Little hockey player practices on ice with skates and a leaf blower | USA TODAY

A creative eight-year-old boy from Utah glides across the ice with his powerful leaf blower.

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Security footage posted by Dallin Wood caught his son Jayden’s innovative skating technique, while he was out honing his hockey skills in January.

“My son helps me to clean the snow off of the ice sometimes. I use a broom and push the snow into the corner then use the blower to get the rest of the light snow off of the ice,” Wood said. "One night when I was not looking my son grabbed the blower and tried it himself and it pushed him backwards. So he pointed it behind himself and it pushed him."

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