Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Around the Campfire => Topic started by: ricktrojanowski on February 17, 2010, 10:37:42 pm
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Anybody else hooked on Curling? I love it, I wish we could get coverage every winter.
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im from minnesota
of couse i like curling ;D
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curling....smurling... hockey is the way to go
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Tim...He meant Curling as in the Ice Sport of pushing some chunk of Granite down the Rink towards a Goal...not the Soda Head Sport of sitting in ones Easy chair...Curling a 12...24... or 40 ouncer....eh..... :P
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he he he that a good one mike ;D
i think that is one of the coolest but yet most under rated sports around
it takes skill to sweep that ice and position that piece of granite in the house
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I had never seen curling until the Turin games four years ago. I agree, curling is facinating.
The Olympics is the only time I will watch any sports on TV. My wife becomes a sports widow every 2 years. :)
Did anyone catch the women's alpine event last night? Some really horrible crashes, which reminds me of why my leg is so messed up today. These kind of injuries plague you for the rest of your life. Skiing is way more dangerous than many think.
And this has got me thinking about how ancient skiing is. It may date back to the ice age. Ice skating goes back at least 5000 years, too. I am envisioning a paleo games, with athletes competing in skin clothing, tossing atlatls, skiing on recreated ancient skis, maybe combine this with primitive bows, a kind of stone age biathlon. We should petition the IOC to include this stuff for the next games.
Dane
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I had mono 8 years ago and all I could do if I even came to was watch the Olympics. I didn't get it before then, now I love curling. Wish I could actually go to do it somewhere, that looks like a great time.
That Swedish skiiers crash was nasty. Ouch. I love it all, figure skating isn't my cup of tea, but I can appreciate the talent. I love the short track speed skating.
I think they should have snow shoe running/archery, or an archery biathlon. I bet it would get a strong showing from around the world!
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Bois-D arc primitive skills knappin, has a "bow-olympics" Basically it's a course where you have to run through shooting targets,knocking off a flint flake big enough to start a fire, and then starting a fire with it.Timed event. Never done it, but gets interesting. Amazing how fast some of these guys can get a fire going.
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The Olympics the only TV athletics I watch and love every minute of it. My favorite is snowboarding and especially the half pipe. Some of the Nordic events are a little boring but only because of the time involved in each event. At least they show the highlights. The figure skating is incredible because of the talent and athleticism it takes to do what those folks can do..on skates no less.
When watching some of these events I find myself saying..."Hey, I could do that...just not on purpose!" ;D
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I sat in a sports bar in Alberta last year when they were having some kind of world champiomship going on. I can honestly say that I'd rather watch bowling.
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My Dad loves curling..I'd rather watch paint dry..Mullet where was ya in Alberta.
Thanks Leroy
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I hate to sound like a dumb%** but I've sat and watched curling.......don't get how it's scored ? ???
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Glen, I think they score by how far it goes or how fast they sweep, I dunno ???. Stoker, I was in Edmonton at the hotel but working in Redwater.
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I have to say I find curling fascinating, but i dont get why they are letting the same guy lose t for them at the end each time.....
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Sonny
I'll try my best, but someone (hopefully a Canadian) will jump in an explain better. ;). The team tries to aim for the "button" which is the center of the "house" (bullseye). After all the stones have been curled. The stones that are closest to the button of one team and within the closest stone of the opposing teams closest stone are counted. In other words you could have 3 stones closer to the center than your opponents closest stone so you would get 3 pts. I'm pretty sure that is right but I might stand some correcting.
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I'll agree sometimes the Nordic events are a bit long, but the beauty is the suffering. ;D Nothing like puking at the finish line.
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Watched some curling this time around it was pretty interesting. Liked the kid off the bench doing good .Also reminds me of a cool puck slider game I used to play in an ancient Pittsburgh bar.
WHY would they even have a microphone near the snowboarders when Shaun White won.? :D
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I've been watching it non-stop since it started on friday. Speed skating is on right now. I really like all the sports. I dont care whats on. its all good :)
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i watched the womens curling last night
some very good matches
and i know what puck game your refering to too
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Tonight's match up of US vs. UK womens was awesome. I won't be a spoiler if anybody recorded it, but it was good. Tomorrow US vs Can. mens hockey at 7 pm. That will be an epic game.
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I like the speed skating and snowboard half pipe but the other snow board stuff is cool too as is the down hill, slalom and SuperG. Not much I don't like. Apollo is getting ready to race...bye! ;D
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i dont like the fact in the super G that they paint the ines on the hill now
still awesome racing,but the lines just dont do it for me
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Ain't turned it on once this Year....don't know why...but no Interest in it...guess I am working too much to have the free time to do so.
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Anybody see the USA/Canada hockey game. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D.
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Might be 1980 all over again.............. >:D
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I watched the last 25 seconds. Very exciting! ;)
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I love all of it. Best sports on tv. Is curling on a cable channel? I've been looking for it but Haven't seen it :(
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Yea, Jesse, It's on ESPN3 after lawn bowling and before Shuffleboard.
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I like to watch the womens events, curling included ::) ;D
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Yea, Jesse, It's on ESPN3 after lawn bowling and before Shuffleboard.
:D :D I shouldnt laugh you might be serious. I dont have cable. Pretty sure shuffleboard is only played by you guys in FL though ;D
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I love all of it. Best sports on tv. Is curling on a cable channel? I've been looking for it but Haven't seen it :(
Its usually on the msnbc channel or the cnbc.
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Jesse, ;) You're right. Lakeland has a Lawn Bowling club in town. All the members dress up in these white suits and are all Canadian and British. The shuffleboard club is all Canadian, Michigan, and Minnesota people. ;D I'm watching the figure skating right now. It's the one thing I can watch in Portuguese and still understand what's going on.
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speed skating for me, but i saw curling for the first time this year and couldnt shut it off
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womens curling is on right now :)
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I've just been jerkin' chains. ;D I learned how to play Shuffleboard when I was 8. It is nothing but a concrete version of Curling.
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speed skating for me, but i saw curling for the first time this year and couldnt shut it off
That's because it involves rocks. ;D, Sorry, don't think they would knap.
Jesse- Is there any curling in your part of Wisconsin? If so I might have to relocate. ;D
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Great hockey game eh? ( even for a Pens fan watching crosby lose ) feel bad for the canadian team- their fans can be pretty tough on 'em
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Jesse- Is there any curling in your part of Wisconsin? If so I might have to relocate. ;D
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Rick yes there is. I think you should relocate. ;D http://www.curlgb.com/index.html
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Been a bad week so far. First, my commander goes and schedules a convoy for the day of the US vs Canada hockey game >:( then, on my first morning back, I get to watch the US women lose to Switzerland in curling :( waah!
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The USA Woman's curling team is very beautiful. Plus, they know how to sweep! ;D
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I have to admit, I got hooked into the women's curling. Total concentration, and strategy too. Having never seen curling I was intrigued.
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Just finished watching the US/Canada womens hockey game. That was a great game, those girls were all in. A dissapointing outcome for me, but a well played game. Killing of those 5 on 3 PP showed a really strong team.
Jesse
I checked out the link, I'm MOVING ;D. I'm going to try to replace the US skip for the 2014 winter games. ;D
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I've watched at least parts of almost everything except curling so far. I've really been looking forward to the parallel giant slalom snowboard races, which start today!
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I get up for work between 3 AM and 5 AM, so it has been tough staying up late to watch, and I've missed a lot of things I wanted to see. I totally missed curling this year, boo. But, the speed skating has been excellent.
This Sunday is the closing. I always get bummed out when they extinguish the torch.
Dane