As you break the nine ball rack, the spheres rifle out in all directions, seemingly impervious to friction. You clear half the rack on the break, but have to shoot like a surgeon to run out the rest of the balls without fouling - - a true challenge!
The balls are normal resin, but rest on a table-top sheet of ice. The rails are felt-covered rubber, per normal, but the table is a water-tight reservoir with a lip in front of each pocket. The table is filled with water before internal coolers freeze it into ice.
Each table, in addition to having a crutch/bridge slung under one side, will come with a miniature hand-operated Zamboni. If the ice becomes irrevocably damaged, or someone tips their pint of Guiness across its surface, you can wipe it or thaw, drain, and re-freeze.
Available in pocket-billiards/pool, snooker, and 'three cushion billiards.'-- contracts, Nov 11 2004 Not to be confused with http://www.halfbake.../Ice_20Pool_20Tableoutdoor winter sport, table carved out of ice [contracts, Nov 11 2004] Or with http://www.halfbakery.com/idea/Ice_20Poolwinter sport, huge area; more like curling w/ pockets than pool. [contracts, Nov 11 2004] Nor with... http://www.billyfury.com/Billy Fury [DrBob, Nov 12 2004] Useful for... http://www.halfbake...om/idea/Cube_20PoolCube Pool [contracts, Nov 12 2004] Not one of these things http://www.southafr...tegoryName=Zambucca [angel, Nov 12 2004] Nor one of these... http://www.zamsoc.org/Zambezi [DrBob, Nov 12 2004] Cool. Power hungry though.-- 2 fries shy of a happy meal, Nov 12 2004 Entirely bakeable...-- david_scothern, Nov 12 2004 I'm imagining a radio-controlled 1:15 scale Zamboni now...-- hippo, Nov 12 2004 You could play cube pool on it too.-- waugsqueke, Nov 12 2004 Most awesome.-- calum, Nov 12 2004 Jesus. Thank god we've got link flagging now. This idea is going to be a mine-field in about six months.-- contracts, Nov 13 2004 Ha! Ice skating croissant for you!-- DesertFox, Dec 22 2005 random, halfbakery