Video: Zamboni School and the Zen art of ice making

The Gardens Ice House on Laurel, Md. recently held charity fundraiser where, for $200, you could enroll in two sessions of its Zamboni School. Which also meant two sessions with rink owner and general manager Tom Hendrix, who is one of these guys who's so into his job that he speaks about it with a near-religious tone. Example: "The Zamboni keeps the ice in check. The greatest thing about ice is that it's a forgiving thing. It forgives, if you know how to use your Zamboni." This guy is like BoniBuddah ... Here's Sara Toth of the Laurel Leader and her Zamboni school experience: (Those 2 minutes, incidentally, were more entertaining than an entire season of Junior Seau's "Sports Jobs" on VERSUS.) From the Laurel Leader, more from Zamboni School:A pure Zamboni driver, Hendrix said, back in the classroom, drives with his or her left hand, looking over the shoulder at the ice behind the machine. The Zamboni cuts 1/4 inch of the damaged ice from the s...