curling

[Anonymous]

I came in last night from checking heifers- and Grandma was watching the Gold medal game of womens curling... I got interested and sat down and watched it.. I think its the first full match I watched since they went to the push brooms- and isn't as exciting (?) as back when they had the old witches type brooms....

Anyway-- I was rooting for the Canucks- but all those big blonde Swede girls beat them...

We had a question- what kind of shoes do those curlers wear that they have traction to move quickly -but still seem to skate on them?

 

[burnt]

Oh my goodness, I never saw two teams who tried so hard to give it to the other team all throughout the game.

In the end, Bernard managed to give it to the Swedes who didn't have the chance to give it back to Canada since Canada had last shot.

Anette Norberg, the big Swedish girl, with her icy blue eyes and almost peroxide blond hair, had a stare that could instantly freeze molten lava when she stared down the sheet after her throw. Every time she'd stare down the ice following her shot I had to grab a warm coat to stave off the chills and shivers . . . Wow, those Vikings must have been a fearsome lot in their day!! :lol:


But at the other end was our own Cheryl Bernard who could melt a mountain of ice with a glance - ooowwoooow!

 

[VanC]

I'd imagine that everyone old enough remembers when the U.S. hockey team beat the Soviet Union in 1980. But many don't remember that they had to beat Finland two days later to win the gold. They were losing 2-1 after two periods and Herb Brooks told his team "If you lose this game, you'll take it to your f###ing graves."
I thought of that last night. Bernard will relive that last shot the rest of her life.

 

[Big Muddy rancher]

I came in last night from checking heifers- and Grandma was watching the Gold medal game of womens curling... I got interested and sat down and watched it.. I think its the first full match I watched since they went to the push brooms- and isn't as exciting (?) as back when they had the old witches type brooms....

Anyway-- I was rooting for the Canucks- but all those big blonde Swede girls beat them...

We had a question- what kind of shoes do those curlers wear that they have traction to move quickly -but still seem to skate on them?

They have a slider one one shoe. Some use a removeable slider.

 

[Anonymous]

I came in last night from checking heifers- and Grandma was watching the Gold medal game of womens curling... I got interested and sat down and watched it.. I think its the first full match I watched since they went to the push brooms- and isn't as exciting (?) as back when they had the old witches type brooms....

Anyway-- I was rooting for the Canucks- but all those big blonde Swede girls beat them...

We had a question- what kind of shoes do those curlers wear that they have traction to move quickly -but still seem to skate on them?

They have a slider one one shoe. Some use a removeable slider.

Thanks Big Muddy-- and burnt your description sums it up quite well....The eyes on both of those ladies- and the intensity you see in those eyes just stand out when you're watching it....

 

[Anonymous]

Congrats to the Canadian mens team...That bald headed fellow Martin is quite a shot....

Altho tonight I was rooting for the Norskys--since they were the underdogs- and you got to like any team crazy enough to wear those plaid pants... :wink: :lol:

 

[VanC]

Congrats to the Canadian mens team...That bald headed fellow Martin is quite a shot....

Altho tonight I was rooting for the Norskys--since they were the underdogs- and you got to like any team crazy enough to wear those plaid pants... :wink: :lol:

My Mom is Norwegian so I was rooting for Norway, too. It was fun to watch and the best team won.

 

[greg]

can't watch curling boring but Martin is a homeboy so seen last 2 minutes enough to see i'll be seeing a gold medal in some parades around here this summer.

Hockey at noon,should be a good game,either gold or silver for Canucks & Yanks... 8)