Outdoor Roller Hockey Rinks
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Gooseamania
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here are a few pictures of our rink. the first 3 are a little bit older (before board dashers and the re-painted lines and stuff), the last one is from our fall 2010 ironman tournament.
I don't have pictures, but there's at least 6 outdoor roller rinks within a short drive of where i'm at in metro Detroit. None of them have actual glass along the boards though. Most of them have fencing along the boards. And behind the goalline the fencing is always very high to help keep pucks/balls from traveling too far.
The surfaces range in smoothness. A few of the rinks are smooth enough to effectively use a puck without any problems, while a ball is necessary at a couple of them. The rinks where a ball is more effective also tend to wear down wheels and stick blades quickly.
In addition, a few of the rinks are painted with lines and dots, and a few of them are unmarked.
2 of the 6 rinks that i'm thinking of have lights so they can be used at night. They're both on timers that go off around 10-11pm. Nothing's better than playing roller hockey under the lights.
That's a really nice looking rink you guys have there though. Cherish it. I've had and will continue to have a blast at our local rinks.
The surfaces range in smoothness. A few of the rinks are smooth enough to effectively use a puck without any problems, while a ball is necessary at a couple of them. The rinks where a ball is more effective also tend to wear down wheels and stick blades quickly.
In addition, a few of the rinks are painted with lines and dots, and a few of them are unmarked.
2 of the 6 rinks that i'm thinking of have lights so they can be used at night. They're both on timers that go off around 10-11pm. Nothing's better than playing roller hockey under the lights.
That's a really nice looking rink you guys have there though. Cherish it. I've had and will continue to have a blast at our local rinks.
Gooseamania
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Sounds awesome man, we are working hard to raise as much money as possible to get lights put up around our rink. the town has already approved running power, we just need to find a less-expensive alternative to huge, expensive lights. our rink is good for ball or an indoor puck, the surface doesnt kill wheels or blades too bad. we certainly do cherish it, thats for sure. we actually have almost all of the original players who started in the league 15 years ago! we actually do a good job attracting people to our rink because as far as i know there aren't ANY other outdoor rinks in the state. if anyone knows of any OUTDOOR rinks in Connecticut, i'd love to hear about them!
RangersAM99
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where do you play play in central jersey? the rinks I play at are manalapan, dorbrook, and freehold.
Mosetter27
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I have a handful here in South Jersey
one right across from Virtua Hospital in Somerdale/Vorhees
one in Washington Township Lake Park
and a few that are really rough on wheels, sticks and pucks and also dont have nets that are left out i dont go to... ill get pics soon
one right across from Virtua Hospital in Somerdale/Vorhees
one in Washington Township Lake Park
and a few that are really rough on wheels, sticks and pucks and also dont have nets that are left out i dont go to... ill get pics soon
Gooseamania
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yeah we love our rink, its a great place to play. we have talked about flooding it during the winter to play ice, however we have a system at the rink that allows rain/snow water to drain out so in order to flood and freeze we'd have to find a way to prevent the water from escaping. as for the color, the town paid for the painting so they picked the color, before the rink was re-painted and re-lined it was a lighter shade blue/greyish color as you might be able to tell from the pics i posted.
This is one of the things that KILLS me about the midwest. Everywhere I turn here, I see rinks with boards up...but when I inspect closer...No concrete, just grass! Ice rink only in the winter! I grew up in Massachusetts and played prep, every summer we'd hit a rink and play inline for hours. Was great even when the nets got crappy and after rain you'd have to skate around what was left of the puddles, but it was still awesome. One of the few things I miss about moving from the East Coast.
jwitz04
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This is where my friends and i usually play. Palm Harbor, Florida.
that is ****ing sick you are very lucky
Hobgoblin Steve
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I shot a whole lot of pics and video which you can see here:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_72701399874
Located in Brooklyn NY. We have another rink as well, but I dont have any pics there
edit: heres the video:
and two pics, more are up on the fb:
we get some pretty skilled players here. Summer brings all the uni kids in from wherever, and a whole lot of A-div ice league kids. Gets awesome on the weekends
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_72701399874
Located in Brooklyn NY. We have another rink as well, but I dont have any pics there
edit: heres the video:
and two pics, more are up on the fb:
we get some pretty skilled players here. Summer brings all the uni kids in from wherever, and a whole lot of A-div ice league kids. Gets awesome on the weekends
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Carlos Ranger
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Can either of you recommend one? I'm looking for a new one in central to play at.. currently all I know of in my area is Fords park in woodbridge but the asphalt is absolutely horrible.
RangersAM99
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well I am not really sure of any outdoor rinks up in woodbridge I only know rinks around the freehold/manalapan/jackson area, sorry. If I find out of any rinks up in your area I will post where they are.
budster
Schoolyard Puck
This is where my friends and i usually play. Palm Harbor, Florida.
Yeah that is NICE. All we got are tennis/basketball courts.
LA Kings Hockey
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we have an outdoor rink that is a little more slick than like a garage floor(concrete)
it doesnt wear down wheels or stick blades too bad, and has heavy duty nets with marked circles, lines, etc. It has an announcer and a league with some bleachers. it has boards with a fence instead of glass and two decent size benches with doors and shade. it has an electronic scoreboard and has basket ball hoops (out of the way) even though it is rented out for the league. it is in a public park but is still full sized. go to tvrhl.com to view.
it doesnt wear down wheels or stick blades too bad, and has heavy duty nets with marked circles, lines, etc. It has an announcer and a league with some bleachers. it has boards with a fence instead of glass and two decent size benches with doors and shade. it has an electronic scoreboard and has basket ball hoops (out of the way) even though it is rented out for the league. it is in a public park but is still full sized. go to tvrhl.com to view.
In ile-Perrot we have a rink up with boards and nets up all year round. It's not the smoothest surface but it gets the job done.
There are 3 rinks nearby. one which is about 10 minutes away has a crappy surface. Bee infested benches and a few holes in the boards. The other one which is about a 20 minute ride is nice. Nothing special but cant really complain about it. The farthest one is nice. Not as nice as some of the ones that u guys posted above but the boards are somewhat new. Smooth Surface, Green Surface which looks nice and overall a nice rink but its 25-40 minutes away depending on traffic.
A bit of both. BTW its outdoors. People useally go there now Tuesdays and Thursday nights, becasue they said they have a "league" and if we wanted to play we'd have to pay $120...I called the city and the city said they were lying
Never the less if you can get a lot of friends to go during a nice day its lots of fun.
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