Skate profiling

Skate profiling

Skate blade profile includes usually one or more different radiuses. In some cases, in the middle of the blade has a flat section. 

When the the radius and/or the arc angle is changed, the skate behavior chances. The flat surface on the middle of the blade controls how steady and gliding the skate is. Steady and good glide usually causes lack of agility.

-The bigger the area of the skate touching the ice is, the more steady and gliding the skate usually is.
-The smaller the area of the skate touching the ice is, the more agile the skate usually is.

1. Front section is for the agility and acceleration.
2. Middle section is for glide and speed
3. Rear section is for stability

The bigger the middle section is (the length of the straight section), the more wider the turns are. On the other hand, long glide section gives good glide and fast skating. Short glide section makes tight turns possible, but you will lose speed, skating efficiency and glide.

You can change the skating  position to natural forward lean position. This can be made by tilting the profile, or moving the blade pivot point backwards on the skate. New skates, directly from the shop should always be profiled for the skater. Always try several different profiles, and find the best profile for you.

Skate profiling is made using automatic profiling skate sharpener, Parduc® P40. P40 uses pre-shaped profiling templates to achieve the desired profile to the skate blade. Flat glide surface can be made using separate flat template, or by using one of our ready templates from the COUGAR -series. Flat surface length is usually 30...70mm. When using our FLAT template together with the RADIUS-series, you can customize the glide surface length.

Skating position can be changed to forward lean position, by tilting the profile, or moving the pivot point backwards. Some of our profiling templates are already designed to change the skating position to forward lean position. Profiles with the natural forward lean, are marked with the pivot point distance marking; "Pitch XXmm"

When the blade is center profiled (Neutral rocker), the skating is usually easy when moving forward, or backwards. This setting usually fits for players that are playing normally between the blue lines.

When the profile is forward lean profile (Offensive rocker), the skating position is slightly leaning forward. Skating forward is more easier and faster. Quick stick operation is easier. Forward lean profile fits best for the offencive players.

When profiling the skates, always mark the used profile and the sharpening radius to the skate. This way you will help other sharpeners to perform identical sharpening for the players.

Parduc profile templates 2022:

RADIUS -series: Single radius
COUGAR -series: Single radius and flat glide surface
EAGLE -series: Two radius
FOX -series: Three radius (Forward lean)
BEAR -series: Four radius (Forward lean)
BADGER -series: Oval/ellipse, radius changes for the whole distance of the blade (Forward lean)