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Tying toe laces on pads

This is a discussion on Tying toe laces on pads within the Equipment Chat forums, part of the The Gear category; Okay...first, I have Bauer One80 pads. It was pointed out by my goalie instructor this morning, that the toe "cover" ...

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    Default Tying toe laces on pads

    Okay...first, I have Bauer One80 pads. It was pointed out by my goalie instructor this morning, that the toe "cover" (the part that hangs down over the front of the skate) was off to the outside, and when I try to slide, the pads are flopping onto their front instead of staying on their side. His suggestion was to tie a knot just after where the lace exits the leather cover.

    What I'm thinking is that maybe I am not lacing the toe through the skate properly. What I have been doing is:

    Take both laces to outside of blade. Split laces, put one side through toe hole in blade ( this will be lace A). Run other lace to middle blade hole (lace B). Cross lace A and B through middle hole. Run A and B to heel hole and cross again. Cross A and B under middle hole, then tie on top of skate.

    Perhaps this is why my pads are shifted to the outside of my legs? Anyone have a link to pics of how to lace pads through skates?

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    I have my laces rather loose. I have Bauer Supremes, the older version.
    Basically, I separate the laces and put them through the hole at the toe of my skate, bring them back together at the front and tie, then run them back to the middle hole on opposite sides, put them through and join them on top of my skate and tie them there. I leave a little slack between the skate and the toe of the pad, because my pads are 36" and I should have 37 or 38" pads (I'm 6'3), so that helps them stay up a bit.
    I find that if I bring the laces back to the heel, the pad is too tight and hard to roll over when in the butterfly.

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    First do this: Tying Your Toe Tie

    Then what I do is this: take each string coming from the knot in each hand. Run one on the inside of the blade and one on the outside of the blade, crossing them in the first cowling hole underneath your toes. Cross them again underneath your heal in the back cowling hole. Then I raise straight up from there, with the strings passing over the bottom of my ankle (as opposed to again through the middle hole, as I believe you're doing). I then tuck the bow and excess string underneath my performance pants.

    Hope that helps!

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    Good info, thanks! Clearly I have been doing it wrong.....I'll give it a try and see how it goes!

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