If you’re one of the thousands who spent time on the frozen bliss of Lake Nokomis this weekend, then you’ve heard it. Amidst the crowds and vendors and skates carving hard outdoor ice and huffs and puffs of USPHC participants,…
How To Make A PVC Skating Aid
For all the joys associated with teaching a kid to skate — the shrieks of happiness, the “I’m doing it” look — there are certain pains as well. Namely the aches in one’s back and knees after spending two hours…
Warm Weather Making Life Difficult For Outdoor Puck Participants
As a backyard rinkbuilder, the balmy start to this winter has left me annoyed. That I have a few dozen backyard rink customers, many of whom are rinkbuilding for the first time and who are looking to me for advice,…
‘Twas The Skate Before Christmas – 2011
Longtime readers of the site will remember this from last year — you remember, the season we filled on December 10th and skated a full two weeks before Christmas? This year, as I sit here and type this, it’s 39…
Terrence Fogarty’s ‘Mork’s Pond’
If you’re a regular reader of this site, you know all about the story of Luke Phillips, who won a Ford contest and drove a new Explorer to Minnesota to play some pond hockey with his buddies. While researching Luke’s…
