Hey Fellow Rinkers, the final tally for my charity backyard rink project was over $34,500 raised for my charities (Easter Seals NL, Rainbow Riders and Mazol Shriners) whose mandate is to assist children and young adults with special needs like my son Carter.  I am now embarking on a new effort by rapelling from a 9 storey building this summer to raise money for Easter Seals NL as part of the 2013 St. John's Drop Zone.  Last year I raised over $8,000 by rapelling dressed as Mr. Incredible (my wife who is morbidly afraid of heights also rapelled as Elastogirl with me) and survived to tell about it.  If you liked my rink project this winter and my new Drop Zone effort, you can click the link to make a donation on my sponsor page.  There are videos there of my rapel in St. John's (9 storeys) and Toronto (17 storeys) last year. …

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Discount Sale on Hockey Rink Nettings and Plastic Rink Liners For The End of 2012-2013 Season

We hope everyone is having a great skating season!

www.mybackyardicerink.comis now offering a end-of-season discount sale!

We are now offering:

• 15% discount on all plastic rink liners
• 5% discount of the first protective hockey rink netting
• 20% off your second protective hockey rink netting (for those who have two goal nets and want to shoot on both sides of your backyard rink)

We offer this to all our members. This is a very BIG…

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Frank Joseph Zamboni, Jr. was a U.S. inventor whose most famous invention is the modern ice resurfacer, with his surname being registered as a trademark for these resurfacers.  Would have been 112 years old today!

Born: January 16, 1901,…

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Saw this posted on Facebook somewhere and wanted to pass it on, as it's certainly an interesting idea. Paralleling efforts from climatologists who use data from weather stations across Canada, a group of geographers from a university in Ontario created a website for users to register their backyard rinks and then track the number of skating days in a given winter, presumably to map/chart winter weather trends. 



http://www.rinkwatch.org/about/



From their website : "We want Canadians from coast to coast to coast to tell us about their rinks. We want you to pin the location of your rink on our map, and then each winter record every day that you are able to skate on it. Think of it as your rink diary. We will gather up all the information from all the backyard rinks across Canada, and use it to track the changes in our climate. The RinkWatch website will give you regular updates…

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Looking for some advise. I have a very sloped yard. Need 24" on water low end to get 5" of water at high end. Having major issues with supporting the boards. Keep getting blow outs. Who out there has had success with rinks like this?

Just put up my rink and put the liner down. We got an inch or so of slush and while I was checking it out found several rips in the liner. I've had good luck using the wide white plastic tape in the past but that was alway put on dry. I need to get this fixed ASAP as we have cold weather for the next week and want to take advantage of it.

My question is how do I repair the rips that are in the wet areas? I thought I might try and use a pool repair kit.

Got the liner installed today and started filling. Unfortunately, unlike mainland Canada, Newfoundland doesn't get as cold as fast, most days now are still above freezing but I wanted to get it filled before Christmas.  So far, I have raised over $16,000 in mostly corporate donations in exchange for advertising space on my boards and in my ice.  I am raising money for Easter Seals NL, Mazol Shriners (Shriners Hospitals for Children) and Rainbow Rider which are all charities that assist children living with physical challenges like my son Carter.  Check out my website www.reasonfortherink.com.

 

Todd

 

 

 

3100 gallons of water dumped on my rink today, now all I have to do is wait. Yeah, today's a good day!

Getting ready to set up the rink for my 5th year.  Have learned alot over this time, some good, some not so good.  My rink will be 42x62, liner method with boards and it has an 9" slope.  This year I am going to try and add a very modest kick board with top to go over the liner.  I am hoping it will add a clean look and also preserve the top and front of the liner so I can re-use it.  Purchased a 50x70 white heavy duty tarp for $325.  The boards will be painted exterior white.  I have attached a rendering for your consideration to help you improve your rink. 

Please check out the new website that I have created to promote my hockey rink fundraiser and raise awareness of the charities that I am supporting. There is also a sponsorship page of all my current corporate sponsors and encourage everyone to use the services/products of these very community minded companies.

www.reasonfortherink.com