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LiquidSunshine
Joined: 31 Mar 2003
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where is elmo skate located? in seoul? where?
holy dong they aren't cheap |
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panthermodern
Joined: 08 Feb 2003
Location: Taxronto
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| Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2003 5:57 am Post subject: |
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| but bauer is nike. |
Good God when did that happen ....
The shop is located at Mongchontoseong Station Area (Line 8 #813)
Which is the World Peace Gate of Olympic Park
If you have one of those ESCORT SEOUL MAPS (Sponsored by Outback)
Look map point 10.7 / S.9
It is just up the road from the HUGE glass church. (Methodist) |
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howie2424
Joined: 09 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2003 6:41 am Post subject: |
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but i'm looking to know what the difference is between each skate maker, as a generalization. why bauer? why ccm? why easton? why nike? why not nike? actually i just heard nike bought bauer.
dunno, i've been buying bauer just becuase i've always bought bauer. no other reason. then my ankle started hurting and i thought, maybe there's a better skate out there? |
Personally I have always gone with CCM or Bauer mostly because they're established brands and have been making skates for eons. I never had an upper end pair of CCMs or Bauers I didn't like. My current pair of Bauers is about 10 years old now and still feel like they're 6 months old. I went Bauer last time I bought because they had the form fitting ankle insert, which is a piece of material on either side of the ankle that forms to the shape of your ankle after a month or so and gives a great fit. People told me good things about them and they were right. I had no blisters and the break in period was really short.
I can't claim to know much about Nike or Easton though panthermodern says Nike and Bauer are one in the same. Personally I never went cheap when it came to skates but I played alot of hockey so I think that made sense. I guess it comes down to this. If you're taking the girlfriend out to public skating once a month for an hour, don't blow alot of bucks. If you're playing shinny 3 times a week spend the money, it's worth it. If you're somewhere in the middle then maybe you don't want to spend a ton of money but both Bauer and CCM make some excellent mid range models, maybe that's what you ought to be looking for. Good luck. |
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LiquidSunshine
Joined: 31 Mar 2003
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| Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2003 6:48 am Post subject: |
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i'm thinking of buying a high end skate. always wanted to buy some good skates.
yeah...by the way, nike did buy bauer. don't know when but it did happen.
i guess i'm just gonna have to go to a skate shop in seoul and try different makes on... |
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panthermodern
Joined: 08 Feb 2003
Location: Taxronto
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| Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2003 7:34 am Post subject: |
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It was someone else that said Nike owned Bauer.
I would suggest CCM then ....
The "good" thing about buying Top of the Line is that you most likely will never need to buy another pair a skates again so long as you take care of them.
The one problem in Korea is: "Where would you get your skates sharpened?"
I bet Seoul does not have as many good skate sharpeners as Toronto ...
or Hamilton
or Peterbrough
or Brantford
or Dundas
or Welland
or any other place with a Canadian Tire.
I said it once I will say it again ..... or rather ask ...
Who wants to go in business with me and .....
BRING CANADIAN TIRE TO KOREA! |
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