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Originally Posted by c0nquistad0rian
Jeez, while the Tour Roller Goalie Skates seem to have gotten some good reviews, the cowlings just don't seem to be holding up.
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Just as a side note, following up on this point for anyone who owns Tour goal skates (Redlines or the Carbon GX): the cowlings will typically wear "differently" than an ice boot cowling because the Tour skate cowlings are actually thinner than ice boot cowlings. I'd assume this is to keep the weight of the skate nice and light (which they unquestionably are) because you don't need the same level of boot protection against a 2.5 or 3oz plastic puck as you do against a 5 or 6oz rubber puck.
However, what Tour seems to have overlooked is that while you may not need ice-hockey-level skate protection for roller hockey (which is STILL an arguable point in itself) roller goalies do nonetheless put quite a beating on their skates, even if said beating doesn't come by way of vulcanized rubber puck impact. I've got no experience with the higher level Carbon GX boot (I think it looks good and I wouldn't mind giving it a try, personally) but I have heard more than one story of the cowlings on them cracking from straight-on shots...
Oh, as another aside- the rep I've dealt with at Tour said that aside of the different colors of the two cowlings (Redline= white, Carbon GX= blue), they are made of the same material and thickness.
As goalie33 says above, it's probably gonna cost you more than $70 to put new cowlings on your Redlines but if you're happy with the Redline boot, it would be WELL WORTH the investment to throw a set of ice cowlings on them, I would say.
*Sorry to have gone on a bit of a tangent- back to the point of the thread: so Jaxis, can we expect pics of these cowlings at some point?
-Ryan