I had bought them hockey pants the week before, and they made a big difference. His little legs got tired but he kept wanting "another try". I decided to completely disengage, move out of his reach and leave him with the instructor, and before long he was walking up and down the length of the area, picking up bean bags, and picking his butt off the ice when he fell. This week, he was able to take a few steps pretty quickly. The rink was so windy, however, that when he faced a particular direction it would actually blow him along the rink. If my logic is wrong, someone please correct me.įorgot to add a progress report: a week ago my oldest son was able to stand. That's what I told the sharpener when he asked me, anyways. Plus, my kids only weigh about 35 lbs so they need as much help as they can get.Īt this point, glide is not important to us, getting his confidence up is. Imagine how hard it would be to learn on a really shallow hollow. Skarbro - I figured a deeper hollow would be much easier for the kid to stand on and get a grip on the ice with while he's walking/skating. they are clearly going to be 100 times easier to put on my kids than the real Bauer and CCM skates I bought for them last season. they both look cheap but my kids will never tell I found the buckles a little tricky to close properly.
You can adjust the size of the CCM liner to fit the foot outside of the boot once this is done there are lines telling you what size the boot needs to be adjusted to. the CCM liner is adjustable the Bauer liner is not. the buckles are adjustable as to tightness through a wide range on both boots. I put check in quotes because without real awareness on the part of the wearer, you're still doing a lot of guessing. both come with removable liners which make it easier to "check" sizing. the CCMs come with little plastic guards which MIGHT be usable as skate guards, if you can figure out some way to hold them on
In case any other parents are interested, I thought I'd make a few observations. Buying new skates isn't the issue for me, but since they can't tell me which feels better, I have no reason to suspect one is a better fit than the other. The next-size-up Bauers might just fit them perfectly right now, but the way their feet are growing they might not last long. I picked the CCMs because the Bauers I bought were too small for them, but I liked the ability to adjust the skates. In fact, the blades on the CCMs seem as if they might be longer, possibly because they accomodate a range of skate sizes (8-11, in my case). The CCMs also seem to go back at least as far as the Bauers, certainly well back of where a normal skate would end. An earlier post suggested that the Bauers had a flatter profile, but I can't tell a difference by eye. I took them home and decided to go with the expandable CCM Tykes.
I figure the CCM could be tweaked a bit to make them more comfortable.Īnyone out there have experience with either or both ?Īlso, does anyone know approximately what radii they would come with out of the box ? I'd like a flatter radius on their skates, and I'm wondering whether I'd need to have them profiled at my LHS.Īs I mentioned earlier, I ended up buying both types of skates for both of my kids. I'm not worried about saving money, but I am worried that their fast-growing feet might make the Lil Champs more uncomfortable for them once the sizing is less than perfect. The Tyke has the advantage of being expandable, so it could last a little longer. Both look quick and easy to put on, no laces to worry about, and they look like they'd be more comfortable - both issues I had to contend with last season. This year I am looking at recreational skates like the CCM Tyke and the Bauer Lil Champs. Last year I bought "real" hockey skates and they probably put a total of 1-h on them before I gave up. I have a 4-y old and a (almost) 3-y old, and I'm going to try putting them on the ice again this year.
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