Bauer Supreme One100 LE 2011 Review

Bauer One100 LE 2011 Review

New for 2011 Bauer has released the limited edition (LE) version of the Supreme ONE100 and ONE60 ice skates. The LE Supreme skates feature a cool black on black look, complete with custom Black Tuuk holders. The Supreme ONE 100 LE skate also features a retro tan colored Clarino liner. All other specs on both models will be identical to the current models.

The Supreme ONE100 LE offers a customizable fit, with lightweight performance improving technology. The uppers of the ONE100 LE skate offers Bauer’s thermoformable ALIVE composite material offering a true custom 360° fit. The ALIVE uppers will form ideally around a medium to wide foot providing a custom fit that will reduce negative space in the boot, improving the player’s fit and ultimately performance on the ice.

Quarter Package: 3D Anaformable ALIVE composite upper

• Provides a more comfortable and responsive skate
• Thermoformable design allows a true 360° custom fit for any foot shape

Liner:

• Hydrophobic Clarino synthetic leather liner

Heel Support:

• Exterior 3D injected heel cup
• Lightweight Anaform Fit foam ankle pads

Tongue Construction: 

• 52 oz. 2-piece felt with high-density metatarsal guard
• Traditional feel that offers additional lace bite protection

Footbed:

• Superfit+ with stabilizer grip, ALIVE composite inserts
• Outsole: Lightweight full Texalium composite

Blade Holder and Runner:

• Tuuk Lightspeed 2
• LS2.1 Power stainless steel runner

Bauer Supreme One100 Review

Top of the Line Performance, without the Top of the Line Price.

This new skate from Bauer offers a lot of similar features to last years ONE95 as well as this year's TOTALOne skate.

This is an awesome skate. You get the look and performance of the TOTALOne and save yourself around $200. The major difference between the One100 and the TOTALOne is the tradtional tongue, as opposed to the TOTALOne's customizable Reflex Tongue and the LS2.1 Power-steel runner as opposed to the TOTALOne's fusion hybrid metal. Last year this was only seen on the one95. This is a slightly longer steel to offer superior glide in each stride.

The Supreme one100 offers a customizable fit, with lightweight performance improving technology. The uppers of the ONE100 skate offers Bauer’s thermoformable ALIVE composite material offering a true custom 360° fit. The ALIVE uppers will form ideally around a medium to wide foot providing a custom fit that will reduce negative space in the boot, improving the player’s fit and ultimately performance on the ice.

Quarter Package: 3D Anaformable ALIVE composite upper

• Provides a more comfortable and responsive skate
• Thermoformable design allows a true 360° custom fit for any foot shape

Liner:

• Hydrophobic Clarino synthetic leather liner

Heel Support:

• Exterior 3D injected heel cup
• Lightweight Anaform Fit foam ankle pads

Tongue Construction: 

• 52 oz. 2-piece felt with high-density metatarsal guard
• Traditional feel that offers additional lace bite protection

Footbed:

• Superfit+ with stabilizer grip, ALIVE composite inserts
• Outsole: Lightweight full Texalium composite

Blade Holder and Runner:

• Tuuk Lightspeed 2
• LS2.1 Power stainless steel runner

The Thermablade Story

Tory Weber worked the midnight shift monitoring the boiler room in the basement of a posh hotel in Banff National Park. It was a boring job for a college student in his early 20s, but the pay, and the dollar-a-day room and meals, made it hard for him to quit, especially with a new silver Mazda RX7 parked outside.

So Weber put his feet up on the desk, his hands behind his head, and thought, "God, you'd just about have to kill me for me to change my life."

Seconds later, a chunk of concrete fell from the ceiling, which was being remodeled. It severed the hotel's main gas line, just 20 feet from Weber's desk. Natural gas hissed out of the punctured 1-inch steel line near two flame-shooting boilers.

Firefighters said it was pure luck the hotel didn't explode. For Weber, that second chance was a catalyst to follow a dream hatched in childhood.

Inspired by Spud Gun

A few years before the hotel incident, Weber had an idea that stemmed from another accident. Painful, but not nearly as dangerous. It was a cold February day at his parents' house in Calgary. He stepped into his shoes, which had been sitting on a heat vent, and walked out onto the icy stairs to get the evening newspaper. His warm shoes melted the ice and sent him reeling onto his rear end.

The same thermodynamics class that eventually landed him the boiler room job made Weber ponder the effect his heated shoes had on the ice. Like most men in Canada, Weber had grown up with a stick and a puck and a number of idols in the NHL. As Weber nursed his aching back, the idea struck him: What would happen if hockey players could skate on heated blades?



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