New Skate Prep: Why you Should Bake New Skates
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Join us online: Instagram and Twitter @howtohockey It's common for hockey players to get pain in their feet after buying new hockey skates. Bauer sent me a brand new pair so I thought I'd do a series of videos on how to get new skates fitting properly and eliminate as much pain as possible. In this video I visit a local hockey shop and talk to Glen Sharpley who has fitted and sharpened thousands of pairs of skates. In the next video we will talk about foot beds and in the last video we will cover profiling hockey skates.
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Baking skates is just the first step, we have another video on the way covering footbed options and a third on profiling your blades. Hit that subscribe button, I'm adding new hockey videos every week
The Hockey Movement by How To Hockey This made me want to bake cookies!
The Hockey Movement by How To Hockey I really like the vid thought it was very educational can't wait for #2 and #3 since I've been seeing those Bauer in-souls a lot and was thinking about buying them. Keep up the cool vids
The Hockey Movement by How To Hockey you are the best ytber
Waiting for that Blade Profiling Video, lets go!
The Hockey Movement by How To Hockey team lol
Hey Coach Jeremy, I just bought my first pair of skates for the first time since high school and I just got them baked today and sharpened. I want to thank you for your channel and sharing your knowledge and passion for the game which allowed me to repursue my passion from half a lifetime ago. I'm currently in the process of losing weight so I can get fit and join an adult league next year. I appreciate all your videos and advice. Cheers!
Hello fellow hockey enthusiasts!! I would just like to say thank you to Jeremy for all his help and videos, I know they have really helped me!! I started out as a beginner skater, shooter, and stick handler, and in just a week, I have improved SOO much!!! Thank you so much for putting in your time to help people like me!
Hello fellow hockey enthusiasts!! I would just like to say thank you to Jeremy for all his help and videos, I know they have really helped me!! I started out as a beginner skater, shooter, and stick handler, and in just a week, I have improved SOO much!!! Thank you so much for putting in your time to help people like me! That was my other account =)
Update? How are you doing now?
Walks into a CCM shop with Bauer skates xD
Ramster if you look in the back ground they are selling bauer skates
@@kenandbeck1 Can't really tell from the distance, so I don't know if those are Bauer.
@@Ramsters They are. I'm in here daily.
you blind pal, lots of Bauer skates in the background
I was thinking that too xD. There was everything CCM the man has a jacket ccm.
Bought Bauer Supreme NS 2018. I didn’t bake them, but I moulded them by using a hairdryer to push down on the lace treads. Tied them as tight as possible, waited for a bit, blew them again, tightened the laces. They fit perfectly.
I love when I get new skates and bake them the heat feels so nice lol.
New Jersey sucks
I wish Bauer sent me $900 skates
It's pretty easy
Step 1: Start youtube channel and create the best hockey videos you can
Step 2: Also start Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat and Instagram accounts and add the best hockey content you can to those too
Step 3: Keep on adding content and growing these accounts for 6 years
Step 4: Spend almost all of your time coaching hockey, teaching hockey, playing hockey, shooting hockey videos, editing hockey videos, analyzing hockey videos, or working on a hockey website
Step 5: Receive skates
The Singh if you're gonna go to a store and buy off the shelf then you'll be paying the thousand bucks but if you really want to find a deal you can. I go on forums and hooked up with a guy who could get any pair you wanted (100% legally) for $550 so I got the 1S brand new in the box and with all the warranty. Also it's good to have connections with reps, I got 3 brand new CCM Super Tacks sticks for just a little over the price of one on the shelf. Most people don't wanna be bothered looking for better deals and just walk in to a shop and buy retail but if you look in the pro stock communities online you will always be able to get the top end gear for way less.
Or you could also follow Jeremy's steps, in 6 years the new Supremes might come equipped with rockets on them lol
The Hockey Movement by How To Hockey so I should have those skates by Friday then eh? Lol great vid!
Best reply ever. Well deserved sir.
Paynan whats the name of the forums?
1:45 he looks like an old Gordon Ramsay
I was thinking thatttt
He also has the same, “can’t be fucked” demeanour, as Gordon Ramsey.
gordon
XD
“YOU F***ING DONKEY!” -Gordon Ramsay
Regards to Glen Sharpley who played his junior hockey with the Hull Festivals in the province of Québec. Great player, swift and smooth skater Glen was. Brings back lots of memories. Cheers and be weep all!
0:52 - 1:37 is why I want to live in Canada.
Driving on ice is kinda dangerous 😬
@@percaros welcome to Russia)) There is a same nature and climate as well
That’s literally how it is in central New York too a lot of the times in winter lol
This just reminds me how badly my skates fit me lol. I'm in so much pain when I skate. Can't wait to get new ones. Unfortunately my feet are two different sizes and I'm on my third pair already so I'm saving up for customs lol
best idea to get custom skates
Worst part of hockey is that new skate pain 😖
And helmet pain
And then there's the Bergevin pain :D
New jock pain
@@gbstitanshockey Not as bad for me being a goalie but still. its a bitch
And HIV
I saw Glen Sharpley play for the North Stars at the old Met Center when I was a kid. One of the games I was at a bat flew out out and it was Glen who batted it down with his stick and it fell onto the ice where a ref picked it up and who knows where it went. Fun player to watch!
Dave Winfield taking in a hockey game?
I agree because it helps the skate mold to your foot right after you bake it.
I just can't believe how useful these videos are...life changing.
After playing semi-pro and retiring 20 years ago I am getting back into skating since my son has started hockey. I just got the Bauer 2S...for $699. I Had them baked once and just a normal sharpening. I was going to profile them to try and match my old skate blades but decided not to after skating a couple of times. They came from the factory as a '9' so profiling wasn't necessary for me...They feel like I'm wearing sneakers. No pain at all. Great skate...
i Just started skating and picked up a set of Bauer"s from a box store. I have a fairly good background in mechanics and general ability to hack and experiment until I find what works. The skates were not very pliable and I could tell they were not allowing for the best support. So I used a heat gun to soften them up and laced them tight. This helped out quite a bit. A poor man's oven. I just stumbled on this video and see I wasn't to far off from the oven technique. My other thought was, why in the world we are still using laces on skates instead of a more secure clamp style system such as what's found on ski boots.
Just got some CCM 6092 Tacks. After heat molding them I was amazed at how the top few eyelets wrapped to the top of my ankle or lower shin.
I wore them sitting in the recliner for a while before wearing them on the ice. After 4 skates they were totally broken in.
Changing from a skate that is 8yrs old I was amazed at how light they are, how well they heat molded, and how much effortless the stride is.
hoctorthepipedoctor I'm using $50 skates right now I've been wearing for 3 years. Does the stride noticeably differ from your old skates?
If your old skates don't have the +4.0 holder yes the stride will be considerably different. It took me about two pickup games to get used to the extra height of the holder. You have to readjust your foot placement to account for it. Once you figure it out though it makes the strides more effortless and turns much tighter.
Quick update , most sites want a maximum of 2 min at max temp of 220 so if the oven was cold it usually takes 2 min maybe 3 to come to temp. Best way to be accurate is preheat oven for 3 min and then bake one skate at a time for 2 min giving u time to put your skate on and lace up while it’s hot and most moldable. Then do the same for the second skate
You exactly don't want to preheat the oven but the shoes to get up to temperature slowly to avoid deformation.
I have CCM Jetspeed - but my feet always hurts, no matter what i did, even master heated and repressed pain spots for me, seem's like i really need custom VH scates.
Jeremy, please, one more thing to go.
If someone has flat foot + back problems (rachiocampsis) does he must to have custom skates? Because inbalance pushing destroy's your cartilages and bones, thank you!
We walk,run,skate heel to toe. ball and socket and hinge joints. the profile must match the circumference of the individual player. The skate will support the arch and compression of the foot so profiling to circumference will optimize the body's rotation.
ahhhh this brings me back to the days of baking skates and wearing them around the house all the time to get them broken in before camp or the next season.
I just got some new skates that are a little loose so thanks, I think this video helped.
I am trying to switch to hockey from figure skating and the baking part sounds awesome! I remember my figure skating trainer saying "it your feet don't hurt they aren't laced right" and baking wasn't a thing with full leather skates either so this seems so amazing to me
Eyyyy I too am a figure skater turned hockey player. Until I got my first pair of hockey skates and completely forgot the uncomfortable process of breaking in new skates 😂 I prefer to do it the old fashioned way and break em in even though it’s uncomfortable lol. It won’t be uncomfortable forever.
Grrr!! Just got some really nice True cat7's today. I was not told to sit still. I stood up and did some minimal feeling around / flexing after having the hot skates heelbone tied. Hope I didn't hurt anything. The comfort and support of the different True skates felt head and shoulders above the rest of the $500-$1100 skates I tried. I can't believe the most comfortable thing I've ever put on my foot is a freaking hockey skate.
I just skate recreationally once a week or so. Have a 12.5 A dress shoe, bought expensive pair of CCMs painful for 5 years, hard to stop. Bought new pair, lighter weight, about 70% better, trying different inserts including high arch CCM. Baked skates once, perhaps try again. Best, Ken
Thanks for this good video, ive been watching videos and ready all day about baking my new skates at home, i live so far from a pro shop its really not an option for me, so this helped. Also im really looking forward to the next video, ive been looking at Speed Plates for a while but have yet to try them!
Keep up the good work Jeremy! Love the channel!
Heat of your foot will mold them over time. Same thing with ski and snowboard boots. Always good to try them out before baking them. Skate 5-7 times hard in a skate they’re good to go. Too much overthinking these situations these days. I used to wear a skate 2 sizes to big for me and played better than someone with a $900 skate that’s “personalized” for them. You think Gretzky molded his skates?
I learned awhile back to stand after lacing up. This allows your standing foot profile to mold the boot. The shape of a foot seated vs. standing is different due to the pressure difference.
This sounds like a good idea, but don’t do this, after you bake skates the foot bed plastic becomes soft. Standing up in the skate will cause the footbed to warp you will also stress the materials and deform the skate.
@@xXBeastinGringoXxWell, it’s not recommended to do it in most case but I still did it to mine yesterday and they are in good shape and mold to my foot no problem, it’s for me better in my case cause it’s the position the most susceptible to be and I even retried my skates 24h after I baked them (this afternoon) and it’s super close to my feet anyway. Like I say, do it at your own risk ✨😳
You really want to bake your skates one at a time. If you bake two together, one boot will be cooling down while you lacing the first one.
I just got new skate and the first time I used them they were very uncomfortable but they were backed, but I had to get use to them cause I’ve always used already used skates before and this video was very helpful thank you!
I had never even heard of blade profiling other than ‘do you want more or less rocker?’ At least my skate blades never fell off during a game.
Hi! I want to buy a pair of hockey skates but I don't play hockey, I just occasionally ice skate. I want some hockey skates bcs I am pretty good at ice skating, so I should get an upgrade. My question is: do hockey skates hurt? It will be my first pair of hockey skates so I am really curious. Thank you
Wish there were awesome hockey stores like that here in So Cal.
I got some good skates baked at uhh.. Hockey Giant or whatever in Anaheim. They baked them. I bought them at the Christmas time a few years ago and got a good deal. They hurt for a few skates but this past Christmas I spent four hours a day in them on an ODR in Alberta Canada and had ZERO pain.
I got new skates about 4 months ago. (Bauer s160)I've skated in them about 20+times. Is it too late to bake them
I think they have a foam rather than a gel so you won't get as much benefit out of baking them, but they are still heat moldable so it wouldn't hurt.
Coach Jeremy - The Hockey Movement do the s170's use gel?
the S170's have gel in them and are meant to be baked.
Coach Jeremy I bought a inline Roselle skate but I change the wheels to a blade. And today was the first time of me giving it a spin. And the blade was so sharp I can't really do plow stop or hockey stop like how I did with rental skates. And after 1 hour of skating, my legs got tired and my feet was in pain. Which was unusual, usually I would skate at least 4 hours or so with the rental skates then I feel the pain. But this time was different..
tommy blade the reason you cant stop is because you have too deep of a hollow
Hey that hockey tape is made in my town renfrew ontario
haha thats my dads home town he used to get tons of free tape from them
I got Bauer 800 skates a couple months ago. I have worn them about once a week. They tend to hurt in the arch area quite a bit. Baking helped a little but pain is still an issue. Would an insert help?
Not trying to brag or anything but I would consider my self as a pretty good technical skater. Can you do a video on more advanced stuff that really challenges your edges. Since I know the basic outside edge and inside sculling and inverted harts. If you could do that it would be much appreciated. Thanks love your videos
Watch these videos and steal drills ruclips.net/p/PLdb5V-yqAwsbwNsCnltp1bFjhTo6uvqkc
Hey thx for the help can't wait to get on the ice. I worked max before he is an amazing skater thx
I hate how you see these super knowledgeable people on youtube, but when you go to the shop all you get is "oh, that's normal, it'll break in" smh where are these super-knowledgeable people in NY?
I'm a 9EE in Bauer Nexus. My first pair was a 10EE which fit fine until they broke in fully, then they were too lose. Turns out the 9EE is a prefect length (toes brush toe cap, but slide back in hockey stance) but my feet hurt like hell along the inner arch and the outside of my foot. They feel too narrow. Normal until they break in?
Christopher Dana same story here. My first pair was 9,5 EE that I bought after consulting with a pro like yors. A year after I bought them I realized that it should be 6,5 - 7.
Canada, they’re all in Canada
New York FZ1 Rider wait are you saying that you should’ve gotten a 9ee
Im willing to buy skates and my foot length is 28.1 which means 9.5 but the problem is that the skates I want doesn’t have 9.5 only 9 and 10 in Bauer and 9 is 27.7 in length so what do you suggest because the skates I want are on sale and I don’t wanna miss the chance to get them.
And then you said your feet hurt like hell you meant in the 10 sized skates ?
I have the 1S and had them heat molded at a Source For Sports as well. I still have the speed plates in, they formed pretty nicely to my feet, I like them. I had Super Feet in my Ribcores and those might just be a bit better for locking your heel in I think, I'm still contemplating going back to them but the Speed Plate doesn't really bother me enough. You should show in the next video the actual inside of your 1S after you mold it just to show people how the skate is completely shaped around your foot and your ankles structure inside compared to what a cheap skate does
I just got the ccm jet speed 300 skates a few months ago and I got them molded and they are awesome
I want to live there. Ice hockey is so shit in the UK. That store is my dream home ha ha.
I NEED this guy to help me with skates because I have these problems
He will help you for sure as long as you buy a thousand dollar pair after taxes 😅
I have the Bauer Viper X:60, will baking them widen them. My feet are are crunched on the width
I got the True custom. Fits great now but at first squeezed my foot and blood not escape
I’ve baked my new Mach in the oven for three times. Feel so good
Got a pair of Bauer one s and had them fitted and baked at a national sport. It's been two full seasons since I got them. (Just play shinny at local outdoor rink) I still experience pain in both of my feet pretty much the whole time I'm in my skates. I've had this problem my whole life, but I always had the wrong size skates, and I figured when I finally got the right size (10 EE) I figured my pain wouldn't be a problem any more. I'm very disappointed cause they were $500 skates, got them for $250 tho during the off season. But as Im probably done growing I figured I had gotten my last pair of skates for a very long time.
That store is heaven!
If you want to see heaven for real go on the net ...sport rousseau in Canada
The past 2 or 3 pairs of skates I've had I didn't need to bake. Ccms jetspeed controls were fine out of the box and so were the ft1s
Hi Jeremy, i have bauer nsx skates and i often get blisters in them, any tips on how i could prevent this?
Ben C I always get blisters in my skates, use gel pads around the area where you get them, I heard there were padded band things you could put around the area also
Hey Jeremy I just bought my son a Bauer supreme s27 2018 for 180.00 should I bake them or not but the insole inside says Bauer Form fit so should I bake Them?
i have a plate on my ankle that hurts like hell..i have the bauer s35 maybe 200 pair...im gonna try this..thanks for the tips coach
All true stuff...if the overall shape/fit of the boot is a match for the skater.
Each brand & model has different dimensions, depths & widths. You're not very likely to fit properly in EVERY Bauer boot. Or Graf. Or CCM. Get the picture? Try on different models & dont be married to the look or the colors of the skate. A great shop would blindfold the customer and let the Cinderella effect occur. (I have done this - it works)
Just like all shoes and boots, different contours are beneficial for jogging, hiking, bowling and basically any sport.
As well as sizing, my boots are usually only 8 1/2 and shoes 9 to 9 1/2.
Basically all bowling shoes are ugly lol that is a good point about appearance though! You should find what feels right first and then see if they have it in another color etc.
The owner seems knowledgeable...but will have to disagree on skates feeling like "second skin" if sized properly and heat molded properly. I've had crazy foot fatigue to the point where it was unbearable with CCM skates. I wear a size 10.5 shoe and bought a 9 skate. Heard Grafs were comfortable and same story. Finally bought an older pair of Nike/Bauer One 95 with Bauer Speed Plate 2.0 and got the golden fit. I've had multiple pairs of skates but the Bauers fit me so I bought 2 pairs. Should be good for a long time now..
what price point for skates should you bake them? What is considered good quality and pricing?
I'm extremely new to skating and this video was a great instructional tour of what to expect with my skates once I've spent some time with them and had them properly heat-treated. The questions were exactly what I was hoping to have answered, like how long after heat-molding should I expect a break-in period to be, and the levels of discomfort I should expect from modern technology. Thank you! PS I wear size 16 shoe and was able to find size 15 Bauer Vapor X700s at Strauss in Minnesota, great shop!
Size 16!!! Are you Grizzly Adams?
Hi from Germany, I bought a Bauer Supreme One 6 Skate. I once played Icehockey, but nowas I am 48 and its difficult without beeing in a team, to get with a Hockey-Stick on the Ice. But sometimes I just want to skate. The Skates are OK for me but I feel Pain on my outer ankels. No one from the Shop was able to answer if the Supreme One 6 is bakeable. I am thinkin about heating the skates and form it so that there is less pressure on my ankel. Does this work or damage the shoe?
dude this was the video i needed my skates hurt my feet really bad so after this skate im gonna punch them out
I'm a goalie I have 2 shutouts and I play for caps minor hockey
K
I just got my first pair of skates but they’re fixed blades, I was told you can’t bake these. Is there another way to help break them in?
Any idea why I’m having pain at the bottom of my feet? 👣 not on the arch, but across from it, on the outside. I can’t skate for longer than 5 minutes before i have to sit down and get weight off of them.
I have custom footbeds because I have extremely flat feet, causing me to have more pain than others, just by walking without footbeds too.
I don't have pain walking to the ice it's when I get onto the ice that my foot hurts anything there?
Did someone break the plastic eyelets? the eyletes broke on both of my 1X... first broke after 3-4weeks, 2nd pair broke after 3-4 months... hope i still get warranty on them. i love the comfort they have but i start hating them cause they dont last!!! thinking about getting the x900 or a different brand with regular eyelets next if they keep breaking! my x100 were awesome and last 2 years without problems
When did skates stop having an inner sock? I used to skate in the 70’s big time, then had a 40 year layoff and on buying a new pair, my surprise to find hard boot squeezing my poor feet (Ouch). My prank friend told me about baking, but as I said he’s a prankster so I did not believe him. Anyway, back to original Q. When was it socks were done away with?
300 to 400 dollar skates for kids actually very expensive and good. I got these vapor skates for 520$ but they were on sale for 400$. And my other skate was to small and i was just so used to it, i didn’t know that I needed new ones, and when I got them (and wore them ) I realized that the skate was too small it was a nexus size 1 and I was a supreme 3 but I felt better with vapor 3 so yeah
Awesome. Thanks for the info and the video Jeremy.
the box for my ccm ribcor 78k says to bake at 220F for 2 minutes maximum
They don't use that machine with the inflatable airbladders to compress the boot? Anymore? Like for the CCM Vector Pros from the 2000s.
What an awesome hockey store, I wish I had something like that near me especially with a pro that can give you great advice
Do you know if you could bake and punch Bauer Roller Hockey Skates and is it necessary?
I just got my Supreme S2’s re-baked today at my local pro hockey life, quick in and out.. the pain from wear and tear is now in the past.
thank you for this video! There's literally nothing on RUclips for a good explanation for baking skates. I would like to know more detail about the actually baking process and all the details with it. how long? how hot? how to do it at home with a normal oven?
CodiTC I have an article with that info. From this video I didn't explicitly say it but I believe Glen says 200 degrees and 5 minutes for a preheated oven.
Firm Handshake
Wiggle room on your toes
No shifting front to back
Ankles locked
I got bauer x100 few years ago, and they fit in at the first ride.
How should you choose a new (lower end) skate? I have no idea how you go about it and I usually have arch pain in the skates Ive worn before
The old school Finnish method is to put the skates on and take a good long sauna session at about 100 - 120 C :)
It would be dangerous in a humid environment, but the humidity in a sauna is very low (15 - 20 %), so you can survive much higher temperatures. But 120 C is kinda on the upmost limit of safe. There was a competition back in 2010, where one of the two finalists died and the winner barely survived. They spent 6 minutes in 110 C (give or take), but I think the humidity was a bit higher than normal in that event. The sauna was heated to 110 C and then every 30 seconds, water was thrown to the stove.
I just got new skates and this is really helpful
I’ve skated in my skates about 10-15 times and my feet still kill me in the arches if the laces are snug at all on top of my foot. Not sure if that’s normal or not but I have to leave the top completely lose and tighten only the too eyelets on the ankle or they are un skate able.
I’ve had the vapor xxx’s for several seasons and think it’s time for a new pair. I wear a 9.5 size shoe and the skates are a size 8. I went to a store and tried on a size a pair of 6.5 and they said those are size you want. Had to test them out and hurt my feet. Need some pointers
Anybody know where I can find those lacing benches at? Or the plans to build them?
If you have a ton of pain, even after baking, I'd say you probably have no arch and require a EE width. Regular width causes tons of pain to anyone with a flat foot.
I have CCM tacks 1092 and they were about $84 at dicks sporting goods would it be possible to bake those? and would it form my foot better if I baked my skates?
Hey guys!
How do I know if my New pair of skates can be Baked or not? 🤔 I just bought CCM super tacks 9350 (sr)
I have the same skates, and I play for college.
I bought some Bauer S160LE 2 years ago. I let them bake in the shop and they fitted like a second skin. They were so comfortable. Last year I only skated twice. This year I use them very often - but I have so much pain. Is it possible that they have lost their shape? Is it possible to bake them a second time or will it harm the skate?
Can skates be baked second time? Pets say that Ill buy almost New skates from somebody but already been heat molded.
Hi, I am looking to buy a new pair of skates online as my country doesnt have a skate shop to allow me to do a fitting let alone bake the boots, could you advice me on what sizes i should get i.e a size smaller ? or should i even get a expensive skate since baking process isnt avaliable, would my feet naturally mold the boots without baking ? PS: My feet size is us 10
Is it better to have a tight fit or loose fit before you bake. A standard width I feel pressure on ball and pinky toe. The wide width felt loose. In vapor x 600s. Would I be better buying tight or the looser. Does baking tighten the skate or loosen the skate?
My local store offers vacuum fitting for skates. Does that work too and what are the differences between heatmolding and vacuum fitting?
Wish I New that I just sold my new skates because they hurt my feet
Please help me! I have Bauer skates that have given me Achilles tendinitis. Can they be refit or properly fit? It was a sixteen year old that sized me and baked the skates so I have a feeling it was done wrong. It really is painful now to the point that work is suffering and I feel like it's a disability!
You were at the Huntsville source. Want to come to my lake and play some pond some time
Can any one advise me I have Bauer 170 supreme had them baked when new around 4 months ago, skated maybe 30 hrs. correct size but feet move it skates can they re-baked
What skates would you recommend for a wide footed, high arched person like myself. I only really ever go and skate with my little brother on the ice for stick+puck, open skate, etc and really don’t have the money to spend on super expensive custom skates. I have tried so many skates and they are just so tight around where the toe box and the fabric meet. They can’t be punched out in that area (or so I’ve been told) so I get a lot of discomfort even when just lacing up. I have resorted to wearing my brothers skates (like a size 9) even though I should only be an 8. So yea my arches are getting beat up and it’s painful but I don’t have the squishing pain from the tightness of a proper sized skate. Thanks for any suggestion
Thank you coach Jeremy!!! I’m new to hockey and in junior sizes bc I have v small feet now bc of medical reasons I’m hopefully going to the family owned hockey store an hour north to go get fitted for skates in a few weeks but I don’t know if you have to buy skates right when you get fitted I just want to know my size so I can save money for new skates when my tax refund hits!! And I need new marsblade off ice training skates bc of my small feet from going down 2 shoe sizes in 4 months.
can u bake used skates to reform to my feet?
You cant bake unless theyre heat moldable. Most skates arent, because most are towards the cheaper end
I don’t know if it is because I live in the states but I got Bauer supreme s27 for 210 dollars
Jeremy I'm using vapor line skates and got them in the widest size and had to get my right skate punched out and still get pain. Would the supreme line be a better option without getting them punched out. Just want to have no pain on my right foot.
Can one put the blades backwards on these skates? I mean, can I have wrongly installed the left blade on the right skate or it doesn't matter? I'm wondering because I didn't pay attention when I switched to stock blades LS on my Nexus' to play pond but now that I play those LS4 at the arena, I'm wondering if they are reversed because the feel is weird lol thanks.