Profiles and Hollows

Profiling that enhances performance.

The goal is optimal blade profiles that enhance your speed, agility, power and performance.

Blademaster Skate Sharpeners and Blademaster trained skate technicians are ready to help you find your best blade profile and consistently sharpen skates for peak performance at every game or competition!

A smaller profile such as 8 to 9 feet is excellent for agility, quick starts and stops, and quick acceleration. The downside is that you bite more into the ice which creates more stress on your joints, it requires a deeper hollow and burns more energy keeping your speed. Glide is lost a smaller profile, so you must move your feet more to keep your speed up.

Player positions that benefit from a smaller profile are ones like defense players. Quickness and agility are very important.

With a larger radius of 11 to 13-foot, glide and speed are enhanced. The larger contact area on the ice makes you dig in less, requiring a shallower hollow to achieve your desired grip level. The downside to a larger profile is that you lose acceleration and agility.

Can you have different profiles at each end of the blade?

Yes you can! Often different radius's are used at each end of the blade. This depends on the a variety of factors related to the player. Height, weight and position played are to be considered.

Blademaster Skate Sharpeners and Blademaster trained skate technicians are more than capable of helping you find your best blade profile and consistently sharpening skates for peak performance at every game or competition!