That was the most Canadian video I have ever seen

The level of his devotion and commitment to the sport is pretty impressive

Let's see some skating on it after all that work! Nice job!

im a Zamboni operator in Australia and i would give anything to be able to skate on my local pond and maintain it JUST LIKE THIS... You Canadians really are living the dream.

We never had those kinds of materials available to us growing up, so we just skated on whatever ice surfaces were available to us at that time; even ice covered pavement. LoL! That is some real dedication by this individual to make an elite outdoor skating venue for all to enjoy. There's nothing better than outdoor pond hockey. Cheers!

Neighbors on our canal made a push cart torch zambonie, one pushed and other carried propane tank and a beer. Love you guys doing it for the neighborhood kids, have a beer for me

Its nice to know someone still appreciates skating on the pond!

Awesome video! Solid execution. Looks like a sick rink. I like when your homie comes out at the end and is visibly pumped.

That hockey pond just got “hosed” Canadian style! Love it!

Красавчик! Нашел силы, время и сотворил полезное. Многих лет жизни тебе!

I havnt played been on skates for nearly a decade but man oh man this video made me wanna go grab a pair of skates n play some good ol pond hockey

I grew up with a child made skating rink that seemed to be 200 feet long but I'm guessing it was less than 50. We skated on it every winter here in northern Indiana. It doesn't get cold enough anymore and there was a house built on the property some time in the early 80s. Thanks for waking up good memories from my childhood. I really did have a great childhood.

Love it!.....maybe through an insulation blanket over your water tank though. Could help it heat up faster and stay that way longer.

Привет из России! Классный каток!

Awesome job Rudi! People don't often realize how much work goes into turning the home pond into a rink. You did a great job. Cheers!

Молодец мужик!!! Дай бог ему здоровье и долгих лет жизни. Побольше бы таких людей и в мире был бы порядок.

LOVE THIS GUY...TRUE CANADIAN...I HAVE SPENT COUNTLESS HOURS GROOMING AND CREATING TRAILS IN THE WOODS THAT WILL BE GONE IN THE SPRING

"Snow mortar" Yeup, dude grew up in an Eskimo village

Очень часто думал зимой, чтобы из местного пруда сделать каток, расчистив от снега, но ты приятель, подошёл основательно. Молодец!)) Удачи и здоровья!

Hey, if you're having issues with the water not coming out the end of your "flood bar" as well as in the middle, angle your holes upward, at a 45. That will help stop gravity from dropping most of the water in the middle and get an even distribution down the full length of the bar. Keep up the good work!

I absolutely love the ingenuity of the home made zamboni, so simple, yet so effective.

Wow, how lucky to have someone like you dedicated to keep pond skating alive by providing rink-like ice quality with your inventiveness and devotion. The time to skate is now!

Great job! In Russia i have the same lake near my house and may be i do own skating ring like you! Thank you for this video🤝

Great job ! Only a Canadian could make a professional ice rink in the woods. I’m from Niagara Falls area. You may be a Canadian if you invent a homemade Zamboni from stuff from Canadian Tire.

100% most Canadian thing I've seen.

That is the most impressive home made zamboni ever just awesome.

Brought back some nice childhood memories about how we used to play hockey on a frozen river. Great job on the pond!

This video brings back my memories 😊 Back in the day (80's) when winters in Poland were harsh and cold, pond rink was a favourite spot to hang out with schoolmates and enjoy ice hockey 🏒⛸️

My father did this for our backyard rink. It was a 42” floor mop with a hose connected to it from the hot water tank. Brings back memories. Great job and dedication.

As somebody that doesn't watch hockey, yes I will watch somebody cleanup a pond for hockey.

my dad was a very craftsy construction worker my entire childhood. he built our bunk beds, desks, he built hutches for my bunnies, he created his own watering system for his massive veggie garden, he made stepping stones with us. this definitely feels like something he would have figured out how to do just so we could have some fun on the ice! thank you for providing a small sense of nostalgia purely by being so committed to building your own zamboni 🥰

The commitment, dedication, devotion...Wow.

Love how the homie shows up right when the work's done

This guys work is to be adored, pond hockey is an acorn for some of the elite NHL, SHL and KHL other leagues I not mention. Super result from his own DIY zamboni.😀

I'm not sure I've ever felt more Canadian. Thank you brother I really enjoyed this

Back in the early 70's in Pittsburgh we used to play hockey on the ponds in winter at the local golf course. 4 inches of ice was plenty back then. I remember how easy it was to lose your puck when it went off into the snow-covered sides of the pond.

Ok, guy from Oklahoma here. That is absolutely amazing. I can't believe you can make the ice so pretty with that. Loved the video.

Good ole canadian boy. Loves his hockey

I love how YT algorithm sometimes strike right in the: Things I would never search, but would definitely watch.

Молодец!!! Интересное устройство, простое и эффективное!

This guy really loves his kids.

As Canadian as this is that’s amazing! Had a skating rink in the yard as a kid. This would have been so nice to have.

Boy, the local hockey kids must love this guy, a neighborhood hero.

1:05 “gotta watch the cord. I just leave the cord up in the tree” *cord immediately falls out of tree. Hahaha

That’s basically how we used to work on our indoor rink ice for hockey etc...then after each game or hr of skating we would get 5or 6 people with scrapers to clean the ice....worked like a charm...I’m glad to see you’re doing this ,..

As a northern Canadian 🇨🇦 myself living between HudsonBay & Sudbury & Callander (NorthBay) as a kid.. Almost every back yard had a home made skating rink built by every kids “dad” and every small town had main outdoor hockey rink with boards .. Like most northern Canadians what we lack in Money we more than make up for with our creative engineering instead… like this video demonstrates..👏👏 FYI for 🇺🇸..Princess Auto is Canada’s version of Harbour Freight.. especially if Crappy Tire price’s are too high .. Great video ., Cheers from HudsonBay 🇨🇦

Not in a million years did I open KZfaq for this. Satisfied.

Nice job man. I've been trying to come up with a way to get hot water on my 1 acre pond. Never even thought about the trough heaters. You may have just solved all of my issues. Thanks.

Awesome build, I used to love ice skating. I grew up on long blades. Goes back to 6th grade. I can still skate at 62. Lol. Thanks for the video. Be safe

This is one of the most Canadian videos I've ever seen

Added to the list of things I never thought would be enjoyable to watch

Awesome! All we did on the farm was cut a hole, throw a garden hose in it and syphon the water onto the pond area. That worked good enough for us kids.. but now I'm 50, I'd do it this way ;)

I’m not even a big skater but this is one of my all time favorite KZfaq videos. I honestly come back to it every few months when I’m having a tough time getting settled at night. Idk why it just relaxes the fuck out of me.

What a slick little zamboni. Great job.

Dad's gettin'er done. I was hoping to see some vid of happy skaters at the end. Great job.

I live in Florida and have never skated outdoors but I still watched the whole thing. Just in case, you never know when you might need to know how to make a zamboni.

Great job, I used to resurface an indoor rink with an Olympia 9 and it used 70 gals of hot water and took off about 1/16" of ice. Your setup is great and does almost exactly the same thing Cheers!

I learn more about the cold from you Kanuckistanians that I ever knew I could learn. Awesome!

This is great! I made a gas powered pump with an old sump pump and gas motor and a garden hose to resurface our pond here in Michigan. This is so cool!

Its 43c here today this is a trip watching you trowel snow like mortar in the ice, cool setup thanks for sharing!

Ordinarily, I'd think he needs a hobby, but it looks like he found one! The level of dedication is impressive, give this fella a cameo on Letterkenney!

Never seen such dedication to a pond rink... Where were you when I was a kid! Lol Great job!

I grew up playing on ponds just like that . This is so clever !!

The slushy mortar intrigued me. Did you come across this by trial & error? What I mean is: Perhaps did you fix a crack with plain (liquid) water & compare it to a slush-mix repair? Perhaps the pre-established ice crystals in slush create a better, more durable bond (?). Very nice ingenious setup. Your efforts are sure to be appreciated.

Pond skating is the best! When it gets really cold, the ice is so fast it's incredible. We never worked the surface, but, somehow, it stayed pretty good. Evaporation? Rubber ice in the spring was pretty crazy. Great job on your pond.

I live in Arizona, and have no business watching this video but this was absolutely fascinating

The man…MADE …A …ZAMBONI!!! Bravo sir..just BRAVO!

Молодец парень! Ты просто солнышко!

Dude, you need to go into manufacturing and selling these! Good job!

you did such a phenomenal job on this video and then.....we never got to see you skate on it!

This is absolutely the most Canadian thing I've ever seen, I love it

It's wonderful that I came across your post by chance. I have a swimming pond of approx. 200 square metres where my grandchildren are currently skating and playing ice hockey every day. I live in Austria at an altitude of around 300 metres above sea level, so we only have ice for a few days in winter. But then we use it for hours every day. The pond is also cleaned every day and sprayed with (cold) water - you have given me a great way to improve my process. Congratulations and many thanks to you - you are a true "ice master"

This is brilliant! Thank you for sharing this with us!!!

As a kid growing up, I love watching the Zamboni going around the rink in recreation centers and during game intermission (watched my older daughter rode one once when she was young for being a winner of a contest I applied on her behalf). A very small amount of folks are blessed to have large outdoor pond that are large enough to freeze over (Victorian winters are usually too warm) but I haven't seen a homemade Zamboni before. Love the fact it is truly Canadian built with parts bought from Princess Auto and Canadian Tire (two places where I like to shop). Thank you for making this video. It was a fun watch.

Bro, the woodpecker at 5:30 took me there. So peaceful

Excellent work and dedication by this individual, I wish we had the consistent cold weather in my area to just have an ice surface in my backyard. In Southeastern PA you get freezing temperatures for a few days and you could get a warm up for a week.

Just sayin, you're the man. I bet tons of people enjoy this.

Need to see the kids playing on the beautiful re-surface.

Вот есть же время, заниматься полезными делами.

You had me at Princess Auto! Makes me proud to be a Canadian. Canadian Tire, Marks Work Wearhouse (the old name) Dakota pants and Carhart! You hit all the marks. Well done eh! Great Dad! Happy New Year.

So satisfying to see the ice become reflective

I drove a Zamboni for a few years when I was younger was so much fun. That slushy mix is exactly how we filled the toe pick gouges from the figure skaters and the holes left from the deals in the bottom of the goals that hold them in place leave nice. I loved cutting for the college games was just a blast. The best time was give a kid a ride with his dad of course while I did my after game cut, biggest smiles from the kid and dad.

LOL at the dude at the end walking over the freshly laid water just before it could freeze solid. You did a better job then the AHL guys for my home team o the machines. They constantly miss strips.

Как мы раньше до этого не доперли, бегали со шваброй и ведрами как дураки!

You have made me proud to be Canadian....

This man loves his family. God bless him.

Just a tip. Get your water first and shovel the snow while it's heating. Would save you an incredible amount of time. ;)

Привет из России! Так бережно шпаклевал трещины! Молодец!

Nice! Hello from Russia

Отличная "Замбони", красивый лёд! Молодец парень!

Мужик, ты реально крутой! Просто большой молодец!

I liked the bit where you mixed water with some water to fix cracks in the water.

What a little winter paradise 😍 ✨️

We've always had a hard time resurfacing when it's that cold but we always used the pond water directly without heating it up. That must make all the difference because our towels always froze up and became useless.

Well you got your cardio in for the day there fella

This shows some real dedication..very impressive! Good job!

When i was little my dad and uncle would take us down to a old swamp and clear off a large area for us to skate on. This definitely brought back memories. We never had anything like that. Nice job!

A lot of work but quite rewarding. That's awesome!! When we were younger, we used an old stop sign that was turned into a shovel. Worked well but kit that well👍👍🤙

Man, we needed one of these back in the day where we played hockey and skated.. this is a very cool idea!

У нас во дворе горячей водой разглаживали, полировали лёд. Ваше устройство бесподобное!