Outdoor Ice rinks

[Furtwangler]

Has anyone ever made any of these? I love skating and around me its impossible to regularly go to an indoor rink. It's cold enough here during the winter for it to stay frozen and I have enough room. Just looking for any pointers or advice if you have done this before, etc.

[SephYuyX]

Ehh, wouldnt really be too hard id think.
If you dont care about your yard, you can easily dig out a foot and a half ditch, or less I guess, and then put a liner in it, put stones on the edge of the lining to keep it from moving, and then fill with water.

If you dont wanna dig, I guess if youre good at woodworking, get some water / pressure treated woods, and make up a little rink like thing, and then staple a liner over it.

[Zeb]

Might want to ask this guy:
http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l1...yardhockey.jpg

[Eckskalibur]

I actually run an outdoor ice skating rink in Philadelphia. Of course, that isn't really relevant since we have a lot of expensive equipment.

But.. when I was little and the winters were cold enough. We would just go out behind my house where the was a secluded parking lot and spray layers of water, let it freeze and repeat. It worked enough for us as kids. I'm not sure you could really like speed skate and shit on it.. but hey, I played Ice hockey on it as a kid growing up.

Edit: Also, they make ice rinks like the one posted. Not quite as elaborate, Just basic kits. My friend was looking at buying one to practice moves on for our hockey team. If I can find it I will send it along.

[Furtwangler]

I saw that picture, it's pretty badass haha. I'm shooting for a 20x50 rink in my left lawn area (I have alot of space around my house on 3 sides. I think I'm gonna just do the whole liner thing cus i have alot of scrap wood that i can just use for this year. I guess just using stakes and snow to support them will be fine too.

[Kenshiin]

My mom used to build one for us when we were kids. Build a frame with stakes and planks, lay down a liner, and fill. You can use warm water once it's frozen to smooth down the surface.

[Furtwangler]

I just made one of these out of pvc and it cost me 4 bucks,im just going to screw my hose onto it, and hook up my hose to the second hot water heater we have in my basement thats right out the window from the rink, I need to find a cloth to run behind it though and ill be set. got 2 20x25 pieces of plastic, and all the wood set out, im gonna go outside now to do it cus its supposed to get cold overnight and im bored, I'll post pics sometime when im home during the day if it turns out ok :D