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MLX Skates, endorsed by Mario Lemieux,〔MLX in NHL. "(Cutting-edge skate ) gains favour with NHLers."〕 are marketed as high-quality, fully customizable ice hockey skates designed for speed skating . While the skates were made available to the public in the summer of 2010, they made their debut on NHL players, such as Evgeni Malkin and Sergei Gonchar, in the 2010 Olympic Winter Games.〔2010 Olympics. "Next-Generation Ice Hockey Skates (Appear Tonight in Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games )."〕 == History of MLX Skates == In 2001, Dave Cruikshank, the founder & CEO of MLX Skates,〔The MLX Story. "(Read the MLX Story )."〕 retired from Olympic Speed Skating and began training hockey players. He founded David Cruikshank Hybrid Skating, LLC,〔Cruikshank LinkedIn. "(Dave Cruikshank ) | Owner and Founder of DC Hybrid Skating, LLC"〕 which translated his sprinting specialty over to hockey by understanding the concepts behind speed on ice in November 2002. Curtis Brackenbury joined forces with Cruikshank in 2004,〔Brackenbury DC Hydrid Skating. "(Curtis Brackenbury )."〕 bringing in his 16 years of elite level hockey experience.〔Curtis Brackenbury. "(Legends of Hockey ) | Curt Curtis Brackenbury."〕 Together, they combined their expertise to produce a “Hybrid” program. From training hockey players, Cruikshank found the equipment hockey players were using was not allowing them to perform up to their full potential. Improperly fitted skates were causing his athletes to have physical issues, and Cruikshank figured a more form-fitting boot would ensure more comfort and better performance, ultimately improving the play. His goal became determining how to make an ice hockey skate that would deliver the performance features necessary for the game of hockey at the highest levels, all while delivering the speed elements from speed skating.〔 Since August 2009, Cruikshank has been the founder and owner of DASC, a company behind MLX high-performance ice hockey skates.〔 Cruikshank called upon Scott Van Horne,〔 founder and current President of VH Inc.,〔VH Inc. "(VH Speed Skating ) - Scott Van Horne."〕 the world leader in developing and manufacturing high-performance speed skates. Van Horne, a former competitive speed skater for 13 years, received undergraduate and graduate degrees in the field of biomechanics, specializing in speed skating biomechanics, at the University of Calgary, after his retirement from the sport.〔Scotty Van Horne. "(Scotty VanHorne ), Founder of MLX Ice Hockey Skates."〕 When Cruikshank competed, his skates were made by Van Horne,〔 and since the founding of VH Inc., speed skaters wearing VH boots have set half of the current speed skating World Records and have won many Olympic and World medals.〔 Andy Gabel, a four-time, short track speed skating U.S. Olympian and silver medalist, is also part of the MLX team as the President.〔ECAC MLX Partnership. "(ECAC Hockey Partners with MLX Skates )."〕 More recently, Mario Lemieux wore MLX skates on the ice at The Consol Center for the first skate.〔First Skate. "Andy Gabel and (Mario Lemieux ) Back MLX Skates."〕 MLX has also partnered with ECAC Hockey to be ECAC Hockey’s Weekly Award presenting sponsors for the 2010-11 season.〔ECAC. "(ECAC Hockey Partners with MLX Skates )."〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「MLX Skates」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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