Roller Hockey

[FreeRideFrosty]

Anyone play?? I toasted the bearings on my skates so I am getting new wheels, swiss bearings, and a new stick (Bauer Vapor) tomorrow or friday. I have a few friends who play and didn't know if anyone else played rat hockey or anything. We will probably get people together from local teams to play this summer...

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i play ice hockey dont know how dfferent it is but dont have inline skates just some "skater" ones lol

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Dan I got a stick F/S lol

[NiTrO_aDdIcTiOn]

i played ice hockey up until like 3 years ago, got real expensive, but would be down for some rat hockey every now and then. u mean like ice rat right?

[FreeRideFrosty]

Generally roller is a bit easier than ice. Most of my friends that play play ice and then roller. I am not as good a skater on ice so I stick to roller for actually playing. I have a pair of Bauer vapor 2 skates (uber nice) but I decided to rollerblade on navy pier and it rained. It trashed my bearings...

If you get a pair of roller hockey skates though you need to play... it's most badass. LoL I think we are going to start playing rat hockey at a local roller hockey rink as well...

And for your comment this will be finding itself across your face. :-) Mmmm... 1 piece carbon fiber.

[FreeRideFrosty]

And no... probably roller rat. I can skate ice decent... but not well enough to really be able to play... but hell I guess you guys could use me as a target if we played on ice. LoL

[Michowski]

i got some k2 skates and ive played street hockey before. I wasnt to bad at it.

[FreeRideFrosty]

I want to say that I have a set of K2's in a size 11?? that I would let go for really cheap if anyone needed some. I played in them but got a great deal on my Bauers. Since then I was hooked on the hockey skates. I can't wait to see the difference new bearings and wheels make... I need to decide on indoor or outdoor wheels though. Indoor wheels grip really well but are softer and will wear fast outside. Outdoor wheels have no grip inside... and I don't feel like swapping bearings or spending another $100 to get another set. Damn...

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cmon dan one piece synergy carbon fiber lol

[FreeRideFrosty]

LoL... that vapor IMO is the nicest stick out. Well except for maybe the new Vapor XXX or whatever.

[NiTrO_aDdIcTiOn]

no thanks, im not gonna go all out for hockey on roller skates, if i wanted to do that i could play in my driveway, (that brings back some memories ) but serriously we should get to gether some guys and go to center ice and play rat there, just i think u have to have full pads there, which may be a problem for some

[Mr. Tune]

Do they still do the roller hockey league at the lombard roller rink?

[FreeRideFrosty]

I'm not sure. I know there are 2 other rinks that have hockey though. (I honestly don't think the lombard one does it anymore) I am seriously thinking about getting into it though... I think I may have a padset and get into ice rat hockey and possibly look into a roller league. After the charity race I may actually sell off my RC stuff to fund hockey. (Seeing that I can play hockey when I am in college and my RC stuff will be worthless by the time I get out...

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do vapor XXX is a POS saw two break in consecutive games , NEW!

[rocco79]

Hi mike!

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hey rocco lol

[FreeRideFrosty]

Well I will probably be getting a vapor for $60 (not a bad deal) unless I can find a synergy for cheap. I can always get a z-buble though as well from a guy at work... I will need to see. I think we are playing rat hockey friday night at center ice though...

[FreeRideFrosty]

Well I ended up getting a 1 piece Sher-wood stick instead. I love the thing. I played rat hockey for the first time on Friday night and loved it!! I now own my own helmet and plan on slowly getting the rest of the gear to play regularly. I definitely find ice more difficult than roller but I hope to get better. I had a few assists but never really a good shot at a goal. (It kind of sucked for the first half because tehre was only one goalie... therefore we had to play post. -hit the post to score-)

[NOFEARHKY97]

If any one wants to play hockey (Ice, or Inline), just tell me know.

[thenewguy821]

I havent' been on my Roller blades in about 3-4 years, but I used to play roller hockey occasionally.

Freeride, check out These wheels for Inline Hockey. They are made for long wear outdoors, but still get decent grip inside. They are what I still have on my old Rollerblades.

Or these.

[FreeRideFrosty]

Cool. Thanks. I went and played ice for a while but I don't like it as much as roller. When it starts getting warmer I plan on playing roller a fair amount again.