TRUE Hockey Skates: Professional Custom Hockey Skates (2024)

FAQs

Are true custom skates good? ›

True Pro Custom Skates are now worn by 122 NHL players, 110 AHL players, and 60% of all NHL goaltenders. Visit select Pure Hockey locations to design your skates today.

The skates are built around a stock footbed. They can run north of $1,000, but for the avid player used to stock skates, they are well worth the upgrade. There is little to no space between the foot and the boot, so they respond to every muscle twitch. That means less fatigue, stronger strides and tighter turns.

Compared to the old-style Bauer fit system, I would say that it is a bit narrower in the mid foot than the Supreme, or their new Mid Profile. Personally, I may have benefited more going with a wide sizing versus the regular fit.

Connor McDavid Autographed CCM JetSpeed Skates.

Hockey player and goalie skates are often sharpened with a ROH from 3/8” up to 1-1/2”.

This included everything from engineers evaluating the quality of the manufactured parts to pro players on ice testing. We considered performance, durability, and feel, and the True Temper sticks came out on top. Shortly afterwards True Hockey was born and I have always had good things to say about their sticks.

The standard time frame is 3-4 weeks. Yes, you read that right 3-4 WEEKS for a fully custom skate! Every now and then we can get skates sooner or later than that time frame but its very consistent for the most part.

Generally, these skates fit 1.0 size down from your regular shoe size. Generally, these skates fit 1.5 sizes down from your regular shoe size.

What skates Does Alex Ovechkin wear? ›

Ovechkin uses Jetspeed FT1 gloves and Super Tacks AS3 skates made by CCM.

Why did so many goalies switch? The truth is the pads didn't change at all. Hellebuyck's pads, just like they've been since 2010, were handcrafted just outside of Montreal by Lefevre Inc., a goalie equipment manufacturer that used to be partnered with CCM and was bought by True in 2020.

The simplest way is to use your shoe size to find what size skate is likely to be the best fit. Assuming your shoe size is correct, we would recommend selecting a skate box size half to one size below your shoe size.

Generally speaking, the golden rule for proper skate fit no matter the brand or kind of skate is as snug as possible without being painful or uncomfortable, with the ability to still wiggle the toes up and down.

General Tips for Finding your Skate Fit. Hockey skates run big. What the heck does run big mean? It means that, generally speaking, your hockey skate size will be about 1 - 1.5 sizes smaller than your shoe size (US) for men and 2.5 - 3 sizes smaller for women.

MyBauer skates are custom built to the shape of your foot, using a 3D model created by the 3D Skate Lab to ensure the best in fit and performance. The Bauer 3D Skate Lab is an in-store process that allows us to make a digital image of your foot, and create a custom fitted skate.

A proper fit for hockey skates should fit 1-1.5 sizes smaller than your street shoes. Your toes should barely touch the toe cap, while having no more than 1/4 inch of space in the heel. When you're finished lacing up your skates, they should feel snug with the foot resting flat on the footbed.

What skate is used most in the NHL? ›

New hockey skates do not come sharpened. Not only are the skates not pre-sharpened, but the first sharpening is an important one. The bottoms of blades on new skates are flatter and rounded, so they need a hollow groove cut into them before they should be used.

Can You Bake Ice Hockey Skates More Than Once? If you have a higher-end model, you'll get away with heating them three or four times. So, if you find that the new form is not all that comfortable, repeat the steps and try again.

The first time you step on the ice in your new skates, plan to skate in them for only 30-60 minutes. If your skater is a little one, you might even want to take it in 15-minute increments.

The sharp edges on hockey skate blades can dig deeply into the ice, allowing a player to accelerate quickly or stop on a dime using the "hockey stop." The friction between the blade and the ice is minimized because the surface of the ice is so slippery, and because only a small portion of the skate's blade is actually ...

Connor McDavid uses custom Tydan Performance Blades. Connor McDavid runs a 10' profile. We sell Tydan Performance Blades.

Spending too much time sharpening the ends of the blade will cause it to gradually become more and more rockered over time, which limits the amount of blade on the ice and overall speed.

Made in Canada, the TRUE Pro Custom Hockey Skate is built both for comfort and power. Featuring a MonoForm Design, the skate allows superb power distribution from the players leg through the skate and into the ice.

Along with Bauer, CCM is arguably the most well-known hockey skating brand. Adults looking to restart hockey can consider the Super Tacks 9350 skates. CCM has the best hockey skates preferred by professional hockey players.

True skates tend to be very stiff but the all the True Skate tongue designs give you a great forward flex so your really don't feel the stiffness that way. You feel it more as you stride the boot doesn't move at all on your feet, which helps optimize the power transfer to the ice.

Do you bake custom skates? ›

Baking, also known as heat molding, reduces break-in time and provides a very custom fit around your foot. The heat from the oven softens the materials in the skate's boot. You will be putting on a warm skate and lacing it up so that it may form around your foot for a truly personalized fit.

Make sure your device has a connection to the internet. Try pressing the Restore Purchases button in the True Skate store and wait to see if all purchases are restored, and skateparks downloaded. Try logging out of the App Store, then try again.

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 have molded to the shape of player's feet.

In addition to causing a width issue, as discussed above, skates that are too long can also result in these sort of problems: When too much growth room is given length-wise, in addition to sliding to the inside of the boot, the foot will also slip forward and back, making it difficult for the skater to balance.

It's normal to have your little toe and the fourth toe close to the edge of the insole or completely off the edge. Signs your skates are not the right fit include very little space at the toe, zero space at the toe and having your toes hang over the front edge, and the third toe hanging off the side of the insole.

Your toes should barely touch the front toe of the hockey skate. The skate is too small if your toes are bunched up or pressed hard against the front of the skate. Try a smaller size if your toe doesn't touch the front of the boot.

Generally, these skates fit 1.0 size down from your regular shoe size. Generally, these skates fit 1.5 sizes down from your regular shoe size.

Let them sit for 24 hours. The adhesives need to set again. If you absolutely have to, you could skate after a 12-hour cooling period, but that is not recommended.

How long to wait after baking true skates? ›

Let the skate keep cooling and the materials harden again. It's recommended to wait 24 hours before using them but if you are in dire need of using them, putting them in your freezer for an hour can help speed up this process but you should not use them for 12 hours at the very minimum.