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 - with the number of bumps and scars they usually see, getting the rocks to curl properly is hit and miss. But Louis Robichaud,...
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 give a tour to a few future and prospective REALice customers. As we were going from the main gallery down towards the...
It's just over a month since Louis Robichaud, the Arena Manager at the Woodland Arena in Vermillion Bay, ON, installed their REALice water treatment system. And so far, he's very impressed with the ice and the reviews he got for it. "People come in and ask,...
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, we were there to capture the conversation. Join Craig Stephens, Specialist Energy and Environment, and Cam Coulter, Coordinator Operations for the Town of...
Since 2014, the 3,000-seat Agrodome at the Pacific National Exhibition in Vancouver, BC has been using the REALice water conditioning system to build and maintain its ice. Spring and summer bring a variety of special events to the venue, but when winter comes, the dry...
Dagan Doraty and Chrissy Jochmes are impressed with the clean floods they are achieving with the help of the REALice system. "It's just nicer to flood with", says Chrissy, who has been making ice in Carstairs for four years. The Carstairs Memorial Arena, offering seating for about 1,500...
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 and no hot water tanks -- but it has REALice. Clarey is a long-standing ice maker with over 20 years of experience He...
Greg Mitchell, Arena Coordinator in Kitimat, BC speaks about their two arenas using the REALice floodwater treatment system. With REALice, the days are gone where the operators would let the hot water in the ice resurfacing machine would sit for too long and the ice quality...
The Mayor's Megawatt Challenge shares their roadmap to get ice rinks to net-zero! To prepare this roadmap to reach net zero in ice rinks, this pilot study looked at 9 ice arenas in Ontario and assessed the many ways of how emissions can be reduced before...
Why Scott Fusco said no to hot water flooding and yes to REALice twice...