Sporty Saturdays: Top 5 Curling Shots
Onesie here, freelance mascot and sports writer, back again with another cool and fresh installment of Listicles’ weekly sports column Sporty Saturdays. While researching a new number based on whale sounds that I’ll be showcasing for a team I freelance mascot for, I came across some truly incredible curling footage I felt I should share.
Seasonally appropriate and delightful in its own different, special way (think of it as Canada’s version of bowling, but never tell a Canadian that’s what your thinking), curling is an indoor sport played on ice wherein players slide rocks (very snazzy polished rocks with handles) towards a set of concentric circles. Whichever team has the greatest number of rocks closest to the circles’ center wins.
With the essentials spelled out, let’s go back to January’s Masters of Curling Grand Slam to take a look at CurlTV.com’s Top 5 Curling Shots (it’s difficult, I know, but try not to wet yourself with excitement until the final, awesome shot):
Of course, curling isn’t all self-serious sweeping:
Curling is so popular, in fact, that it has even spawned its own subgenre of sports movies, like Men With Brooms:
Stay fit and stay warm!
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