Contrary to assumptions gleaned from properties near Lake Minnetonka, Minn., and Ontario, houses with home skating rinks are not always born that way, silver spoon in hand. Often, as this a timelapse video reveals, private, 15,000-gallon rinks are true labors of love, a monumental undertaking designed solely to suck up hours of hard work. Here outside Chicago, the backyard project took only five days from start to finish and was chronicled through a dizzying 28,000 individual photos—creating either a moment of Zen or a moment of utter, obliterating chaos, depending on one's perspective. Watch below.
The Video:
Backyard Ice Rink Time-Lapse from Four Winds on Vimeo.