Just Another USA Gold Medal

[Tom K.]

Zamboni Ice Machines: Invented in the USA, and apparently driven their best by USA pilots at these Olympics:

"I have really good American drivers," said Remy Boehler of France, in charge of ice for the figure skating and short-track speedskating arena and practice rinks. "For me, it is a dream team."

https://www.autoblog.com/2018/02/21/olympic-zamboni-drivers-americans/

USA, USA, USA!

Tongue in cheek, but also a truly interesting story.

 

[scott43]

Yeah it's amazing it was created in Los Angeles..I can't imagine how many hours I've spent watching the 'Boni drive around..

 

[Tom K.]

I've also seen a couple of impressive homegrown mini-Zambonis over the years, mostly for use on small municipal and private rinks.

I grew up around the things, and the most interesting thing I found in the article was that each ice sport requires a distinctly different type of surface.

 

[Tricia]

There were times, while skiing in Michigan, when I wondered if they used a Zamboni instead of a Cat to groom