Man Builds Backyard Ice Rink (Video)

A Chicago man constructed an ice rink in his backyard using 15,000 gallons of water.

Man builds backyard ice rink (Vimeo video screengrab)

It took 30-year-old Matt Vriesema of Villa Park, Illinois five labor days to build the ice rink, which is for his little cousins "to help make them the coolest kid at school."

He said he has been doing it for three years and this time he thought of filming the process.

On his Vimeo account, Vriesema posted a time-lapse video of 28,000 photos showing how he created his backyard ice rink from start to finish.

The video has been viewed more than 145,000 times as of this posting.

Check out Vriesema's incredible video below: