Curling, the hottest sport as of late?

WinPitcher

Just wondering what you guys think about Curling. Since the olympics have been on TV lately much has been said about this fascinating sport.

ps: Im hoping fcr some good flames here, regarding if it is indeed a sport. The usual suspects please................


get ya stones ready!

SD

goose3

I must admit I flicked by the Olympics the other day and saw Curling was on. I went back and watched it......for nearly 2 hours.

For some strange reason I could not turn the tv.

DirtyDog48

When I was a kid, you'd run down to the corner candy store to buy a 25-cent Spalding or Pensy Pinky - then you'd get yourself an old broomstick and you were set for a game of stickball......can't see running down to the store to buy a few curling stones.

WinPitcher

You obviousley do not live in Scotland then. lol


When I was a young fellow I would send my lass to the corner store and she would come back with all the stones we would need.

Steve

pandrews

my buddy used to have a shuffleboard "court" painted on his back patio.. we used to consume mass amounts of alcohol and play shuffleboard..

Axtell

It's the flavor du jour...since the ice hockey, ice skating, and downhill 'stars' failed so miserably, NBC and the american media are desperate to spin a story out of the olympics - voila! curling is suddenly in. In 3 months, no one will even remember the curling team was in the olympics.

DaBeef

Well considering I am from Bemidji, Mn I guess I'm a little biased. Although Ive never tried it i wouldnt mind, but I've already got enough hobbies.

Not a sport.
Might be fun after a few beers.
Might really be fun if the women were required to wear bikinis. Well maybe not all of them.

No I do not know the 2 girls from here, I do know people that know them though !

Axtell

And it's no more a sport than bowling, so no, not a sport.

WinPitcher

Curling, a precision sport similar to bowls or bocce, is played on ice with polished heavy stones weighing about 40 - 44 lbs (18 - 20 kg). The level of precision and complex nature of the strategic thinking required to win has lead it to be referred to as "chess on ice."




Steve

Axtell

Chess is a very involved and complex game, just like curling. I wouldn't call either athletes or what they participate a sport.

RipublicaninMass

Curling isn't that bad "eh"?
and "B" neither is pulling out your fingernails

WinPitcher

Curling, a precision SPORT similar to bowls or bocce, is played on ice


the reference to chess was that players have to think, and have a strategy inorder to win.

Steve

dirtystarfish

Just kidding. WP

Knuckles

My grandma loves it!

Axtell

<< <i>Curling, a precision SPORT similar to bowls or bocce, is played on ice

Steve >>



heh

Bowling is a sport.

DirtyHarry

Win - odd you mention it. While flipping around, it was the only competition I watched for more than 10 minutes. Actually watched the women's Curling for about an hour. Pretty cool. I still don't get the thing with the "brushers" going nuts with their sticks in front of the stone.

cardfan07

The brushes heat up the ice just a little bit making the ice slicker for the stone to slide further. As I understand it, a good brusher can get extra feet on a stones throw.

jmc280zx

This happens ever 4 years. Every one calls curling the next big sport and then we all forget about it for another 4 years.

WinPitcher

heh.............bowls is not bowling.

bowls is played on a lawn and is similar to bocce.




In 3 months, no one will even remember the curling team was in the olympics


in 3 months it will be summer time. curling is a winter sport.

Steve

jayhawke

Of course it is a sport, otherwise it would not have been in the Olympics.

RedHeart54

<< <i>Of course it is a sport, otherwise it would not have been in the Olympics. >>



Yes. Just like snowboarding. And BMX biking/jumping/whatever they'll call it.

Axtell

Hmm and I don't think I've seen a single mention of curling anywhere since the olympics folded...