Is anyone else looking forward to seeing Curling in the Winter Olympics?

[nytemare]

It is strangely addicting. :D

[tigereye]

1. my husband loves to watch it and is always upset when they show only 5

minutes worth. So this should be good!


I love the Winter Olympics- my favorite!

[nytemare]

4. Hopefully they will show more.

I think it was wildly popular in 06, so hopefully the popularity will lead to more broadcast time.

[tigereye]

12. it wound be a crime since the Os are in Canada, not to show it...

[SeattleGirl]

8. If you can get one of the Canadian channels, you can watch

a lot of it.

I also find it addicting, and would often watch the Canadian channel to see more than the 5 minutes worth they show on US TV.

[rurallib]

26. NBC owns so many cable channels that on should be devoted to curling

probably MSNBC most likely. Or the weather channel.

[Wapsie B]

2. Me! It's become my favorite sport of the Winter games.

Luge is a thrill to watch but curling is unlike anything else.

[nytemare]

3. Yep, Luge and bobsledding are fun to watch!

But curling will leave you curling on the edge of your seat!

[Iggo]

16. At my house, Luge is called "The Buttslide For Life." (n/t)

[nytemare]

20. LOL!

Good expression for it.

[bluedigger]

5. I gotta cousin up Vermont way that curls in Canada.

Who knows? Maybe he made the team!

[LostInAnomie]

6. I think if there was one Olympic sport I would like to give a try it would be curling.

It looks like it would be a ton of fun.

[phasma ex machina]

7. The IOC really ought to give fans what they want by streaming of every venue to the 'net 24X7. nt

[RoyGBiv]

9. Yes, and I don't know why ...

I will *always* watch curling if I happen to run across it. The problem is of course finding it.

I accidentally happened across what eventually figured out was a very intense match several Olympics ago, and I've been addicted to it ever since. When they publish schedules, it's one of the first things I look for, after which I start trying to find some method of seeing it.

[Ikonoklast]

10. Wow! I didn't even realize he was an Olympic athlete!

Or that pie-throwing was a winter sport.

Learn something new every day.

[Rhythm]

11. Weirdly enough, yes...

I got hooked on watching it the first time i went to Toronto (1997, while playing in a hockey tourney), and am looking forward to getting to watch it again without having to get a satellite dish that picks up Canadian sports channels.

[enigmatic]

13. I'm an Expat turned Canuck who has become obsessed w/ Curling

Seriously, it's probably my favorite time of the year right now; we just had the Olympic Trials up here in Edmonton (won by Kevin Martin), and the playdowns across the province to become the team that represents Alberta in The Brier is a couple weeks away.

http://www.curlingzone.com

is an excellent resource for Curling info (mostly in Canada, but everywhere else) and some great columns. The CCA has some awesome old Brier Films here, too:

http://www.curling.ca/content/Multimedia/HistoricalBrierVideos.asp

It's a great game, and overtaken my love of the Big 4 sports in North America.

[Danger Mouse]

14. Watching it is a great cure for insomnia, I hear.

[Iggo]

15. Always! I love love LOVE that sport!

Kicks the fuck out of golf any day of the week.

[Zomby Woof]

17. I love curling!

I have always preferred the winter Olympics to their summer counterpart, and curling is one of the main attractions, lol.

[Lasher]

18. It's not very exciting.

Maybe if they set the stones on fire, or if the players could slam each other up against a wall like in hockey. I don't know why the sweepers don't use some modern convenience like a leaf blower.

[Blue_Tires]

19. those are some REAL physical specimens, all right!

[Brickbat]

21. We have excellent curling facilities where I live, and it was hard to choose between playing hockey

and curling. I'll play hockey until my back can't take it, I guess, then will try curling. I've got a lot of friends who play.

[Orrex]

22. I thought it was already an Olympic event.

It gets mocked more than it deserves, but it's really pretty interesting as a game of technique and strategy.

[seemunkee]

23. Hell yeah

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QC9I3NDq9wY/SNo_EI_YHRI/AAAAAAAAA-g/n0YzpGeTc5g/s400/09+WomenofCurling+cover_sm.jpg

[Capn Sunshine]

24. And in the summer, they'll make floor waxing a sport

and slide cats

[Brother Buzz]

25. The hell with Curling! I want barrel jumping introduced as a winter Olympic event

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4603198265945452960#



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[texanwitch]

27. Coming from a warm climate I don't understand the how the sport is played.

Explain please.

[fishwax]

28. curling is great fun to watch!

I'm definitely looking forward to it :woohoo: