Hey, that's brilliant! Never thought of looking at the bottoms of my shoes!

i've lost about 10 pounds without planning to, and my boot was getting big. when i got my new skates, i got a full size smaller than my old skates, granted tehy were different brands, but i wouldn't expect that big a change. it is weird to lose weight in your feet, but at least it comes from the rest of me too.

I also noticed that when I lost weight recently I lost weight in my feet -- oh, well,k have to get new boots soon anyway!

The blade issue is huge, though and I think on some level they are just as important or maybe more important than the boots. I wish there was some way to test blades out first before paying all of that money!!

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Is Portland the only city with it's own ice-dance website? http://www.pdxicedance.net/

You can believe whatever you want. I have been a competitive synchro skater for 13 years and have competed at the National level for 7 years--with two medals to show for it. I am also a gold-level dancer and am finishing my gold skills. "Serious" is not restricted to being a senior free-skater.

I actually was fitted for my current boots in Edmonton and then ordered blades in Saskatoon. When the blades arrived I took them to my skate guy, he mounted them, and I skated in them. Never had trouble. He mounted my replacement blades when the time came, also. He works out of his home; none of the rinks I've skated at have an in-house rink guy. I got new blades this spring and basically did the same thing--took my boots to the pro-shop, they took off the old blades and mounted the new ones, good as new. So since the initial mounting, the replacement blades have been placed on the same holes. So if the first mounting was correct, that's why the subsequent ones have been.

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Ugh! A complete wipe out tonight. Thank goodness I was only teaching beginners, but still the 40 minutes were H*llish. First of all, I could not use the extra insoles because I felt like I was on springs. Took them out, and the boots felt really big. Stepped onto the ice, caught toe pick but did not fall. Next, feet were too close together and caught both inside edges and again nearly went splat. Finally, could not hold an O edge past the top of an arc. I felt like I was going to fall over sideways. The Comets are so incredibly flat compared to the Aces. I'm calling Klingbeil in the morning to get an appointment to have my boots (and maybe blades) adjusted and meanwhile have already put the Aces back on since I have to teach again tomorrow morning and afternoon. Maybe I will try my daughter's old Gold Seals, with the 8' rocker, after I get the boots taken care of.

Anyone want to buy a pair of Coronation Comets, size 9.5 with about half the blade left? Cheap!

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Me too, ditto and likewise - but not until I get down to my goal weight, and by then it'll be too near the summer competitions..... But my boots are getting far too large for me already, and I'm only just about half-way there! And my blades are on their last legs, in a manner of speaking..... definitely new boots and blades next year. When I got so obese, my left boot got rather tight, and my fitter stretched it out for me - I almost regret that now, but it was giving me fearful tendonitis!

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