New Eco-Friendly Ice, Glice Synthetic Ice, Lower Energy Skating Alternative, Sustainable Skating Rink

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Are you a figure skater or a hockey

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player or someone who

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enjoys skating on ice?

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Imagine if I told you that there's ways

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to actually have a better

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impact on climate change

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based on the ice that you're skating on.

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Probably think, Andrew,

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I think you've lost it.

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What are you talking about?

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We're talking about a different type of

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ice that doesn't

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require energy to ensure that

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the ice freezes.

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This is just a pad that you can skate on

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and you don't need to freeze it.

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You don't need cold weather.

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You can actually be in an arena or

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outside in Dubai if you want to be or in

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Egypt or somewhere in the Middle East

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where it's really boiling hot and you can

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skate and you can play hockey and you can

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figure skate and you can

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do whatever you'd like.

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You can even do curling

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clubs and so that stuff.

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It is amazing.

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It's a lot of fun.

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People are skating on this.

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You can do it.

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It's a lot of fun. It's an awesome thing to have. I want to thank you for being here and for you guys. I want to thank you for sharing.

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I'm a friend of yours, Andrew, you're doing great.

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You're doing great. I'm a friend of mine, Andrew. And I want to thank you for being here. It's been a pleasure. Thank you so much for joining us. We're so proud to be here. And thank you for being here. We hope you guys have a great day. We are so proud. We will see you next week. Bye. Bye. We'll see you next week. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. And this is the podcast where you find

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out what's happening with the ocean how

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you can speak up for

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the ocean and what you can

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Do to live for a better ocean by taking

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action and on today's episode. We've got

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Victor Meyer from Glyce

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It's a company that creates a different

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type of ice that doesn't require a lot of

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energy to make the

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traditional ice that I skate on

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And that my daughter skate on when I

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coach on the play hockey

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Requires a lot of energy to not only

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maintain the ice but also to freeze the

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new water that you put on through Zamboni

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Which is gas powered and runs about 20

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times a day if it's on one pad

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but all these all these ice rinks now

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have like three or four pads so it runs

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multiple times a day and

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It needs to put water down so that

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freezes even more but

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that the freezing aspect

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There's a lot of energy to use and

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imagine if you can just eliminate that

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energy and just put on

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these pads that don't require

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You know the energy to keep a cold

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because it doesn't need to be cold

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because it's not ice

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it's just a polymer that you can use

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that's like ice and as slippery as ice

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and you can glide on it

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with your skate blades and

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You can have it not only on an ice rink,

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but you can have it in your home

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You can have it in your backyard. You can

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have it pretty much

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anywhere and as a Canadian

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Who values being able to

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skate on a regular basis?

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This is a game-changer as

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someone who's a coach for hockey

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This is a game-changer to allow some of

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the the kids that I coach

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to be able to get on a on a pad and

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skate around and shoot and just be able

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to build on their skills in

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Their backyard or in their basement or in

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their house. It's one of the things

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that's a game-changer

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Maybe even make the sport of hockey

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figure skating whatever you do on the ice

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Even better when you get it because

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they're a little the the number of people

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that will be playing on this type of ice

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Will be even better. So we're gonna talk

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to Victor Meyer who's the

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CEO of this and the co-founder

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You know, he's really passionate about

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this the amount of different

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Applications of ice was really surprising

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to me and how he got into

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this and how he wanted to

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Be part of a business that had a good

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environmental impact. We're

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gonna talk about that today

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Enjoy the interview and I'll talk to you

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after hey Victor. Welcome to the how to

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protect the ocean podcast

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Are you ready to talk

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about ice? Of course? Yes

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Love it. I love it. Look,

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I'm super pumped for this

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This is something that you know when I

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started the how to

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protect the ocean podcast

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I didn't think I'd be talking to people

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such as yourself who are making ice for

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people to enjoy to skate on not for

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Putting in their glasses or nothing. This

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is for people to do go

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figure skating play hockey

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pleasure skating wherever you want in the

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world you can have ice and there's a

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Interesting way that you make it and

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we're gonna get into all of that and I

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can't I can't wait to do this

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But this is part of an ongoing

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sort of series that I'm doing to

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Get people to know some of the

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entrepreneurs that are out there that

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I'm going to do stuff that are good for

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that's good for the ocean good for the

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planet and Victor you reached out

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You're like, I'm one of those people I

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wanted I want to get on the how to

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protect the ocean podcast love the ocean

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Uh, so we're gonna get to it. I can't

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wait to do that before

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we do though, uh, victor

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Why don't you just let us know who you

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are and what you do?

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Well, um, i'm victor mayer. I'm

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originally from switzerland. I grew up in

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the mountains in the nature

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and uh

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but but even if i'm a

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mountain cheese or you're like a

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Mountain swiss cheese, I I love the ocean

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as well. I love diving

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snorkeling, you know everything and uh,

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whenever I get to the ocean even if it's

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uh cold I go into the water and

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You know the salty taste. I just love it

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Oh amazing and you're doing this

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interview from indonesia. Have you had a

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chance to go diving so far?

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Yes, actually, I I explored different

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places and and the marine life is

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amazing. I've seen month arrays

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I've been snorkeling with month arrays

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and and all kinds of uh sea life. It's

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really beautiful. I can

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recommend anyone who has a

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chance to go to indonesia go

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Go snorkeling. I can imagine. Yeah,

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that's something that I feel like that's

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like a bucket listing if

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you go to southeast asia

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Especially indonesia that area is just

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uh, it's absolutely stunning

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So definitely on my bucket list to do so

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Little little envious of you right now is

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to be able to be around that and I think

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that's that's amazing

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So let's talk. Uh, let's not get to know

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you a little bit more

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In terms of of you know, how you grew up

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you obviously grew up in

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switzerland, you know, nature lover

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mountains beautiful nature

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Kind of went all over the place you how

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long did you live in switzerland for?

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So I was uh until my

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the beginning of my 20s

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Okay, I grew up in switzerland and as you

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said like I grew up next to a forest

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I was always uh playing in the forest

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making huts or like uh,

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Three houses and stuff and and uh, you

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know like little cable cars

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like where where you go down

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like a ramble or yeah, yeah

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Yeah, but it was also in

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my childhood in the mid 80s

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Um, we had you know the Chernobyl

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accident in Ukraine, right?

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And actually, uh, I remember

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I was like six seven years old

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Uh, we were not allowed for like three

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four weeks to to pay out

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because of the radiation

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And and there that was so impactful. I

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realized oh, you know, we humans can

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Can basically fuck up the planet, right?

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100%

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I did not know it

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affected the air quality

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I never even thought about it. You just

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hear Chernobyl and and you think it just

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affected everybody in Chernobyl

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But you never thought it would affect

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anybody on outside

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countries, especially switzerland

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I never would have thought about that.

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Did anybody get affected by that? Like

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did they ever do studies to see who like

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How far the plume went maybe as a

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precaution that just said maybe don't

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Don't eat. Uh don't drink milk because

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the the grass is eaten by by cows

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Right and don't play outside and I mean

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europe is you know, it's it's it's

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raining, right? So so

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Right. So it's it's I don't know how many

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maybe 2000 miles away, right?

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But that's enough for a cloud to come

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over. I think you know, it's something we

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don't realize how air

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pollution can travel

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So much, you know, I did an interview a

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number of years ago. I think it was

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probably eight years ago now

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uh about polar bears and in canada

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obviously we have polar bears up north

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and and the scientists were saying that

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There there was proof and evidence that

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the air quality from southern ontario

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where these polar bears were

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and in in in the arctic and it was

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actually they can detect the same type of

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chemicals within the air from ontario the

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southern ontario into northern

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ontario in the polar bears fur

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And so they're saying that was affecting

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their overall health

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But you never really that was just a

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surprise to me because you you never

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think about how far air goes

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I mean even just last not last

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summer the summer before that

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There were four or five forest fires all

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over canada and it got so bad in kabak

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that the the smoke just I guess the wind

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Shifted smoke went down into new york

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city where it looked like

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Apocalypse, you know, you probably saw

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those videos the videos pictures last

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year and it just

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looked like an apocalypse

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So we don't that just surprised me so

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much. I did not think about that

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But I guess as a child that makes you

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think and as you grew up, you're probably

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like well, hold on a second here

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What are we doing to this planet? Like

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what's going on here? Right exactly?

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Yeah, and that's that's

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That developed my consciousness for

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Preservation. I remember I joined the wwf

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activities I was collecting money for

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them and so on and uh,

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yeah, and I always needed

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If and i'm a grown-up

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I want to you know, I want to take care

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of of our planet and ecology

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and actually my my path was

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to become a diplomat

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So I went to study

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international studies

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We focus on diplomacy and focus on

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international environment studies

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And I was supposed to go work on on the

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swiss embassy and so on

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And it was during my studies that I

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realized that I have like

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entrepreneurial, you know, uh hang and

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during my studies I developed uh

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A company basically it wasn't my company,

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but was for a german

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company. I I suggested them

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Hey, I open your swiss french, um

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subsidiary

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Yeah, and that was quite successful and

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and and from there I developed my

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confidence in in uh,

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entrepreneurship and and actually went

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that route and after my studies, uh, I

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had uh saved some money because of

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Building that business right I went to

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travel backpacking around the world for

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one and a half years

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and

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After one half years I got stuck in texas

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In the u.s

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Exactly of all places of all places. Yeah

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And I worked there for a technology

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startup. I like the

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startup scenes and so on

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and then I went back to

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switzerland worked for a

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medical

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device company

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And was and but I didn't I didn't like

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the job. It was like a big

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corporation and stuff, right?

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And and it was there where um, I one

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evening I watched bpc a show about

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In invent inventors and I saw a guy who

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developed a material which looks like ice

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It feels like ice but some ice

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And he can't skate on it and it doesn't

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use energy. Nothing like

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that. So, um, I googled the guy

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Yeah, I impacted him and out of the blue,

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you know, I appeared and and I let me

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skate on it and I said hey

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I

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I can help you build the business and so

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50 50 we started the

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company together in switzerland

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And the rest is is history

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So tell me more about

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this ice because you know

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Obviously as a canadian ice is a big part

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of my life, you know, I grew up on it

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I skated I played hockey

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for pretty much all of my life

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My brother went to europe to play hockey

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like hockey is in our family and when

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hockey's on like when my family

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When I was young

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Nobody talked, you know

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It was like we just we just walked hockey

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Every day and if we weren't watching it

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we were playing it like it was it was one

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of the two road hockey any kind of hockey

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But ice obviously, you know, you don't

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really think about what goes into making

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the ice. You just think oh, it's ice

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It's probably just water. It freezes.

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There's probably

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something underneath the the

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um the ice to like to make it freeze and

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ensure that it stays frozen so that you

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can grind and and and cut and

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everything into the ice

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Before you talk about what this ice is.

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Can you just talk about how

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regular skating ice is made so that we

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can see the difference

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Of course, so normally,

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um you have like uh tubes

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Yeah

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like like coils of of tubes or lines

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And there's a cooling agent which is

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cooled down by a chiller.

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Okay, that's where I use

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Enormous amounts of energy which goes

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through these these uh tubes. Okay, okay

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And and so it works like a freezer and

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then obviously you put water on it

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But a lot of uh water uh evaporates or

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goes away. So you have to add water.

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Yeah, so it's hence the same

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Exactly the Zamboni takes it off and so

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you have very high uh energy consumption

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Right a lot of water consumption and if

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it's indoor it has to

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be perfectly insulated

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So you have air conditioning you have

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dehumidifier so you have again

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electricity used there and

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As a rule of thumb is every square meter

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of ice uses the same energy

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Um like like an average home in in

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switzerland or canada

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Okay, and so if you have an olympic size

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rink, which is 1,800 square meter. That's

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equal to 1,800 homes

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in terms of

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Energy consumption and water. Okay, of

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course it varies if if the environment is

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super cold in december or so

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The energy consumption

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is less but if you have

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Then there are many rinks in in florida

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Or so on they use much more energy than

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what I just described. So so yeah

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And and that's exactly

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where it will be coming

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We believe that ice sports

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you said hockey and so on

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These are amazing sports that they bring

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people together keep them fit healthy

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But it's not sustainable

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Right to make ice right and and that's

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where our technology is coming in

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This is interesting because you never

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again you never think about this is all

408
01:14:19,041 --> 01:14:20,083
this surprising to me. I

409
01:14:20,083 --> 01:14:21,375
grew up around ice, you know

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Even even to this day. I coach hockey

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I'm in the rings like

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at least twice a week

413
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And I still don't really realize how much

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energy is used up when creating the ice

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And maintaining the ice, you know, you

416
01:14:34,625 --> 01:14:36,833
think about a zamboni zamboni runs. It's

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not electric. It's runs on gas

418
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You know, it's got to go around

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at least

420
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Probably 20 times a day, you know, maybe

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more and it's running around

422
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the ice and it goes double pads

423
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It was always on plus the actual

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generation of the energy to you know

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To make sure that ice stays

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stays nice and cold and hard

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So let's talk. So that's that's really

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interesting. So here's the problem. The

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01:14:59,208 --> 01:15:00,625
problem is it uses a lot of energy

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01:15:01,250 --> 01:15:03,083
Uh, so it's that's expensive to make

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01:15:03,625 --> 01:15:04,916
It's expensive to maintain

432
01:15:05,500 --> 01:15:06,375
It's not good for the

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01:15:06,375 --> 01:15:08,583
climate you guys decide. Okay

434
01:15:09,250 --> 01:15:11,208
Let's solve this problem. Let's make ice.

435
01:15:11,208 --> 01:15:12,125
That's not really ice.

436
01:15:12,125 --> 01:15:14,000
So let's talk about glice

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01:15:14,750 --> 01:15:15,083
Yeah

438
01:15:15,625 --> 01:15:17,708
So, uh basically glice

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01:15:18,041 --> 01:15:20,333
It if it looks like a cutting board you

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01:15:20,333 --> 01:15:22,041
have in your in your kitchen, right?

441
01:15:22,041 --> 01:15:24,875
Okay, so we use high grade polymers

442
01:15:25,416 --> 01:15:28,375
Okay, you use different additives, uh,

443
01:15:28,375 --> 01:15:29,541
like silicon and so on

444
01:15:30,291 --> 01:15:32,041
Some additives you don't disclose

445
01:15:33,166 --> 01:15:35,000
These are uh nano technology

446
01:15:35,291 --> 01:15:36,083
nanotechnology

447
01:15:36,750 --> 01:15:40,000
Or nanoparticles. Okay, and they they

448
01:15:40,000 --> 01:15:41,541
just designed on engineered

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01:15:41,541 --> 01:15:43,708
in a way to lower the friction

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01:15:44,500 --> 01:15:46,333
Okay, so so that okay

451
01:15:46,333 --> 01:15:48,708
when you skate on it. Yeah

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01:15:48,708 --> 01:15:51,166
The molecules of our

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01:15:51,166 --> 01:15:52,750
glide surface they release

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01:15:53,333 --> 01:15:54,000
um

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01:15:54,750 --> 01:15:57,791
Gliding agents. Okay, and and so the

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01:15:57,791 --> 01:15:59,958
skate glides on on these

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01:15:59,958 --> 01:16:02,541
this uh tiny gliding agents

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And and so it's it's

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01:16:04,375 --> 01:16:05,625
uh perfectly seamless

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01:16:06,125 --> 01:16:06,458
Yeah

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01:16:07,000 --> 01:16:09,791
So does it when you go over with a blade

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01:16:09,791 --> 01:16:11,458
like on regular ice when

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01:16:11,458 --> 01:16:12,541
you go over with the blade?

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01:16:13,333 --> 01:16:14,208
You make a mark

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Probably right like you're as you turn or

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01:16:17,166 --> 01:16:18,250
as you dig your edges

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01:16:18,250 --> 01:16:19,375
in you can make a mark

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01:16:20,041 --> 01:16:21,125
Does this make a mark?

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01:16:21,875 --> 01:16:23,041
in the in the glice

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01:16:24,208 --> 01:16:24,541
Yeah

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01:16:24,916 --> 01:16:27,166
So you yeah, but not as deep as on

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01:16:27,166 --> 01:16:28,666
realize so so you have like

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01:16:28,666 --> 01:16:31,958
micro marks. Yeah, and and uh

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01:16:32,208 --> 01:16:34,500
From if you go close you can see it. It's

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01:16:34,500 --> 01:16:36,500
like the surface is like scratched

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01:16:36,916 --> 01:16:37,833
from far away

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01:16:37,833 --> 01:16:39,666
It looks perfectly uniform

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01:16:40,041 --> 01:16:42,666
And what is interesting is the more

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scratched is the

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01:16:43,583 --> 01:16:45,375
surface it even glides better

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01:16:45,541 --> 01:16:47,416
So it's probably the only product which

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01:16:47,416 --> 01:16:48,875
becomes better the more

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01:16:48,875 --> 01:16:51,125
you use it and and uh, yeah

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01:16:51,125 --> 01:16:54,458
And it's it sounds like wow, it doesn't

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01:16:54,458 --> 01:16:56,083
get scratched away, right?

486
01:16:56,083 --> 01:16:57,291
But actually the the

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01:16:57,291 --> 01:16:59,958
lifetime of our product is 30 years

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01:17:00,375 --> 01:17:03,000
And after 15 years half time you can flip

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01:17:03,000 --> 01:17:04,666
it over and you have a brand new surface

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01:17:05,333 --> 01:17:06,125
Are you serious?

491
01:17:07,000 --> 01:17:09,416
So so it's uh, it's basically

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01:17:09,416 --> 01:17:11,458
undestroyable, uh surface. Wow

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01:17:11,625 --> 01:17:13,958
Yeah, that's incredible. So

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01:17:14,458 --> 01:17:16,500
I love let me ask as someone who likes to

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01:17:16,500 --> 01:17:18,125
have sharp skates when

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01:17:18,125 --> 01:17:19,875
I when I when I skate

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01:17:20,750 --> 01:17:22,500
Yeah, do these dull the skates?

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01:17:23,208 --> 01:17:25,250
Because of the polymers or does the the

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01:17:25,250 --> 01:17:27,291
agent that allows them to glide it just

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01:17:27,291 --> 01:17:28,708
doesn't it does the same thing as ice

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01:17:28,708 --> 01:17:31,000
Like you have to sharpen your skates a

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01:17:31,000 --> 01:17:33,083
lot more since you're on this license

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01:17:33,083 --> 01:17:35,625
compared to being on regular ice

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01:17:36,666 --> 01:17:39,041
That's a brilliant question. Yes, so

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01:17:39,791 --> 01:17:40,125
our

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01:17:40,125 --> 01:17:43,875
Our eyes the glides our glides ice it

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01:17:43,875 --> 01:17:45,791
it's the friction is a bit higher than

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01:17:45,791 --> 01:17:48,916
regularly perfectly resurfaced ice. Okay

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01:17:49,500 --> 01:17:49,958
although

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And it's just it's a matter of time

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01:17:52,875 --> 01:17:54,166
because we are doing research

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01:17:54,375 --> 01:17:56,583
Of course every year we come out with a

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01:17:56,583 --> 01:17:58,583
new generation and we are just working on

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01:17:58,583 --> 01:17:59,458
on the next generation

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01:17:59,458 --> 01:18:02,791
So we we try to get us close to uh,

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01:18:02,791 --> 01:18:04,708
perfectly freshly resurfaced ice

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01:18:05,083 --> 01:18:08,791
I I ice is already better than any ice

518
01:18:08,791 --> 01:18:11,041
you find on the average christmas market

519
01:18:11,041 --> 01:18:11,833
where you know, like

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01:18:11,833 --> 01:18:14,208
The samboni hasn't passed for three hours

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01:18:14,208 --> 01:18:16,875
and so yeah, but we try to get there

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01:18:16,875 --> 01:18:18,416
until you have to sharpen

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01:18:19,083 --> 01:18:21,250
A bit more often than than on the regular

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01:18:21,250 --> 01:18:22,750
ice. I just find I mean

525
01:18:23,416 --> 01:18:24,708
It's a small compromise

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01:18:25,083 --> 01:18:26,333
Yeah for for setting the

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01:18:26,333 --> 01:18:27,833
planet, right? Of course

528
01:18:27,833 --> 01:18:30,541
And what's the maintenance of this ice

529
01:18:30,541 --> 01:18:31,791
like like obviously, you know

530
01:18:31,791 --> 01:18:33,875
When you have regular ice that like the

531
01:18:33,875 --> 01:18:36,083
traditional ice that we that we use you

532
01:18:36,083 --> 01:18:37,791
have a zamboni that goes over the ice

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01:18:37,875 --> 01:18:40,166
And it it puts water over it. So it fills

534
01:18:40,166 --> 01:18:41,791
all the cracks and then it freezes again

535
01:18:42,458 --> 01:18:43,333
What's the maintenance

536
01:18:43,333 --> 01:18:45,291
on on the glice itself?

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01:18:46,000 --> 01:18:47,666
It's uh simply cleaning

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01:18:48,208 --> 01:18:49,583
So so we we sell a

539
01:18:49,583 --> 01:18:51,208
cleaning machine. Okay, but

540
01:18:52,208 --> 01:18:54,583
Also regular floor cleaning machines you

541
01:18:54,583 --> 01:18:57,291
see in the shopping malls. Oh, yeah. Okay

542
01:18:58,041 --> 01:18:59,125
rotating brush

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01:19:00,125 --> 01:19:02,500
And uh, although we are right now, uh

544
01:19:02,500 --> 01:19:04,041
working on a special brush

545
01:19:04,500 --> 01:19:07,958
Who gives a special polish who even makes

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01:19:07,958 --> 01:19:10,125
the glide better? So so right so there's

547
01:19:10,125 --> 01:19:12,083
always a lot of signs behind it

548
01:19:12,083 --> 01:19:14,291
Yeah, well and you're constantly adapting

549
01:19:14,291 --> 01:19:15,916
to make it even better and better and

550
01:19:15,916 --> 01:19:17,166
better as you go through, right?

551
01:19:17,875 --> 01:19:20,166
Yeah, exactly. Exactly. That's but but

552
01:19:20,166 --> 01:19:22,500
the short answer just cleaning you want

553
01:19:22,500 --> 01:19:24,958
to have a pristine nice white surface and

554
01:19:25,000 --> 01:19:26,333
Yeah, that's why you need to clean

555
01:19:27,041 --> 01:19:27,416
Okay

556
01:19:28,666 --> 01:19:31,208
Now, how do people how do people react

557
01:19:31,208 --> 01:19:33,375
when they realize that it's not your

558
01:19:33,375 --> 01:19:34,375
traditional type of

559
01:19:34,375 --> 01:19:36,500
ice when they go on it?

560
01:19:36,958 --> 01:19:37,000
so

561
01:19:39,000 --> 01:19:41,041
People who are not used to ice

562
01:19:41,041 --> 01:19:44,916
The child who you know who has never

563
01:19:44,916 --> 01:19:47,125
escaped and so on they go and and then

564
01:19:47,125 --> 01:19:48,000
they like it and they

565
01:19:48,000 --> 01:19:49,250
don't even realize it

566
01:19:49,541 --> 01:19:52,291
If a kid knows hockey knows regular ice

567
01:19:53,333 --> 01:19:55,791
The first impression is yes. Oh, it's a

568
01:19:55,791 --> 01:19:57,916
bit slower. I need a bit more effort

569
01:19:58,208 --> 01:20:00,791
Right, but it's actually only a matter of

570
01:20:00,791 --> 01:20:02,208
time if they go around

571
01:20:02,916 --> 01:20:04,875
It's they normally tell me

572
01:20:04,875 --> 01:20:08,083
it's like if you buy a new car

573
01:20:08,458 --> 01:20:11,000
You know at the beginning first 15 it

574
01:20:11,000 --> 01:20:13,250
feels different than your old car, right?

575
01:20:13,250 --> 01:20:14,958
The old car you felt you're not even

576
01:20:14,958 --> 01:20:16,166
thinking about how how

577
01:20:16,166 --> 01:20:17,708
to steer or how to uh

578
01:20:18,125 --> 01:20:20,541
And here's the same of the 15 20 minutes

579
01:20:20,541 --> 01:20:22,458
people get so used to it that

580
01:20:22,458 --> 01:20:23,791
they don't feel the difference

581
01:20:23,791 --> 01:20:25,000
But it's at the beginning

582
01:20:25,000 --> 01:20:27,375
a bit less effort. Um more

583
01:20:27,375 --> 01:20:30,375
It takes a little bit to adapt. I mean

584
01:20:30,375 --> 01:20:31,458
especially when you when

585
01:20:31,458 --> 01:20:33,625
you're so used to skating on

586
01:20:34,583 --> 01:20:36,875
This traditional ice, you know, you're

587
01:20:36,875 --> 01:20:38,416
you're used to the the ins and outs

588
01:20:38,416 --> 01:20:39,416
you've gotten used to

589
01:20:39,416 --> 01:20:40,541
how to use your edges

590
01:20:40,833 --> 01:20:42,791
Probably takes a little bit to to adapt

591
01:20:42,791 --> 01:20:43,958
to a new type of surface

592
01:20:44,125 --> 01:20:46,000
And but there's so

593
01:20:46,000 --> 01:20:47,375
when you make the surface

594
01:20:48,208 --> 01:20:51,291
Or when you is it laying down pads like

595
01:20:51,291 --> 01:20:53,041
these these they come in like large like

596
01:20:53,041 --> 01:20:54,541
smaller pads and and

597
01:20:54,541 --> 01:20:55,666
they you just lay them down

598
01:20:55,666 --> 01:20:57,041
And then you put them

599
01:20:57,041 --> 01:20:58,291
together. Is that how it works?

600
01:20:58,958 --> 01:21:01,875
Exactly. So so it's it's pads and and we

601
01:21:01,875 --> 01:21:04,125
have like a commercial version and they

602
01:21:04,125 --> 01:21:05,333
have the home version there

603
01:21:05,500 --> 01:21:06,083
The commercial

604
01:21:06,083 --> 01:21:07,833
version is tongue and groove

605
01:21:08,291 --> 01:21:10,750
Okay, the pin which comes in and it's

606
01:21:10,750 --> 01:21:12,666
it's a cnc machine. So

607
01:21:12,666 --> 01:21:13,791
it's perfectly computer

608
01:21:14,375 --> 01:21:16,208
You know cut. Oh, yeah

609
01:21:16,791 --> 01:21:18,708
So you when you skate you will not feel

610
01:21:18,708 --> 01:21:21,875
the seams right? So yeah, and for the

611
01:21:21,875 --> 01:21:24,666
home version we have it's like a dovetail

612
01:21:25,416 --> 01:21:27,958
So it takes you five minutes to install

613
01:21:27,958 --> 01:21:30,458
it and you know, normally it's it's a

614
01:21:30,583 --> 01:21:33,000
Dad and and something they order

615
01:21:33,500 --> 01:21:36,500
A small glass glass ring install it in

616
01:21:36,500 --> 01:21:38,666
the basement or in the backyard, you know

617
01:21:39,166 --> 01:21:41,708
They click it together and they can ice

618
01:21:41,708 --> 01:21:44,083
ice skate or play a match of hockey

619
01:21:44,083 --> 01:21:45,416
together. So amazing

620
01:21:45,625 --> 01:21:47,000
So it's very very easy.

621
01:21:47,000 --> 01:21:48,500
Yeah, and it's awesome

622
01:21:48,750 --> 01:21:50,083
I did allows, you know,

623
01:21:50,083 --> 01:21:51,625
like the the crazy thing

624
01:21:52,041 --> 01:21:53,791
We've done our rings

625
01:21:53,791 --> 01:21:55,750
already in over 100 countries

626
01:21:56,041 --> 01:21:59,125
We've done ice hockey match on the beach

627
01:21:59,125 --> 01:22:00,875
in rio de cineiro in brazil

628
01:22:01,625 --> 01:22:04,041
Or places you cannot

629
01:22:04,041 --> 01:22:06,000
imagine or there was like a huge

630
01:22:06,583 --> 01:22:09,125
um commercial being done on top of a

631
01:22:09,125 --> 01:22:11,625
mountain the highest hockey rink we set

632
01:22:11,625 --> 01:22:14,125
up and I did a commercial and so

633
01:22:14,125 --> 01:22:16,750
So it's you know, the sky is the limit in

634
01:22:16,750 --> 01:22:19,416
in what you can do with our surface

635
01:22:20,041 --> 01:22:21,708
Yeah, this is phenomenal

636
01:22:22,125 --> 01:22:24,791
What like as a guy who loves ice and even

637
01:22:24,791 --> 01:22:26,458
like, you know, it's it's difficult

638
01:22:26,458 --> 01:22:27,958
especially in the winter

639
01:22:28,666 --> 01:22:31,458
When you have kids and you want to put an

640
01:22:31,458 --> 01:22:32,500
ice rink in the backyard

641
01:22:33,333 --> 01:22:34,666
Climate change has really made it

642
01:22:34,666 --> 01:22:35,916
difficult because you never

643
01:22:35,916 --> 01:22:37,041
know if it's going to be a hot

644
01:22:37,541 --> 01:22:39,333
Winter like a warm winter or a cold

645
01:22:39,333 --> 01:22:40,458
winter like this

646
01:22:40,458 --> 01:22:41,958
winter. It's been pretty good

647
01:22:41,958 --> 01:22:43,500
Like we've had a lot of snow. We've had a

648
01:22:43,500 --> 01:22:44,458
lot of ice, you know

649
01:22:44,458 --> 01:22:45,958
It's been cold most of the days like

650
01:22:45,958 --> 01:22:47,666
below, you know minus, you

651
01:22:47,666 --> 01:22:49,708
know nine or minus 10 centigrade

652
01:22:50,166 --> 01:22:51,583
And so it's been nice like you could you

653
01:22:51,583 --> 01:22:52,250
could actually put a

654
01:22:52,250 --> 01:22:53,125
rink in your backyard

655
01:22:53,791 --> 01:22:55,875
But last year you couldn't like it was

656
01:22:55,875 --> 01:22:57,791
just like it was just you know

657
01:22:58,208 --> 01:23:00,000
It was warm. So there was like barely any

658
01:23:00,000 --> 01:23:03,041
snow and it and it barely got below below

659
01:23:03,041 --> 01:23:04,416
zero degrees centigrade

660
01:23:05,125 --> 01:23:06,833
So I can just imagine putting this in my

661
01:23:06,833 --> 01:23:09,500
backyard having it all year round and

662
01:23:09,500 --> 01:23:11,958
just putting on the skates and you know

663
01:23:11,958 --> 01:23:14,500
With some shorts and some skates would be

664
01:23:14,500 --> 01:23:15,916
a little weird, but you know,

665
01:23:15,916 --> 01:23:16,833
you could do it in the summer

666
01:23:16,833 --> 01:23:17,958
It doesn't matter you can

667
01:23:17,958 --> 01:23:19,250
you can work on your skills

668
01:23:19,541 --> 01:23:21,916
All all year long if you want or or have

669
01:23:21,916 --> 01:23:23,333
like a fun game of three on

670
01:23:23,333 --> 01:23:25,125
three or two on two or you know

671
01:23:25,250 --> 01:23:26,375
One-on-one or whatever

672
01:23:27,000 --> 01:23:28,333
In your backyard that

673
01:23:28,333 --> 01:23:30,375
that seems really amazing

674
01:23:30,833 --> 01:23:32,958
um, now from the commercial standpoint

675
01:23:32,958 --> 01:23:34,375
because I would imagine like the

676
01:23:34,375 --> 01:23:36,041
commercial standpoint is it's it's that's

677
01:23:36,041 --> 01:23:38,083
where the energy saving is right?

678
01:23:39,708 --> 01:23:42,666
um There is you just lay the pads down and

679
01:23:42,666 --> 01:23:44,208
that's it like there's no

680
01:23:44,583 --> 01:23:47,666
Energy required to keep it the way it is

681
01:23:47,666 --> 01:23:48,583
the same consistency.

682
01:23:48,583 --> 01:23:50,000
There's no energy required

683
01:23:50,375 --> 01:23:52,166
Maybe there's a little energy required in

684
01:23:52,166 --> 01:23:53,250
cleaning it because

685
01:23:53,250 --> 01:23:54,083
you're using the surface

686
01:23:54,666 --> 01:23:56,083
on on electricity

687
01:23:56,833 --> 01:23:58,083
But even then that's not

688
01:23:58,083 --> 01:24:00,708
like that's not huge. Yeah, it's

689
01:24:01,000 --> 01:24:03,333
Comfort. Yeah. Yeah. So so when you

690
01:24:03,333 --> 01:24:05,291
you've done hockey rinks then before

691
01:24:07,250 --> 01:24:09,291
Yeah, so so we yeah, we have hockey

692
01:24:09,291 --> 01:24:11,333
clients, uh, we have

693
01:24:12,208 --> 01:24:14,166
You know, they they they build different

694
01:24:14,166 --> 01:24:16,333
sizes of rinks where they play matches

695
01:24:16,750 --> 01:24:19,208
But uh, if we've gone much further we we

696
01:24:19,208 --> 01:24:21,375
have complete training center

697
01:24:22,125 --> 01:24:24,416
concepts where you have different

698
01:24:24,416 --> 01:24:27,208
stations on one station you you you

699
01:24:27,208 --> 01:24:29,625
practice slap shot and you have

700
01:24:30,125 --> 01:24:33,166
A raider measuring your speed you have

701
01:24:33,166 --> 01:24:35,541
reaction, uh, you know, yeah, where it's

702
01:24:35,541 --> 01:24:37,041
uh, your reaction is measured

703
01:24:37,333 --> 01:24:40,625
We have a glice skate mill where you can

704
01:24:40,625 --> 01:24:42,916
do conditioning work on on a on a like

705
01:24:42,916 --> 01:24:43,666
it's like a treadmill

706
01:24:44,125 --> 01:24:45,291
Right, right. It's a skate mill

707
01:24:45,916 --> 01:24:48,666
Okay, and so on and so it's a whole dream

708
01:24:48,666 --> 01:24:50,291
land for hockey players

709
01:24:50,291 --> 01:24:51,916
to improve their skills

710
01:24:52,208 --> 01:24:54,541
And and you have professional hockey

711
01:24:54,541 --> 01:24:56,375
clubs. They built that next

712
01:24:56,375 --> 01:24:58,041
to their regular arena that

713
01:24:59,166 --> 01:25:00,875
Center like that. Yeah

714
01:25:01,333 --> 01:25:03,500
And uh, so that that's on the

715
01:25:03,500 --> 01:25:05,291
professional side and then of course we

716
01:25:05,291 --> 01:25:08,583
have shopping malls christmas markets

717
01:25:09,500 --> 01:25:11,708
luxury hotels and so on so sorry the

718
01:25:11,708 --> 01:25:15,875
The list is is endless. We even have a

719
01:25:15,875 --> 01:25:17,875
movie a lot of movies, you know, they

720
01:25:17,875 --> 01:25:19,916
cannot afford uh, they need a lake

721
01:25:20,083 --> 01:25:22,208
uh, a nice frozen lake for

722
01:25:22,208 --> 01:25:24,708
a romantic ice skating scene

723
01:25:25,291 --> 01:25:25,708
Oh

724
01:25:25,791 --> 01:25:27,375
Okay, I got you

725
01:25:27,791 --> 01:25:31,125
So they get the ring from us or even and

726
01:25:31,125 --> 01:25:32,083
you will be surprised

727
01:25:32,833 --> 01:25:35,250
Um, you know when they develop new cars

728
01:25:35,625 --> 01:25:36,041
Okay

729
01:25:36,583 --> 01:25:37,541
They need to test it.

730
01:25:37,541 --> 01:25:39,500
How does he act on on ice?

731
01:25:40,125 --> 01:25:40,458
and

732
01:25:41,166 --> 01:25:42,375
um the the

733
01:25:42,666 --> 01:25:44,083
Manufacturers the automotive

734
01:25:44,083 --> 01:25:46,500
manufacturers that have either indoor

735
01:25:46,500 --> 01:25:50,750
ice Cating rings for for testing or they go

736
01:25:50,750 --> 01:25:52,416
up north to frozen

737
01:25:52,416 --> 01:25:53,958
lakes one time per year

738
01:25:54,291 --> 01:25:56,208
And they have to conceal their cars

739
01:25:56,208 --> 01:25:57,916
because there are new models. Yeah, they

740
01:25:57,916 --> 01:25:59,333
don't want anybody to see it. Yeah

741
01:25:59,875 --> 01:26:01,708
so, um

742
01:26:01,708 --> 01:26:04,458
Uh folks walk and contacted us. Um a few

743
01:26:04,458 --> 01:26:05,791
three four years ago

744
01:26:06,750 --> 01:26:09,416
They tested it and they built a huge 4000

745
01:26:09,416 --> 01:26:11,000
square meter ring in in

746
01:26:11,000 --> 01:26:13,541
near uh, you know in germany

747
01:26:13,541 --> 01:26:16,041
And now they can test their cars on ice

748
01:26:16,041 --> 01:26:18,208
the whole year around and so the relation

749
01:26:18,208 --> 01:26:20,500
cycle is much faster and then

750
01:26:21,166 --> 01:26:23,583
after folks walk and bmw heard that they

751
01:26:23,583 --> 01:26:26,375
built the rink as well and then honda and

752
01:26:26,833 --> 01:26:29,833
and and uh chagware and and you know and

753
01:26:29,833 --> 01:26:31,458
on fort and so on so

754
01:26:31,458 --> 01:26:33,000
they all started to build

755
01:26:33,416 --> 01:26:36,666
uh their rinks with of course for testing

756
01:26:36,666 --> 01:26:38,000
and then they can do it

757
01:26:38,000 --> 01:26:39,416
in any shape they want too

758
01:26:39,416 --> 01:26:41,083
They don't have to do it as as a as a

759
01:26:41,083 --> 01:26:42,416
rink shape or a lake shape

760
01:26:42,416 --> 01:26:43,666
They can do it as a

761
01:26:43,666 --> 01:26:45,500
rectangle. They can do it as a square

762
01:26:45,500 --> 01:26:48,041
They can do it as an octagon if they want

763
01:26:48,041 --> 01:26:49,750
it all depends on what they want and what

764
01:26:49,750 --> 01:26:50,458
they're trying to test

765
01:26:50,583 --> 01:26:52,416
And whatever size they want too

766
01:26:52,791 --> 01:26:54,958
That's exactly it's incredible to think

767
01:26:54,958 --> 01:26:57,125
about how many uses we

768
01:26:57,125 --> 01:26:58,416
use for ice, you know

769
01:26:58,500 --> 01:27:01,125
Like like you said car manufacturers are

770
01:27:01,125 --> 01:27:02,000
using it to see how

771
01:27:02,000 --> 01:27:03,416
well their cars do on ice

772
01:27:03,500 --> 01:27:05,083
You know, you're you're looking at

773
01:27:05,083 --> 01:27:07,541
different hockey rinks and figure skaters

774
01:27:07,541 --> 01:27:10,500
and all these different types of of of

775
01:27:10,666 --> 01:27:11,250
usages

776
01:27:11,708 --> 01:27:14,000
That you wouldn't really think and the

777
01:27:14,000 --> 01:27:16,625
amount of ice that they have to create

778
01:27:17,333 --> 01:27:18,916
Uh traditionally, they have to create the

779
01:27:18,916 --> 01:27:20,125
amount of energy that goes

780
01:27:20,125 --> 01:27:21,583
into that you're taking this

781
01:27:23,541 --> 01:27:26,166
These these like small niches, right like

782
01:27:26,166 --> 01:27:27,458
it's a niche not necessarily small

783
01:27:27,500 --> 01:27:29,000
It's a pretty big. It's a pretty big

784
01:27:29,000 --> 01:27:30,250
niche, but and you're

785
01:27:30,250 --> 01:27:31,583
you're you have a problem

786
01:27:31,583 --> 01:27:33,416
How much energy does it take to create

787
01:27:33,416 --> 01:27:35,375
this obviously for climate change, but

788
01:27:35,375 --> 01:27:36,666
even for cost you're they're probably

789
01:27:36,666 --> 01:27:37,750
saving a lot of money

790
01:27:37,958 --> 01:27:39,541
Based on that especially from a

791
01:27:39,541 --> 01:27:40,750
maintenance perspective

792
01:27:41,500 --> 01:27:42,416
And you're solving a

793
01:27:42,416 --> 01:27:43,083
problem being like hey

794
01:27:43,083 --> 01:27:44,291
You can have ice all year

795
01:27:44,291 --> 01:27:45,500
round or wherever you'd like

796
01:27:45,625 --> 01:27:47,416
You don't have to go up north to go to a

797
01:27:47,416 --> 01:27:48,750
lake where it's dangerous and you can

798
01:27:48,750 --> 01:27:49,833
lose the car and you have to worry

799
01:27:49,833 --> 01:27:51,625
With you know, or you don't have to if

800
01:27:51,625 --> 01:27:53,083
you want to get better at hockey and

801
01:27:53,083 --> 01:27:54,333
you're you're not in a city

802
01:27:54,375 --> 01:27:56,083
That's that's winterize or

803
01:27:56,083 --> 01:27:57,708
gets gets a winter season

804
01:27:57,958 --> 01:27:58,708
You can do that

805
01:27:58,708 --> 01:28:01,000
You can be in like phoenix arizona and

806
01:28:01,000 --> 01:28:02,583
you can have a rink in your backyard and

807
01:28:02,583 --> 01:28:04,083
you can skate as much as you want

808
01:28:04,500 --> 01:28:06,375
And you can you know fire off shots or

809
01:28:06,375 --> 01:28:07,500
work on your stick handling

810
01:28:07,875 --> 01:28:09,500
In 100 degree weather if you

811
01:28:09,500 --> 01:28:10,666
want it's up to you, you know

812
01:28:10,916 --> 01:28:12,125
I think that's incredible

813
01:28:12,125 --> 01:28:14,791
to be able to to take that

814
01:28:15,250 --> 01:28:18,125
Um and be able to you know use it for the

815
01:28:18,125 --> 01:28:19,458
different applications

816
01:28:19,958 --> 01:28:20,666
um, yeah

817
01:28:21,250 --> 01:28:23,333
When when people like when like, you

818
01:28:23,333 --> 01:28:25,375
know, a lot of companies are trying to

819
01:28:25,375 --> 01:28:27,583
save energy. They're trying to be

820
01:28:27,791 --> 01:28:29,083
You know, quote unquote greener

821
01:28:29,958 --> 01:28:31,666
And some of them do a better job at

822
01:28:31,666 --> 01:28:34,083
others when they look at your ice and and

823
01:28:34,083 --> 01:28:36,208
when you sell them this this ice

824
01:28:36,833 --> 01:28:38,666
Do you mention that like do you mention

825
01:28:38,666 --> 01:28:41,458
the energy savings and how it's good for

826
01:28:41,458 --> 01:28:43,333
the planet and that could go towards?

827
01:28:43,750 --> 01:28:46,458
Like pr or it could go towards like look

828
01:28:46,458 --> 01:28:48,125
you're saving the city money or your

829
01:28:48,125 --> 01:28:49,625
whatever your wherever you're working

830
01:28:49,875 --> 01:28:51,250
Wherever you're building these you're

831
01:28:51,250 --> 01:28:53,500
saving the county the city the the region

832
01:28:53,500 --> 01:28:55,125
money by building this stuff

833
01:28:55,125 --> 01:28:57,541
Like how do you make that sale and do you

834
01:28:57,541 --> 01:29:00,958
focus on the the helping the climate and

835
01:29:00,958 --> 01:29:02,583
and not putting out more emissions?

836
01:29:04,000 --> 01:29:04,125
um

837
01:29:04,500 --> 01:29:05,333
It's a good question

838
01:29:06,583 --> 01:29:09,000
The our clients they come with different

839
01:29:09,000 --> 01:29:11,875
motives, but I mean that uh,

840
01:29:12,333 --> 01:29:14,583
The reason why we exist is that is

841
01:29:14,583 --> 01:29:15,250
climate change,

842
01:29:15,250 --> 01:29:17,000
right? We want to save uh,

843
01:29:17,541 --> 01:29:17,958
energy

844
01:29:18,625 --> 01:29:21,833
so and a lot of cities, you know now with

845
01:29:21,833 --> 01:29:24,041
the with the u.n. Uh

846
01:29:24,375 --> 01:29:26,458
global development goals for

847
01:29:26,458 --> 01:29:29,583
For climate change. Yeah, they have to

848
01:29:29,583 --> 01:29:32,416
find ways to to save energy and if their

849
01:29:32,416 --> 01:29:34,125
city rink they see

850
01:29:34,125 --> 01:29:36,541
wow, that's a lot of uh,

851
01:29:37,333 --> 01:29:39,500
kilowatt hours, you know

852
01:29:39,958 --> 01:29:42,375
Yeah, easy. We are no-brainer solution.

853
01:29:42,375 --> 01:29:46,083
Okay, but also I mean a lot of people

854
01:29:46,083 --> 01:29:46,916
comment they want to

855
01:29:47,541 --> 01:29:50,250
Be better at hockey a lot of eyesock it

856
01:29:50,250 --> 01:29:53,041
coach. They recommend who know us they

857
01:29:53,041 --> 01:29:54,208
recommend their kids

858
01:29:55,000 --> 01:29:56,166
Get the rink at home

859
01:29:56,166 --> 01:29:57,875
because you know the famous rule

860
01:29:57,875 --> 01:29:59,541
10 000 hours

861
01:30:00,208 --> 01:30:01,875
Uh of of practice makes

862
01:30:01,875 --> 01:30:03,458
a master. So if one kid

863
01:30:04,000 --> 01:30:07,041
Has has a glass pad at home the chance

864
01:30:07,041 --> 01:30:09,083
get into the inner shell is is probably

865
01:30:09,083 --> 01:30:10,625
50 times higher than

866
01:30:10,750 --> 01:30:12,541
The kid who doesn't right so that they

867
01:30:12,541 --> 01:30:14,333
can practice and so on so

868
01:30:14,333 --> 01:30:15,708
so the motives are really

869
01:30:15,708 --> 01:30:19,250
Uh different but sometimes it's it's

870
01:30:19,250 --> 01:30:20,666
maybe a hollywood studio

871
01:30:21,250 --> 01:30:23,583
They don't don't have time to do freeze

872
01:30:23,583 --> 01:30:25,625
and stuff and they want to fix something

873
01:30:25,625 --> 01:30:27,791
and they want our eyes or i give you

874
01:30:27,791 --> 01:30:28,666
another example

875
01:30:29,541 --> 01:30:31,916
Maybe you know, uh red bull crashed ice

876
01:30:31,916 --> 01:30:33,666
where they go down on on

877
01:30:33,666 --> 01:30:35,708
on ice skates, right? Yes

878
01:30:36,583 --> 01:30:39,291
So they had the world championship in the

879
01:30:39,291 --> 01:30:41,000
morse in france. Yep

880
01:30:41,625 --> 01:30:45,416
and the night before a guy an official

881
01:30:45,416 --> 01:30:46,916
from them uh contacted

882
01:30:46,916 --> 01:30:48,583
us and said hey, we have

883
01:30:48,750 --> 01:30:50,916
A problem. We cannot freeze the ice

884
01:30:51,541 --> 01:30:53,500
We have plans of the world championship

885
01:30:53,500 --> 01:30:55,250
and everything is organized a

886
01:30:55,250 --> 01:30:56,916
multi-million dollar event

887
01:30:57,541 --> 01:30:59,125
And we said no worries

888
01:30:59,125 --> 01:31:02,500
We packed a truck sent

889
01:31:02,500 --> 01:31:04,291
them our glass panels

890
01:31:04,750 --> 01:31:07,000
and in the early morning they installed

891
01:31:07,791 --> 01:31:09,625
Our our guys and and the world

892
01:31:09,625 --> 01:31:11,583
championship could could happen

893
01:31:11,625 --> 01:31:12,333
um

894
01:31:12,333 --> 01:31:14,708
inside of the problem and they saved a

895
01:31:14,708 --> 01:31:16,625
lot of energy on top, but they were not

896
01:31:17,083 --> 01:31:19,875
They they had a technical issue that was

897
01:31:19,875 --> 01:31:21,541
not they were not thinking about the

898
01:31:21,541 --> 01:31:23,041
environment at that moment, but of course

899
01:31:23,250 --> 01:31:24,916
Yeah, it comes

900
01:31:25,541 --> 01:31:26,791
together, right so

901
01:31:27,625 --> 01:31:29,583
So I mean that's it. There's so many uses

902
01:31:29,583 --> 01:31:31,541
for it and like I said before you don't

903
01:31:31,541 --> 01:31:33,000
realize how many uses there are

904
01:31:33,000 --> 01:31:36,458
Uh, it just it makes it makes sense, you

905
01:31:36,458 --> 01:31:37,166
know, and you you

906
01:31:37,166 --> 01:31:38,750
mentioned that uh, you know

907
01:31:38,750 --> 01:31:40,958
The the the 10,000 hours on the ice to

908
01:31:40,958 --> 01:31:42,916
get better and it's so true

909
01:31:42,916 --> 01:31:45,208
I mean wane gretzky probably the one of

910
01:31:45,208 --> 01:31:46,208
the greatest of all time

911
01:31:46,208 --> 01:31:47,458
If not the greatest hockey

912
01:31:47,458 --> 01:31:48,708
player of all time in the nhl

913
01:31:49,166 --> 01:31:51,333
I mean he grew up on a pond in the in his

914
01:31:51,333 --> 01:31:53,041
backyard and he was out there all the

915
01:31:53,041 --> 01:31:54,500
time and and I have to admit

916
01:31:54,583 --> 01:31:56,333
You know during covid our

917
01:31:56,333 --> 01:31:57,583
our league got shut down

918
01:31:57,583 --> 01:31:59,833
I I coached my my daughters and our

919
01:31:59,833 --> 01:32:01,125
league got shut down for a year

920
01:32:01,625 --> 01:32:03,250
And I was at the beginning of the year.

921
01:32:03,250 --> 01:32:05,000
We were trying to start and uh,

922
01:32:05,000 --> 01:32:06,291
There were a lot of rules and everything

923
01:32:06,291 --> 01:32:07,375
that were that were in place

924
01:32:07,375 --> 01:32:08,375
and it made it very difficult

925
01:32:08,375 --> 01:32:09,791
But we had a couple practices and I had

926
01:32:09,791 --> 01:32:12,208
one girl who was a really fast skater

927
01:32:12,750 --> 01:32:14,333
But she was new to hockey. She couldn't

928
01:32:14,333 --> 01:32:16,125
stop victor. Like she couldn't stop

929
01:32:16,125 --> 01:32:17,875
We were like this is getting dangerous

930
01:32:17,875 --> 01:32:19,416
It's like she's gonna hit the boards or

931
01:32:19,416 --> 01:32:21,166
run into somebody or something like that

932
01:32:21,166 --> 01:32:23,125
Because she'd skate full speed and she

933
01:32:23,125 --> 01:32:24,041
didn't have much of a shot

934
01:32:24,041 --> 01:32:25,583
It was her first year and this is house

935
01:32:25,583 --> 01:32:27,000
league. So they're developing and stuff

936
01:32:27,541 --> 01:32:29,375
And uh, and then we got shut down for

937
01:32:29,375 --> 01:32:30,500
covid, right? We tired

938
01:32:30,500 --> 01:32:31,875
just to stop a little bit

939
01:32:31,875 --> 01:32:33,333
But then we got shut down for covid.

940
01:32:33,333 --> 01:32:35,041
Well, I saw her the next year

941
01:32:35,041 --> 01:32:36,625
I was she was on my team again

942
01:32:36,625 --> 01:32:38,083
I was coaching her and you should have

943
01:32:38,083 --> 01:32:40,000
seen the shot that she had like she had a

944
01:32:40,000 --> 01:32:42,000
full-on she can hit the top corner

945
01:32:42,458 --> 01:32:43,333
No problem

946
01:32:43,625 --> 01:32:45,666
Uh, her skating was better her stopping

947
01:32:45,666 --> 01:32:47,791
was perfect. Like it got it got really

948
01:32:47,791 --> 01:32:49,291
good and I asked her I said

949
01:32:49,500 --> 01:32:50,458
What happened? Like how

950
01:32:50,458 --> 01:32:51,833
did you get so so good?

951
01:32:52,208 --> 01:32:53,500
And she's like I put

952
01:32:53,500 --> 01:32:54,375
a rink in my backyard

953
01:32:54,708 --> 01:32:56,541
It was really cold out that year and she

954
01:32:56,541 --> 01:32:58,375
goes I was out there every night. I was

955
01:32:58,375 --> 01:32:59,708
shooting like 50 pucks

956
01:33:00,041 --> 01:33:02,916
I was I was skating around I was like

957
01:33:02,916 --> 01:33:04,208
working on stopping and

958
01:33:04,208 --> 01:33:05,833
this is like when you do a pawn

959
01:33:06,500 --> 01:33:08,916
It's bumpy, right? Like if you do like if

960
01:33:08,916 --> 01:33:10,000
you do a rink in the backyard

961
01:33:10,000 --> 01:33:11,500
It's never going to be smooth unless you

962
01:33:11,500 --> 01:33:13,625
build like a zamboni type thing and you

963
01:33:13,625 --> 01:33:14,583
really take care of the ice

964
01:33:14,833 --> 01:33:16,625
It's not going to be perfect and we all

965
01:33:16,625 --> 01:33:17,750
know that and that's fine

966
01:33:17,875 --> 01:33:19,083
So she was even better when

967
01:33:19,083 --> 01:33:20,250
she was on the on the rink

968
01:33:20,291 --> 01:33:22,916
I can just imagine what would happen for

969
01:33:22,916 --> 01:33:25,208
a lot of these kids if they have this

970
01:33:25,208 --> 01:33:26,083
rink in their

971
01:33:26,083 --> 01:33:27,666
backyard or in their basement

972
01:33:27,666 --> 01:33:30,375
All year long where they don't have to

973
01:33:30,375 --> 01:33:31,958
worry about dressing up in the cold. They

974
01:33:31,958 --> 01:33:32,791
can put their skates

975
01:33:32,791 --> 01:33:34,041
on they can go around

976
01:33:34,916 --> 01:33:36,916
Shoot as much as they want practice, you

977
01:33:36,916 --> 01:33:37,958
know going through like

978
01:33:37,958 --> 01:33:40,125
like pylons and stuff like that

979
01:33:40,375 --> 01:33:42,166
They'd be amazing like the development

980
01:33:42,166 --> 01:33:44,333
would increase like 50 fold

981
01:33:44,375 --> 01:33:45,541
like you said and their

982
01:33:45,541 --> 01:33:47,333
chances of going further and

983
01:33:47,666 --> 01:33:49,750
And and playing better and playing at a

984
01:33:49,750 --> 01:33:50,750
higher level would be

985
01:33:50,750 --> 01:33:53,000
just unreal to do that

986
01:33:53,541 --> 01:33:56,041
It really takes hockey to it to a

987
01:33:56,041 --> 01:33:57,083
different level and this

988
01:33:57,083 --> 01:33:58,416
goes for figure skating

989
01:33:58,416 --> 01:34:00,958
It goes for whatever you want to do on

990
01:34:00,958 --> 01:34:02,000
the ice just pleasure skating

991
01:34:02,000 --> 01:34:03,833
Just just to have some fun just for uh,

992
01:34:03,833 --> 01:34:06,791
an activity in the backyard or or in the

993
01:34:06,791 --> 01:34:08,458
basement. I just think it's

994
01:34:08,458 --> 01:34:09,833
Absolutely phenomenal the fact that it

995
01:34:09,833 --> 01:34:10,791
saves energy and you

996
01:34:10,791 --> 01:34:11,791
don't have to worry about it

997
01:34:11,833 --> 01:34:14,416
Uh, even as a as a dad who like is really

998
01:34:14,416 --> 01:34:16,458
busy and having something in the backyard

999
01:34:16,458 --> 01:34:18,000
that I don't have to worry about like

1000
01:34:18,083 --> 01:34:19,791
Maintaining that's a big that's like

1001
01:34:19,791 --> 01:34:21,750
yeah, I would probably use it more than

1002
01:34:21,750 --> 01:34:22,958
the kids, you know,

1003
01:34:22,958 --> 01:34:24,041
i'd be on it all the time

1004
01:34:24,041 --> 01:34:27,958
I wish sometimes it's it's uh, it's it

1005
01:34:27,958 --> 01:34:29,375
sounds too good to be true

1006
01:34:29,625 --> 01:34:32,083
Right. So right. Yeah, we have

1007
01:34:32,500 --> 01:34:33,541
thousands of families

1008
01:34:33,541 --> 01:34:35,458
have now already their

1009
01:34:35,625 --> 01:34:37,666
uh guys are getting their home and and

1010
01:34:37,666 --> 01:34:40,583
you hear fantastic stories of their kids

1011
01:34:40,583 --> 01:34:42,208
improving and oh, yeah

1012
01:34:42,666 --> 01:34:43,375
like just

1013
01:34:43,375 --> 01:34:45,958
a game changer basically well and also it

1014
01:34:45,958 --> 01:34:48,125
gets them moving too like you're thinking

1015
01:34:48,125 --> 01:34:49,333
from a health perspective

1016
01:34:49,708 --> 01:34:51,791
You know, especially now with the phones

1017
01:34:51,791 --> 01:34:52,916
that like they are in and

1018
01:34:52,916 --> 01:34:53,791
video games and everything

1019
01:34:53,791 --> 01:34:55,000
You can just say go out and

1020
01:34:55,000 --> 01:34:56,583
have some fun skating, you know

1021
01:34:56,583 --> 01:34:58,333
And and and and just do

1022
01:34:58,333 --> 01:34:59,958
that for an hour or two

1023
01:35:00,041 --> 01:35:01,458
If you do that every day for an hour or

1024
01:35:01,458 --> 01:35:02,750
two or just even a few days a week

1025
01:35:03,250 --> 01:35:05,000
You're gonna be in great shape, you know,

1026
01:35:05,000 --> 01:35:06,333
your cardiovascular system is gonna be

1027
01:35:06,333 --> 01:35:07,208
fantastic because you're

1028
01:35:07,208 --> 01:35:08,375
skating all the time, right?

1029
01:35:08,375 --> 01:35:10,500
Yeah, exactly. Yeah, I just I

1030
01:35:10,500 --> 01:35:11,666
just think it's phenomenal now

1031
01:35:12,125 --> 01:35:13,458
You guys have developed how long has this

1032
01:35:13,458 --> 01:35:15,541
business been in in in practice?

1033
01:35:16,750 --> 01:35:18,916
So we started doing research and

1034
01:35:18,916 --> 01:35:21,208
everything 12 years ago, but really

1035
01:35:21,958 --> 01:35:24,875
Since like eight 10 years, you know,

1036
01:35:24,875 --> 01:35:26,041
we're really pushing

1037
01:35:26,583 --> 01:35:27,833
commercially and when did

1038
01:35:27,833 --> 01:35:29,958
you sell your first like pad?

1039
01:35:30,833 --> 01:35:35,375
Um, the first was already like 12 years

1040
01:35:35,375 --> 01:35:37,583
ago when when you started like okay

1041
01:35:37,583 --> 01:35:39,458
It's a science, but it was very slow

1042
01:35:39,458 --> 01:35:40,833
start, you know, and for sure

1043
01:35:41,250 --> 01:35:43,583
Yeah, and now with all the different like

1044
01:35:43,583 --> 01:35:45,500
options and verticals that you have like

1045
01:35:45,500 --> 01:35:48,375
card manufacturers and Hollywood studios

1046
01:35:48,500 --> 01:35:50,000
And all this kind of stuff and hockey

1047
01:35:50,000 --> 01:35:51,916
rigs and figure skating rigs. I mean,

1048
01:35:51,916 --> 01:35:53,041
it's just it must be exploding

1049
01:35:53,458 --> 01:35:55,250
Congratulations on that. That's that's

1050
01:35:55,708 --> 01:35:57,666
Fantastic. I mean to go from

1051
01:35:58,208 --> 01:35:59,416
you know, uh

1052
01:36:00,125 --> 01:36:01,666
From a boy who like want to play in the

1053
01:36:01,666 --> 01:36:03,291
forest all the time couldn't do it

1054
01:36:03,291 --> 01:36:05,291
because of Chernobyl of all things

1055
01:36:05,291 --> 01:36:08,666
You know a major a major event that could

1056
01:36:08,666 --> 01:36:09,750
affect that affected a

1057
01:36:09,750 --> 01:36:10,458
lot of people's health

1058
01:36:10,458 --> 01:36:12,375
And this is well, hold on a second. I got

1059
01:36:12,375 --> 01:36:13,291
to do something better for

1060
01:36:13,291 --> 01:36:14,666
the planet now. You've got

1061
01:36:15,125 --> 01:36:17,791
Glyce a company that is manufacturing,

1062
01:36:17,791 --> 01:36:19,916
you know ice in a way

1063
01:36:20,291 --> 01:36:22,416
Uh so people can enjoy it without having

1064
01:36:22,416 --> 01:36:24,291
all the energy needs. I just think it's

1065
01:36:24,291 --> 01:36:25,166
it's absolutely phenomenal

1066
01:36:25,416 --> 01:36:27,500
And and I want to thank you victor for

1067
01:36:27,500 --> 01:36:28,541
for coming on the podcast

1068
01:36:28,541 --> 01:36:29,791
because this has been just

1069
01:36:30,208 --> 01:36:32,750
So much fun to talk about this especially

1070
01:36:32,750 --> 01:36:33,583
as someone who loves

1071
01:36:33,583 --> 01:36:35,000
to skate as much as I do

1072
01:36:35,333 --> 01:36:37,333
Um, I really appreciate it you coming on

1073
01:36:37,333 --> 01:36:39,541
and if people wanted to get a hold of you

1074
01:36:39,541 --> 01:36:40,416
or find out more information

1075
01:36:40,416 --> 01:36:41,375
How would they do so?

1076
01:36:42,375 --> 01:36:44,125
So the best is go on our website

1077
01:36:45,250 --> 01:36:46,500
glyce ringk.com

1078
01:36:46,750 --> 01:36:50,041
Okay, you also find us on on facebook and

1079
01:36:50,041 --> 01:36:52,458
and instagram and all the social media

1080
01:36:52,750 --> 01:36:53,875
okay, yeah

1081
01:36:54,291 --> 01:36:56,583
real clips of of other people

1082
01:36:56,583 --> 01:36:58,833
having fun on on on the ice or

1083
01:36:59,166 --> 01:37:00,791
If you want to reach out personally to

1084
01:37:00,791 --> 01:37:03,000
me, i'm also on linkedin victor mire

1085
01:37:03,500 --> 01:37:05,875
um on linkedin and and

1086
01:37:06,041 --> 01:37:07,291
That would also be away

1087
01:37:07,833 --> 01:37:09,916
Awesome. Awesome. I'm happy to do it here

1088
01:37:10,250 --> 01:37:12,208
And if people wanted to buy some ice, do

1089
01:37:12,208 --> 01:37:13,125
they just buy it through the

1090
01:37:13,125 --> 01:37:14,625
website or do they go to like

1091
01:37:14,916 --> 01:37:16,666
Another place to buy it or do you just go

1092
01:37:16,666 --> 01:37:17,208
through the website?

1093
01:37:17,500 --> 01:37:19,500
Yeah, so we have an online store where

1094
01:37:19,500 --> 01:37:21,416
you can order your glass pad

1095
01:37:21,958 --> 01:37:24,125
And also you can always call we have

1096
01:37:24,125 --> 01:37:25,875
excellent customer service

1097
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You know if someone wants a customized

1098
01:37:28,166 --> 01:37:31,416
version or you know, we've done for a

1099
01:37:31,416 --> 01:37:33,833
girl for example a pink ice rink

1100
01:37:34,083 --> 01:37:34,666
I love it

1101
01:37:34,666 --> 01:37:39,041
A lot of streams come

1102
01:37:39,041 --> 01:37:41,250
through so so just contact us and

1103
01:37:41,250 --> 01:37:43,083
We find the solution.

1104
01:37:43,083 --> 01:37:45,000
Absolutely. We'll definitely do that

1105
01:37:45,000 --> 01:37:46,583
Yeah, so i'll put the links up in the

1106
01:37:46,583 --> 01:37:48,375
show notes so that people can get a hold

1107
01:37:48,375 --> 01:37:49,291
of that. But victor again

1108
01:37:49,333 --> 01:37:51,583
Thank you so much. Love to hear uh, love

1109
01:37:51,583 --> 01:37:52,666
to hear this wonderful

1110
01:37:52,666 --> 01:37:54,000
company doing such great things

1111
01:37:54,000 --> 01:37:55,833
Love to have you back on to talk more

1112
01:37:55,833 --> 01:37:57,541
about, you know energy savings and

1113
01:37:57,541 --> 01:37:59,833
climate change. Uh help and uh,

1114
01:37:59,833 --> 01:38:01,166
We really appreciate what you do

1115
01:38:01,708 --> 01:38:03,291
The same here was a great pleasure and I

1116
01:38:03,291 --> 01:38:04,333
can feel your your

1117
01:38:04,333 --> 01:38:06,875
passion for the ocean and yes

1118
01:38:06,875 --> 01:38:08,791
And innovation and that's great

1119
01:38:08,791 --> 01:38:11,333
You yeah, well, hey, we love it. Thank

1120
01:38:11,333 --> 01:38:12,333
you so much. You bet

1121
01:38:12,333 --> 01:38:13,291
no problem. Thank you

1122
01:38:13,291 --> 01:38:14,791
Thank you victor for joining us on

1123
01:38:14,791 --> 01:38:16,208
today's episode of the how

1124
01:38:16,208 --> 01:38:17,000
to protect the ocean podcast

1125
01:38:17,083 --> 01:38:19,000
It was great to have you on love the

1126
01:38:19,000 --> 01:38:19,916
different applications

1127
01:38:19,916 --> 01:38:21,750
hollywood type of movies

1128
01:38:21,958 --> 01:38:25,125
uh car manufacturers ice rinks or

1129
01:38:25,125 --> 01:38:26,333
sporting and recreation

1130
01:38:27,166 --> 01:38:29,333
It's it's all there. It's all there

1131
01:38:29,333 --> 01:38:31,375
You don't realize how much ice that we

1132
01:38:31,375 --> 01:38:32,916
have to make to allow

1133
01:38:32,916 --> 01:38:34,375
all these things to happen

1134
01:38:34,750 --> 01:38:37,708
And to do that with a almost a zero

1135
01:38:37,708 --> 01:38:39,666
footprint is even better

1136
01:38:39,791 --> 01:38:42,166
Now I didn't get into asking him about

1137
01:38:42,166 --> 01:38:44,125
the manufacturing how that that takes and

1138
01:38:44,125 --> 01:38:45,000
how much energy that takes

1139
01:38:45,333 --> 01:38:47,291
But it just when you look at it as a

1140
01:38:47,291 --> 01:38:48,208
difference of what's

1141
01:38:48,208 --> 01:38:50,083
going on now with regular ice

1142
01:38:50,500 --> 01:38:51,916
And how much energy it

1143
01:38:51,916 --> 01:38:53,416
takes to maintain that ice

1144
01:38:53,708 --> 01:38:54,666
It's it's a really

1145
01:38:54,666 --> 01:38:55,833
it's a huge game changer

1146
01:38:55,833 --> 01:38:58,916
So we are you know in for it when we're

1147
01:38:58,916 --> 01:39:00,250
talking about how we're

1148
01:39:00,250 --> 01:39:01,166
going to change the game

1149
01:39:01,541 --> 01:39:04,833
For laying down ice pads and ice rinks in

1150
01:39:04,833 --> 01:39:06,875
the future and having them in your home

1151
01:39:07,125 --> 01:39:08,958
Phenomenal just absolutely phenomenal

1152
01:39:08,958 --> 01:39:11,125
even just from a recreation and of being

1153
01:39:11,125 --> 01:39:12,583
fit having a fitter lifestyle

1154
01:39:13,083 --> 01:39:14,958
To be able to have stuff where you can go

1155
01:39:14,958 --> 01:39:17,083
on this ice and you can skate around.

1156
01:39:17,583 --> 01:39:18,166
It's it's phenomenal

1157
01:39:18,375 --> 01:39:19,083
That's the episode for

1158
01:39:19,083 --> 01:39:20,916
today. I hope you enjoyed it

1159
01:39:20,916 --> 01:39:22,833
I'm going to put all of the links the

1160
01:39:22,833 --> 01:39:24,583
website the social media sites if you

1161
01:39:24,583 --> 01:39:26,333
want to get a hold of victor yourself on

1162
01:39:26,583 --> 01:39:27,458
Linked in i'm going to

1163
01:39:27,458 --> 01:39:28,541
put that in the show notes

1164
01:39:28,750 --> 01:39:31,083
But also, uh, if you have any questions

1165
01:39:31,083 --> 01:39:32,666
or comments, you know, you

1166
01:39:32,666 --> 01:39:33,583
know how to get a hold of me

1167
01:39:33,583 --> 01:39:35,000
Just go to instagram dm me

1168
01:39:35,000 --> 01:39:36,416
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1169
01:39:36,500 --> 01:39:37,875
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1170
01:39:37,875 --> 01:39:39,041
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1171
01:39:39,500 --> 01:39:42,375
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1175
01:39:48,125 --> 01:39:49,291
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1176
01:39:49,291 --> 01:39:51,083
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1180
01:39:55,500 --> 01:39:56,958
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1181
01:39:57,000 --> 01:39:58,458
But of course you can always listen to us

1182
01:39:58,458 --> 01:40:00,541
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1183
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1184
01:40:02,125 --> 01:40:04,416
Who is just look up how to protect the

1185
01:40:04,416 --> 01:40:05,625
ocean? That's it for me

1186
01:40:05,875 --> 01:40:08,208
And uh, and I want to thank you so much

1187
01:40:08,208 --> 01:40:09,916
for joining me on today's episode of the

1188
01:40:09,916 --> 01:40:10,958
how to pick the ocean podcast

1189
01:40:11,083 --> 01:40:12,333
Have a great day. We'll talk to you next

1190
01:40:12,333 --> 01:40:13,500
time in happy conservation