"Official" Smith Thread

[adavis]

Originally Posted by Vision

Funny thing, Pete used to work at *******.

::m

And I used to work at Chuck-e-Cheese, who cares?

[StratosFin]

I just heard from Pete that my gear is going to be started tomorrow! I'm so excited

[Vision]

Originally Posted by The Sieve

My new set of Smiths...These where finished today, and should be on the way to me soon.... I can't hardly wait!

Interesting take on the new graphic, I like it.

::m

[Vision]

Originally Posted by adavis

And I used to work at Chuck-e-Cheese, who cares?

I don't think that Chuck-e-Cheese makes goalie equipment of any sort so my guess would be, nobody.

::m

[jon1]

If anyone has the time i was wondering if they could measure the size of SP5000 boot?

Also, does 10 inches for a knee to thigh measurement sound to big? FYI im 5'8 and a FTK of 21.5.

Thanks to anyone that can help

[hroark2112]

Originally Posted by jon1

If anyone has the time i was wondering if they could measure the size of SP5000 boot?

Also, does 10 inches for a knee to thigh measurement sound to big? FYI im 5'8 and a FTK of 21.5.

Thanks to anyone that can help

How big do you want the boot to be?

Standard is roughly 8", you can get it as short as 7" though and still be legal.

[M-Dub]

8" is standard. I have large feel (12s) and I like th smaller boot 7".

My knee to thigh is 13inches and is a plus 3 so I wouldnt think you would have any problem with a 10in.

Order smiths and pete will talk you through it all.. He is great to work with..

Mike

[Steve L]

Good advice in the previous post. Don't drive yourself nuts trying to figure this out before talking to Pete.

When we ordered my son's pads, we simply took pictures of his leg with an easily readable tape measure next to it. Then measuerd from the center of his knee to where he wanted the pads to go on his thigh. Sent the photos to Pete. Gave Pete his skate size.

Everything turned out perfectly.

[dfunked]

I agree with Steve, don't worry too much about it until you talk to Pete. I just played on my new sp5000s for the first time last night. When I ordered I has somewhat hesitant about what pad size to get, but I went with what Pete suggested. Last night the felt like the perfect size.

BTW, the sp5000s were awesome, they are my first real butterfly pad. I had been playing on some old 1990s Brians Altra Air-pacs, I fashioned my own knee stack by taping pads from volleyball kneepads onto a pre-existing nylon/foam pad along the knee strap. Needless to say that configuration didn't even compare to the sp5000s! They felt better than any other pad I had tried (including velocities). I just need to break them in to have more of a curve and be a little more flexible.

[jon1]

Alright, Thanks for the feedback guys. I will continue to talk to pete about it.

[Light Work]

Here are the new pads ready to be shipped, ordered on May 5. And a picture of the old 1000's.

Charlie

[snova031]

Originally Posted by Light Work

Here are the new pads ready to be shipped, ordered on May 5. And a picture of the old 1000's.

Charlie

I really like the way those colors look.

I told myself I was going to wait till the end of summer to order a set of 5000's, but it's tough to wait when you've got all you guys posting pics of your new pads

[gimbo726]

Pfft, quit kidding yourself and order them now

[snova031]

Originally Posted by gimbo726

Pfft, quit kidding yourself and order them now

I really want to, but I'm going to wait till around the middle of August. Going on vacation in the beginning of August for me and my g/f's 5 year Anny, so have to keep some money aside for that...

[Ryeno42]

Put a down deposit so when you do want it and the 8 weeks are up you only have to wait a week after you put your order in.