It's early Thursday morning, still a couple of hours before sunrise, and Buster Clare is already at the community rink in the Hillcrest neighbourhood of Whitehorse. This is how most of his winter ...

There's a good chance you either don't want or can't afford your own personal zamboni. First, why don't you want your own personal zamboni? Those things are awesome. And second, money is no longer an ...

Charlie Brown said it best: “There are three things in life that people like to stare at: a flowing stream, a crackling fire and a Zamboni clearing the ice.” This is truer than ever for the new ...

The ice is nice at the community rink in Estey's Bridge, thanks to the ingenuity of a few volunteers and a former 1990s-era Cub Cadet ride-on lawn mower. Or as locals know it: the mini-Zamboni. "It's ...

A gang of good old boys from Estey’s Bridge, N.B., who were looking for a faster and easier way to clear off the community’s outdoor skating rink came up with an idea so ingenious people say they ...

A backyard rink builder in Alberton, P.E.I., has used his ingenuity and some duct tape to get a head start on grooming his homemade ice. "I made the rink this year, and I wanted a way to keep it ...

There’s something Zen-like about watching a Zamboni, the hulking vehicle whose solemn dance is the feature of every intermission at an ice rink. There’s the drone of the machine, the driver’s look of ...

An Illinois man's homemade ice rink - located in his own backyard - is proving to be a hit with families and children in his community. Tom Fox of Lakewood told WGN of his young daughter Sydney, ...

After a Great Depression and a world war, Americans were ready to have some fun. Postwar innovators delivered, with new or improved products that made it easier, and cheaper, for people to play. The ...

Like many young hockey fans, 3-year-old Carter Stamkos is obsessed with the Zamboni machines that resurface the ice during games. He expressed this sentiment in no uncertain terms when he attended the ...