No Skate Marks Whatsoever
In many smaller communities, curlers have no dedicated ice of their own and share arena ice with skaters. Many will tell you that’s not ideal...
The Mayors’ Megawatt Challenge webinar on “Treated cold floodwater: debunking the myths”, featured operators from a variety of arena types regarding their REALice experience. From higher ice temperatures to lower run times — and excellent ice — you can watch their interviews as they spill the beans. If you only have 90-seconds, watch an overview here which sums up ice quality, savings, and reduced run time really well.
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Michael Pisocki Operations Manager Barclays Center/Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Watch Mike talk about better ice quality at Barclays, which inspired his team to use REALice at Nassau Coliseum too. |
Tyler Seitz Sr. Manager Ice & Building Operations, WinSport, Calgary, AB. Non-profit 4-pad at Canada Olympic Park. 1xOlympic, 3xNHL-sized pads. Watch Tyler talk about running a blind test on one set of twins, which resulted in a second purchase for Winsport’s other set of twins. |
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Michael Knight Supervisor of Arenas Sardis Sports Complex City of Chilliwack, Chilliwack, BC. Twin pad that became a triple; one sand base. Watch Mike say REALice stopped the spider cracks on his sand floor, and it saves around 5,000 hours of run time on his compressors each year. Repeat customer. Incentives from FortisBC. |
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Larry Bruyere General Manager Ice in Paradise Goleta, California Single + studio, new build using REALice since they opened. Watch Larry say the harder ice produced by the REALice meant during a 4-day power outage, he didn’t lose his ice. |
Cam Coulter Operations Coordinator Mayfield Recreation Complex Caledon, Ontario. Sub-level seasonal single pad, M&V study. Watch Cam explains the REALice is letting him keep his ice thinner, resulting in lower maintenance and decommissioning equipment. |
In many smaller communities, curlers have no dedicated ice of their own and share arena ice with skaters. Many will tell you that’s not ideal...
My first stop a few weeks ago was the Servus Community Arena in Bow Island, Alberta. Doug Conquergood the arena manager there had kindly agreed to g...
The town of Caledon, Ontario is a three-time repeat customer. When another municipality just outside the greater Toronto area asked for a site visit, ...
Dagan Doraty and Chrissy Jochmes are impressed with the clean floods they are achieving with the help of the REALice system. “It’s just ni...
Clarey Martin is the General Manager of the Upper Skeena Recreation Centre in Hazelton, BC. This arena is just two years old. It has no dehumidifier...
Greg Mitchell, Arena Coordinator in Kitimat, BC speaks about their two arenas using the REALice floodwater treatment system. With REALice, the days ar...
Please join us for this operator-to-operator interview with Bryan Hawn, Arena Supervisor at Kal Tire Place in Vernon, BC. This is a big arena and ho...
The way Fred Kilner tells it, running after their ice was getting in the way of being icemakers. Two years into his retirement, we caught up with him ...
Nathan Kleinschmit, Engineering Manager and Ice Specialist at The Monument in Rapid City, SD, says ice quality wasn’t ever an issue at their are...
When Josh Welch from the Township of King in Ontario reached out to us about water quality, we pointed to one of our long-time customers in Castleton,...