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28 minutes ago, RichMan said:

I'm in Canada, both locations would coast an arm and a leg after all is said and done.

I'd reach out to a goalie specialist or store manager at your local ship. They can probably do it but don't really advertise it since not a lot of people are getting custom chest or pants.

10 minutes ago, RichMan said:

Just to add to my post above...I got curious and looked up the 2024 catalogue and the Pro Series c/a has been omitted from available orders. The Shadow looks like a mishmash of the Pro Series body with Hyper shoulders and Mach arms.

Am I right to assume that the Pro Series is dead and done from Bauer? 

Did you look at the custom catalog or the retail catalog? Its never been in the retail catalog. It should still be available for 2024.

There was an upcharge for the custom graphic, I think it was less than $100 CAD.

The letter denotes where the pant was built. A is built in Asia. C is built in Canada. See if the seller has a picture of the tag, it should say made in Canada.

HPG14 are NHL-spec in terms of sizing, which I do not believe the HPG12s are. Also, the waist sizing is different.
HPG12s come in Small (30-32"), Medium (32-34"), Large (34-36"), X-Large (36-38") and XX-Large (38-40").

HPG14 come in Fits 1-5 instead. I suspect the waist size is measured per the NHL rulebook, so a Fit 1 is 32-34.49", Fit 2 is 34.5-36.49", etc. Check out Section 3 - Equipment - 11.4 for the other sizes.

Vaughn does. A buddy of mine got some SLR4 pants with the red/gold Canucks V on the sides.

1 hour ago, RichMan said:

Any chance you can measure shoulder to shoulder, collar to belly and arm length? I've been thinking of getting a Pro Series, but don't know how they fit and no local stores carry them to try.

Just now, coopaloop1234 said:

Calf strapping is all new on the G7.

G6 iteration was not good. It had a hard, plastic like, outer calf wrap that was situated on the far outside of the pad. The changes on the G7 were very welcome. 

Calf pillow is bigger than the Hyperlite 1 too. Good thing it's removable. 

Nice set. 

The G6 - and maybe the G5? had a slit in the calf so you could put the wrap through that to make it slightly tighter. My last experience was GT2, which, IIRC, did not have that option.

I noticed the pillow was removable, too! It leaves a big strip of velcro to rub on your leg/hockey sock though.

Just now, coopaloop1234 said:

That's all eh?

That exposed foam was present on the G6 line as well. It was also seen on the glove backside finger protection and the inside of the calf wrap on the G6. 

Odd choice to not at least cover it up. 

Didn't pay much attention to G6 as I was/am happily married to my Bauers. It does seem really odd to cover it up on the black models but not on the white models.

I do like the changes to the calf strapping - I think it may have begun with G6 - one big complaint customers had with Warrior was the inability to fine-tine and really get the calf tight.

I'm hesitant on the big calf pillow here - that's one thing I didn't like about Hyperlite1.

10 minutes ago, coopaloop1234 said:

Those are gorgeous. So how many sets are you rocking this year? 3? 

What don't you like about them? 

Axis XF on the way, Bauer and Warrior are here, Vaughn SLR4 coming any day/week now. That'll be it.

With my one league game on the weekend, it's really hard to find stick time or pick-ups during the week - they all seem to be Fridays, and I'm hesitant to skate two days in a row and compromise my ability to win my men's league games. Still recovering/trying not to aggravate whatever injuries I have and playing back-to-backs does seem to set it off.

I've used the car analogies a lot. For me, playing with the Bauer is like driving a Mercedes Benz. Nice, smooth ride. Most everything just feels quality - though MB and Bauer do take shortcuts with certain things and some things are quite dumb, but overall the performance and feel is top notch. Holding and looking over the G7 is like getting in my wife's Hyundai.

Below are two pictures, one of my G7's inside finger guards. There's plain exposed foam there. My first reaction was that someone forgot to cover it up. I looked a retail white-based G7 blocker in my store and it's the same.

But a black-based G7 blocker in the store had a suede-like covering over it. It just looks much cleaner.

2 minutes ago, RichMan said:

You beat @WONGER to the punch!

When will you go into full details? Wearing the GT2 line myself, this has particular interest for me   

Gear is pretty much stock, except for going INT size in the hands, which I never had the guts to do on my other sets - I do think I like it. Added the wrist strap for the catcher since I'm old fashioned.

Entirely possible that I won't do a full, separate thread for a couple of reasons: hard to find ice time (not a lot of pickups and stick times in my area for some reason), and a deep attachment to the way my Bauers feel and perform.

Haven't worn Warrior since GT2, about 4-5 years ago? There are some nice quality of life changes, some long-needed improvements, and some things that I outright just don't like...

The yellowing is not as bad as it used to be.  Part of the reason of the change to the SLID3R skin is to remedy the discoloration that the CORTech skins were known for.

2 minutes ago, coopaloop1234 said:

The congregation of puck marks on your blocker is very unique. 

I cleaned them up a little bit but have no excuse. Note the catcher's tee is pristine

I propose:

For sale! Gear has been well taken care of. Air dried and sprayed with Captodor after every use. No rips or tears anywhere. Lots of life left in these. Only selling because I have several new sets due to come in the door in the next couple of weeks. These are great pads and I played some of my best hockey over this last season - hopefully that mojo passes on to you. Colors are white, red and metallic gold.

Prefer to ship in CONUS, shipping from sunny California.

Looking for $1,600 shipped USD.

Specs as follows:

Leg pads:
Size Small
Ultrasonic (Mid) stiffness (slightly stiffer than stock)
Hyperlite 2 soft boot (stock)
Stabilislide knee
Hyperlite 2 calf bracket (stock)
CRS boot straps (short)
Elastic toe system - centered
TuneFit 2.0 strapping (stock)
Supreme toe bridge
Non-grip knee

Catcher:
Vapor 90 catcher
SR size fit
Regular hand (catch left)
Pro palm
Single tee, reinforced tee
Ultrasonic Nash interior
Waxed skate lace pocket
Add 3mm DCT foam to Thumb Area

Blocker:
Standard Hyperlite2 blocker
Includes thumb pillow (stock)
Regular hand (blocker on right hand)
Standard SR palm

1 hour ago, Yzueblin said:

Im asking because I know some of you work in goalie store 

 

any of you have seen the new retro tan color ? Any picture ?

From the picture I saw from some Bauer materials, it looks exactly like this one from The Goalie Crease

23 minutes ago, mr_shifty1982 said:

Ohhhhhh wtf, they just teased us?

What specs are you looking for? Total Custom Pro should have all the specs available - more than the Total Custom option. All Out is the custom graphics option which includes TCP options.

4 hours ago, UCLALabrat said:

My God, that+1 looks like a +4

1 hour ago, Puckstopper said:

That's insanely fast.   As others have said, beautiful set.   I'm interested in how (if at all) the new toe ties affect things. 

I don't think it's going to affect anything. It's all bungee - including the part that is underneath the Y-shaped leather cover. I assumed it was going to be something non-elastic.

35 minutes ago, coopaloop1234 said:

Does anyone have any images of the differences between all the wrist strap options for the Shadow catcher?

 

ProSkateGoal in Calgary has demo sets in, maybe they can snap some pics?

14 hours ago, froese said:

InGoal video on the customizer and some other info re: the new gear. 

https://youtu.be/5fUaNWfxi5Q?si=DmXMlzMnRq0jnRCV

Per the video: Cam mentions at 5:26 the new default is jenpro instead of speedskin - not sure if that applies to all stock retail sets? I think @ThatCarGuymight have pointed this out a couple months ago? They also mention that CCM claims weave is worse on fresh ice. They also mention that the change in materials and design -> increased sliding -> 24% improvement in sliding on clean ice and 37% improvement on rough ice. How much of that is due to materials (reversion of speedskin to jenpro ) and how much to design?

21 hours ago, Molitygri said:

Which one?

Jumping on the #2 bandwagon!!

I submitted the following set this morning - minor tweaks to previous set I had posted.

5 minutes ago, kmccann1223 said:

That set looks awesome! When did you order it? I placed mine a few weeks ago and it's encouraging to hear you got yours early. I think it was initially saying 6-8 weeks when I ordered.

Ordered 2/28, received 4/10, so 6 weeks on the dot. Wait time is probably longer now because custom orders opened up for retail.

54 minutes ago, froese said:

Yup. From a stiffness rating, do you know where that sits in relation to Litexcore and Maxrebound+? In between?

The stock Axis 2 is LiteXCore and MaxRebound+. The stock Axis XF is LiteXCore and Infinite Power Rebound.

It's hard to say how MaxRebound+ and IPR will feel - there's nothing concrete yet. The only thing is the custom goal catalog which shows "X-STIFF" for MaxRebound+.

Per the '24 custom goal catalog:

43 minutes ago, froese said:

Maxrebound was an option for Eflex 6 as well, which I have. Definitely more pop on the rebounds and stiffer overall. Is the "+" part new, or is that the same?

What's interesting is that the 2023 custom goal catalog does not mention the "+" for either AX2 or EF6.

But the regular retail catalog for 2023 lists the Core Construction of the AX2 as "LITEXCORE AND MAX REBOUND+ TECHNOLOGY".

Someone on Reddit said: