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anybody else like to watch curling? in a boring sort of way, it's kinda interesting. i have no idea what the hell they are trying to do most of the time, but i watch it anyways :? :???:
 
katrina said:
Sorry Justin..... No curling for me....... But I do like the figure skating. Even the gay mens division. Ice dancing was really good/ I thought and the racing on skis was a hoot... :D
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you mean there are other divisions :? :wink:
 
Curling is actually incredibly tough at that level not much room for error-at the local bonspiel level-think rye and lots of it-it can be really fun!! Sara is the curler in our house-I used to alot in my younger days lol. Not sure if all male figure skaters are gay but most are happy to be there lol.
 
Northern Rancher said:
Curling is actually incredibly tough at that level not much room for error-at the local bonspiel level-think rye and lots of it-it can be really fun!! Sara is the curler in our house-I used to alot in my younger days lol. Not sure if all male figure skaters are gay but most are happy to be there lol.
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How's this Nr...... Hockey guys who can't skate, figure skate... :)
 
Justin said:
anybody else like to watch curling? in a boring sort of way, it's kinda interesting. i have no idea what the hell they are trying to do most of the time, but i watch it anyways :? :???:
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bonspieling is way more fun Justin....you drink while you sit in the Snakepit and watch other people curl
 
Nope Katrina if you can't skate you don't even try figure skating-most oif us put our kids put our kids into intriductory figure skating so they learn to ose their edges right before they start hockey. No matter what your orientation you need to be an extrordinary athlete to be good at it.
 
Curling has a chess thinking component and skill as well each stone has different characteristics that at this level makes a difference. Way harder than it looks. At the local bonspiel level or club level it can be serious or not and is extremely fun when you beat a serious team. Our club has large screen TVs and multiple sports on at once. Also good food and drink for those that indulge. Then there are the people that you get to hang out with, all the way from Downtown Ceo's to garbage truck drivers. Lots of fun to be sure.

As for figure skating, way harder than hockey skating and not as much fun.
 
Never paid much attention to curling before this year but I've been watching quite a bit of it. Looks easy, but I'm sure it takes a lot of skill, especially at that level.
 
VanC said:
Never paid much attention to curling before this year but I've been watching quite a bit of it. Looks easy, but I'm sure it takes a lot of skill, especially at that level.
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If you play the game right your first time you wouldn't believe how sore your muscle would be. It takes lots of finesse to play it right.
 
i should try and find the book.."curling for dummies". i would probably enjoy it more if i understood what they were trying to accomplish with every rock. i think it was Swift Current that i was at many years ago, when i saw it for the first time. i had a meeting in this building and a whole herd of folks were curling. from little tikes that couldn't hardly walk to old folks that couldn't hardly walk. it was fun to watch.
 
Curling is a team Olympic sport in which stones are slid across a sheet of carefully prepared ice towards a target area. It is related to bowls, boule and shuffleboard.

Two teams of four players take turns sliding heavy, polished blue hone granite stones[1] across the ice towards the house (a circular target marked on the ice). The purpose is to complete each end (delivery of eight or ten stones [depending on recreational or competitive play] for each team) with the team's stones closer to the centre of the house than the other team's stones. Two sweepers with brooms or brushes accompany each stone and use stopwatches and their best judgment, along with direction from their teammates, to help direct the stones to their resting place, but without touching the stones.
 
Yanuck said:
Curling is a team Olympic sport in which stones are slid across a sheet of carefully prepared ice towards a target area. It is related to bowls, boule and shuffleboard.

Two teams of four players take turns sliding heavy, polished blue hone granite stones[1] across the ice towards the house (a circular target marked on the ice). The purpose is to complete each end (delivery of eight or ten stones [depending on recreational or competitive play] for each team) with the team's stones closer to the centre of the house than the other team's stones. Two sweepers with brooms or brushes accompany each stone and use stopwatches and their best judgment, along with direction from their teammates, to help direct the stones to their resting place, but without touching the stones.
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You could never get two men to do that much sweeping unless you filled them full of booze and told them it was a sport :wink: :lol: :P
 
I stopped for a beer on the way home from work last night and met a few friends. Next to us at the bar was a couple guys who were really "in" to curling. We got our entertainment watching them get excited over it.
 

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