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Originally Posted by !Nhan
I've read about getting a proper radius would help a tonne in terms of skating ability. Haven't thought much about getting it done since I'm still learning my edges. For $60 it seems like a good investment.
If you do decide to do it PLEASE PLEASE give us your feedback because I think having proper skates is a good advantage of other equipment.
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I play with profiled and it's a bit of an odd experience. I don't know if I got the terminology correct but I use an 11" rocker with a little forward lean.
Anyways, it feels great but its somewhat odd. It won't make you a better player nor a better skater, but you'll just feel more comfortable on your feet when you're out there playing.
The thing about it is that the benefits of a profiled skate goes away over time as continued sharpening will erode the profile. Why I say it's somewhat odd (or funny) is because it's sooooo gradual, you don't even feel the profiling of your skates deteriorate. So before you know it, you won't even realize that you're playing with a completely eroded profile and you start to wonder... was there really a difference between profile or non-profiled blade. Anyways, the answer is still yes, but it's nothing overly drastic that I would say, getting it done will suddenly make you a better player, or by not getting it done, will make you a poorer player. It just seems to feel better.