CanadaBacon
#SavetheGoons
Protection is different from performance. You'll still be able to skate just fine. They didn't exist until the 70s, figure skates don't have them, and figure skaters put a hell of a lot more stress on their ankles and tendons.
Yes, it effects the protectiveness of the skate. Sticks and pucks too, thought the main point is skate blades- cuts on the Achilles tendon are really, really bad.
As for the overextension part, try a little experiment for me. Take your shoe and rest it so the top of the toe is on the ground. Push your leg forward so you're forcing your foot to be as pointed as you can make it.
Congratulations, you have now extended your ankle more then you could possibly do in any high boot, skates included, with or without the tendon guard. Did you feel anything snap? Did you injure your ankle? Since that's a natural motion of the joint, I should damn well hope not. The tendon guard doesn't restrict the motion of the ankle anymore then the boot already does. Try putting on a skate and a hiking boot and comparing the range of motion for the ankle bending backwards.
If bending your ankle back further then what the boot would allow, this wouldn't be possible, much less something we teach to 5 year olds:
You can't bend your ankles back that far in regular shoes, much less skates. You'll be fine.
As for the dumbest post, I won't go too much into that, I'll just say it's interesting who that's coming from.
good stuff. Believe that then
PS you might want to read what the dumbest part was again.