In Canada, the land of ice hockey and all things winter sportish, Zamboni's are a thing of beauty and when they come onto the rink at half time to clear the icy and make it all shiny new, people actually applaud. I'm not a hockey fan so I don't get it, I just enjoy the swirly twirly glassy marks it leaves behind. And I take photos and go home.
Pasta? haha...funny.
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Like @meesterboom I also never heard of a Zamboni before. We like to skate in the Netherlands, but mostly we skate distances (the longest is the 10.000 meters). This year at the Olympics a Canadian skater Ted-Jan Bloemen (with Dutch roots) is the opponent of our 'hero' Sven Kramer.
I love watching the distance skaters, their skates are a bit different than regular ones, right? I'm looking forward to watching the Olympics soon. I hope there is no political nonsense or terrorism attacks. We live in a strange time that's for sure.
In Ottawa - about 6 hours from me, the Rideau Canal freezes and is open for people to skate. There are booths where hot chocolate and other snacks are sold along the route. One day we might venture there but I can't skate anymore. It would still be interesting to experience it however.
Yes, we know different kind of skates, for hockey (what you called regular ones), for figure skating and for distances, we call them ' noren'. 'Noren' have longer irons beneath the shoes.
Yes, THAT's what they are called. Thank you, I couldn't think of the word!