TYPES OF PROFILES

There have been many performance profile formulas tried over the years, from CAG and Prosharp to Elite. It is worth finding the performance profile that feels right for your game and skating style.

Here’s a simple way to understand the world of performance profiles. Most profile combinations fit into two broad categories that share common characteristics. We refer to these as Heel Glide profiles and Center Glide profiles.

HEEL GLIDE PROFILES

Heel glides are flatter toward the heel (to enhance glide, stability, and speed) and more curved toward the toe (for agility and acceleration). The balance point is a bit front of center. Most performance profiles on the market today are Heel Glides.

All Elite’s performance Duos, Triples, Quads, and the new Polaris share the common characteristic of starting out comparatively rockered in front and becoming progressively flatter towards the heel.
* Prosharp’s Zuperiors, Quads and Duos also fit into this category.

Elite’s Profile Ranking System

All our performance profiles are ranked according to expert on-ice testing related to four attributes: acceleration, agility, speed and stability. All rankings are relative to a baseline profile: the 10’ mono. In the example below you can see that compared to the 10’ mono, the Polaris has more acceleration, more ability and a huge boost in both speed and stability.

Combining two radius curves, the duos are some of the earliest performance profiles. And they are popular with some top players. With a shorter radius curve in the front and a longer curve in the heel, the duos have a good balance of agility and stability. Some players find the transition from toe to heel to be a bit abrupt.

Our most popular duos

7’-13’ DUO
Great all-around profile, strong glide, some forward pitch feel.

8’-12’ DUO Similar to 7-13, with slightly less forward pitch feel.

9.5’-10.5’ DUO This is close to a stock blade. Decent balance of agility and stability with a light feel.

This is close to a stock blade. Decent balance of agility and stability with a light feel.

Our most popular triples

EL3.1 TRIPLE

(6’-12’-16’) Large, Standard
(5’-10’-13’) Junior

Light, agile toe, with a very slight forward pitch feel. Flatter heel provides good stability. Good mix of agility, power, and stability. (Similar to the Prosharp Zuperior)

The quads have four different radius curves, with a more gradual transition between curves than the duos and triples, and provide an excellent balance of speed, power, agility, and stability. Our Quads are very similar to the Prosharp Quads.

Named to acknowledge the Northern roots of its Finnish creator, Petri Hirvelä, the Polaris is the evolution of the Quad, and the newest profile in our collection. A very agile profile, the Polaris also provides exceptional power and stability, with very smooth transitions. Compared to the other Quads, the Polaris is significantly lighter in the back which gives it extra agility. The Polaris is quickly becoming a favourite in our collection. For clients who have been skating on a Duo, Triple or Quad, we highly recommend trying the Polaris.

Our most popular quads

POLARIS QUAD

Large, Standard, Junior

The newest Quad in our collection, the Polaris is very agile with exceptional power and stability. Extremely smooth transitions. With a slight forward pitch feeling, the Polaris also feels significantly lighter in the heel which provides extra agility.

EL4.1 QUAD

(6’-9’-11’-13’) Large, Standard
(5’-8’-10’-12’) Junior

Fast, powerful, solid. Smooth transitions. Slight forward pitch feel. The lightest feel of the quads.

The 4.1 is Similar to the Prosharp Quad Zero.

EL4.2 QUAD

(7’-10’-13’-16’) Large, Standard

A little less agile feeling than the 4.1, with good balance. A good mix of power and agility. Extremely solid, stable feeling profile.

The 4.2 is similar to the Prosharp Quad 2.

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 comparatively more rockered. The balance point is in the middle of the blade. The traditional CAG-ONE profiles fit into this category. Elite’s SCS series is our most popular and high performing profile in the Center Glide family.

SCS Series

This 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.The ultimate blend of agility, power, and speed, the SCS is very popular with pro players across North America.

SCS Profiles

SCS-1

Large, Standard, Junior

Four radius curves, flattest in the center of the blade. Very powerful and smooth-skating profile, with high top-end speed and powerful turns while preserving agility and explosiveness. The ultimate blend of agility, power, and speed. This is the most agile of the SCS profiles, with the most rockered heel and toe sections.

SCS-2

Large, Standard

Has the same mid-foot flatter-radius curves as the SCS-1, but with slightly less rockered heel and toe for greater power and stability.

Center flat series

The Center Flats are Elite’s version of the CAG profiles, which have an actual flat section at or near the middle of a 10’ mono blade. They come in a variety of lengths of flat section, and also in neutral and more forward-pitched configurations. The flat section adds speed and stability but with a loss of agility, especially in the longer lengths. As well, the transitions onto and off of the flat section are not smooth in the longer lengths.

The SCS is a much higher performing evolution of the Center Flat design. If you have players that have been skating on a CAG, we highly recommend they try the SCS series, which has much smoother transitions.

CENTER FLAT Profiles

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

mono profiles

We recommend our performance profile combinations but understand that some players are more comfortable with a stock blade. The monos will feel familiar, but with no performance gains in agility, power, speed, or stability.

10′ MONO

Stock, out of the box blade. Decent basic blade with some agility/stability, but no performance gains in agility, power, speed, or stability.
All our other rankings are in comparison to the 10’ mono.

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.

The goalie duos have a shorter radius curve in the front to add more agility in the front with same stability in the back. These profiles preserve stability, but offer a slightly more aggressive pitch forward, which facilitates quicker lateral movement and allows them to regain their feet more quickly.

These are a standard stock goalie blade. Very short release zone at each end.

Most Popular Goalie Blades

26’-30’ DUO Maintains strong stability and control, with agile lateral and up and down movement.

30’ MONO Standard stock goalie blade. Short release zone at each end.

28’ MONO Slightly more rockered feel than the 30.

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