To play Hockey games and having a realistic practice, hockey markings and creases are necessary. This however has so far been a challenge with the synthetic ice products. Markings have been painted on the surface, what however has been scratched off easily and didnt give a good visual look to the ice rink.
XTRAICE, based in Florida, USA and Spain, Europe, have developed a technology to resolve this issue: Hockey markings, lines and creases are permanently embedded into the synthetic ice panels, which are 6.45 x 3.17 ft (1 x 2 m).
Ryan Schiff, the CEO Postgame of a famous Sport company and a passionate Hockey Dad, expressed his gratitude for this advanced technology: I had been searching for a long time for surface like this
XTRAICE has built Hockey ice rinks up to Olympic size. However, very popular are small training rinks called XTRAICE Training Pro rinks 430 sqft (42m2) for goalie training as well as 1000 sqft (98 m2) rinks for shooting, 3 x 3 training.
Founded in 2003, XTRAICE is a global company that develops, builds and installs ecological ice rinks which have revolutionized the world of sports and leisure facilities, becoming a leader internationally. Its latest business milestones have included the installation of a rinks for Disney in Disneyland Paris and several training rinks for the Florida Panthers, NHL professional team and other Elite Hockey Centers in North America. Currently, over 150 XTRAICE rinks are located in 36 countries, among them Japan, USA, Canada, Switzerland, Mexico, Norway, Germany, Sweden, France or Italy.
