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DAVID OUTZEN

Lone Tree, CO

Birthday: January 22 Rink Location THE OUTZEN POND

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    DAVID OUTZEN commented on Christopher Lane's photo
    "Looks great! Thanks for posting a photo!"
    Feb 13, 2018
    DAVID OUTZEN commented on Allan Schaffer's photo
    "Awesome! Thanks for posting a photo!"
    Dec 31, 2017
    DAVID OUTZEN commented on JR Pedersen's photo
    "Looks like great ice! Enjoy!"
    Dec 27, 2017
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    • Christmas night 12/25/2015
    • 12/24/2015 Christmas Eve
    Dec 26, 2015
    DAVID OUTZEN posted a video
    12/25/2015
    Snowstorm during Christmas skate. It eventually cleared up into a perfect evening skate.
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    Dec 26, 2015
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    Dec 21, 2015
    DAVID OUTZEN commented on Kris Jackson's photo
    "Great rink! Your ice looks perfect! Congratulations! Enjoy!"
    Dec 2, 2015
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    Super Bowl Sunday skate 2015
    61 degrees last Sunday, followed by 71, 75 and 61. Then snow last night resulting in snow and slush this morning. The slush actually helped as it allowed me to "shave" the ice as I shoveled. Fortunately, cold and cloudy all day which resulted in a…
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    Feb 2, 2015
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    • DAVID OUTZEN Hi Tom. Glad you managed to get back on the ice again. Every time we unlace our skates in the back yard we never know if that might be the last skate until next year. Enjoy it why we can!
      Feb 4, 2015
    DAVID OUTZEN commented on Paul Lacy's photo
    "Nice job! Enjoy!"
    Jan 27, 2015
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    • 01/17/2015 Rink Covered For Sun Protection
    • 01/17/2015 Morning Skate
    Jan 17, 2015
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    Jan 10, 2015
    DAVID OUTZEN left a comment for Laura Stiehm Carlon
    "Good luck with your LED Light Strips! Nice idea!"
    Dec 2, 2014
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    Sunday 2/23/2014
    Squeezing a few more skates out of the rink...
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    Feb 25, 2014
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    57 degree day...great skate same night 1/24/2014.
    It was sunny and 57 degrees during the day but had a great skate last night. Protect your ice from the sun and get more use out of your rink!
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    Jan 25, 2014
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    • Monday morning skate 1/20/2014
    • Monday morning skate 1/20/2014
    Jan 21, 2014
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    Saturday morning 1/18/2014
    Perfect ice this morning:).
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    Jan 18, 2014
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    • John Vlahos December 30, 2018 at 3:51pm

      Hi David !

    • Mark Miller March 27, 2012 at 6:06pm

      Hi David,

      Thanks so much for the nice comentary.  I like your rink...too bad it wasn't a little wider.  Must be challenging getting the snow over the boards.  I don't do my backyard rink anymore, I gave it up after 13 years when the kids got older. Now I build a 55'x110' rink at the Country Club where I am general manager.  No more torn up shoulders shoveling...I have the grounds crew do it but they never get the ice as perfect as I used to.  I've very critical of ice conditions though....even at an arena.  Anyways, have fun!

      Mark Miller

    • mike sander February 24, 2012 at 2:01am

      david, the rink has been ok this year, but not has good as other years, because of warm winter.

      The rink is 34x78    Mike

    • brianjay5g February 18, 2012 at 10:38pm

      yes, here in Southern Ontario, it's been "tropical" this season.  Our plants keep popping up in January which is atypical.  The temperature I've found needs to stay below -5degC continuously for things to stabilize.  When we have rain, +7degC and the ups and downs, the ice suffers.  Next year I'll find a way to cover the rink to keep the leaves/twigs off and make the boards very white.

    • Magnus Leslie January 18, 2012 at 4:32pm

      Thanks David!  It's about time too, now where did I put that stocking cap...

    • Jim Boisvert January 12, 2012 at 7:21pm

      David,

      Thanks for your comment. I have had the rink for 21 years now. There are more pics to view on my rink page, if you'd like. The rink actually won "Best Backyard Rink in America" back in 2003, with the prize being a visit from Bobby Hull, former Chicago Blackhawk. He spent the day with us. As a kid, he was my favorite player, so the day was very special. There are pics of that day on my rink page also. Thanks again.

    • brianjay5g January 7, 2012 at 5:26pm

      David, thanks for the rink advice.  Your cover is a great idea.  I thought about a cover only for catching the twigs and leaves from the tree above.  I was thinking of using last year's tarp for that purpose.

    • Magnus Leslie January 6, 2012 at 2:02pm

      Thanks David-

      Actually, one of my retired busybody neighbors was convinced that I was going to have a problem with uninvited "guests" skating on the rink during the day while my wife and I were at work, so I set up an old unused webcam to look out the window.   The EyeSpyFX thing allows free webcam broadcasting services (can also d/l a $4 iPhone app) that allows remote monitoring.  Figured it was a neat thing to paste into the rink page once I started playing around with it--and as I suspected, plenty of people politely ask permission to skate, but I have yet to have any interlopers.

      The old hockey goal is a good story, got it from an old teammate of mine as a rusting hunk of metal and dry-rotted  netting.   I've got some before/after photos somewhere, I'll post the long version here this weekend sometime, since It appears that it is going to continue to be 40+ degrees here until hell freezes over (...hmm bad choice of idiom, perhaps)

    • Angelo Talluto January 5, 2012 at 6:01pm

      Thanks David.  Your's looks pretty awesome as well. Did you construct the boards yourself?  If so, how do you put the boards over the tarp? 

       

      Btw, thanks for the tip on vovering the rink.  Forunately, our trees in our backyard give us a lot of shade, which is probably the reason why we've had good results while others in colder weather have not.

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