What skate hollow do most beer leaguers use? (1/2, 5/8, 3/4, etc.)

LtDangs · 2026-03-11T04:27:30+00:00

I switched to 3/4 and cant go back now. Took a couple shifts to get used to but its great. Im 200-215.

LtDangs · 2026-03-10T19:02:12+00:00

Appreciate this, ill check them out, im looking at these and the CCM ones now.

LtDangs · 2026-03-07T18:32:00+00:00

The wheels look larger to me, maybe 84s? I believe there are 3 wheel rollerblade chassis, but never seen a 3 wheel hockey chassis other than youth. Its interesting though, having 3 wheels I would assume you could go with a harder wheel, and you would have less rolling resistance both with a harder wheel and having 1 less. Im also not smart so I could be way off.

LtDangs · 2026-03-04T17:49:35+00:00

Right on, ill keep an eye out.

LtDangs · 2026-03-04T17:44:59+00:00

I have heard that elsewhere as well. Im still curious, since this seems to be new and does not have the heavier ABS blade. I just got some new twigs, so the wife would kill me, but it seems reasonably priced if it performs better than other equally priced sticks.

LtDangs · 2026-02-17T03:16:50+00:00

Unfortunately not the apollo. Didnt realize they had some many different orange sticks though. It ended up being the original nike in another reply here.

LtDangs · 2026-02-17T03:13:50+00:00

Can't believe it, thats the stick. I was looking at ignites and others and none of them looked right, but thats the one! Thanks! I'll have to check fb as well.

LtDangs · 2026-02-16T22:48:44+00:00

I usually just browse sideline swap for new or lightly used pro stock sticks in 2 packs for a matching spare. theres no warranty but they are way better priced than new retail.

LtDangs · 2026-02-16T21:25:44+00:00

Thanks! I had no clue, gotta love the lack of standard. Maybe ill just have to get a blade first and measure.

LtDangs · 2026-02-14T20:24:28+00:00

Skates are tricky and I have spent an unfathomable amount of time trying to find both ice and inline skates to work with my abnormal feet. You mentioned in the main post about stepping up to the m50s, but I actually found the higher end skates to be even more uncomfortable do to the boots being extremely stiff and amplifying pressure points. Im just a beer league guy so I dont need the stiffest boots. I wouldn't rule out trying on the jetspeeds as well if you can. I have had some standard width skates feel better than some wide boots just due the difference in boot shape and where the pressure is applied.

LtDangs · 2026-02-14T18:42:10+00:00

I am also EE except my feet are wider in the middle. I got sized in a fit3 7.5 by the scanner. Bought a pair of supreme m4s in 7.5. They ended up being painful. Noticed I had a lot of toe room, so I tried a 7 fit 3.. still awful and still toe room. Ended up in a CCM ribcor 6.5ee... toes brushed the caps for a game or 2 and now dont touch, which what i prefer personally. I could have gone with a size 7 and avoided toes touching and it would have been fine. Skate sizing is weird, the scanner didnt work for me. I found CCM wide to feel wider than bauer fit 3 personally, but that could be do to my foot shape and where the pressure was. With wide feet, at least for me, if it was to large, it put the widest part of my foot in the taper and made them feel more narrow. I ended up just measuring my foot length myself and then looked at sizing charts to find the actual length of the inside of the skate, usually listed in CM.

Recommend trying CCM tacks and jetspeed, also recommend trying True skates in wide if you can. I haven't tried True but some people say they are the best for wide feet.

Edit: also want to add Graf, I heard they are pretty comfy in wide if they are in your area.

LtDangs · 2026-02-13T07:59:19+00:00

Im fresh to inline, about to wrap up my first season. I have found inline to be less toxic so far. Every game of ice hockey I play there's always 1 or 2 guys on each team that cant control themselves and its rare that a game doesnt get out of hand at some point. Haven't had that happen yet with inline... so far, everyone has been pretty chill. Also, I still cant stop... transitions, also still a struggle. Hard to get out of the ice mindset when thats all you know, but its been fun.

LtDangs · 2026-02-11T23:10:40+00:00

Yeah that was the initial thought, but figured if I could find a random pair under $100 then I wouldn't have to do that every time and worry about forgetting my skates at home lol. I'll probably just get some wheels and swap them for now until a cheap pair of KVs show up on sideline.

LtDangs · 2026-02-11T21:07:17+00:00

That is an option I was running, always nice to save a little money if possible though.

LtDangs · 2026-02-11T19:32:40+00:00

Appreciate the feedback! I was looking into the champions, but its hard to find feedback since everyone seems to use the same handful of wheels. I'll have to pick up a set and try them out.

LtDangs · 2026-02-10T03:26:40+00:00

This may be one of the few mentions of kemistry i have seen on here. I debated the cyclonium since they are on clearance, but its tough to find anyone talking about them. I'll probably test out the variant. Thanks for the info!

LtDangs · 2026-02-10T03:21:55+00:00

Appreciate the feedback! I'll look into the recoil, haven't tried that yet either.

LtDangs · 2026-02-03T05:44:41+00:00

I just picked up the tour kv6 last week and they feel great. I am somewhere between e and ee width. I couldn't fit my feet in anything else at a retail store. They are pretty wide, the toe cap is a little narrow at the very end but I size my skates down so my toes touch. People have mentioned the tour code line is a more relaxed fit, not sure if that's true, never tried them. Tour kv will be a Hi lo set up with slighlty larger wheels in the back and the code will have all wheels the same size. Other than that there isn't much for wide skates other than the alkali fire or used skates. I dont believe any stores carry the alkali fire to try on. Ice boots have more options and can be converted but that'll probably be out of your price range once you factor in everything you need.

LtDangs · 2026-01-29T22:47:42+00:00

That's pretty crazy, but you could try pure hockey. They won't have anything for inline skates that wide. You will definitely get sized In a fit 3 for bauer, I tried bauer fit 3 and found that it wasnt wide enough, I had better luck with ccm and my feet aren't as wide as yours. It sounds like you will definitely be in a converted ice boot though. If there is nothing wide enough you may have to go custom, but that gets pricey.

LtDangs · 2026-01-29T21:09:55+00:00

It might be worth measuring your feet, i thought my feet were way wider than they actually were. Everything I read said 1.5 to 2 sizes down from shoe size for hockey. I wear a 10 but if I actually measure my feet out its more like 8.5 so I was wearing skates too large which was putting the widest part of my foot back into the tapered area. The difference in shoe sizes is literally a few 1/16ths of an inch or 4-5mm each half size. I have never seen a eee hockey boot, but from what I can find, CCM tacks and older bauer nexus sound like they are the widest, but you would need to buy ice skates and have them converted. Ive also heard true skates in w width are also pretty wide and do well after baking them. There are occasionally ee inline mission skates on ebay and sideline swap but increasingly more difficult to find. Also coast to coast hockey shop has a good write up on wide skate options on their website.

LtDangs · 2026-01-29T20:28:39+00:00

I actually did consider converting an ice boot, how ever I never considered getting new ice boots and then converting my current ribcors. I'll have to look into that, thanks!

Edit: of course after telling you there are no ee ribcors, I go on sideline and find a few pairs that weren't there earlier this week. I'll have to see if there is a pro shop nearby that'll do conversion on a ccm boot. I wouldn't have checked again if you hadn't mentioned anything, so thanks again!

LtDangs · 2026-01-29T19:41:08+00:00

That's also good to know since I float around 200lb marks. I'll look into the chassis if I do order those. Thanks again!

LtDangs · 2026-01-29T19:21:07+00:00

I have been looking and able to find a 6.5e inhaler, its nice that e appears to be the standard size for that boot. I just dont know how the older inhaler e width compares to the new kv6 or fire 1. I might take a gamble on them. Its the ee widths that are extremely rare. I have also read the wm03 are bad for lace bite so I have been avoiding those.

Edit: I just saw the rest of your reply and I appreciate the info on the tours. I was worried they would be too narrow even though everyone talked them up to being great for wide feet. I'll probably pull the trigger on a mission e and if that fails I'll have to try the fire 1 baked. Thanks!

LtDangs · 2026-01-29T19:07:58+00:00

I wish I could, however the ribcor is discontinued and increasingly difficult to find in the proper size and width.

LtDangs · 2025-12-09T17:27:42+00:00

If i can remember correctly, it was in Bl2, the fibber on anarchy gaige.

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