There was some slipping and sliding going on at the Red Baron Arena and Expo last weekend – but that was all part of learning ...
When I stepped onto the ice, I could taste the cold; a chemical, ozone smell mixed with the crisp cool of the indoor ice sheets and the mustiness of the 62-year-old building that housed them. I ...
Curling works like this: Players slide or "throw" 40-pound flat, round granite stones across the ice. They try to place those stones as close as possible to a target called the "button," which lies ...
Wheelchair curling is a game that marries strategic thinking and physical skill. Everything depends on choosing – and executing – the right throw at each point in the game. PLAYING THE GAME Players ...
Does the idea of grabbing some drinks and throwing some stones sound like fun? Curling has come to a bar near you. Once an every-four-year curiosity that people watch during the Olympics, folks who’ve ...
The weight of a stone in curling directly affects the strategy and effectiveness of a throw. “Heavy” stones (up to 20 kg) allow you to break through your opponent's defense and knock figures out of ...
MAUCHLINE, Scotland (Reuters) - John Brown has lovingly polished each and every one of the curling stones to be used at the Pyeongchang Olympics, buffing and burnishing the granite in a workshop whose ...