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Are you a skater?
2/22/2023 | 1m 17sVideo has Closed Captions
Skating, and hockey skating, are massively popular in our region.
Skating, and hockey skating, are massively popular in our region. But do you know about skate sharpening and how it works? We took a trip to a local shop to find out!
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The Slice is a local public television program presented by PBS North
The Slice
Are you a skater?
2/22/2023 | 1m 17sVideo has Closed Captions
Skating, and hockey skating, are massively popular in our region. But do you know about skate sharpening and how it works? We took a trip to a local shop to find out!
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And we are looking at skate sharpening and talking about the importance of it.
I am going to show you a sharpening.
Skate sharpening is very important for a skater so that they can maintain an edge.
There are some players that maybe go two weeks without doing it and then there are some players that are superstitious and get it done before every game.
We have a three head skate sharpening machine.
The intricacy is, is trying to making sure that it's level.
You want to make sure that you when the skate's done, that it's level and has two edges on it.
There are different hollows that we use.
You know, a beginner skater might use a 3/8 hollow where a more advanced skater might be up to 5/8 or 3/4 hollow.
And actually, it's a lot of fun.
You know, like a lot of the high school players come through getting their skate sharpened.
And, you know, you build up a relationship with them.
You go and you look at the box score the next day after they sharpen their skates and maybe they've gotten a hat trick or scored a couple goals.
And it's like, "Oh, I helped in that."
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