Our sister company, Elite Backyard Rinks, is now officially an authorized dealer of Skaboots walkable skate guards, and to celebrate, they’re selling their first batch at over 30% off retail prices. You’ve read how awesome these things are (and if…

The Elite Backyard Rinks Skaboots Blowout!

Big Apple Pond Hockey Classic Draws ‘Em In
They say Manhattan is the city that never sleeps. For those of us situated outside the five boroughs, it’s time to stop sleeping on the city’s hockey culture. This Saturday, February 25, marks the second annual Big Apple Pond Hockey…

Welcome, New Readers!
It’s been a couple years since my little backyard rink blog became Backyard-Hockey.com in February 2010, and in that time we’ve seen our traffic grow to levels I never thought I’d see. We’ve been fortunate to form a great little…

Cambridge Building Inspector Demands Teardown of Backyard Rink
Update 2/14/12: The City of Cambridge has withdrawn the citation and Mr. Peters is free to continue using his backyard rink. Good to see some folks using their heads once in a while! In these days of Playstations and iPods…

Geoff Dresser’s ‘The Rink Song’
According to his website, Geoff Dresser is “a worship leader and Covenant award nominated recording artist based in Winnipeg Manitoba”. And, after hearing this, he’ll be “that guy who wrote the backyard rink song that gave you goosebumps”. While Geoff…




