Sabretooth
Registered User
Hey all, looking for some help with skates for my big feet. I'm not a hockey player myself but I have a 6yo in mites and a 4yo in learn to skate and I'd love to be able to get out with them for stick and puck or be an asst. coach until they move up to more serious levels.
I'm a pretty poor skater by hockey standards but I can get myself around the rink and my 6yo isn't quite skating circles around me yet though he probably will soon. I want to get out there more and work on my skating or even take some lessons but I don't have skates that fit me.
I recently had my feet scanned at a Pure Hockey and found my actual size. Came out as a 12.5 fit3 / wide / high volume. The kid who did my sizing did say that was the ideal size but given my level and intended use I'd probably be most comfortable in a size 13 fit3.
So at home I have a pair of Flite Chaos size 14 wide and they're much too big. I got them years ago now before I even knew enough to guess at a correct size and have barely used them. I can't get the laces tight enough and they've never felt comfortable. Haven't used them more times than I can count on my fingers.
My default go to now is rental 13 hockey skates at the local rink. Not ideal for obvious reasons and not at all comfortable.
I recently took a chance on a gem of an ebay find: 13 EE Mission Amp Flyweights for $100. I understand these to have been a pretty decent skate in their day. They're probably 15 or 20 years old now from what I can find online but they are in immaculate condition as if they've sat in a closet the whole time maybe never used. Unfortunately for me despite the EE width, they are just too narrow/ low volume for my foot. The toe cap isn't even wide enough to get all my toes in without putting so much pressure on my little toe I feel like it could break, and I don't feel like I have even close to enough room in the heel. Still, I got my feet in them a few times since they came in and my left foot I almost think could break in but the right was too painful to even get on tonight (Sidenote my left foot came in 1/4 size smaller than my right and according to the scan was nearly a standard D width...).
So I initiated a return on eBay tonight but just wanted to ask opinions on whether it might be worth trying to get them baked? I'm not sure if they were ever baked but given the apparent condition I suspect not. But not sure the base fit is even close enough to be helped by baking? And given their age and the fact that Mission doesn't exist anymore I'm not sure baking would be wise or if any shop would even try.
But, I'm not sure what else to do either. Nothing my size seems available anywhere and my skill and intended use doesn't warrant customs. Anyone have a tip on where to find some wide/fit3-like 13's somewhere without costing more than a season's worth of my son's ice time? I'm a comfortable 14 wide in my Merrell hiking boots so I was hoping for a chance there were some especially wide/roomy 12's that might work but the scan did come back at 12.5 and the pure hockey didn't have anything I could try on anyways. Sure there are plenty other bigfoots >size12 out there that have to get reasonable retail skates some how?
I'm a pretty poor skater by hockey standards but I can get myself around the rink and my 6yo isn't quite skating circles around me yet though he probably will soon. I want to get out there more and work on my skating or even take some lessons but I don't have skates that fit me.
I recently had my feet scanned at a Pure Hockey and found my actual size. Came out as a 12.5 fit3 / wide / high volume. The kid who did my sizing did say that was the ideal size but given my level and intended use I'd probably be most comfortable in a size 13 fit3.
So at home I have a pair of Flite Chaos size 14 wide and they're much too big. I got them years ago now before I even knew enough to guess at a correct size and have barely used them. I can't get the laces tight enough and they've never felt comfortable. Haven't used them more times than I can count on my fingers.
My default go to now is rental 13 hockey skates at the local rink. Not ideal for obvious reasons and not at all comfortable.
I recently took a chance on a gem of an ebay find: 13 EE Mission Amp Flyweights for $100. I understand these to have been a pretty decent skate in their day. They're probably 15 or 20 years old now from what I can find online but they are in immaculate condition as if they've sat in a closet the whole time maybe never used. Unfortunately for me despite the EE width, they are just too narrow/ low volume for my foot. The toe cap isn't even wide enough to get all my toes in without putting so much pressure on my little toe I feel like it could break, and I don't feel like I have even close to enough room in the heel. Still, I got my feet in them a few times since they came in and my left foot I almost think could break in but the right was too painful to even get on tonight (Sidenote my left foot came in 1/4 size smaller than my right and according to the scan was nearly a standard D width...).
So I initiated a return on eBay tonight but just wanted to ask opinions on whether it might be worth trying to get them baked? I'm not sure if they were ever baked but given the apparent condition I suspect not. But not sure the base fit is even close enough to be helped by baking? And given their age and the fact that Mission doesn't exist anymore I'm not sure baking would be wise or if any shop would even try.
But, I'm not sure what else to do either. Nothing my size seems available anywhere and my skill and intended use doesn't warrant customs. Anyone have a tip on where to find some wide/fit3-like 13's somewhere without costing more than a season's worth of my son's ice time? I'm a comfortable 14 wide in my Merrell hiking boots so I was hoping for a chance there were some especially wide/roomy 12's that might work but the scan did come back at 12.5 and the pure hockey didn't have anything I could try on anyways. Sure there are plenty other bigfoots >size12 out there that have to get reasonable retail skates some how?