How to Get Great Ice All Season Long How do you keep the ice looking as good throughout the season as it did when you first put it in? It can be tough, especially with dark colours in your logos and text—problem areas tend to fade...
On Monday, I heard from Wayne Bacon, the Lead hand at the twin pad arena in Slave Lake, AB. It was a day off for him -- a well-deserved day off. He and his MRC ice crew had just finished the most demanding three-and-a-half days...
We got a note from Lake Placid's Sliding Sport Operation Manager, Brian Berghorn, about their success with REALice this season. Lake Placid has already hosted two Winter Olympic Games - 1932 and 1980. The combination bobsled, skeleton and luge track on Mt. Van Hoevenberg has already...
Join our first Operator-to-Operator call of 2025 to meet several REALice Ice Meisters. They will discuss how their ice needs to run warmer, especially when the weather is cold. This Zoom call is scheduled for February 6, 2025, at 2:30 p.m. Eastern Time / 11:30 a.m....
Here are our top 10 reasons why every ice rink should make the switch to REALice: Makes hockey less wasteful - Watch three success stories Cuts your natural gas spending by 79% - Look at the FortisBC report Reduces electricity consumption by 10% – 12% -...
The Sustainable Projects Group is hosting an in-depth discussion of the challenges faced by ice rinks. It will offer easily implementable solutions that will not break the bank. What’s on the agenda? This webinar will explore ice rinks' challenges and the opportunities to make them more sustainable and efficient. Here are...
Join this last Operator-to-Operator call of 2024 to meet several REALice Ice Meisters, who will discuss the differences they've seen in how the puck moves on ice made with REALice. This Zoom call is scheduled for December 18, 2024, at 1 pm Eastern Time / 10 am...
Join this Operator-to-Operator call where you'll meet several REALice Ice Meisters who will talk about the differences they've seen, the temperature and humidity levels they're now at -- and how their ice is still what counts the most! This Zoom call is scheduled for November 14, 2024, at...
If you have wash water on your ice resurfacer, use it for every ice make! Many ice resurfacing machines are equipped with wash water, but not everyone uses it. Here is why it’s especially important for REALice customers: You may be using straight cold water, or you...
The village of Boyle, Alberta, just published a media release about their latest energy savings retrofit project. This accompanies the LED lighting and REALice cold water ice flooding projects already completed at the Boyle Millview Arena to further reduce energy costs and meet the challenges...