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My next transition ought to be interesting--I'm going from too long to (hopefully) the correct length, possibly even putting the rocker under the ball of my foot rather than my toes. I'm excited, yet worried. Can't wait for them to get here.
Have patience with yourself when you get out there with the new boots and blades - from the changes you describe, they're going to feel totally different. 'Totally different' means that even things you know well might feel difficult ...but only for a short time. Hoping you will double your potential and the simple joy of working.
Maybe you will get lucky.. with my last pair I was able to do pretty much "everything" right away - I had no major problems, and breaking them in was a breeze. I didn't change boot brands (just model) and I used identical blades to my old skates, so it wasn't a huge change.
I went from Phantom profile Paramounts with only about 6 months of use on them to a new version of the same. I was worried I would have more trouble transitioning to my new boots than I did so I didn't want to just pull the blades off my old boots - I realize now that I easily could have used my old blades, but now I basically have an extra pair of blades that can go on my next pair of boots.
What blade did you have before the phantom paramounts? I would love paramounts but of course not made in my size uuuuggghhhhh.
This is my first transition as well! My coach made me stop skating in till we could get something sorted out and it's been DRIVING ME MAD. I have actually been injured skating on damaged blades (they basically would not sharpen and the falls they caused were spectacular). I start skating again this sunday so here is hoping this transition goes smooth!
Phantom Specials I love my Paramounts - they hold their edges forever, which is primarily why I switched, and that transition went just fine - the new blades felt a little "weird" for a few sessions, then I stopped thinking about it. I used to have sharpen my skates about every 6 weeks, and now I am on the ice a lot more and I just went a little over 5 months without a sharpening (I had them done in October, before I tested my Gold moves in November) and then again just a few weeks ago and they weren't even "that bad" yet... normally I wait until I am really needing them done, but we have a workshop coming up soon and I wanted them sharp for that.
I don't know if they do - but you could always email Rob and ask. I don't see why they couldn't - the component parts are cut by CNC.
Sorry dumb question. But how do I get rob's email? Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
It's on their website