dreadlocked1

2 hours ago, keeperton said:

Really? I've always had a disdain for how my skates are the slowest item to put on and the most inconsistent. Sometimes I do them too tight and my foot feels awful, sometimes I do them too loose and feel sloshy in the boot. I'd love to have one setting dialed in and done.

Try lacing up, unlacing, and re-lacing back up a second time going back and forth between feet.  I used to have that problem and this really works for me and I never have problems anymore.  It's kinda like a pre-bake each time you put them on.  Yes it takes even more time, but it's worth it for me.  Sounds ridiculous but it's worth a shot.  

Typical dreadlocked goalie not having any dreads.  Neat rink!

Ah and 20 years later inline and ice pads finally come together as one.

2 hours ago, Rayzilla said:

I was born and lived most of my life in Toronto. I'm older than most of you guys and when I met Dreadlock Goalie, I imagined a guy that really had dreadlocks. I can't remember if I met him at one of Dave's goalie training camps or somewhere else. Another possibility was that I put out a call for a goalie to cover my spot or the other goalie's spot for one of my weekly games? Or to hand off one of those custom goalie jerseys that we organised back at GSBB. We did a few custom jerseys such as the tuxedo jerseys and the GSBB jerseys where we decided on a few different designs. Those were the days...

 

It was definitely the other dreadlocked goalie at the GSBB.  I was Dreadlocked1 and mine is from the band I was in a long time ago.  I would have assumed the other had dreadlocks.  

I'm embarrassed, I think I've been hit in the head one too many times and I don't remember this meeting. Yes I was back on the gsbb and your username is very familiar now.  But where did we meet at if you're in Hong Kong?  IL or WI?  There is/was another Dreadlocked goalie on the GSBB and here.  Pretty good?  Must be the other guy

Which goalie are you?

This is almost every mainstream game's standard release format.  Same game, few tweaks, top dollar pricing.  Putting in the latest and greatest will always seem nice, but rarely is a game leaps and bounds anymore.  I'm sure there are exceptions, but I'm not much of a gamer anymore.  Call of Duty was my thing a long time ago and they have the same problem.  Almost like yearly releases of goalie pad lines

Here's a few screenshots of what I have downloaded to ensure I can play on the way to and stretching/dressing before a skate (kids take over the spotify sometimes).  Not nearly everything I listen to (grew up on Metallica, Sepultura, Pantera, and Megadeth) just some of the heaviest.  I refer to technical metal as musician's music since I wouldn't expect a normy to get or appreciate it.  Was basically in a band as a guitarist in between my goalie life of 8-15 and 25 to present.

Prolaces are much better imo.

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No thanks.

Best clickbait title so far on this site.

This kind of looks like my Simmons 995 c/a, but opposite and I only added one piece because the blocker side arm, which is generally not held in a catcher arm position, lacked under/side protection as I hold my arm up.  I used an unused knee flap with Velcro to hold in place between the shoulder-floater, which attach together with velcro.  If there was no Velcro I would have sewed it in.  I still have the other one if you want it shipped to you at your expense.  No charge for the flap.

4 hours ago, bunnyman666 said:

I am thinking this was a planned leak. 

Yes, I was being facetious.

Most importantly, why doesn't this guy have a bag for all this loose gear he is carrying?  I mean, my pads and all go into one bag, and I'm 5'6" so I've enjoyed the punishment of carrying a bag that's the size of me on my back.  But this guy's one-upping me in a big way.  Time to start a new thread.  The days of wheeled versus carry are gone.  It's bag vs no bag, and if you use a bag, well, you may as well slap the wheels on it too .

1 hour ago, coopaloop1234 said:

I can't be the only one who feels more comfortable in a tighter jersey right?

Nothing is worse then when you join a team and they give you the goalie jersey that just bellows out like a mumu.

I like the mumu.  Feels so....free.

@Johnny Grey Jr Here's some more pics of the soft-sided, sticky-backed, back-to-back Velcro.  I would do this on any chesty where hard Velcro is exposed and can do damage to surrounding components.

Here you're looking at the outside of the left arm:

Here it is with the added Velcro removed, laying on top, exposing the hard Velcro on the unit where the elbow cup elastic doesn't cover.  It could if I pulled it tighter, but my elbows are adjusted where I like it.  I may be incorrect here, but it's possible I had this twice as wide of exposed Velcro when the chesty was newer many years ago, and I've tightened it down some since:

And here's a close-up reinstalled:

I can pretty much guarantee that the elbow elastic and nylon binding would be shredded after a decade.

There's 4 spots to do this on between both arms but upon further review of mine I have it double wide on the inside of the elbow and nothing on the lower wrist side, so basically I've done the outer tops only it seems.  It's been awhile since I originally did this:

2 minutes ago, estogoalie said:

 

Love freedom, but hate waking up to the neighbor's Harley underneath my bedroom (with extra loud pipes for his safety) every morning an hour before I need to get up lol.  Shakes the whole damn condo.  But I have the freedom to move out so that's what I'll be doing when possible (not the sole reason, family has overgrown this place). 

Anyway, if your lease is up soon, and you can't find the deal you want now, call your leasing company and ask for an extension.  They should give you extra time at the same payment to shop around (6 months for me).  I only had to threaten to leave once before lowering my payment 15 bucks and put no money down to get into a new lease with a year left on my previous lease . I own a truck that's paid off and I will drive it as long as possible, but my family needs a reliable car to be in at all times so this works for me.

On 6/16/2021 at 11:43 AM, Johnny Grey Jr said:

I've never connected the rear of the unit to my pant. Where would that connection be on the pant?

If you tuck, then this front attachment won't work, but you could come up with your own system for your setup.  The first pic is upside down, but after all my lower gear is on, I put on my Maltese.  I attach the front carabiner to a loop I attached on my Warrior pants (need a new stich job on the c/a soon).  Then I put the c/a on like a sweatshirt, then reach behind my back and connect the pants carabiner to the loop on c/a.  Right arm in and adjust the shoulder with my left hand, then do the left side:

I noticed in these photos that there's a gap between my Maltese and c/a.  That would not be there if I wore my regular under armor shirt which I tuck the front of the Maltese into, keeping it held down against my body instead of popping up like it does here.  I also noticed I appear 3 feet tall.  I swear I'm 5'6", at least in the mornings:

Also, make sure your glove's wrist areas are opened as wide as possible.  The wrists will soften up eventually, but this will help keep your gloves from being pushed off:

Also, once you have the elbow cap elastic straps adjusted to your liking, I recommend some soft adhesive Velcro cut to size and stuck back to back to eliminate premature wear from from hard Velcro in those areas:

I agree with the others, you find what works for you.  Just trying to share my decade long trial and error with this c/a.  I hope it works out for you.

I don't see it listed but I would ask if PAW can help you out:

http://www.protectiveathleticwear.com/materials.htm

Fyi on sideline swap

Alright, home from my game.  Here is a shot of the front and back of the c/a.
  

Congrats on the new c/a.  Before anything else, I would send these pics to Simmons and have them tell you that you have the correct size, as I am not an expert and can only speak of my long term use of it.  Also, I'm 5'6", 230lbs (fat) and wear a senior medium.  My gear is packed up for tomorrow's game, so I'll take pics and make some posts explaining what I've done to the unit after I'm done and it's unpacked.

Looking at the pics, it looks like the c/a is sitting low.  Like the throat protection should be where your neck guard is.  That's why I cut mine out, because it felt like overkill.  That may also expose too much of your lower belly, which is why It ask Simmons.  It may be difficult to get it to sit this high all the time, but if you connect it to the rear of your pants, it will help balance it more easily.  When I put it on I tend to have to pull up/out the top of the arms so they're flush at my shoulder.  How are your arms laced in currently?  There should be two sets of eyelets and you'll want them laced at the one furthest from your shoulder.  That will help pull the arms up more.  I recommend relacing with elastic cord. See how removing the extra glove side shoulder protection feels with your arm mobility.  The highest elastic strap near your bicep is not currently running through the highest strap hole.  You can move that up if you want.  You can experiment a lot with the fit of this c/a with all the minor adjustments possible.  

On 5/28/2021 at 7:11 PM, Johnny Grey Jr said:

I was close to ordering one to give it a shot but I took the advice of the others and went with Simmons, my unit should be here in about 2 weeks.

I'll keep you all posted!

 

Thanks for the input and advice

Congrats on your purchase!  Please post pics and any special order requests/mods if you got any.  I ordered from the old Simmons Canadian owners several times many years ago and have yet to work with new US owners.  Hopefully everything goes smoothly and you get what you're looking for.  I've been rocking my 995 CA since about 2009 or 2010 I believe. 

A few mods I did over time: Cut out the neck protector ( I wear a Maltese combo), Sewed an internal key chain webbing at the belly button to attach to the front of my pants (I don't tuck), Added bungee cord to the rear spine guard to "fight strap" attach to my pants with a carabiner, Replace the arm attachment lacing with bungee cord, Tape all straps so they won't come undone, Removed the extra shoulder protection on the catcher arm, And I have one small piece (a Warrior G2 across the knee) of extra padding added between the shoulder floaters on the catcher side to help protect my chest and side a bit. 

Mine didn't come with the beef up extra attachments for the belly and arms and I've been fine without them, although I took a shot to the belly on Sunday that stung and bruised me a bit.  Since the thing is about 12 years old and still going strong, that is acceptable to me.  If I could order the beef up kit, I would, but the Velcro attachment points didn't get added until the 996 model I believe.  Either way, when I finally cave to replace this, I'll most likely be getting another Simmons.

The stick on the left is my older Senior CR3 25" Quick with a 14 lie and about 6 inches cut off the end.  The stick on the right is my newer CR3 23.5" intermediate 13.5 lie Mrazek, no shaft cut.  I switched to the Mrazek and won't be looking back.  I use a 23.5" Mrazek CR1 for my games and the CR3 for warmups or rat. I don't know if the lie changes between Mrazek to Quick or Intermediate to Senior, but at 5'6" it's perfect in my butterfly and my stick handling is improving. The 25" lifted my blocker just a bit too much and I feel I can stick handle much better even without a cut shaft.  The rounded toe took a bit getting used to from the squared Quick, but I love the more rounded heel on the Mrazek.  Let me know if you want more pics comparing the two.

Please take and post more pics of the next one!