'd talk thigh rise. Total "top of pad" runs from the center of the middle knee roll straight up. Vaughns traditionally had the shortest stock thigh rise, Koho had the largest. We'd get occasional calls from guys in Sweden wanting to order TPS pads with a + 4 thigh rise because they all loved Henrik Lundqvist. According to their sizing charts, +0 on a 35" Warrior is 8.5" and a +0 on a 35" CCM is 11". Both companies claim to measure from above the knee. We can start there...

I'd guess you are seeing offshore-manufactured samples/prototypes. Maybe SLR-X was an actual thing at one point, or will be next year when the line is due for an update (Velocity was updated this year).

I thought the SLR-X was their April Fool's line...