To whoever asked for the update on my Blazer Mids with the shoe stretchers set to widen.. I finally got a proper sesh in them after being laid up for a few weeks, and the stretchers definitely made a positive difference. I laced them just snug enough that the laces weren’t loose or tight, and left the top two eyelets undone, which resulted in good range of motion without any heel slip. Best feeling/skating shoe I’ve worn in a long time. Only complaint is landing primo with the thin Zoom insoles is brutal.
*put in the thicker gel insoles from my CTAS, and now they’re a bit tighter than ideal. Can probably make it work with a little more stretching, but will go TTS next time to allow for the insole swap.