Any hockey shop will bake your skates but they will charge you (not 100% sure on the price) unless you purchased your skates from them.

do u guys know any local shops that will do custom paint jobs for mask?

^^i don't know shops that do it....but ice level and the hockey shops has flyers for people that do those things.

20 bucks at cyclones
40 bucks at hockey shop
and i think its 5-10 bucks at sportchek, but do you really trust them with it?

v1nce: i've got the magnesium vanguard chassis, and i've got another vanguard chassis, and you don't really notice a difference, cause the heaviest part of a skate are the wheels and bearings, the only difference that i've ever noticed is switching from regular bearings to mini bearings, that is the best decision i've ever made with rollers...

and you can't screw up baking skates, you put them in an oven for 10 minutes... well it all depends on what the skates recommend, i know that missions and bauer are 8 minutes, with skate ovens it has an auto temperature, there is no dial for temperatures, so sport chek can't screw it up, if you are worried, just bring it to sport chek and bring a timer with you, and then just watch the time and tell the guy once the skates hit 8-10 mins...

also, if you are a regular customer with your local hockey shop, then they will do it for free, i know that mine (time out source for sports) did it for me for free, and i know pretty much all the guys that work there (own the store)

damn, some really nice gear in here

got a tps shaft for my birthday and finally got a blade for it yesterday
rbk 7k blade with the datsyuk curve

really?

i did mine for free, twice!

and you're just using their oven, they're not doing anything else with your skates. should be pretty safe if you know how the moulding process works

anyone know where I can pick up a JR size inline chassis? Even the small sizes for the mission chassis are way to big.

what size skates are you using? small mission sizes chassis fit skates from size 6-8, and medium is 8-10 and large is anything bigger
so unless you are using a junior skate, then there is no point in getting a junior chassis

anyone interested in buying some 8.5 9ks in mint condition?

yea i wear jr size skate.
size 5 nike bauer supremes.

Nike Bauer Vapor X 60

http://www.nikebauer.com/vaporx60/

Just went out to get a pair of Warrior Franchise. Black on black, Narrow 13". I used them today, they are hawt.

Nice.

I guess the skates w/ the heated blades never caught on eh. I don't see that technololgy being implemented on any new skates.

it was the hefty 400 dollar price tag. and the fact that the nhl shut it down.

Too many gimmicky products and fads were introduced into the hockey market. I expect Blade Tapes to go next. I love fresh tape jobs on my stick and I'd rather pay $10 for several rolls of tape instead of $10 for 2 sheets of cut rubber with an adhesive backing.

good ol'stick tape

taping up your blade before a game - its like a ritual before going to battle

i'm considering doing a group buy for the sprung chassis so if anyone's interested let me know!

i would love to try the sprung chassis, but they don't make jr sizes. damn my small feet.

me too. been doing a lot of research and i have an old pair of mission amp fly's that i wouldn't mind converting into roller hockey skates

New Twig !

One95 - Oh man this stick is siiiiiiick. It's almost unreal for shooting. Snappers + slappers are just effortless.

Shooters stick for sure !

We have a group set up on Facebook to buy/sell/trade your used gear... http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=63757185287 Anyone can join as long as you live in the lower mainland. The point is to exchange your gear without having to deal with shipping or online payments.

^

awesome

i posted my one90 gloves up

does anybody sharpen at different hollows?

I use 5/8's and I only get Adam at Mainland Athletics to do it.