I swear, the Street gets weirder by the day.
Alright all you closet curling fans, it's time to step into the light. You've been outed by the New York Times in an article about the popularity of curling on Wall Street. So fess up: who's into it?
I get it. The chicks in curling are pretty hot, and it's not like you're going to miss something if you turn away from the screen to get some work done. I think it's pretty cool that it's on CNBC, too. I have a lot of friends from the UK who are die hard curling fans and tried to get me into it many years ago. I'm just more of a baseball/football/rugby kind of guy.
Is anyone working in a group where curling has really taken off in the past couple weeks?
I admit that I like it. The part I think that is appealing is that it is something that looks like anybody could train to do, and it seems like if you weren't doing it competively, you could do it while drinking.
I agree with the above comment. I love watching it because I feel like I could be decent. I can't do aerial McTwists or alpine skiing but I feel I could slam my stone into someone else's to clear it.
Love the strategy involved with the angles, speed of the stone, and your brooms.
I like it. Shhh
Actually we end up watching it every year. lol if everyone pretends to be interested it actually is entertaining. Nothing like when they make one of those shots where they make two hits.
I agree that this game should be played with a beer in hand. Somehow have to merge the need for ice with a summer BBQ (oh yea its called shuffle board). I guess horse shoes is better.
We normally have CNBC on in the TV in our lobby. Now that CNBC turned into CurlingTV, everybody's into it. Although nobody understands how the scoring works yet.... ???
Yea i like it. I can't explain it.
Its the winter game of bocce or horseshoes
It's an olympic sport that requires a skillset more like chess than, say, speedskating.
Some of us are secretly nerds at heart and have dreams of the pumpkin catapault becoming a summer olympic sport.
I grew up in Minnesota and curled some in high school. I most recently played in a bonspiel (curling tournament) this past fall.
First off, it is a lot of fun. Second, it is A LOT harder than it looks. The amount of "touch" required to play at the Olympic level is absurd. Third, as amateurs, you drink during the games and with the other team afterwards. Half of the game is played on the rink, the other half in the bar.
it takes more skill than any other sport in the olympics
Who's the girl in the pic ?
As for scoring, I think whichever team has the rock closest to the center at the end of a round will get a point for the number of rocks that are within the circle (partially in counts, I think). The other team gets squat.
The team with the closest stone gets the points. If they have the two closest stones, they get 2 points. Three closest - three points, etc. So if your team has the closest stone, and the other team has the second closest - one point for you. Only stones that are at least partially in the circles (house) count for scoring.
traders should stick to golf, squash and triathlons.
Actually watching it as I type.
I have been hooked since I first saw it this year... Great sport, although from what I hear, it is supposed to be like golf (very quiet). The canadians have been quite controversial by cheering, stomping, yelling etc.
I initially turn on the olympics for the hockey tournament, but I have been watching more curling than hockey. I like the strategy.
I must admit, for the first week watching it, i had no idea how it was scored. Now that I understand, its more exciting.
Spoonfork is correct, you get points based on how many stones you have closest to the button (center) within the closest stone of your opponent. Only stones in or barely touching the house are counted. 10 ends (rounds), but may go extra if tied. One team can forfeit if it feels there is no way to catch up. Scoring is based on good faith, there are no referees. Players make the decisions on who is closer to the button when rocks are very close.
Ok all of you who said you watch it for the sport fess up.
Its chicks (some hot) getting into weird angles and doing what they do best - cleaning. And you wonder why its popular...
Completely agreed. I've been following the Swedish women's curling team quite closely... best of luck to them all
we have a curling pool going on the FID
I personally love it- I've easily watched over 15 hours of curling this Olympics.
Only problem is that Shuster is a huge choke artist. I couldn't believe how many times he failed to make the game-winning shots.
@BlueHorse, Shuster did terribly after all this talk about how good he was...
I like it too. I wonder why it doesn't have mainstream popularity. With that said, it's on TV quite a bit in Canada
I tried it last night, it was ok. A little boring though once you go past a couple of rounds. I just grew up playing hockey, lacrosse, and basketball so curling (although great for most) was just slow as hell.
Oh yeah and the instructor was like "sweeping is hard, this is why the call it a sport", and then after I swept, I was like 'HAHAHAHAHAHA this is the easiest shit ever". Silly curling instructor, maybe ill put him into some skates and have him do ladders for 5 minutes, see if he can go without puking.
I've played ice hockey for 20 years. I'm more tired after a triathlon than a hockey game. Does that make hockey less of a sport?
In curlng sweeping gets extremely tiring - not after a few ends, but it sure does over the course of an entire bonspiel.
worse comparison ever... curling is a game, and not a sport.
its about 1% as intense as any real sport...gimme a break ok...if a pregnant girl is doing it in the olypics then forget it, its easy...
Good point.
Golf is definitely not a sport. Tiger Woods is not an athlete.
now I will definitely agree with you about triathalons, those things kill. But I don't know, I just didn't really feel the sweeping doing much for me.
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