The Skate of the Future 

Its nice to see that Bauer finally adopted 1990's roller blade technology

The skate of the future looks remarkably like the roller blades of the ‘90s.

Pretty cool, looks like they took the technology available for ski boots and transferred it to skates. Had pretty much the same heating and molding process done to my ski boots when I first bought them

The hinge goes back a long way. I'm 55, I used Lange skates in pee wee in the 70s. Someone else mentioned Microns, I also used them back in minor hockey. All molded skates with liners. They were pretty good as I recall. I've been using "normal" skates for many years now. Interesting to see the updated version with, as someone mentioned, a roller blade style way of securing them on your feet.

These remind me , as far as their appearance, of my late 1970s microns which I wore for over twenty years and kept hanging on the wall for another twenty. Cold stuff .

Like the video. Skates have come so far since the days of tube skates being the new big thing. We used to get "baked" at the skate shop in the '80s, but it was a totally different thing. Subscribed!

I haven't purchased ice hockey skates in many years. But my favorite were CCM that had Reebok air pumps built into the skate tongue and ankles. I didn't have to worry about tightening my skate laces too tight. With the Reebok pump, it made it quick /easy to tighten the skates during games (wish I had them years ago when I was a kid, when my skates got loose and I didn't time to tighten properly on the bench, it had a impact on my skating / playing ability.

My favourite part was this is not scripted, followed by thank my friends at Bauer 😂

I wore a pair of Lange skates in college when they first came out in 1974, they had the same type of hinge as these Bauer. Everyone thought I was crazy but they were the comfortable pair of skates you could get at that time and on top of that they gave you great protection.

I'm still using my Reebok 7K pumps build like a tank.

I see the 90's are coming back strong. Had a pair of K2's with the buckle and all it takes is one hit to that buckle! Let me know when Bauer brings back the classic Supreme 3000's with the leather boot and i'll buy a pair.

Looks like just pure gold to kvg mat black

I would imagine it will help with lowering the stress on the ankles and knees….maybe even the hips in the long run? It’s time that the gear catch up to help with goalies being able to stay in the game longer as they age. Good vid KVG, interesting to see how they hold up through the years/s.

reminds me of my old pair of microns I used to have!

Welcome to the world of ski boots, bin doing this for a long time…

Heat molding skate boots for a custom fit is an industry standard that has been around for decades. Competitive skaters use high end heat molded boots for best fit and performance.

My Bauer Custom Form Fit 3000 skates also had a heat molding process and that was 30 years ago.

I have lived long enough to see the Bauer Turbo come back, and as a top of line groundbreaking tech.

During the cooling/icing process I would stand for those eleven minutes, and maybe even walk around. Your feet change shape as soon as you stand, flattening your arch, widening your foot print etc. When I heat form new snowboard boots I’ll slip on the same sox I ride with, lace/clamp them up to my riding tightness and walk/stand around in them for 10-15 minutes

exact method for ski boots. surprised no-one has thought of doing this before.

love ur vids

“are there any beers in the… connect… fridge? no? oh it’s cool…” had me cracking up

I love your videos

These look pretty good. I still use my Lange Goalers from 1978,and these would be a good upgrade,except for maybe the steel of the blades. The steel on the Lange Goalers is premium stuff,and my skate sharpening guys always loved to work on them.

roller blade boot with blades ... I still have my old school CCM 652's with the reebok pump system on the tounge and loved em and then I went back to graf and eventually the first ever vapor 10 skate and been a bauer vapor skater for yrs now

Game changing

....that boot design has been around for awhile, but I can't believe it took so long to take it to the ice. Pretty cool, I like them ...

Hey KVG…love the channel, love the insights. Fun question, hopefully with no judgement. I am a beer league goalie, started in my 30’s and love it. I’ve never used anything but entry level goal skates…started with Bauer Supreme One60…switched up to S27’s…finally GSX’s. I’m finally deciding to put some money on my feet. I’m not prepared to go full custom, but if you had the choice between a pair of Ultrasonics at a good price Bauer Pro or a pair of Konekt skates at full pop…what are you taking and why?

My skates are like 20 years old. I would to try these babies. So cool

The leg sauna part of the fitting process is straight up vibe

I just bought a pair and its insane how it helps level up my game.

Watching how your pads get kinda pushed towards the ice when flexing, it makes me think that ideally they'd probably develop a new boot design on the pad to compliment the konekt.

There were something similar in the 80s made out of hard plastic. The shoes broke when the temperature went below -15c ;)

Lot of comments here about 1990s roller hockey skates. I remember back in the early 90s when the CCM Kevlar Taks actually came out....at the time those things were so badass. This kind of reminds me of that but they also look like Mission skates a little bit to me. Those were the days man, too bad roller hockey is pretty much dead here on the East Coast.

Old Bauer turbos coming back I see. Full circle

Those fasteners are great on stilts. I need some.

I picked up a pair. Sure I am a beer league plugger that plays for fun but i gotta say, when the league needs help to fill in spots on a night where ppl cant make the game, playing three in a row, its amazing to click, click. out of the skates, fresh socks, click, click and ready to rock again. worth every peny to stay fresh and dry LOL

I wished that they existed in my time (pre 2015). It was a huge pain with those darn laces. Same thing with those current almost strapless leg pads! I remember that it was almost "obligatory" in 90's for a leg pad to having 11 straps! Some teammates even got furious at me when I didn't used those 2 first upper straps, because I saw Hasek doing it. None pro goalies today had survived with those terrible equipments of 90's, wooden goalie sticks weighted like 10x more than composite goalie sticks!

Love mine. I do get minor discomfort in my low arches but I think that’s just my feet. I also have superfeet comfort in mine and Tydan SAM profiled steel. I have the top buckle as tight as possible and the bottom buckle micro adjustment all the way tight and then on first notch.

I bought probably the one of the first pair of Lang hockey skates that were all plastic while everybody else had super tack hockey skates I found a pair on eBay for $265 what a great looking pair of skates

They had Lange skates 40 years ago . They were molded plastic with a liner in them . I still have a pair .

Worked in a sporting goods shop in the 80’s. I watched Bauer do this with a skate to a high school hockey player in 1986. They custom molded the skates to his foot. Not new, just redone.

YES

lol cf logo under that thicc ice. I recognize that rink.

Best skates I ever had were Lange with the hard boot and soft inner boot my dad bought me in 1974 or 75 and they lasted for decades.

Sick👍

They brought the lange skates back from the 70’s😂

Took this long for someone to put a ice chassis on a rollerblade boot lol

So it's been almost a year, how do you still feel a bout them? Holding up good? Buckle issues? What sz skate were you using and now what sz in these are you wearing? I'm a 7.5 normally.

I always take my laces out of the top two loops to get the ankle mobility while still having tight skates. these look so nice, probably will be my next pair

Current tech for the 80’s Orbit/Micron hockey boots. Lol.

ive been wearing these my whole life

Just a thought. Since the foot changes shape when you are standing up and since ice hockey is not played while seated, shouldn’t the process have been done while standing?

The way it moves reminds me of my roller blades so they finally took technology from roller blades and put them on ice skates

Use to wear Langs, same concept

nice to know that skates are now more than goalie pads

Glad to see hockey skates finally adopting arlo eisenburg level technologies for 2023. Crocs dont need a fancy oven either... Just use the dryer or a hair dryer

The NB’s are swaggy

Is the baking a night & day difference? I tried a pair of these on at the store a while back and they were uncomfortable as hell. Do you put superfeet in them as well?

nice skate

I just got some generic rollerblade straps and BOOM Konect skates!

KVG....are these actually worth it? I'm in need of new skates, but cannot find the bauers I actually want(Ultrasonics), in my size...

Ski boots do hinge like that in the back. They also mold them just like that. To me it looks like they put a skate on the bottom of ski boots.

Did you have them profiled at all?? Or right out of the box sharpened and go?

I love not needing waxed laces, any word on these skates for d-men or forwards?

I was a Tacks fan, back in the 70s when the blade was a solid piece of steel, and remember those Langs which were the first ski boot type. At $900, I don't trust those Chinese made clips to last, and is they are super light, how good is the arch protection?

I've been looking for non-shoestring ice skates ⛸️ and hocky skates for decades. Where do I buy a pair of size 13?

My favorite skates were the 1998 Baur Vapors.

If this is the future I want to live in the past

How does the quality feel? Having a single point that clips across the foot held with a small metal pin seems like a fail point. How do they hold up over the course of a season?

So the radicals!!!!!!!

The true pads next ti the oven look sick

That’s at the chesterfield location!!

Looks like the skate of the past going full circle

So are these types of skates only for goalies, or for outfield players as well?

The hot molding technique has been used on in line skates for years. For athletes, a complete mold of the foot is made, and the boot is constructed per foot as we know our feet are not exactly the same. I used to do in line marathons, and I have a pair of those molded to my feet skates. I don't think the ice skates require that technique. The lacing is still best for comfort. I maybe wrong, we will see as the time goes by.

Are we back in the 70’s with a reincarnation of Lange skates?

finally can get those bauer turbos from 1985

They need to have binding extensions for wide ankles. We tried them on but the binding couldn't even connect around the ankles. Just like skiing boots, there should be binding extensions.

That seems like my roller oxelo! 😂

Wonder how long my pads will.last with the rigid buckles?

More technology and more money 💰

We've been heat molding skates for decades now.. But I'll stick with my Graf Supra 703's anyday.

Are there any plans to have this as a player skate? I would imagine the clips are too vulnerable to damage. My Powerslide inlines are like this, much more comfortable than most ice skates.

Reminds me of the Microns that Mark "Harpo" Hardy used to wear..

Kvg videos are better then Saturday morning cereal with marshmallows. Did you edit this on the shredder bleep sky app??

I've been seeing a lot of negative reviews on these. How do you like them now that you've spent time with them?

It's about f#$king time!!! I'm a Canadian man in my 50s. I've been on skates 4 times in my life and it's all because skates are hands down the most uncomfortable things ever. These skates look like I may want to rethink things... thanks

Lange Skate from the 80’s to 2022

Do these come in speed skates

I had those in the 80's lol

My Lange's did the same thing back in 1977! Big deal.

What profile dit you put on the blades? Makes as much a difference as the hinge system👍

i like my skates to be sharpened at quarter cut and had em custom radius

Lange said "Hey, wait a minute!"

Basically old Microns with modern guts.

Please check out top ten aggressive Inline skates, they have good technology

Been a goalie for years and I am pretty sure when I say, those player blades will not hold up to puck shots. I get the molded boot. It's like the white goal skate boot, but I can't see the blade holing up.

I had some rollerblades like this in 1996, we all remember what happened to them...

Anyone remembers Microns? Lol. There back