23/09/2026
This week I’m keeping very cool in Florida! 🥶
As well as selling vintage Scandinavian lighting and homewares, I have a day job installing and maintaining the equipment used to broadcast sports events. Usually, that’s English Premier League football and I spent most of this summer working on the extensive ground improvements at AFC Bournemouth with the odd visit to Arsenal, Fulham, Chelsea and Brentford.
But this week it’s quite different, I’m working at the Florida Panthers ice hockey stadium in Sunrise, just outside of Fort Lauderdale in Florida USA!
It’s a bit of a learning curve for me as I’m working with some robotic camera equipment I’ve not used before, and I’ve not worked in an indoor stadium either, let alone for ice hockey. But it’s very interesting and enjoyable - that’s us just under the ‘B’ in pic 2!
Weather-wise it’s strange as my other half informs me it’s a wonderful 25c and sunny in Reigate UK, but I’ve gone to Florida, world famous for its amazing climate and, not only am I working in a giant freezer compartment, but when I do step outside it’s storms and torrential rain! So I have yet to use the outdoor pool at my hotel, but I am determined I will do.
Shoutout to the team at UK tech co MRMC, whose robotic camera arms I’m working with - would you believe these guys made the tech used to film all those iconic corridor scenes in the Apple TV series Severance?!
Back to work for Claus N 😉