%&*$)(@! Tour Pads!!!!!!

[MrMikeEMike]

Okay, I don't know if this is happening to anyone else, so I want input here from you guys so I know whether or not to kill this kid. To quote Bernie, "I'm as angry as a mako shark in a tank full of lima beans. I don't even know what that means right now."

There's a goalie in my league who always seems to play in the game before me that wears those damn Tour roller pads that we love and hate here on the BB. Now, I don't know if it's because of the poor construction or if this kid's pads are ripped or something, but EVERY SINGLE TIME this kid plays, little pieces of foam that look like packing peanuts wind up all over the floor in the crease area. Now, I'm not knocking the kid for wearing the pads. I understand that might be all he can afford, or he might even like them right now. What bothers me are these "peanuts". First, the kid doesn't even bother to clear them out of the crease. Neither does the rink. They just sit there and get in the way. Second, the problem is getting worse and worse, with more and more of these peanuts showing up all over the place after every game.

Mind you, this kid isn't even old enough to drive, so I'm not sure how to handle him. Should I let the rink deal with it? Should I talk to the kid and his dad? Hell, if his pads are ripped somewhere, I'll even bring my sewing awl and stitch them up for the kid to keep this from happening.....JUST GET THE PEANUTS OFF THE FLOOR!!!!

[Vision]

Have you talked to the rink management about it? They probably wouldn't appreciate it but then again you never know how they might feel. They might decide that it's your problem to deal with.

Also, you might want to talk to him. Maybe he doesn't realize what is happening. Offering to help him repair the problem might be a really good idea also.

[Goalie Boy]

The first leg pads I ever had was Tour and they only lasted a year before there was a hole in them. Which I didnt completely mind considering it gave me an excuse to get better pads.

I know if I was this kid I wouldnt mind if you told me I had a hole in them or if you sewed them back together, actually i would be happy. So I would probably tell him about it and even offer to fix them like you said. If he doesnt lisn then talk to his dad and if you have to rink management like Vision said.

Good luck with the problem.

[G-Man]

Just hand him a roll of duct tape.

[SUPERSTAR3531]

A flying closeline always works for me.

[Spike]

I can sympathise with the kid, because I had a set of old brown leather pads up until last season. It was all I could afford. Actually, they weren't exactly brown leather, more like a mix of leather and duct tape. Over time (my dad got them used, from the 70s) holes opened up and stuffing would fly out whenever I went down. It got so bad the pads never left my house, and mom wouldn't let me use them in the house either, because of the massive cloud that appeared.
You can try to sew the pads or use packing tape or even duct tape (love the silver, say it's weave) but you also have to accept that perhaps he can't afford anything else at the moment. If the rip isn't too bad, you can try shoe-goo. I shoe-gooed a tear in my "good" Heaton street pads.
Good luck.

[MillerTime247]

Let the kid know. Hell, he probably wants new pads anyway.

[RRG]

Duct tape is the fastest and bset solution! AS a Tour Pad user for inline I can attest to the fact that it wears fast. Properly maintaining the thing should keep it from spilling its guts over the floor. Have a talk with the kind and if he wants (and if you are willing) teach him how to sew the pads back together.

[barnhart_goalie]

I have really crappy Mylec pads (not for long) which shredded on the knees. I can't sew them so I used black duct tape. These pads didn't even last through the fall and spring. At the beggining of the spring season they ripped. The duct tape has lasted ever since. They don't look great (which makes me mad, because I go for the "pro" image) but they work until I can get new ones.

[Jaeger29]

Wow.... and I thought the deer hair poking out of my old Brown Thunderball roller pads was bad! Sure, they're old, but I would never switch to pads that are filled with packing peanuts... lmao