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You see.  The beer gut increases with age as well as "hangage" if you know what I mean....and there for the center moves forward and downward.

The top of the line Warrior Pro+ model is wider than their regular seniors I believe.

That's nice and sharp and what I use.  You should not be losing an edge. Perhaps just more practice is needed raising your knee high enough to plant your foot and get an edge.  Gotta start slow and get the mechanics down before you build speed.

How sharp are your skates?

Every good is more expensive today than it was a year ago.  

If asked, I tell newer goalies to act like a roomba.  Always go back to your home.  And there will be times you suck.

3 hours ago, SaveByRichter35 said:

Same.  I always stay on my goal line center crease when play isn't in my zone.  I always tap off the posts as play is coming at me.  Constantly checking again as I back in closer.  

Needs at least two more pics

Get rollerfly which has straps for removal.  These are probably adhesive-velcro'd or glued on if I had to guess.

I have a set in black and white if you are interested.

Garrett Sparks was a member of the GSBB back in the day and went pro as a member if I recall correctly.  That was exciting.

Update from my outting last Sunday: The tape slid phenomenally well.  Until after the 1st 40 minutes, I noticed some sticking.  I checked between periods and one of the knee pieces was peeled back a bit.  I ripped that piece off and all was well the rest of the evening.  After inspection tonight, all but two pieces had lifting at the edges.  I felt I prepped well and the hair dryer sealed the deal.  But, I ripped them all off and will give the 3M bra a shot some time soon hopefully.

No paint marks or visual cues anywhere anymore for me since I started tapping off on both sides constantly.  I find my playing consistent between at least 3 different rinks.

So I've had about 3 feet of uhmwpe tape I bought from McMaster Carr almost a decade ago from back in my inline days.  I remember a thorough thread on GSBB on both plates and tape.  Other materials were experimented with (someone even made slide plates out of the plastic storage tubs (which shattered almost instantly if I recall)), the umhw always lasted the longest for any application.  It's not just shots, but repeated butterfly drives the material will have to survive.  So when people didn't want to build plates, the tape was the next best solution.  The memories inspired me so I'm using up the rest of this tape and will give it a go tonight.  

Cleaned the landing area with alcohol and a magic eraser:

Here was the planned areas to use up the tape, I ended up rotating the knee wing 90 degrees on one side to see if one way or another starts to unstick more quickly:

Here's the tape applied and the pieces heated with a hair dryer to help adhesion.  The flash really shows the tape, but they are barely noticable to the eye for now:

And before these final shots i also used Mother's VLR spray to "recondition" the jenpro.  While jenpro shouldn't soak anything up, you can tell the difference between alcohol dried jenpro and treated.

On 11/25/2021 at 1:49 PM, ThatCarGuy said:

Correct there is no adhesive which is intentional. I’m going to roll the edges around the knee sliding plate to hold it on and prevent it from sliding side to side. To keep it from slipping off I’m going to make a Velcro strap to hold it on unless it ends up not needing anything to stop it from sliding off. The goal is to copy warrior’s design without seeing the exact design. This will make much more sense when I receive the polycarbonate and turn my idea into a physical product. 

So you are making slide plates it sounds like(check inline threads for attachment tips).  My concern with lexan is that it can shatter with a shot, just like a dangler.  Not saying it won't work, just something to keep in mind.  The best material for slide plates is uhmwpe sheets, imo.  Probably harder to work with, but guarantee it'll last longer.

As everyone is so different(playing barefoot? Lol, tried it, not for me), I would just go with what you're comfortable with and adjust when you find something uncomfortable.  I ditched anything cotton or that would retain a lot of water for the synthetic moisture wicking materials a few years into restarting.  Much better for me.

For base layers I wear: under armour short sleeve shirt, Shockdoctor Catcher's shorts (discontinued), Gform kneepads, and Bauer knee-high elite skate socks.  Regular Warrior knee pads over that stuff, then a Bauer baselayer leggings over that.

Check this thread for relacing the middle of a double T.  

Every manufacturer has a different lace job so you may be fine with the length you have.  If it's your first time and you are not sure, use two more laces to do the next two spots, before cutting and tying off the ends.  Yours looks good to me.  Finish it up and then go back and adjust if needed.  It'll catch and be nice and soft now.  Make sure each section of the pocket is not too tight, negating the soft effect and creating an undesirable trampoline effect instead.  I have pics in another thread of a Warrior glove I (sloppily) did, but got rid of Warrior's stock trampoline effect.

Hello!

Not apples to apples, but I was an inline ball hockey goalie from 8-10 years old and inline roller-puck goalie from 10-15 before giving it up for 10 years.  Never taught how to play, just emulated my heroes Hasek, Roy, Belfour, Brodeur, and whoever else I could catch on the local stations.  Dove into people's legs on breakaway, all the parents would gasp.  Life was good.  Also had zero coaching and parents knew nothing, so I wore sweatpants, t-shirt, socks, skates, leg pads, a baseball catcher's chest protector, glove, blocker, maks and jersey.   That's it.  I had a period where school was calling home due to all the bruises on my arms and thighs. 

Started back up in inline puck when i was 25, found the GSBB forum (gone now, but similar to this site, just missing all that lost knowledge, this one gets better by the day though!), integrated butterfly to my style, and at 28, said I want to try ice like you now.  I read a lot and was "self-taught", using the GSBB and FuturePro Goalie school's free goaltending manual as curriculum (thanks Keeks!).  Gave up inline 6 years ago when I moved away from all the inline rinks.  At 38 now, all i play is ice and it's awesome.  Went to a few stick and pucks to start, then subbed a few games.  All downhill from there.  If you can inline skate, you can ice skate.  They're not close to exact, but it's very similar.  Get your skates sharp (I do 3/8ths).  There's still a lot of old school shops out there that'll tell you, "you need a goalie cut 3/4" or 1" ", and you'll get zero bite required to play today's game.  But if you wanna be a stand-up old school goalie, then go that route.  In my opinion.  An observation: As a ball hockey goalie, everyone can shoot it hard and fast.  Ball hockey is ridiculous in that the ball can curve around past you and into the net lol.  You'll have none of that in ice.  Not everyone can shoot it hard and fast.  The good players can, but I will bet that if your tracking is decent in ball, you're going to find that the puck flies in at you slower, on average, than what you are used to.  This is a huge advantage starting off.  Keep your angles and depth right, and you'll be in a great starting position.  Make sure your equipment (especially mask) will protect you. Balls sting, ice pucks will break or kill you.  And sting.  Knee pads, throat/clav protector and good cup may not have been worn for ball.  Get them for ice.  Also it gets chilly on the ice so what you wear underneath for ball may not be enough.  That's a wall o' text, sorry!  Hope you can get out there and enjoy getting into it!

Found This on sideline swap

Surely!

Let me know if you need anything else.  No suspenders needed, hard to tell in the last pic, but I'm holding the whole setup a couple feet off the ground.  The two attachment points hold all the weight evenly.  You can have your pants as tight or loose as you want.  I replace the elastic cords probably once a year.  Also recommend bungee for the arms on the c/a (last pic).  

It's Simmons   I'll show pics of my untucked 995 c/a and Warrior X2 pants after work.

I rock lots of Snowwis gear!

Sewed in strap to the c/a for small carabiner which attaches to small elastic loop on the front of the pants.  Rear attachment has support (think I got that idea from you?) to accommodate larger carabiner which attaches to small elastic loop tied to the rear of the c/a.  No inner belt, but 230 lbs. and wearing a small, I snug the outside belt and they are tight enough.  The whole thing floats together in my mind.

What was done exactly?  Is this an after pic?

Pics?

What's the rest of the stabilislide look like in there?