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The Bauer Turbo must be the most successful hockey skate design of all time. I think it is a shame that they are not made anymore. They were the perfect skate for beginners for several reasons:
- They were inexpensive
- They were damn near indestructible
- They had good ankle support which never degraded with use
- They were warm when skating outside
- They were comfortable for most people
In the past, whenever a beginner would ask me what kind of skates to buy, for recreational skating, and maybe some pond hockey, I would always say "Bauer Turbos" without hesitation, unless they indicated that money was no object. Nowadays there is nothing that you can buy new for $60 at a retail store that isn't junk.
The weird thing about Bauer Turbos is, they were pretty much always $60. In the 70's and early 80's that was expensive for skates, but by 2000 or so (about the last time I saw them new in a store) they were still $60, which by that time was dirt cheap for skates, yet they hadn't changed in any significant way.
Didn't some pros wear Bauer Turbos at one time? I know that Kevin Lowe wore Micron molded plastic skates which were pretty much the same thing...
- They were inexpensive
- They were damn near indestructible
- They had good ankle support which never degraded with use
- They were warm when skating outside
- They were comfortable for most people
In the past, whenever a beginner would ask me what kind of skates to buy, for recreational skating, and maybe some pond hockey, I would always say "Bauer Turbos" without hesitation, unless they indicated that money was no object. Nowadays there is nothing that you can buy new for $60 at a retail store that isn't junk.
The weird thing about Bauer Turbos is, they were pretty much always $60. In the 70's and early 80's that was expensive for skates, but by 2000 or so (about the last time I saw them new in a store) they were still $60, which by that time was dirt cheap for skates, yet they hadn't changed in any significant way.
Didn't some pros wear Bauer Turbos at one time? I know that Kevin Lowe wore Micron molded plastic skates which were pretty much the same thing...