Well my bucket dumps on Friday night were indeed useless, as we got a foot of light, fluffy snow dumped on our heads and rinks last night and this morning. What was supposed to be 4-6″ ended up being twice…
An old coach of mine used to preach “empyting the bucket” on each shift, meaning that each of us should totally exhaust all faculties to get the job done. Surely those words are still spoken in rinks around the world,…
So I hacked Ma Nature in the ankle last week when I was able to deal with her thawing, then snowing, then bitterly cold temps as I prepped for what ended up being a good day of skating last Sunday. …
We had a great day yesterday, spending about three hours on the ice on a beautiful, blue-sky, 35-degree-ish Sunday. RJ and I made the first skate marks shortly after breakfast, spending about 45 minutes wheeling around. He pushed a chair…
Between the cold temps, the rink rake, the bucket dumps, and a bit of Christmas luck, I got my first skate in about two hours ago. About 60% of the rink is skateable, and there is still some snow in…
