Building a Glorious Outside Hockey Rink from Start to Finish!

A fully documented journey through the steps of building a custom ice rink at home. This is our 6th year with the rink and this video is from the 20025-2026 winter season. Complete with instructions and a link below to products we use. DO IT RAD!


Products from our rink come from NICERINK in Genoa City, Wisconsin
Nicerink website:
www.nicerink.com


TIME STAMPS
00:00 Intro.
00:28 Picking a location for the outdoor ice rink.
01:14 Measuring and Marking lines perfectly square.
04:13 Storing a hockey rink.
06:51 Timelapse rink build 1 (Boards out to the yard).
07:11 Time to start building a rink. First boards and kickers install.
10:27 Timelapse rink build 1 (continued. * Corner instructions).
12:49 First look at the outdoor rink in the yard.
13:36 Get pumped to use a sledgehammer. Deep water supports install.
16:19 Hanging LED lights in the trees. + what's next.
17:48 Flagpole install. (use to be for a 2nd backing net with another pole).
19:10 Snowstorm hits! Building ice rink after snowfall. Preparing for Liner.
20:13 Timelapse rink build 2 (outdoor ice rink LINER install).
20:52 Outdoor rink liner install. With tips. And running hoses / water.
22:20 Starting to build a mini-ice rink.
22:43 Timelapse rink build 3 (Building a mini-ice rink next to the big rink).
23:00 Update after 5 hours of filling.
23:18 A rope? 6 1/2-hour update.
24?10 More to do. Explain nest steps. (Liner trim, kick plates, extra boards).
26:40 Timelapse rink build 4 (Installing 2nd row of boards for deep water).
27:08 Ice Rink fully filled with water. Kick plates, pads, and mini rink done!
28:25 FROZEN Ice Rink in our yard! Testing the ice.
31:34 Passing a puck with a GoPro mounted to it.
31:54 Resurfacing an outdoor ice rink. Tips for perfect ice. Home Zamboni!
35:36 That rope? It's for hanging our backing net. No pucks lost here.
38:24 A look at the completed outdoor ice rink.
39:03 SKATING PARTY! On our HOME ICE RINK.
42:09 Outro.


Track list: (In order)
1. The Appleseed Cast - Petition
2. Fugazi - Smallpox Champion
3. Chuck Ragan - Lost and Found (Instrumental)
4. Jeff Bridges - Chimes for Dreams
5. Prizzy Prizzy Please - Campfire Girls Weekend Party
6. Boris Brejcha - Intro (The Tiki)
7. The Ocean Blue - Between Something and Nothing
8. Unai Azkune - Aheru
9. Mick Turner - Moth 3
10. Two Gallants - Steady Rollin'
11. The Aquabats - No Rewind
12. Denver Harbor - Way Back Home


THANKS FOR WATCHING!