how to open up a skating rink?
368183
work on your grammer. banks will never give you a loan for start up capitol, and business schools will never accept you if they think you never made it past the first grade...
940160
To my knowledge, there are 4 ice rinks in London that are there all year round: Alexandra Palace, Lee Valley, Streatham and Queens in Bayswater. For the best venue for location  I would say Alexandra Palace or Queens. There will be learn to skate courses with qualified instructors or you can try a general public session where you will find marshalls to oversee the sessions, however they cannot provide tuition. \nTo be honest a beautiful place/setting to skate is not entirely covered by the rinks I have mentioned and over Christmas there are a number of temporary ice rinks erected over London which are outside and are a great place to skate. The natural history museum and Hampton court are two such places that are beautiful settings to skate in. However they generally do not have instructors to provide tuition. It is best to buy tickets for these ice rinks online beforehand as there sessions are very popular over the xmas period and can become full.
70812
Buy a "backyard ice rink" kit. I've seen these advertised in hockey magazines like the USA Hockey members magazine. They are easily found on the web as well. If you don't want to spend a lot of money, you will minimally need to put together some kind of frame and potentially lay out plastic to keep the water from seeping into the ground.  If you have a natural depression in your yard (as was the case with my dirt driveway when growing up) and you don't care about the shape of your rink you could just fill it with water when it gets cold enough.  You can't get much cheaper than that!
850960
Have the sporting good store put them in their skate oven and form fit them for you.
908639
First question I have for you is which direction are you having trouble with clock wise or counter clock wise. If you haven't noticed, all skaters at rinks skate in one direction, counter clock wise. This is the easest direction for everyone to skate. You also didn't say if you were having trouble skate forwards or backwards. Balance is the key to skating. You have to find your balance on your skates. When I teach my players, I have them work on their inside edges and then outside edges. I have them do half circles with the inside edge and then half cirles with the outside edge, When you get comfortable with your edges and can push hard on both inside and outside edges without falling down, then you can start working on your crossovers. I have one question for you, how many pushes on a crossover, one or two. Answer is two. You first push on your outside skate, crossover, as you crossover, you push on you inside skate. You may fall down at times doing this at first, but this is the first start in power skating. It take time to develop a good push on both skates inorder to get the power that you need. I'm 58 years old and I am still working everyday to improve my stride. Hang in there. Nobody said that this would be easy. Good luck to you.
27345
Well, go to the side of the rink, and try skating there.  It's easier.  then try so straighten your legs, and pretend you're on a tightrope.  keep the blades straight.  If that still doesn't work, try changing ice skates.  It may be that the skates are too worn out.  That always happens.
735007
Try Skate/snow board retail outlets. Maybe even Argos.
375153
You could always use it as a swimming pool if it turns out the ice isn't so sturdy...\n\nThat shouldn't cost much, just dig a hole, put water in it, and some ice cubes. Wait for the winter.
687043
Since you're only 11, I will let you slide with this question, but noone can help you over the computer unless they give you the exact instructions, and you write them down, and then you take them with you when you skate...I figure ice skate whenever I can!
1092303
hmm, well, the only place i know is in Dearborn Heights. it's near Fairlane Towne Center. It's beside the park. it's an indoor skating rink, and if you go there, you'll probably be able to get either classes or info on where you can get them.
325474
There is the Charlotte Ice House in Charlotte (that should be pretty close) at the Eastland Mall. You could try that because usually every Ice House in NC has some sort of hockey association.
789955
OK - there are many ways to go about his.  There are prebuilt kits that you can buy (see links below) or you can do it yourself.\n\nIt really helps if you live in a cold environment :-)\n\nAs a kid, I use to pile up snow to act as a barrior and let the garden hose run water into the circle that I made.  It is best to only put small amounts of water in at a time to allow the water to freeze.\n\nNow, if you want a more professional building.  You need to have a large building (or sized for your needs) and a refrigeration imbeded in the concrete or cement floor.  Again, the professionals will only add smaller amounts of water at a time to build up layers of ice.  Also, this is how the professionals are able to paint the logos, lines and other things right onto the ice and then add more layers above.  \n\nGood Luck
1181124
Start by making the letter "C" with each skate (obviously the left one will be a backwards "C").  Make sure to bend at the knees.\n\nOnce you get that mastered, you can try and learn how to crossover going backwards, which you can do quicker...and it looks pretty cool, too.
554400
Ok you have to LEAN darling and make sure your arms are in the right place. If you're going anti-clockwise around a circle put your right hand infront of you at 12 o'clock and your left hand at 6 o'clock. \nPush with your right foot from the ball of your foot while concentrating your weight on the left foot. Then when you come to cross your right over your left, bring that right foot infront to place on the inside (of your circle) push slightly out with your left foot to make room for the right. And place the right down where the left was.\nThen start again. Your posture during the cross overs is gonna make or break it. Practice in a small circle (About 1.6 yards) and consciously lean your body toward the centre of your circle - this will make your blade 'stick'. (p.s. check if your blades are sharp enough too)\n\nYou're gonna look like a little bit of a dork the first few times till you get the hang of it, but once you get it, you're gonna look fab!\nAlso these skating skills are the most important to get right now, because they are the building blocks of all other skating elements.\n\nPractice sweety!
163984
I don't know about that, but some of the better stores in Minneapolis have an oven for their skates.  When you buy them, they heat them up and then you wear them, in the store, for about a half hour.  As the skate cools it molds to your foot.
1079630
Sure, if you let me wear my dirty shoes in your home.  \n\nIf not, show the same courtesy to the rink owners you would demand from your visitors.  You can either buy a second set of roller blades, or buy extra wheels for indoors and change them.
336949
i'd use some kind of bucket (cardboard) or one of those one gallon ice cream containers...cardboards easy to draw on and staple stuff to. and u can cut a slot in it if you want to open it up for a better view/easier access/whatever