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Old 11-07-2012, 10:21 AM   #1133
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Originally Posted by 6thGear. View Post
Do you play at Excellent Ice on 152nd and hwy 10 as well? When do you play there? I'm usually there monday nights 9:15. And I agree, the ice there is so bad...might as well play on a frozen pond.
I've heard about that ice. It tore the hell out of my buddies ankle one day while he was out skating with his son. Gnarly!

I mostly play at Sportsplex and Twin Rinks in Langley. A few times a month I'll head out to the half ice at NTR for some 3on3 target practice. It seems like the smaller rinks have really bad ice, because I get 2-3 hours at NTR ice before I start to notice my skates are dull. That's with R30 stainless blades too.



Got my new replacement blades yesterday.


I just got the standard blades which added about 5mm to my overall height. That's pretty substantial with angles for b-fly pushes and slides. The Extreme add about 8-10mm which is like skating on stilts, but damn does the ground game ever get better.

Can't wait to try them out.
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