I really enjoy olympic hockey, one of my favorite olympic memories was watching Hasek lead the Czech republic to a gold, this performance was unbelievable. But, what I'm really excited about is curling. I haven't watched it in ages and ages. I really think this sport should catch on in the US, it seems like it could be a great bar sport, like bowling on Ice, people could drink and be in leagues and what not.

Anyway, this thread is for curling railing. I hope they actually broadcast it in the US

That's what we do in Canada.

yet another reason why canada secretly owns.

I've always thought if I could be an Olympian in one sport... it would be curling. I could train for a couple years and learn how to sweep a broom on ice super fast. How hard could it be?

IMO, try it before you say that.

Yeah, making a 65 pound slab of granite turn in a particular direction by getting the ice slightly warmer and making it stop within inches of where you wanted it from 60 feet away isn't exactly intuitive.

My buddies and I got drunk one night at a bar about 10 years ago and came up with the idea to try out for USA Curling. We figured it couldn't be all that rough, and there wouldn't be much competition to make the Olympic squad. We figured it was just like shuffleboard and bowling on skates, with some sweeping involved - piece of cake. We even made a half-hearted attempt to see if Labatt would sponsor us. Anyways, it seemed like a really good idea at the time...

Curling is a lot like golf. You could suck enormously all day but you make that one great shot and it makes your day.

Why can't they have Curling this weekend? There is absolutely nothing of interest scheduled

the downhill is a premier event...but got postponed.

Yeah, I'm pissed they don't even have curling on Family Day, such bullshit, I get the day off because of the stat holiday, and there isn't even any curling on.

Side note, my buddy at work tried to tell me curling wasn't a sport. Bah, I got so mad. Nothing tilts me more then when people say something isn't a sport when they haven't even tried it. I suck at golf, never tried it, and I hate it, but I know it's a sport, and that is certainly isn't easy. Curling is a sport, and you need to be in excellent shape, especially if you are lead or 2nd. I'd like to see anybody try to carry a rock as far as Ben Hebert and Mark Kennedy can, those guys are so sick.

http://twitter.com/Niccurl


They lost today, one girl was throwing awfully, but Nicole Joraanstad is hawt. Go U.S.!

Dude I was all about Nicole Joraanstad until I saw British skip Eve Muirhead



Might not be the best picture, go watch on TV. I'm rooting for her.

god damn it they put curling on at a shitty time in the us.

lol, it's only like from 9 am until midnight.

agreed.
thanks to Biatch, Serge and our bet, I watched quite a bit of her match.

I couldnt believe how young she was.

It didn't start till past midnight for me.

Denmark has a couple of real foxes.

LOL, are you kidding me? Denmark has one of the worst teams.

Russia has a super hot skip, but even better looking third.

I just mentioned that, because the US was playing them, I haven't seen the other teams, ov. The Denmark captain, the 22 year old blond is legit hot.


THey showed the russian throw against GB, and also a hot team, though they got trounced.

OMG I cannot listen to the chinese women's team curl!!!!! LOL LOL LOL it makes my hair stand up....

bigot!



Forget about the WNBA, women's curling could become the first legit major womans professional sport ( well, second if you include tennis).

I guess we all better enjoy curling while it lasts:
http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/vancouver...o&type=lgns

"To be sure, the immediate future of curling is not in any known jeopardy. The entire debate is more about intrigue than alarm."

I'm imagining the village slaughter scene from Platoon right now, that's probably not too far from what it sounds like.

Less shrieking in Platoon....

The dark-haired one from Denmark is amazing and don't you forget it.

I think their captain is cute too.. they seem like black metal fans, like they'd be wild minxes.

I find their demon-language somewhat arousing.

You're right, the 22 year old is cute as well.

hell yes it is, jabbering in that square head nonsense, it's fantastic.

wait. i thought jeff stopped posting here.

I'm so glad my friend talked me into watching. I don't understand the scoring, don't even want to understand. What a great sport.


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welcome back

Pretty elite throws from the GB/Canada match up.

http://www.vg.no/sport/ol/2010/artikkel.php?artid=589446

slightly NSFW, but it's "artsy" and for "charity"

Because my satellite TV doesn't get NBC as a local channel, I'm reduced to watching only the Olympics that are shown on CNBC, MSNBC, and USA (well, and online I can get any of it I want). That means curling, curling, curling!

I've watched hours a day for several straight days now. As far as I'm concrened, curling IS the Olympics. It looks like so much fun. The commentators keep talking about how much press it's getting, for the first time. I think this is it's breakout year.

And I want to kill that horrid new Geico schmuck.

Anyone else ever watch that "Jays in an Hour" broadcast? Usually on the morning after a game, they just condense a game into an hour, show all the exciting stuff. I'm sure there are lots of similar things, but they should do the same with curling. I swear there is money to be made there. The game as it stands is very slow, exacerbated by the strategy behind the first 6 rocks or so per end is so high.

I was out of the house, and just watched the Canada/Great Britain game like that, and it was friggin fantastic. 6-0 woot!

I equally love it and hate it when Allison Pottinger (the USA vice skip) yells, "HERD....HERD GIRLS....HERD!"

isn't she saying hard? Or are you making a joke about her accent? e ither way, the us team needs herded.

Can you people post some pictures of all these hot curlers. I don't know where to look for curling players.

BigD, curling in a bar is a fantastic idea. Exceptional. There's a decent chance me and a buddy will be opening a bar soon, and if we can swing it with the ice you got free drinks for life.

jesus that would be god. Way better than a shuffleboard or some broken down pool table.

also, you really have to see the curlers in action pictures don't do them justice

I'm talking about with my buddy right now, wouldn't it cost a lot to maintain the ice?

It will be a wonderful idea, if you can keep 42-pound stones from flying during a bar fight, or dropped into a toilet "to see what would happen."

you're asking the wrong yankee on the cost effectiveness of it..

Figure a minimun of $10K just to buy the curling stones for one sheet. Then the cost of building an artifical ice surface. Curling ice is different than any other type of ice and has a pebbling to it and requires more and different maintainance than ice used for skating.

You also would need an area 150 feet long and 16.5 feet wide for one sheet.

All that being said every small town in Canada has a curling club.

Yes, a rink is very expensive. You'd need a significantly mini-version if you're talking about putting it in or near a bar. Most small towns in Canada build a rink, then put a bar in it...

just curious, do they let you drink while you are curling??

I know in Golf you can obviously....And its weird they let you drive a cart while drunk

I've never curled seriously, so I was typically drinking. Given how specific ice conditions have to be and how expensive it is to fix anything, I doubt most places 'let' you drink.

it would be fun..

They give you a motorized golf cart that you can drive off a cliff and let you drink as much as you want..I never got that part..