Comments by "bruzote" (@bruzote) on "Three tips for keeping your backyard rink smooth all winter long" video.

  1. Before helicopter moms and everybody getting what they want for Christmas, and before kids wore helmets, ice skate boots were made of leather. For people who didn't have a lot of skating experience and strong ankles, the skates would quickly bend out, offering no useful support. Worse, if you needed to wear thicker socks than you usually did (or if your skates were just too small), you couldn't tie them as well so they offered even LESS support. If you played hockey all day, you had ankles turned out all day. But you still played. If you then were given hockey skates of today and told you couldn't tie them, you would STILL prefer them over the bent-ankle leather skates of back then. Now, if kids could skate back then in those conditions, they can skate in hockey skates of today that are not tied, ESPECIALLY a strong, experienced skater.
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  2. That is the resurfacer.
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  3. Hold a free curling tournament. The competitors will smooth out your rink.
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  4. Build a rink in the Atlas Mountains or Ruwenzori. Then just commute to your rink. It shouldn't take to too long. On my screen the distance looks to be about three inches.
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  5. Even in high school my buddy could do that. Meanwhile, my weak ass ankles, low skill level, and leather skates were violating the laws of biophysics just to propel me.
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