ive been skating for a year now pretty consistently. am i good enough to buy a high end pair of skates? to my knowledge, they are stiffer and harder to flex. When does one decide their skill level is high enough to utilize them? will a high end pair allow me to skate faster?

New skates don't make you skate faster. Think of your legs as pistons and the smoothing more fluid the motion is the quicker you will go. The feel of a good quality skate will help don't get me wrong but if you want to skate faster you have to work on your lower body and it's all about power skating no matter how bad it sucks.

Found a couple Dennis Johnston jersey's from the early 90's today if anyone remembers him or even played back then lol

Mask: Sportmask Mage RS w/ dangler (Tim Thomas style w/ cateye)
Chest+Arms: Simmons 997 Pro spec with beef-up kit
Pants: Bauer X40 (need new ones ASAP!)
Gloves: RBK 18K trapper+blocker. Pro palm on trapper
Skates: Bauer One80
Sticks: Sher-Wood SL825 Guigere Spec, Simmons P9950 Fluery Spec 27" paddles.
Pads: Bauer RX-8 with upgraded landing gear and AKL piece
Jock: PowerTek compression short w/ integrated cup + Bauer Pro Goalie jock
Knees: RBK Premier 2 knee+Thigh guard

Favorite are my pads. They kick ass!

helmet : bauer 7500 with Bauer HDO straight cut visor (clip version)
shoulder: bauer one95
elbow: bauer one95
pants: bauer on95
shins: shitty bauer 1000
gloves: eagle ppf
skates: bauer one100 (chose them over the totalones as I didn't like the gimmicky flex tongue)
stick: base savoy special 75 flex p88

My favourite would be skates as well. nothing beats a great feeling pair of skates that are light and sturdy. I like my skates to be very stiff.

For me I did find skates made a huge difference as I had shitty canadian tire jobbers in the past. The stiffness of the carbon boot really made turning feel effortless, as you get a better edge than really soft boots (for me)

Helmet: RBK 11K with an Oakley straight cut visor
Shoulders: What are these for?
Elbows: RBK 5K labeled Jofa's, need to be replaced soon
Shins: Shitty CCM Vibes
Pants: Reebok NCAA pro-stock's
Gloves: Easton SE16's
Skates: RBK 20K
Sticks: P92 TotalOne, P92 Nexus1000, had a Hall RS but I just broke it and have just replaced it with a Nugent CCM BRZ. Will try it out for the first time on sunday.

Favourite gear is the P92 Nexus 1000. Favourate stick by far, and of course the skates with the pump. I will pump you up!!!!!

guess i'll join in the whoring as well

Helmet: crappy cambodian tire helmet w/ bauer x100 clip visor
Shoulders: ccm v03 or something crappy
Elbows: RBK 3K with Jofa labeled on it
Shins: POS hespler F3
Pants: Bauer Supreme one40
Gloves: Eagle PPFs (the pride of my gear)
Skates: Bauer one80's
Sticks: Warrior Dolo and Dynasty 75 flex draper/kopitar.

and for roller is all the same except i have one70 converts.

Anyone have any recommendations on shins with a wider knee area?

Helmet: bauer 88500 with bauer hs22 visor
Shoulders: bauer x40
Elbows: bauer totalone
Shins: bauer totalone
Pants: ccm U+ (need to upgrade)
Gloves: easton eq50
Skates: rbk pump 18k
Sticks: bauer x60

Helmet: easton s19 with hejduk straight cut visor
Shoulder: easton eq30
Elbows: warrior franchise
Gloves: easton eqpro, warrior pro series series2
Pant: bauer x60 girdle with warrior syko shell
Shins: easton eq30
Skates: bauer one100
Sticks: bauer totalone p14, easton s19 pure iggy, miken z9 bp14 (X2...yet to pick them up)

Don't really have a current favourite gear right now. The mako stick is still at the top of my list but I'm skeptical about spending the money on another one since the toe split open pretty early on
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^ Nice gear! I liked my Mako for the short time I had it, but I had the same issue. After using various topend Easton sticks, I stopped buying them because the blades are fucking garbage. I've heard good things about the Mako 2, but I'm skeptical.

That wasn't my issue with the RS.
Broke one on the lower hand from a slapper, warranty stick was slashed in half on it's first game. Third stick broke the blade in the middle on a one timer.

Hope the CCM fairs better.

Helmet: Bauer 9900 w/ Bauer HS23 straight
Shoulders: Bauer One95
Elbows: CCM U+ Pro
Gloves: Bauer One95
Pants: Bauer X:60 Girdle
Shins: CCM V04
Skates: Bauer Vapor APX
Sticks: Too many to count, but main ones Vapor APX/Nexus1000, Warrior Dolomite

i am surprised so many pros use easton as they are shit when it comes to durability... the pros have the luxury of not paying for them, but still.. knowing that it could snap at anytime would make me wary. maybe the pro stocks are constructed very differently

I've never even done this with hockey gear before lol

Helmet: Reebok 7K w/Bauer HDO Deluxe
Shoulders: CCM Vector Control
Elbows: Bauer Vapor APX
Gloves: Bauer One Max SOR3
Pants: Bauer 2000(bought these 7 yrs ago)
Shins: Reebok Platinum
Skates: Graf Supra 705, Nike Ignite 1's
Sticks: CCM RBZ

man you guys all have such nice shoulders elbows and shins. puts my stuff to shame :(

I use these shoulder pads :troll:

Sherwood 5030 Tradition Shoulder Pads Senior - SportChek.ca

:yao:
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I'm still wearing the same shoulder pads, elbow pads and shins from when I was 11 years old
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HELMET: rbk 9k
SHOULDERS: Bauer supreme one80
ELBOWS: rbk 9k
SHINS: Bauer ignite
PANTS: Bauer vapor apx adaptable core pad
GLOVES: bauer one85
SKATES: bauer vapor x3
STICKS: warrior spyne/dolomite

To me it's not about the newest gear, it's all about the comfort on the ice. You shouldn't care about if its the newest or best just about how you feel on that ice.


Already getting discounts at the hockey shop, helps knowing the owner and his son lmao
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Shouldies and elbow pads are two things I give very little fucks about playing beer league, as long as they offer some protection then meh. Don't need top of the line stuff.

I just need the comfort that's all I care about, who cares how I look
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i used to buy bottom end gear not knowing the differnce in protection and build quality.. i had the bauer x20 shins and elbows before now i got the total one elbows and shins... huge differnece in protection.

i think i paid 16 dollars for my elbows and 18 for the shins LOL

Haha yeah fair enough, but I'm not blocking shots nor playing full contact hockey anymore, so I'm not too worried.

the way i think of it is... buy higher end stuff and keep it for many many years... rather then buying low end gear having to upgrade later on.

hows the revscene hockey going along?

HELMET: Bauer 9500 w/ HDO Pro-Clip Straight
SHOULDERS: CCM U+ CL (big change from the Vic Heritage :P)
ELBOWS: Bauer one75
SHINS: Easton s19
PANTS: Bauer one75
GLOVES: Easton s17
SKATES: Bauer one95
STICKS: CCM RBZ 75 Hossa, Bauer x7.0 87 Kane, Warrior Widow 75 Burrows
BAG: Bauer premium carry

Favourite piece: SHINS. Definitely the unsung hero in the bag, these are awesome. Deep knee pocket, great flexibility and top-notch protection. No more bone bruises from blocking shots like I got from my old st4's!

Next on the list: replace gloves with Nexus 1000, get rid of the pro-clip and back to the HDO pro annnd maybe Apx2 skates?! (that or maybe just the 70$ for some new steel)