Looking Great Down There...

 "It's looking great down there", said the gym teacher Mr. Sylvan from the french emersion school.  Sylvan takes his foreign exchange students down to learn how to skate.

Busting it out tonight, and putting two coats on each was; Bill, Peter, Kris, Austin, Jamie and Kurt.

Upper =22 coats

Lower = 24 coats

minus 16ºC

Ice is in great shape.

Kurt is on the wet end...

Perfect temperature for flooding tonight.

Kris and Jamie draining the hose.

Kris is getting a workout on is last night of flooding for the year. Going in for a new knee tomorrow AM.  Make sure the doctor knows is the right knee. Literally, THE RIGHT knee. Right side.

Austin in his second cameo appearance!

Jamie wondering how many coats we can lay down this Friday at Flood Fest.

See you Friday Night.

Keeping the hose on the ice,

Kurt

Busy Ice....

 We got down there tonight about 10 minutes before 8 pm and it was packed with skaters.

Once we informed them that we will be flooding tonight they left. Turning off the lights helped too.

Upper = 20 coats

Lower = 22 coats.

light coat then Medium.

Andrew Ginter on the wet end tonight.

Peter, Craig, Andrew G. and Andrew P.

Two coats on each ready for the weekend.

Keeping the hose on the ice,

Kurt

Braved the Cold...

The gang got out in the Cold yesterday...

A blow of the snow, and a flood with two coats.

 Kris is leading with the new blower. Working at -30ºC.

Kurt purchased some netting to repair the chainlink that had some big holes in it. 

Let's go tomorrow night at 8 PM. NOTE 8 PM.

Keeping the hose and nets on the ice,

Kurt

Nets Are Out...

 Kurt put the nets out for the little players on the upper ice.

December 16th is a GO! for our annual Flood Fest.

Please RSVP by Dec. 10th

Keeping the hose on the ice,

Kurt

Winter is Back this week...

 Cooler weather is perfect for us.

Three coats tonight by a big team of iceguys.

Dan, Austin both made cameo appearances tonight, along with Craig, Peter, Chris, Adrian, Jamie, Andrew P., and Kurt.

Upper = 16 coats

Lower = 18 coats

Temp. -15ºC

Must mention a big thanks!!! to Bill and Andrew G. for coming down this afternoon and clearing off the upper and lower for us. Andrew started the Whoopie Doodles on the upper.

Peter warming up by the fire,

The whole mob around the fire. 

Andrew G. made the partition wall for smaller hockey people.

Austin still has the GAME on the wet end.

Looking for a show of hand for December 16th a Friday night for the annual Flood Fest.

Let me know if you can make it. As usual bring the family. 

Keeping the hose on the ice,

Kurt

New Shovels...

I picked up some new steel shovels and had them modified for us by adding a thicker steel edge and reinforced with spot tack welds.

 

Lights are ON...

I went down and programmed the lights 4:30-11:30 pm. If anyone is there tonight let me know if the lights DID NOT come on. 

Perfect day for a skate. Photos taken around 2 pm Saturday afternoon Nov 19th.

I order new hockey netting for both frames, this is not going to work anymore.

Keeping the hose on the ice,

Kurt

Day 10...

Ten Days and we can say we are off to the "rink races".  We had to kick of a group of hockey skaters tonight that braved the uneven sheet.

Kris, Bill, Dave, Peter, John and Kurt chipped away the upper ice before laying down two coats on each.

Upper = 13 coats

Lower = 15 coats

-10ºC but felt like -19ºC.

Dave brought down his blower to blast of the ice dust from chopping the ridges. (Ghost Busters)

Kurt started a fire with one match, and some petroleum product.

First coat on the lower ice as we listen to the Calgary Flames lose to Tampa Bay.

Warming up before hydrating.

Looks like warm weekend and Monday ahead. The skaters and Sunshine should help to level the sheets this weekend so let's take a break and regroup next week.

Keeping the hose on the ice,

Kurt

Nine Straight Nights...

 Total Coats after nine days of Flooding;

Upper = 11 coats

Lower = 13 coats

Looking really good. And I'm not talking about us iceguys, but the ice.

Kris, Bill, Peter and Kurt put two coats on each tonight.

Light medium coat on the lower Bill Kris and Peter down there.

Wind was making things a bit cold so Kurt was able to start a fire with just two matches in Craig's absence tonight.

Looking good. The Ice that is!

Weather looks warm over the weekend so lets do some maintenance tomorrow night Thursday at 7 PM

Bring a broom and a scraper and we can chip off the lumpy bits.

Then we can take a weekend off starting Friday night  Monday look warm too 0º C overnight.

Go Flames Go tomorrow and I will bring down Radio.

Keeping the hose on the ice,

kurt

Ice, Ice, Baby...

 We did a little maintenance to the ice tonight by scraping and chipping the high spots.

Upper = 9 coats

Lower = 10 coats

Bill, Kris, Dave, Jeff, and Kurt put down two coats on each tonight. Weather is look bad for us fellas. Tomorrow night and Thursday is a GO for 7 pm, but Friday and the weekend looks to be too warm to flood. Overnight temps -3 and -1 on the weekend. Lets take some time off this weekend.

Fellow Rosemontonian, and his three kids out for a skate before we flooded. He has a one year old at home as well so, I didn't want suggest joining the iceguys for obvious reasons.

Ice Archeology tonight. There was a truck here previously. (chipping the high spots off)

Dave shown here assuming the "City of Calgary position" taking a break from the chipping.

First coat on the lower ice with nozzle blasting off the loose bits.

Kurt on the wet end while hydrating.

Assuming the iceguys position between coats.

Let's go again Tomorrow, Wednesday.

Keeping the hose on the ice,

Kurt

One Week of Flooding...

 Day seven and the ice is looking good.

Upper = 7 coats

Lower = 8 coats

Craig, Kris, Bill and Kurt worked on both rinks and put down two coats on each. 

Listening to another Calgary Flames WIN.

The gang letting the H2O harden between coats.

Tuesday night tomorrow, let's keep it going and get it ready for the weekend. 

Keeping the hose on the ice,

Kurt

Skate-able Six....

 Six days in and it is Skate-able. Might be a record, I will have to go back on the Blog.

Upper = 5

Lower = 6

Kris, Craig and Kurt put down a generous layer, weather permitted, tonight. Took about an hour.

Graham and Mike showed up from the Banff Trail rinks. They are having some issues with their set up  and wanted to check out our ice. We gave them the tour of the hose room and reel. Chatted about how we pack then flood and our processes, etc. 

Skate-able. {mic drop}

Kris on the wet end for the first time this season. He hasn't lost his touch. Craig keeping an eye on him.

Lower is looking fine.

Let's keep up the good work guys and go again tomorrow night at 7 PM.

Keeping the hose on the ice,

Kurt