One can enjoy ice skating to the fullest during the winters as far as you are fit, this game has no age bar. Just ensure that the ice does not have a thin crust and you are all ready to do ice skating. There are various kinds of ice skates depending upon the kind of ice skating one would like to do. For instance, the commonly used two types of ice skates are ice hockey skates and figure skates. Both the hockey skates are designed differently, keeping in mind the different purposes of each. The very first and major difference between the two is the ice hockey skates being heavier than the figure skates.
This is because the figure skates, as the name hints, are used more for turning and jumping. These are made up of blades which are nailed with the boots. The blades of these skates are curved right from the front to the back. The liner of the hockey skates are made up of the synthetic but hydrophobic leather, which is an extremely gentle tech quarter bundled with thermoformed X-rib pattern. Te outsole of the ice hockey skates is full of either texellium or carbon composite along with being perforated.
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ice hockey equipment include the most used ice hockey sticks which have an slender and extended shaft ending with a flat extension on one side. Their length ranges generally from 150 to 200 cm where the blade of the ice hockey sticks which contacts the puck and is precisely 10 to 15 cm in length.
However, one can even look forward to buying the wooden ice hockey sticks considering these are cheapest and offer you various options of modification. For instance, one can easily modify the wooden hockey sticks by simply cutting the shaft and the sanding the stick blade. The modification in turn helps the player to customize his ice hockey sticks according to his comfort level. However, the drawback with the wooden hockey sticks is that they tend to break easily along with being heavy and stiff as compared to the other types.
On the other hand, one can even choose from a plethora of ice hockey equipment like hockey sticks which made up of composite materials such as fiberglass, aluminum, graphite, Kevlar and titanium. Graphite is majorly used for reinforcing or coating the wooden hockey sticks in the mixture of Kevlar in order to form the shaft. Graphite on the other hand, is also used solely to make ice hockey sticks. However, this material is more expensive that aluminum and fiberglass but inexpensive as compared to titanium and Kevlar.
The composite ice hockey sticks are most commonly used by 85% of the NHL players. You can choose from either one piece or two piece hockey sticks along with a shaft and even replaceable blades. These are much lighter and flexible as compared to the wooden ice sticks but a bit expensive too comparatively. The only drawback with the composite hockey sticks is that they have the tendency to break easily.
