Good skate sharpening is very much essential and is as important as getting the right fitting skates. These two factors hold equal importance and ensure all ice skaters skate to the best of their ability. Similarly, having proper size-fitting skates is important, but most players fail to have their blades shaped and sharpened properly. All skates need to be reshaped and at-least once a year. Making use of skate sharpening equipment could be of tremendous help for you. According to data, on average, most skaters get around 8-10 hours of skating between grinds. But this factor, is, however, determined by an individual’s private factors such as body weight, style, aggression, time spent on the ice, to name a few. Ice quality or how soft or hard the ice is can also have significant effects on the blade wear. One easy way to know whether or not your blades need sharpening or not is to use them on ice. If you tend to feel the boot slipping from beneath you, especially on cross overs, and th...
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