TYPES OF PROFILES
HEEL GLIDE PROFILES
Heel Glide profiles are flatter toward the heel and more curved toward the toe. This gives the blade excellent glide characteristics, while also providing agility and acceleration.
Our Heel Glide profiles come in duo-, triple-, and quad-curve sequences. They are all more curved in front, for agility and acceleration, and become progressively flatter towards the heel, to enable stability and speed.
| Popular Heel Glides | Radius | Player feedback |
|---|---|---|
| 7-12 Duo | 7’ – 12’ | “Lightest”, most agile duo. Slight forward pitch feeling. |
| 7-13 Duo | 7’ – 13’ | Great all-around profile, strong glide, some forward pitch feel. |
| 7-14 Duo | 7’ – 14’ | Strong glide. Pronounced forward pitch feel. |
| 8-12 Duo | 8’ – 12’ | Similar to 7-12, slightly less forward pitch feel. Marginally less agile. |
| 8-13 Duo | 8’ – 13’ | Similar to 7-13, slightly less forward pitch feel. Marginally less agile. |
| 8-14 Duo | 8’ – 14’ | Very solid, stable feel. Great glide. Definitely a bit “heavier” sensation. |
| 9-13 Duo | 9’ – 13’ | Solid, slightly heavy. Very stable. Limited feeling of pitch. |
| EL4-1 Quad | 6’ – 9’ – 11’– 13’ | Quite light and agile. Smooth transition from rocker to glide. |
| EL4-2 Quad | 7’– 10’– 13’– 16’ | Very smooth, well balanced. Good mix of power and agility. |
| EL4-3 Quad | 6’– 9’– 11’– 26’ | Very solid, smooth, stable. Powerful, slightly “heavy” feel. |
CENTER GLIDE PROFILES
The Center Glide profiles flatten an area under the middle of the blade to provide more contact with the ice surface, while the toe and heel sections are more rockered. We offer two different types of Center Glide profiles.
SCS SERIES
The SCS Series is ELITE’s proprietary family of Center Glide profiles, with a sequence of flatter radius curves under the middle of the foot, and comparatively rockered toe and heel sections. The effect is a very powerful and smooth-skating profile, which provides high top-end speed and powerful striding turns while preserving agility and explosiveness.
Since its introduction in 2018, the SCS series has proved to be very popular with pro players across the NHL, ALH, NCAA and CHL.
| PROFILE | Player feedback |
|---|---|
| SCS-1 | “lightest” or most agile, with the most rockered heel and toe sections. |
| SCS-2 | same mid-foot wide-radius curves as the SCS-1, but with slightly less rockered heel and toe for greater stability. |
| SCS-3 | slightly flatter curves under the mid-foot, plus the less rockered heel and toe of the SCS-2, with the most “solid” feel of the three profiles. |
CENTER FLAT SERIES
Center Flat profiles increase the area of blade in contact with the ice surface by creating a flat section at or near the middle of a generic mono blade. They come in a variety of lengths of flat section, and also in neutral and more forward-pitched configurations.
| Center Flat Length (mm) | Neutral Position | Forward P1 Position | Forward P2 Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | 20-20 | 23-17 | 27-13 |
| 50 | 25-25 | 29-21 | 33-17 |
| 60 | 30-30 | 35-25 | 40-20 |
| 70 | 35-35 | 41-29 | 47-23 |
| 80 | 40-40 | 47-33 | 53-27 |
MONOS AND MINIMAL PITCH PROFILES
We are strong champions of the multi-radius Performance Profiles. However, we also offer a complete line of mono and minimally pitched (slightly more curved in the toe) profile templates for skaters looking for something closer to a generic, “out of the box” profile.
| Mono profiles | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mono Radius | 9″ | 10″ | 11″ | 12′ | 13′ |
| Minimal Pitch | 9′-10′ | 9.5′-10.5′ | 10′-11′ | 10.5′-11.5′ |
GOALIE PROFILES
Goalie profiles are much flatter than player profiles, providing superior stability and lateral power, helping the goalie stay in balance and move quickly side-to-side.
The standard line of ELITE Goalie Profile templates includes both Monos and Performance Duos. Many goalies are finding they like the feel of a Performance Duo, with a slightly shorter radius curve in the front. These profiles preserve the required stability, but offer a slightly more aggressive pitch forward, which some goalies feel gives them quicker lateral movement and allows them to regain their feet more quickly after dropping down onto the ice.
| Goalie Monos | Goalie Performance Duos |
|---|---|
| 30-foot | 28-30 |
| 29-foot | 26-30 |
| 28-foot | 24-30 |
| 22-30 | |
| 24-28 |
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