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Group trip to Idaburn

We made a group trip to the Idaburn dam to find skatable ice. That failed in epic fashion, so we did some team shots including the following super sexy duckface shot! Thanks to Devon Wallace for the photos.

Ed Waite on the left, yours truly at the top, Jaydee Cabral in the middle and Devon Wallace on right doing our best attempt at the super sexy duckface shot.

From left: Thomas Hedderwick, Jacyln Ho, Dave Patchett, Bret Dougherty, Pip, Ed Waite, Jaydee Cabral, Hernesha Fakir, Ryan Hellyer (me), Liz Roberts, Chris Laing and Keith Dickson.

Idaburn dam

David Patchett and I went to Idaburn dam for some ice skating.

Idaburn dam with mountains in the backround. The shiny bit to the right is water. We skated on the bit to the left!

Standing near the waters edge

Sticking my foot in the water

Ice, land, water

Idaburn

After many, many years of trying, I finally got the chance to skate on the Idaburn dam. Ice quality was average, but very thick at least. Kinda weird skating beside a main highway and underneath giant powerlines. I’m not sure why so many people rave about this place at seemed kinda crappy to skate at. Lower Manorburn, Poolburn and pretty much anywhere else I can think of are better IMO.

Alan Knowles and Dave Young on Idaburn dam

The power lines hanging over the Idaburn dam dropped annoying amounts of frost onto the ice.