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[Mapleleafs-13]

Here's an interesting reddit link:

https://www.reddit.c...nts_ive_gotten/

Some funny replies in there.

I do tongues out because I like the mobility with the ankle. My skates are not laced super tight like some so this is the way that feels most comfortable. I used to tuck way back when I started but I got lazy while getting dressed and realized how much better tongue out was. I didn't realize how much of a statement it made to you as a player

[x-axis]

I do tongues out because I like the mobility with the ankle. 

I agree. A lot of power skating instructors recommend it for this reason.

[kingston-boy]

Shinpads over tongues, I even go one size bigger so they rest just above. the top 3 boot laces. With the new ultra tacks shins I find it sticks out quite a bit so it doesn't prevent ankle flex. So the range of motion is not hampered and I can skate just fine :-)

Read about rupturing tendons from a slapshot to the tongue. Painful surgery and rehab. It happened to a friend of mine and when I saw his foot mangled and dangling it changed my mind in a heartbeat.Who cares if you look cool with Tongues out like dog ears. Your going to look cooler scoring goals then on the bench in a cast.

[grapes55]

I swear if you guys ever get to the rink early enough to catch the end of a youth practice, every single kid thinks theyre ovi. Rare to see a kid with the tongues tucked. Its crazy

Really? I hardly see anyone with tongues out, at leas tin the league i play in. Its becoming almost as rare as pulling your socks over your tendon guard (see: sedins, datsyuk)
To stay on topic, I used to go tongues out but With my apx skates and their thin tongue i opted to go tongues in

[MyWifeWillKillMe]

Used to go with tongues out.  Now, they're tucked under 15" shins.  Can't switch back for the life of me.

[theruz23]

Shinpads over tongues, I even go one size bigger so they rest just above. the top 3 boot laces. With the new ultra tacks shins I find it sticks out quite a bit so it doesn't prevent ankle flex. So the range of motion is not hampered and I can skate just fine :-)
Read about rupturing tendons from a slapshot to the tongue. Painful surgery and rehab. It happened to a friend of mine and when I saw his foot mangled and dangling it changed my mind in a heartbeat.Who cares if you look cool with Tongues out like dog ears. Your going to look cooler scoring goals then on the bench in a cast.

Holy over reaction, its also about preference not just looks...

[mc88]

Saw a kid get stepped on during a tourney... Right between his flopped tongue and shin guard. Sliced him pretty well, blood everywhere and it sent him to the hospital.

After that, tongues in for me. That and I found that unless I skipped an eyelet, I got a ton of lace bite (I sure as hell wasn't going to go with smaller shins).

As a visual, this unprotected gap:

[Hokie]

Tounges out

[bluhmd]

Shins over tongue. I've tried to flop tongue, but can't stand it. 

[bluhmd]

Saw a kid get stepped on during a tourney... Right between his flopped tongue and shin guard. Sliced him pretty well, blood everywhere and it sent him to the hospital.

After that, tongues in for me. That and I found that unless I skipped an eyelet, I got a ton of lace bite (I sure as hell wasn't going to go with smaller shins).

As a visual, this unprotected gap:

This is also the true KOVY, and he could've played with broken gear from play it again sports and destroyed the league with 100 pts plus a year.....if he only had the work ethic to care 

[kingston-boy]

Holy over reaction, its also about preference not just looks...

shameful...

[Mapleleafs-13]

judging by what kingston boy said earlier, my preference wasn't based on what looks cool when it came to tongues in/out. i used to do tongues over then went to tongues out due to comfort and ankle movement.

 

My friends and I play pick up's and fun shinny's alot so vary rarely do guys take clappers in pick up, it's generally something a plug would do. 

 

If i were to play full on league and tournaments i may do tongues in now in due to that unfortunate set of circumstances that kingston boy described earlier. 

[Dishmaster]

Shins over tongues but I don't mind a nice flop. Nuge looks good with it