My backyard ice skating rink

I set up a ice skating rink in my yard. It is 19' X 33' This is my son practicing hockey on it a few years ago.

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Sports

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• hockey
• ice
• skating
• backyard
• rink

[ringuettegurl]

No boards?

[ProudConservativecom]

@ringuettegurl It's too small to put up boards. This year I added a net behind the goal because we were shooting pucks way into the backyard and even a couple into the neighbor's yard.  I know there are rinks that are much bigger with boards and everything, but we don't have a set up like that.

[Avino3]

Did you find that using a blue tarp as opposed to a white or silver tarp made the ice melt faster? I used a silver tarp a couple years ago and was considering purchasing a blue tarp to reduce cost, but I've heard that it's better if the tarp is a light color. What is your experience with that?

[ProudConservativecom]

@Avino3...Unless you are somewhere REALLY cold, you definitely need to use a white tarp. A blue tarp will take forever to freeze and it will melt much faster. Even with a white tarp....if something as small as a leaf gets caught on the ice or in the water before it freezes....the sunlight catches reflects off of it and will melt a small hole in the ice. For a dark tarp to work, my guess is you'd have to be somewhere where it's below 0 degrees constantly.

[kayakfish6]

do yo think one of those would work in viginia beach, virginia

[ProudConservativecom]

@kayakfish6...Probably not. I am in CT and it just about gets cold enough here. It has to be below freezing for at least 5 - 7 days straight before it's frozen enough to skate on. I don't think the weather is cold enough there.

[shaqdaddy11]

Man that looks great. Hey man could ya do a How to video of this, cuase id like to try this.

[Avino3]

@ProudConservativecom ok thanks, it just looked like you were using a blue tarp in this video, thats why I asked

[3bruinshockey]

good player, horrible song

[THEACDC1995]

what the steps of making the ice