10-03-2011, 08:22 PM
Deusx - when and where did you try it? The material that I've read says that it was really a crappy product through the 60s through the 80s, but that it improved quite a bit in the 90s. I really don't have much first hand experience or un-biased info to go on. I'm just trying to figure out if they are ALL lying, or if some of it really is a decent product. I started skating this past January and completely fell in love with it. I've only skated on a few rinks - mostly our local one - but it closes in the summer and has a shaky organization keeping it running. It is an entirely volunteer operation that runs the rink, the land it is on is for sale and the building is leased. I think that its future is questionable. The property is in a really bad part of town and hockey is an expensive sport. Rich people aren't likely to park their BMWs and Lexusi near the rink. I think that a relocation might help, but the cost of building a new rink is ENORMOUS. This synthetic ice seems like it might be a good stop-gap measure for another location in town.