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Arvada, CO
My wife skated for the first time in 4 years on the backyard rink. She played some great D
Having a backyard hockey "rink" is a bunch of fun. Building and maintaining one is time consuming but in the end, worth it. This is our 9th year doing it and...
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"David, I'm up the road in Arvada fighting the same fight. One day I'm ready to give in and the next we're skating...the sun is brutal!!!!"
Skated on November 14th but today is 70 degrees on the 28th of November and we have a pond.
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Tom Not too sure what will work but I plan on just getting what I can off and out of the ice and adding more water on a cold night. Treat like a pond....skate on it when it's ready.
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Tom Yup....after our 70 degree weather today and my swim in our hockey pool, I will effort a cleaning of the sticks and leaves
We've waited too long to put our 2nd place prize up...just 6 months away for backyard hockey. First my son must roll himself up in it.
Our rink is almost gone. Down to the plastic and I've taken most of the boards down. Skated during the Sweden vs Finland game but now we are near the end.
Just got our 2nd place award from mybackyardicerink.com. Our rink is melting incredibly fast. We've had five days of 50-60 degree weather with high winds. We will wait until next season to use it for pucks but will probably put it up for soccer very…
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Thanks Tom!
I enjoyed your video, too, and the "bro-boni's" are hilarious. My son noticed that he has the same pj's as your younger boy.
Ernie Partridge was a good friend and neighbor who was a master with an excavator. He's the guy who cleared and leveled the spot where I build our rink. He passed away in December of 2012, about two weeks before I got the first rink built, so he never got to see the result of his work. We named our new backyard after him.
nice job on the video. Good to see the kids having fun. :)