During a crossover, XCBlades are more stable and provide more prolonged contact with ice. Depending on the model, they add up to 4 - 19% more impact.*
XCBlades create 4 - 10% more contact with ice, giving the player more dynamic acceleration and longer pushing steps.*
Due to their unique widening at the front and rear of edges, XCBlades give the player up to 3 - 11% more stable, powerful braking, and a shorter braking distance.*
The special asymmetric 3D design of the left and right edges of XCBlade allows the player to gain up to 4 - 15% more movement energy at high-speed tight turns.*
In the last 100 years of modern skate development, XCBlade has been the first and only skate blade that breaks the limits of parallel edge design. With the adaption of the variable 2D edge geometry into 3D from carving skiing, it raises skating to a higher level.
XCBlade is, therefore, not a permanent but a variable-width skating blade that forms a well-defined 3D geometric shape.
Thus, unlike all currently available blades, XCBlade is NOT a parallel-edge skating blade. Still, the blade's left and right edges gradually extend from the center, parallel sections moving away from each other into the direction front and rear of the blade.
This change in width is different in the front and rear, more remarkable in the back region of the blade, which is responsible for tight turns and smaller in the first region, which is responsible for the longer pushes.
The result of this controlled expansion is that in skating situations (final phase of the pushing stage, tight and sharp turns, intense braking), where conventional blades lose their contact with the ice due to increased inclination, there, the XCBlade blades are still firmly attached to the ice surface, thanks to the widening edge design, XCBlade engages the ice with 5 - 20 % larger blade sections.
The parameters below represent a competitive advantage in the world of sport that makes XCBlade revolutionary.
During a turn the left and right skates are sliding on the ice with different radius. The special asymmetric 3D design of the left and right edges of XCBlade helps this divergent movement requirement, optimizing the energy consumption on skating. Turning is optimized with XCBlades, allowing the player to gain up to 4-15% movement energy (per match) compared to traditional blades.
This energy saving can be crucial in the late stages of a match during the endgame.
XCBlades with their special curved 3D edge design create 4-10% more contact with ice, giving the player more dynamic acceleration and longer pushing steps.
For crossover, the blades are used with their full length, and since the XCBlades, depending on their curvature, are attached to the ice on a larger surface at the front and rear sections of the inner and outer edges, they become more stable and faster during a crossover. XCBlades provide up to 4-19% more stability depending on the model.
The XCBlades, due to their widening edges are coming into contact with ice during braking both on the front and rear section on a larger surface than traditional blades, giving the player up to 3-11% more stable and powerful braking and a shorter braking distance.
For straight skating, the ice-related middle area of the XCBlades is parallel, so same as any other blades, so there is no change in skating behavior except for the fact that your blades can be much shallower, allowing you higher speed.
XCBlades combine revolutionary 3D edge geometry for increased turning stability and maximum speed for straight blades.
Zero compromises only advantages.
Our skate blades are used by hundreds of elite athletes in over 20 countries.
"They' are amazing, I love how the customisation is working on the side and the width, they are great!
Balance is great I feel like a lot of blade on the ice and so helps for glide everything.
I'm using them, I'm loving it, so happy about it!"
"I've been using the XCBlade for the past year and overall, I've been able to improve my game a lot with it. I can skate faster, I'm more explosive, my whole game is faster."
Seattle Kraken / NHL - 2022 3/68 draft pick
"They're amazing! Since I've been using them, I've been able to get a lot tighter. Overall, I've gotten a lot faster, and I can feel the difference in my starts. I love them!"
"The XCBlade gave me more stability in turns and better balance in the straights, which proved to be key towards the end of my career. I regret that I did not experience the benefits of the XCBlade 15 years ago."
"Over the years I have had the pleasure of trying out many blades, but the XCBlade is the one I'm sticking with. I love how they have brought innovative technology, inspired by other sports, to hockey. It's amazing to turn with, it's fast and stable. I've got players from Germany, the Czech Republic and Austria using it."
"I have been using XCBlade blades since the beginning of the season. I wanted to try something new to be more stable on the ice. The XCBlade blades are great because they are wider at the end, so I get more stability and grip on rebounds and crossovers. It's working so far."
"To be honest, when I first tested this blade, I didn't know what to expect at all. Then we started doing skill workouts: sharp bends, stick handling, etc., and the benefits of the new blade came out great."
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„Miklós MAKAI” is a mechanical design engineer with nearly 30 years of development experience in industrial automation and precision component manufacturing.
Miklós is also the father of 3 children; all three are ice sports enthusiasts; from where came the idea for the blade improvement.
The XCBlades is manufactured in the owner's equity-financed precision plant in Székesfehérvár, Hungary - Europe, on an high-precision 5-axis CNC machines at the highest technical level and quality assurance conditions. The skate blades are made in house out of swiss army knife material quality and heat treated to a hardness of 54-58HRC.
Thanks to technology and revolutionary innovations, demand is growing organically and continuously."
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