HOCKEY SKATE EYELET REPLACEMENT
Bring your skates down to our Midland shop and have your Hockey Skate Eyelet Repair fixed for your fallen out or ripped out skate eyelets. Oftentimes, skate eyelets will fall apart or rip and start to rip and tear your laces, so it's a good idea to check them out often and make sure they are in good shape. If they are in rough shape, we can fix those eyelets of yours with no problem! More often than not, we only need to replace the eyelet itself.
HOCKEY SKATE OVEN
“Baking,” another term for the heat molding process, provides the player with the opportunity to further improve the fit of their skate. The process involves heating the skates at a high temperature, followed by tightly tying the laces with the foot inside the boot. After the player sits with the bottom of the blades against a soft surface for about 15 minutes, the boots will be molded to the shape of the player's feet. This process helps reduce the break-in period for new skates that have a very stiff boot. It is important to note that baking is NOT a necessary process. In fact, some players prefer the traditional way of breaking in skates which is to simply wear them.
Competitive Edge Sports suggests ‘baking’ ice hockey skates when purchasing skates.
SKATE SHARPENING
The 7 Step Finishing Process
1. Calibration: All skates are checked for square edges.
2. Blade Prep 1: Repair damaged edges.
3. Sharpen: Consistent speed/pressure.
4. Blade Prep 2: Finishing pass preparation.
5. Finish pass: Final sharpening pass on the machine.
6. Calibration: Check for square edges. Repeat steps if not to standard.
7. Finish Process: Finish tool applied to sharpened blades.
8 Benefits of using Competitive Edge Sports
1. No break-in period after sharpening.
2. Edges stay sharper longer.
3. Reduced friction and fatigue.
4. Increased speed.
5. Improved center of gravity.
6. No skate chatter on stops.
7. Better control turns, flows, acceleration.
8. Improved confidence level in blade edges.
SKATE BLADE (RUNNER) REPLACEMENT
Your hockey skate blades or runners should be kept sharp, smooth, and free of rust, burrs, and pitting, and with the right hollow (the concave semi-circle on the bottom of the runner that makes contact with the ice surface) to maximize skating performance based on conditions. But after lots of sharpening, the steel wears down and you'll eventually need to change the blades or runners. This is fairly routine care for your ice-hockey skates—like getting new tires on a car.
SKATE HOLDER REPLACEMENT
The skate holder is the white plastic part below the boot and is typically attached to the bottom of the boot with rivets. If your holder is damaged, but the boot remains in good shape, you’re in luck! There’s no need to replace your skates! For cracked or broken holders, simply take your skates into Competitive Edge Sports and they will be able to mount new holders onto your skates. For holders with rusted-out or broken rivets, you may be even more in luck as replacement rivets may get you back on the ice without the need to replace your skates or your holders.
SKATE RIVET REPLACEMENT
Most hockey skate manufacturers use rivets to hold the skate blade holder onto the skate boot. Over time, the force applied while skating can loosen rivets. Additionally, skates that are not properly cared for can cause rust and corrode the rivets. In all of these cases, you can extend the life of your skates by having them replaced. Replacement by Competitive Edge Sports is relatively easy and cost-effective over buying new skates but can be time-consuming. It requires a special rivet punch and setting tool and either steel or copper rivets.
SKATE PROFILING
Skate “Profiling” involves changing the shape of the skate blade to help a player maximize their skating potential. Profiling is also referred to as rockering, radiusing, contouring, and body-balance contouring. During the process we can change 3 major attributes of the blade;
1) The Radius of the Profile (ROP),
2) The Rocker Point,
3) Radius of the Hollow (ROH)