was founded by life long friends who love sports and recreational activities and happen to be engineers. As natives and current residents of Chicago, we experience the four seasons every year and enjoy the unique beauty of each of them. We are in awe of nature and love to participate in it to the fullest with our friends and families. Backyard rinks bring communities together and provide an atmosp
here for family fun. We built our first rink the old fashioned way…without a liner or a tarp. This resulted in endless nights of sprinkling water on the grass in the shivering Chicago cold, then watching it melt away on the first lake effect thaw in late December! Back then, when rink internet postings were at a minimum, we learned the 3F method from a Canadian Periodical: Frame-Fill-Freeze. We thought the local hardware store had all the answers, but we were wrong. Building a rink frame turned out to be a very custom and labor intensive task. Consequently, we set ourselves on mission to build an "Exact Bracket" for all the "rinkers" of the world. Our design team set a goal to design a compact, versatile, strong steel bracket that stored and shipped efficiently, and eliminated the tripping hazard around the rink. We started with our patented bracket and have continued to innovate We added several new components and Iron Sleek has now become a one stop shop for the backyard rinker. We serve Canada too!