Bizzare Sport #4
Posted by: Bradley McDonald
You've all probably seen a sport called curling at one time or another. It's the game where one guy slides across ice with a big round object and when he lets it go, a couple of other people sweep ferociously in front of the object. Yeah, that one. It became an official Olympic event in 1998, so apparently it's pretty popular. Check out this money list. One guy made over $100k curling!
To be honest, I didn't know anything about the sport until doing research recently. But I always enjoyed watching (err...laughing) at the little sweeper guys. (If only I could get one of them to clean the floor in my house. It would be spotless in 23 seconds.)
Well, it turns out the guys are sweeping to smooth out the ice and speed up the released object, officially called a "stone." The purpose is to get the stone as close as possible to a bulls-eye type target painted on the ice. There are two teams of four and the stones can be knocked off of the target by the opposing team. There's a lot of strategy involved, like when to "guard" the target or when to "takeout" your opponent's stone.
Who neds hockey when we've got curling?! Maybe some of the locked-out NHL players can practice up and become professional curlers. (Just a thought.)
You've all probably seen a sport called curling at one time or another. It's the game where one guy slides across ice with a big round object and when he lets it go, a couple of other people sweep ferociously in front of the object. Yeah, that one. It became an official Olympic event in 1998, so apparently it's pretty popular. Check out this money list. One guy made over $100k curling!
To be honest, I didn't know anything about the sport until doing research recently. But I always enjoyed watching (err...laughing) at the little sweeper guys. (If only I could get one of them to clean the floor in my house. It would be spotless in 23 seconds.)
Well, it turns out the guys are sweeping to smooth out the ice and speed up the released object, officially called a "stone." The purpose is to get the stone as close as possible to a bulls-eye type target painted on the ice. There are two teams of four and the stones can be knocked off of the target by the opposing team. There's a lot of strategy involved, like when to "guard" the target or when to "takeout" your opponent's stone.
Who neds hockey when we've got curling?! Maybe some of the locked-out NHL players can practice up and become professional curlers. (Just a thought.)
