By hannes-stoffel on Skatehive
Last winter my son started to learn ice skating. On Sundays at 10am the local ice skating arena is open for beginners and they supply these chair like helper things the kids can push to have something to hold on to. He liked it so much, for this season we bought our own skates to save the 4€ rental fee each week. Sadly we can only go on ice once per week for two hours because all the other opening times is for more advanced skaters. I think he would make much better progress if he went daily even if it's only for 30 minutes. My son agreed with this and suggested we build our own ice skating rink. I did some research (yep, google) and found out that there are a lot of people building their own "Outdoor Rink" or ODR for short. After reading a lot and seeing many pictures I decided to try to copy them. The costs are roughly what we will save this season on rental fees and the material is supposed to be reusable. So basically a one time investment and then I can build an ODR each winter. T