First RIOT Games POPBox Hockey Donation board! YES! for our donation goal taking off!! The board is official tonight, 04/08/2012, as the serial number went on the bottom of the board and the bottom will be stained and poly'ed tomorrow and Monday. This donation POPBox Hockey is the first EVER donation board produced by RIOT Games!! This is beyond thrilling for us because our primary goal as a company is to make these boards for donation to youth centers, silent auctions benefiting youth, etc! This boards donation destination has not yet been determined but some leading candidates are on the short list!
This board was the fifth board made by RIOT Games and labeled as a "POPBox Hockey" Board. It was made with a pine gameboard and contractor cast away Pine 1x4s bought at a local hardware store. These boards all had quality grain in them but they were not very straight. Much work was put in to straightening them upon construction. Thankfully, turned out really nice!
This board is the first fully complete board stained with the "Hockey Rink" standard pattern which is a goal crease, a red line on the top of the center board, blue lines, the blue center ice circle, and red face off circles. This board was the first with the blue lines included as no previous board had them. The goal crease, the center ice circle, the blue lines, the red face off circles and the center red line are all water stain applied. This change is now standard (previously we used oil stain for the red circles and lines) as the water stains make much improved lines and circles. This board was meant to be a board that can be and should be played hard while withstanding young children abuse! There was one imperfection on one of the goal end boards where it was cracked slightly. This imperfection was kept and is now just part of the boards personality and does not affect gameplay.
This board will be pictured on the donation full size boards product page as well as a couple shots on the www.popboxhockey.com main page in the coming week. Pictures of the board will also be posted here on Monday when the board is complete.
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