"Official" Smith Thread

[KMobayeni]

Now you can slide the length of the ice in a two pad stack

[GOL-E]

Originally Posted by dufferin

Stop flirting with my gear! They are MINE! ALL MINE!

It was worth a try

[RichMan]

Originally Posted by mitdan

actually the outside gusset on all the smith pads (1000, 2000, 3000, 4000, and 5000) are jenpro.


- dan

True, true...my bad. Don't know why i thought it was nylon...must of had a brain fart or something

[Jerry Klein]

Originally Posted by buffay34

Also, who was the one that added a cheater bar to their glove? In the email i asked Pete if a cheater bar would be a possible mod, and he said "Part of the reason is the shape of our glove, across that top edge does not allow for a cheater bar to be effective. It's too straight.". I like cheater bars, it has saved me before!

I asked him to add a cheater bar when I got my glove last Fall, and he said no without any explanation - just said he doesn't do them. I don't agree that the edge is too straight. The edge is almost identical to a Vaughn Epic glove I had that did have a cheater bar.

[Webster]

Here are the matching gloves to go with the pads.

[snlsmith]

I was wondering if you got those too?

Is that the only picture you have of them?

[Webster]

Yeah, I will be taking more when I receive them a week or so on Monday

[cook222]

webster, how flexable are the 5000 pads?

[Webster]

I dunno yet they get shipped out tomorrow (monday)
but as soon as i get them i will try and answer the questions everyone has,

[Soritong]

I was wondering; there was someone last night at Wintersport Ice Arena in PA who had a pair of bucky (vintage) Smiths (and i'm presuming the gloves were vintage Smiths too, with waffle holes on the blocker).

Just wondering if this person is on the board.

[chakal]

Originally Posted by cook222

webster, how flexable are the 5000 pads?

I'll answer generally:

Smith pads can be as flexible or as stiff as you want. When you order, you can ask for the degree of flexibility or stiffness desired. The 5000 comes with a removable stiffners system too.

[dufferin]

Chakal.

Do they really? I wasnt even aware of the features! Haha. So they have the stiffness adjusters ALA TPS?

Thanks


PS Thanks for the advice on selling my gear. I was out so i couldnt PM you back but thanks!

[Vision]

I thought pete didn't do the adjustable stiffeners because of TPS' introduction of the same? Maybe he did but just didn't publicize it. Now, I do know that you can tell him what you are looking for and he'll build your pads with the flex (or lack thereof) that you want.

::m

[chakal]

Maybe I'M wrong on the stiffners, I had talks with Pete when he was working on that feature, so I thought it was still on. But whatever, I'm sure about him being able to custom the flex to your liking though.

****edit***

Pete just e-mailed me to say I was wrong about the stiffners, he didn't used them after all. But I stay on my positions regarding him customizing the flex to the pads.

[GOL-E]

What do you guys think of these?

Inspiration came from Aubin's blue with white accent Vapors he wore in toronto earlier this year. I might go with a blue palm just because it would match better.

My size is:
Floor-to-Knee = 21"
Knee-to-Thigh = 10"
Skate Size = 11.5
Height = 6'

Anyone know what size that would be? (like a 37+3 or something?)

And just for you Vancouver fans just because I think these look sick: