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The Pro Shop / Re: A discussion: Skate choices
« Last post by LunarSkater on Today at 07:15:50 AM »I vaguely remember it being against USFS rules to use hockey boots (or blades) for tests - is that out of date? I might try to pass USFS Pre-Bronze skating skills.
Perhaps composite hockey skates stink more than leather figure skates.
Hockey blades are allowed for skating skills tests, according to the current rulebook:
6037 Skate blades: Figure skating blades used during competitions and tests (or hockey skate blades used during skating skills
tests or skating skills events at competitions) must be sharpened to produce a flat to concave cross section without change to the width of the blade as measured between the two edges. However, a slight tapering or narrowing of the cross section of the blade is permitted.
In my years of assisting with skate sharpening, any non-leather material stinks to high heaven if not taken proper care of. Padding in the boots, the material the boots are made out of, the socks stuffed into the toes to wear again... Yes, your hockey boots will hold more funk than a leather skating boot.