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Does Anyone Understand "Curling" ??
« on: February 22, 2010, 04:14:57 PM »
I'm watching this on the Olympics, but they don't explain it. Is the surface ice? It looks like they try to slide this big, Granite "puck" into a bullseye. Then after there are a bunch of these "pucks" everywhere, they start knocking into them. While they slide they're going nuts with these "scrub brushes" that don't seem to do a thing. All I know is now the Sweden women team is up and they're better looking than the men's teams.   Bill T.
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Re: Does Anyone Understand "Curling" ??
« Reply #1 on: February 22, 2010, 04:16:49 PM »
The only thing I know for sure is that it's on TV once every 4 years.  :)
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Re: Does Anyone Understand "Curling" ??
« Reply #2 on: February 22, 2010, 04:19:22 PM »
12oz. Curling is a blast.



sorry bill    ;D
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Re: Does Anyone Understand "Curling" ??
« Reply #3 on: February 22, 2010, 04:26:41 PM »
Haha.  At Knoxville Nationals (sprint car races) we had Canadians camping next to us.  The female half explained the basic concept.  You have to shoot the rock from the Hack (the black push offs behind the house)  Bullseye is the house and the team with the closest rocks to the center (button) scores that many points.  the brooms actually make the rocks slide better.  If they aren't sweeping they want it to slow down.  Sweeping makes it keep going, as long as it has the inertia to keep going.  If you score in an "End" you the non scoring team gets the "Hammer" which is the last turn of the next "end" there is a lot of game play that I don't understand but that is the basics
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Re: Does Anyone Understand "Curling" ??
« Reply #4 on: February 22, 2010, 04:31:24 PM »
I had to look it up to figure out the rules the other night too.
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Re: Does Anyone Understand "Curling" ??
« Reply #5 on: February 22, 2010, 04:35:49 PM »
Curling ice is grainy, like an orange peel.  Otherwise the rock would suction right too it and get stuck.  The granite stone is found in a a specific Scottish quarry and weighs between 38 and 44 pounds.  The brooms are to direct the stone in a specific direction in order to heat the ice in front of it and direct it's path.  The more water beads on the ice, the faster the stone will travel.

I'm not sure on the scoring but think of it like shuffle board.

Google it, it's quite interesting.  This year, we have a pregnant Olympian on one of the teams.  That doesn't happen very often.
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Re: Does Anyone Understand "Curling" ??
« Reply #6 on: February 22, 2010, 04:38:32 PM »
Yes...... It is my Olympic "Guilty Pleasure"....... ;D

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curling

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Re: Does Anyone Understand "Curling" ??
« Reply #7 on: February 22, 2010, 04:53:24 PM »
I've actually curled - and not the 12 oz. kind. OK, that too, but the ice version is like shuffleboard, and the ice is actually pretty slick. You can goose things up even more by wearing a slick plastic strap-on sole plate to your shoe to make you slide better. I couldn't get all the way down due to a bad knee, but it is an interesting sport(?). Finesse is required on the part of the person sending the stone and the broom handlers.
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Re: Does Anyone Understand "Curling" ??
« Reply #8 on: February 22, 2010, 05:20:38 PM »
And while the rock is sliding everyone starts yelling, HARD!!! HARD!!! HARD!!!  Bill T.
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Re: Does Anyone Understand "Curling" ??
« Reply #9 on: February 22, 2010, 05:55:45 PM »
I've only seen it a few times on tv only. I enjoy watching it. It seems to involve alot of strategy. Not much of it around here?
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