MTH

It's only 364 days until next year's tryouts... get ready.

( joking) Holy gear snob!

If you need pads - why not grab the S150s? They'll be light as heck. Play with them, write a review here. Post pictures after you use them a little. It will be appreciated. I need a second pair for roller. I don't need the burliest pads. Was actually looking at these or the S170 or X700

The CCM version of those sticks were great too.

AG37 - Sweet gear. Great action shots. Always nice to have a picture making a cool save. Christ how tall are you? Those (great looking) pads look like 36+8s

Brian Heaton is already someone I pray to. But this too? No wonder why the big guy took him too early. He needed some new gear up there.

Would have been nice if you got them and donated them to me. I'll pay for shipping.

+1 ha ha

Those pads with the spurs logos in the sitings thread are pretty neat. They look like a bag my wife uses.

Do those Supremes have a color fade design? Nice. Reminds me

The weight of the bag frame plus the size kills shipping. Part of the reason why no wheeled bags in my house. The bag weighs as much as the gear. The bag frame makes it difficult to pack in the Jeep. Big fan of the Warrior bags. Vented and vinyl to keep the bag from smelling: You can find these for under $80. Hold up really well. My kids use smaller versions of these bags too we get through their hockey club (team logo screened on side).

So far - really good. I have scuffs from pucks on the vinyl but no tear. I've had it on for a few months now and see both ice and roller pucks every few days. The one flaw is that at the edge of the mask at one location is curling back a little. It's from me putting the mask in the mask bag and not from use. I spent like $15 in vinyl wrap and a few bucks more for a big decal of a rampart lion (my mask is Scotland flag themed).

I used vinyl wrap on my mask. It's hard with the contours and not wanting to cut the vinyl by pressing your knife onto the surface of the mask.

There's a kid in the original Mighty Ducks movie rocking some Boddams. I think he's the goalie on the Cardinals.

The Montreal / Warrior sticks always are about an inch off. The 27" models are usually closer to a 26" in Sher Wood or Bauer. Been that way forever.

The Sher Wood P41 (was the Thibalt model - thus No. 41) is similar to the P31 Bauer. P31 was used by Bauer as it was the Curtis Joseph model curve who was a big Bauer goalie at the time. The P30 and P41 are rounder in the heel. Some would say this is a big curve stick. Sher-Wood P30 (Brodeur Model) varies. The all wood version 530s were more curved. The foam core versions were closer to what Marty used which was really flat and had a very sharp heel. They still sell this as just a P30. Flat curve stick. Sher-Wood now sells the 9950 "Hall of Fame" model that is a recreation of the legendary 9950 in the past. P41 still - called the Anderson model - with a toe curve. It's again a Canadian made stick just like the former 9950s before they bastardized them with the Chinese versions that were junk. They also now use a P33 - which is a middle of the bunch curve. Think it actually has a twist.

I could write a book about the T4000/T6000 Legacy models catching breaks. As a baseball guy, those were my favorites. I have used Brian's gloves in the past that are more flat thumb than the newer models. This is so hard to make a definitive guide as breaks are different on the same models through the years too. The CCM/Koho models are the best guide with the 580/590. The old Brian's had that 45 degree break:

Damn those internets! I'm working on my old guy sayings.

Man, memory lane for sure... The carabiner is the yellow loop.

I'm digging through the GSBB archives looking for pictures. I see your posts (thus your picture). Here's a thread from 2006 discussing it. Classic. http://goaliestore.com/board/forum/equipment/equipment-forum/46434-c-a-tie-down

The caribiner is one of the aluminum ones you can get anywhere for $1. I buy mine at Home Depot or Lowe's. Hook it to the fight strap loop on the pants. The back plate of the chest protector may or may not have somewhere to clip to - like the Brown unit above. At first I used just one of the two belly straps that went across the black/spine pad of my Simmons chest protector. On my latest Vaughn unit, I just sewn on a small loop of elastic at the end of the spine pad.

What isn't good about monster suspenders? Look at them:

This is the best. Holds your pants up while standing - keeps your c/a from riding up when playing. Plus I hang my pants to dry by the clip at home after playing. Suspenders are for clowns:

I once saw a man play goal one night wearing green foam...