I think they should have shown footage of an actual championship game, with all the cheering and yelling... MUCH more exciting than just watching people practice.
Considering that only northern states have curling clubs because the fact that half the united states doesn't experiance true winter might have soething to do with that. there are days I wonder why Carolina, Florida, Texas, Arizona, and California even have hockey teams.
As the old joke goes why does Minnesota exist, to keep canada from invading Iowa
we should conquer them. I bet they wouldn't even fight..... Just read these comments. Corny Cans. jk lol rofl jk i love canada and corn on the cob so cute
@ANDERTHALRADIO Not to bright are you kid? Now go do something you jr. high kids do...watch a gagga vid or text your buddies about your stupid comments you aren't intelligent enough to understand...yeah I get the game and I'm an american. So...go pester your mom for another xbox game, your dad should have taken you to a curling match.
I think curling is boring but anyone who enjoys watching golf but laughs at curling is just being ignorant, they are about equal in their action factor, and in their skill factor.
curling is the best sport to watch ... you can gain a whole lot more appreciation when you actually try to play the sport ... its so much more difficult then it looks ... and plus its exciting too! Go Canada Go!
As an activity, curling is great - a lot like golf. I am 65 (Canadian) and have been curling for more than 50 years, and am looking forward to this winter, as I am going at it again, after the golf season here ends!
To me, it looks like some person gliding a "rock", or whatever, and then two people sweeping in front of it. I just... don't see the "sport aspect" of it.
i enjoy playing the game and it is extreamly hard but i wish the network that was playing the olympic's in my area played more sports such as skiing. Come to think of it i dont recall them playing snow boarding once this olympic's i was only able to watch curling(wich i hate watching) and a bit of hockey
A lot of Americans don't appreciate this game because they've never played it, or associate it with being an "old person" game because of shuffleboard. I've tried it, and it is hard, so there's merit in having it in the games, and a lot of my friends think it looks cool, but it likely won't take off because there's little chance to play it.
I think this sport is boring. Before you go call me a lazy American, I run 2 miles, swim half a mile, and do weight training whenever i go to the gym (about 4-5 times a week).
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How can a "sport" like this even compare to other sports. Athleticism, I guess, doesn't apply to the Olympics anymore. This is sad. I'd rather watch Olympic Tetherball.
you ever try sweeping the ice in front of a curling stone for 46 meters, 60 times per game (max you play 3 games a day in a standard bonspiel)? don't know about you but i get pretty dam tired, and with all due respect the definition of a sport is: Any activity involving physical exertion and skill that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often undertaken competitively. so is Curling a sport? Your damn right it is, not only does it challenge you mentally it also challenges you physically
@samn100 - VERY weak. Any American I know would not accept that; they feel they are unique and independent from others where they originated. In fact I find most take extreme offense to not being deemed American (as in a citizen actually born in the USA).
To keep you happy, I'll reiterate: US citizens, living in America, that are descendants of people who are from other parts of the world.
Is that better or are you going to whine about something else irrelevant now? .
@ozmedia Whine? When was I fucking whining? Americans is not even a nationality technically. Americans came from the Dutch, French, etc. Americans is a name given to people who are born in the US, or has applied citizenship in the US.
@samn100@samn100 Your comment right above this would be one classic example or irrelevant whining. I also described quite clearly, what I meant by Americans, being US citizens. Again - "To keep you happy, I'll reiterate: US citizens, living in America..."
I understand that, as you have also proven, many still can't read but that's beside the point. As for ALL being humans, I'd challenge that too., There are many 'Americans' that would have trouble battling wits with a house cat.
@ozmedia If you think that is whining then you never heard whining or read whining before. This is youtube. If you want to have a intellectual discussion or whine fest go invite your friends to a tea party so u can chat without what you call whining. And talking about this subject is irrelevant to this video. I will throw curling stones at you :D
@samn100 - Your comment was relevant to the video? I know you're upset, which is why you started posting to begin with, I was commenting on an American's view of curling. It's not my fault you are American.
@ozmedia Im not American. I just like American culture and I was making a comment in the section to defend that from all the people here. I will throw curling stones at you :D
@samn100 OMG, so your entire tirade is just the whining rants of someone who isn't even American? a host of emails in my junk inbox, stupid, irrelevant comments and the lot. What a waste of time you are. You can lay down and cry by yoursef now, you're just not worth it....and stop proving you are a foo by posting more irrelevant BS and firing emails at my cheeze account.,
Nice to hear your father is proud of you, it's so rare for a parent to boast of their child's sporting success. You feel that you are a famous sportsman, I don't need a link to your list sporting accolades. You offer a comment on an international sport where you have proven that you don't understand the basics of.
How sportsmanlike of you. You can make an L shape with your hand and hold it to yoru forehead now.
i don't feel i know that i am, i might not understand the basic but it still stays lame even if i understand,you can go to tattoo shop and write gay on your forehead you know
@RoryZ23 ALERT THE MEDIA! Out of 99 comments, good ol' RoryZ23 is the only one who gets it! iT'S A GREAT DRINKING GAME. Further more the AP guy should do a little homework. The Americans living above the Mason Dixon line know all about curling and how much fun it is.
hold on a second. You're saying that soccer is boring? Maybe football and baseball are more interesting to watch, but soccer is definitely more fun to play. But maybe it makes sense for you to have that opinion, you lazy American, you're used to just sitting on your butt watching stuff on the television and not actually doing anything. What's that? You play baseball? You mean you sit and wait for your turn at bat, or you stand around in the outfield. What's that? You play football? You mean...
... that you make a bunch of 10-yard sprints, which aren't even long enough to get to top speed. It's just so incredibly naive to assume that because you and none of your family plays soccer, that it sucks. Of course, I'm assuming stuff about you, but if I made mistakes that significantly invalidate my arguments, please inform me. I've been to plenty of soccer, football, and baseball games, and soccer is the best of the three. However, basketball is a close contender, and if you play that...
Uh,...I played College football and College baseball. I grew up watching and playing those two as well as grade school basketball and street hockey. I don't have to validate my athleticism, accomplishments, manhood or anything else becuase, I DON'T like soccer. Baseball is slow but because I played it AND understand it, it's very interesting. Guys move on EVERY pitch. Soccer is lucky to have 10 decent shots on goal PER game. They spend the majority of the game kicking the ball back-and-forth..
He got my ire up when he accused me of being a "lazy American, used to sitting on my butt watching tv" That was his retort to my simply saying soccer is about as exciting as watching paint dry" He made WAY to many assumptions about ME as a man based on ONE sentence. He got what he had coming to him. I didn't attempt to validate my manhood so much as validate my OPINION about soccer. I opined about a SPORT, he took it to a personal level.
What assumptions? Did I not provide explanations if you did play football or baseball, which you apparently do? When did I attack your manhood? I think you are imagining attacks on your precious manhood. And... you had nothing to say to why baseball and football stink like rotting chickens...
That's fine that you think football and baseball stink like "rotten chickens". I grew up playing both at collegiate level. and know the strategies of both sports are incredible in their detail. 300 million americans would beg to differ with your opinion. know this baseball is not set by a clock or a timer. each side gets precisely the same opportunity and the same number of outs and is NEVER decided on FREE KICKS. that is the biggest travesty in sport.
If you are going to simplify the strategy of soccer to 'kicking the ball back and forth'... baseball is just the same thing, over and over and over... the pitcher throws the ball at the batter, who hits it or misses it... over and over and over and over... until the end of the game. Football: they line up, and rush eachother, while the guy at the back throws the ball... over and over and over... the game lasts like four hours, but there's only like 40 minutes or something of actual gameplay?
never spoke of soccer strategy at all. once again genius, you misconstrued what I said. half the game is spent around mid-field, back and forth back and forth. If you find that exciting, WOW. What's next for you? a game of marbles?
between midfield.....How in the hell do you validate soccer when the "once every four years" World Cup gets decided on free kicks that my MOTHER could make? What a joke. Stevie-effing- Wonder could make half of those free kicks, for christ's sake. ONCE in a blue moon, the goalie is FORTUNATE and GUESSES correctly and makes a stop! ...AND hey, half the world waited four years for THAT. Don't even get me started on your assinine, low brow, degenerate fans
Uhhh... shots that your mother can make? Are you aware that those soccer balls are moving a 70 to 80 miles an hour on a shot? And they weigh a lot more than baseballs? The goalie simply doesn't have enough time to decide which side the ball is going to; they have to chance 50-50 by choosing a side, or give up the shot altogether.
point is, my MOTHER could make those shots in the DARK no less and doesn't need to kick the ball 70 mph to do so. I wasn't speaking of the athleticism necessary on EIHTER end. I was speaking of what a JOKE soccer is because the worlds BIGGEST tournament (World Cup) can be decided on FREE KICKS???? what a JOKE. Thanks for validating my point about the stupidity of that rule.
Your MOTHER cannot even make the ball roll all the way to the goal, and YOU cannot even shoot it into the goal. And yes, the shots do need a lot of power behind them, or else the goalie will have no problem blocking them. He wouldn't even have to try to block your's or your MOTHER's, because you guys cannot get the ball to the goal.
I know what I'm capable of, believe me, I could do far more than kick the ball ALL THE WAY to the goal from the penalty kick area....ALL WHOPPING 30 feet. If you seriously think ANY major soccer event, especially the World Cup, ought to be decided by PENALTY kicks from 30 feet away....you need your head examined. NO AMERICAN sport relies on that kind of GARBAGE to crown a champion. WHAT A FUCKING JOKE. btw, no specialized "hooligan" police forces in the USA for ANY sport. NOT NECESSARY.
so now you are attacking the fans? does that really relate to the sport? Or maybe because you are ignorant, you believe that everywhere outside of the U.S. is third world, and therefore 'assinine, low brow, and degenerate.' Brazil? Germany? Britian? Egypt? You... just overgeneralize to the extreme.
Clue me in, genius....of all of the soccer playing nations/cities, how many have special police units in place to follow and investigate, the "hooligans"??? Nobody here said anything about third world countries. If you seriously think specialized investigative police units devoted to soccer hooligans is NORMAL, you need to see somebody. THAT shit doesn't go on in the states in ANY sport. If your hooligans aren't degenerates or low brow, then what is?
Never said soccer sucks. I simply said it's about as exciting as watching paint dry. THAT'S IT....SInce you got "ALL SENSITIVE" about it maybe it DOES suck...if it were the least bit exciting, your idiot fans wouldn't need to be stupid drunk and killing each other to "CREATE" the necessary excitement in their lives that watcjing "KICK BALL" cannot.
...and football fans convene every year to sit on couches, eat junk food, and laugh at silly dorito commercials... I wonder which sport is more serious...
Great. Now that I understand it, I still think it's a game rather than a sport. Shuffleboard and bocci ball are both popular here, but that doesn't mean they are Olympic sports or that I would pay to watch. I like watching shuffleboard and bocci because the people are interesting, not because the sport is interesting.
this is the dumbest video ever , the perspective of the video is as if whoever is watching this lives in a fucking cave and is so narrow in their world view that they can't comprehend someone ejoying something you don't and i don't even curl.
Actually, myself having been in the American military for quite some time and having been all over the world I can say this: Like most countries (most in particular Canada) they are kinder, know how to party better-hands down!! and are much less the FUCKING pricks we are. We (the avgerage American) are more akin to the scum that live in Hollywood when compared to the rest of the world. Maybe it's "us" with the narrow minds.....
man I just dont get this sport and the excitement! how can you get excited watching this? imagine you yelling, "sweep more, sweep more!" or "oh my god, she didnt sweep enough!' fucking hilarious! or waking up the next morning and say, "dude, did you watch the game last night? it was nail-biting!"
to su it up. in curling, you throw a 42lb. rock down 90 feet, while 2 other people create friction in front of it to lessen the surface area for less friction along the way. its tougher than it looks peple, i tried once.
I saw the Danish men's team... I felt very bad for the skip he kept missing his shots... and martin got a 5 ender on him ... :(. Ah well Go Canada.
Another thing... i am looking at the %'s of the curlers... and ... it seems most of them are under 70% which is pretty bad imo... then they go to a Canadian curler ... its like 90.
I don't see why people keep insulting this sport/game, whatever you want to call it. Not everyone likes soccer, football, iceskating, or horseback riding... everyone has a right to their own opinon and own likings. Id much rather watch this than football, and my husband is a huge football fan. Though it's not something I would DVR/TIVO lol.
@ MaikUniversum - that was the most ignorant, insulting comment on here. I mean really, come on...
i used to make fun of this game untill i played it is fucking hard man lol you need lots of patience.and great aiming lol.i prefer basket ball then this game i call it a game because its not a sport lol.i still respect it but is not a sport!is a game
Why is american football so 'exciting' to some? Yes I like this sport also, but to those who don't understand the rules of american football, it seems like they play for 5 seconds and then just stand around for 3 minutes. the action stops and starts, stops and starts etc.... Whatever is your excitement, don't condemn others for their interests, because who the hell are you?
Don't be so arrogant to judge others who see the tactics, when you can't. If people enjoy it then ok!
This is so lame I rather watch that fat guy in the video curl a twinkie than this crap. If this is an Olympic sport then bodybuilding and proffesional wrestling should be an Olympic sport. I rather watch womens hockey than this crap.
You're going for bullseyes and the brooms smooth out the ice, doesn't take a fuckin genius to figure that part out. The part Americans don't understand is why do some people get so excited over this boring back yard game. At bbq's i enjoy horse shoes but i don't want to watch an out of shape fat slob like the guy in this video play any games...
Dude, every time I've been to Canada, I've loved it. Cool country, cool people. Ok, so they like watching "housekeeping on ice" -- that's odd but any country that produces Steve Nash and Rush and a very low crime rate has got something going for it.
curling is more of a sport than baseball...where the majority of great players are fat and allegedly hopped up on steroids...seriously and also it was invented in Scotland not Canada
After thinking about what i've learned from this video I guess I'd appreciate this event more if it were a completely different sport other than curling ;)
*hockey is one of my favorite sports though, so thank you Canada for that at least.
1. Curling
2. Is gay
Nuf said... you freaking dick
celticsravens71 6 months ago
@celticsravens71 That's only one point. Not two. You freaking idiot.
juliamarialouisa 2 months ago
No. 1 - Hockey
No. 2 - Curling
Nuf said
zxssded 7 months ago
Went to one of the curling event s at the olympics. It was like a hockey game, so loud!!
awilsor3 8 months ago
well ofc americans dont understand the game? they freaking american ??
RoXoR2650 8 months ago
no one really gives a shit in ontario about curling and most of us make fun of it
iHATEu0033 9 months ago
I think they should have shown footage of an actual championship game, with all the cheering and yelling... MUCH more exciting than just watching people practice.
PasCorrect 11 months ago
@ctgreen27.....he's also a dick. I curl out of his club, and trust me....he's a dick.
fourfoot73 11 months ago
I think I'd rather watch Golf than this... and THATS saying something.
sk8dudejames 1 year ago
Considering that only northern states have curling clubs because the fact that half the united states doesn't experiance true winter might have soething to do with that. there are days I wonder why Carolina, Florida, Texas, Arizona, and California even have hockey teams.
As the old joke goes why does Minnesota exist, to keep canada from invading Iowa
GrogTheRed 1 year ago
it's like chess on ice :)
kinteali 1 year ago
we should conquer them. I bet they wouldn't even fight..... Just read these comments. Corny Cans. jk lol rofl jk i love canada and corn on the cob so cute
ANDERTHALRADIO 1 year ago
@ANDERTHALRADIO Not to bright are you kid? Now go do something you jr. high kids do...watch a gagga vid or text your buddies about your stupid comments you aren't intelligent enough to understand...yeah I get the game and I'm an american. So...go pester your mom for another xbox game, your dad should have taken you to a curling match.
GrigoriZhukov 1 year ago
Curling is fun and challenging to play but boring to watch unless it is the elite playing.
Suki278 1 year ago
My annnoucing is... going.... shatner
Canada9990 1 year ago
check out "curling navibot" on youtube,
this is why curling is best. to beat the candians, time after time after time.
rogerrask80 1 year ago
I think curling is boring but anyone who enjoys watching golf but laughs at curling is just being ignorant, they are about equal in their action factor, and in their skill factor.
Nemesis000000 1 year ago
americans hate curling because they suck at curling! duh!!!!!!!!!!!!
ConfusedSponge 1 year ago
@ConfusedSponge just like they hate soccer
ConfusedSponge 1 year ago
curling is the best sport to watch ... you can gain a whole lot more appreciation when you actually try to play the sport ... its so much more difficult then it looks ... and plus its exciting too! Go Canada Go!
StJoesRams09 1 year ago
As an activity, curling is great - a lot like golf. I am 65 (Canadian) and have been curling for more than 50 years, and am looking forward to this winter, as I am going at it again, after the golf season here ends!
lgcrooks 1 year ago
I am Canadian and I think curling is boring.
sweiland75 1 year ago
@sweiland75 Me too, everything assumes that as a Canadian I like the sport, it's takes skill to play it but it's really boring watching it.
Canuckchick52 1 year ago
I watched curling this past Winter Olympics and learned to appreciate it. I wouldn't call it a favorite but I dig the strategic aspects of it.
jaegerhund 1 year ago
THIS is why we need to invade Canada NOW! They are growing more retarded every second that goes by.
Feuerfr3i 1 year ago
curling is almost as stupid as canadians. OW PSHHHH
sexweedz 1 year ago
@sexweedz Your name suggests that you are very intelligent yourself, eh? I would pay half my life just to watch you curl.
Masalmeh321 1 year ago
Oh boy Chris Daw, quite the athlete.
patio87 1 year ago
Im american,, and I dont mind watching this... it teaches me how to sweep my floor in fast speeds..
13098519 1 year ago
@13098519 although i don't hate curling but i just couldn't restrain myself from lol!
ConfusedSponge 1 year ago
To me, it looks like some person gliding a "rock", or whatever, and then two people sweeping in front of it. I just... don't see the "sport aspect" of it.
GrilledAngus 1 year ago
@GrilledAngus It's not consodered a sport though. It's a "Game" .
ozmedia 1 year ago
I'm Canadian, and I don't even like Curling. Thats just me.
GrilledAngus 1 year ago
i enjoy playing the game and it is extreamly hard but i wish the network that was playing the olympic's in my area played more sports such as skiing. Come to think of it i dont recall them playing snow boarding once this olympic's i was only able to watch curling(wich i hate watching) and a bit of hockey
Clemsonandcubsfan1 2 years ago
Its alot of fun and a great way to spend a Saturday evening. Especially if you grew up playing it. And even better if you had a couple shots.
drdeathkwp 2 years ago
A lot of Americans don't appreciate this game because they've never played it, or associate it with being an "old person" game because of shuffleboard. I've tried it, and it is hard, so there's merit in having it in the games, and a lot of my friends think it looks cool, but it likely won't take off because there's little chance to play it.
eskercurve 2 years ago 12
I think this sport is boring. Before you go call me a lazy American, I run 2 miles, swim half a mile, and do weight training whenever i go to the gym (about 4-5 times a week).
cichlidiot94 2 years ago
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How can a "sport" like this even compare to other sports. Athleticism, I guess, doesn't apply to the Olympics anymore. This is sad. I'd rather watch Olympic Tetherball.
WillySib 2 years ago
Luckily, they call it the Winter Olympic GAMES and not the Winter Olympic Sports.
Otherwise you'd actually have a point.
ozmedia 2 years ago
you ever try sweeping the ice in front of a curling stone for 46 meters, 60 times per game (max you play 3 games a day in a standard bonspiel)? don't know about you but i get pretty dam tired, and with all due respect the definition of a sport is: Any activity involving physical exertion and skill that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often undertaken competitively. so is Curling a sport? Your damn right it is, not only does it challenge you mentally it also challenges you physically
kris8144 1 year ago
Don't you pay everyone minimum wage?
ozmedia 2 years ago
hahaha fucking canadian bacon lmao
cher032189 2 years ago
"it's a very close game" unless the US is playing of course. Maybe that's why Americans don't like curling, they suck at it.
ozmedia 2 years ago 14
@ozmedia Americans = every race in the world
samn100 1 year ago
@samn100 - VERY weak. Any American I know would not accept that; they feel they are unique and independent from others where they originated. In fact I find most take extreme offense to not being deemed American (as in a citizen actually born in the USA).
To keep you happy, I'll reiterate: US citizens, living in America, that are descendants of people who are from other parts of the world.
Is that better or are you going to whine about something else irrelevant now? .
ozmedia 1 year ago
@ozmedia Whine? When was I fucking whining? Americans is not even a nationality technically. Americans came from the Dutch, French, etc. Americans is a name given to people who are born in the US, or has applied citizenship in the US.
But hey, we are all humans.
samn100 1 year ago
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ozmedia 1 year ago
@samn100 @samn100 Your comment right above this would be one classic example or irrelevant whining. I also described quite clearly, what I meant by Americans, being US citizens. Again - "To keep you happy, I'll reiterate: US citizens, living in America..."
I understand that, as you have also proven, many still can't read but that's beside the point. As for ALL being humans, I'd challenge that too., There are many 'Americans' that would have trouble battling wits with a house cat.
ozmedia 1 year ago
@ozmedia If you think that is whining then you never heard whining or read whining before. This is youtube. If you want to have a intellectual discussion or whine fest go invite your friends to a tea party so u can chat without what you call whining. And talking about this subject is irrelevant to this video. I will throw curling stones at you :D
samn100 1 year ago
@samn100 - Your comment was relevant to the video? I know you're upset, which is why you started posting to begin with, I was commenting on an American's view of curling. It's not my fault you are American.
ozmedia 1 year ago
@ozmedia Im not American. I just like American culture and I was making a comment in the section to defend that from all the people here. I will throw curling stones at you :D
samn100 1 year ago
@samn100 OMG, so your entire tirade is just the whining rants of someone who isn't even American? a host of emails in my junk inbox, stupid, irrelevant comments and the lot. What a waste of time you are. You can lay down and cry by yoursef now, you're just not worth it....and stop proving you are a foo by posting more irrelevant BS and firing emails at my cheeze account.,
ozmedia 1 year ago
@ozmedia Keep raging and crying QQ lol ur funny
samn100 1 year ago
@ozmedia "they suck at it" you are too kind, gentle even...
GrigoriZhukov 1 year ago
i thought this was a fake sport when i saw it on the simpsons
katolovesyou 2 years ago
what a lame game lol and even lamer to watch
arubain 2 years ago
It's a pretty damn hard game to play too, as witnessed by the Canadian Olympic hocky team when they took on the curling team.
Mind you, "even lamer to watch", illustrates you as an armchair sportsman anyway, now I'm sure that YOU would be lame to watch too.
Drinking light beer and staining your fingers orange with a bag of Cheetos while your mom scrubs the skids out of your boxers.
ozmedia 2 years ago
yea its not easy to trow straight and lol they even need help....(the one who scrubs the floor)
hahaha you really think that???
i have my own childhood website that my father created for proof how famous i am and active i am, i can give you the link if you don't believe
and nooo i'm one of the best athletes on my island soo i'm pretty exicting to see
lol i don't drink beer not even pepsi and those kind of soft drinks, only water and apple juice etc.
i eat cheetos so what i'm still healthy
arubain 2 years ago
" its not easy to throw straight "
And yet the game is called CURL-ing. DOH!
Nice to hear your father is proud of you, it's so rare for a parent to boast of their child's sporting success. You feel that you are a famous sportsman, I don't need a link to your list sporting accolades. You offer a comment on an international sport where you have proven that you don't understand the basics of.
How sportsmanlike of you. You can make an L shape with your hand and hold it to yoru forehead now.
ozmedia 2 years ago
yea well i don't see the ball curl...lol fail
i don't feel i know that i am, i might not understand the basic but it still stays lame even if i understand,you can go to tattoo shop and write gay on your forehead you know
arubain 2 years ago
What ball?
You are such a putz at this point you may as well just hang up your cleats.
You don't even have anything to defend anymore, you are just being an irelevant tool with the grammar skills of an infant.
TheScorah 2 years ago
ok mr perfect i'm human i make mistakes and learn from them.
defend against what??? that strange looking thing that's supposed to curl???,
i'm a tool that gives you life support you might ask your mom why
ooooooooooo nooooooo evrybody run its a grammer nazi!!!!
arubain 2 years ago
sweep sweep sweep ya we won the gold!!!!
xboxplaya420 2 years ago
This "game" is about moving rocks? How lame!
Aphroditeuf16 2 years ago
Looks like a fun drinking game to me.
RoryZ23 2 years ago
@RoryZ23 ALERT THE MEDIA! Out of 99 comments, good ol' RoryZ23 is the only one who gets it! iT'S A GREAT DRINKING GAME. Further more the AP guy should do a little homework. The Americans living above the Mason Dixon line know all about curling and how much fun it is.
larrygolfer 2 years ago
Curling sucks! Even if i smoked some weed & had noting to do it still sucks. Brush,brush,brush the ice!! LOL.
vodkatonic100 2 years ago
btw why americans don't like the football, I mean soccer? even though that is the most popular sport in the world,
mildseven73 2 years ago
@mildseven73 Because it's about as exciting as watching freaking PAINT DRY.
wheebill 2 years ago
hold on a second. You're saying that soccer is boring? Maybe football and baseball are more interesting to watch, but soccer is definitely more fun to play. But maybe it makes sense for you to have that opinion, you lazy American, you're used to just sitting on your butt watching stuff on the television and not actually doing anything. What's that? You play baseball? You mean you sit and wait for your turn at bat, or you stand around in the outfield. What's that? You play football? You mean...
weAREinthefuture 2 years ago
... that you make a bunch of 10-yard sprints, which aren't even long enough to get to top speed. It's just so incredibly naive to assume that because you and none of your family plays soccer, that it sucks. Of course, I'm assuming stuff about you, but if I made mistakes that significantly invalidate my arguments, please inform me. I've been to plenty of soccer, football, and baseball games, and soccer is the best of the three. However, basketball is a close contender, and if you play that...
weAREinthefuture 2 years ago
... you may be partially redeemed. Actually, completely redeemed. There's nothing wrong with basketball.
weAREinthefuture 2 years ago
Uh,...I played College football and College baseball. I grew up watching and playing those two as well as grade school basketball and street hockey. I don't have to validate my athleticism, accomplishments, manhood or anything else becuase, I DON'T like soccer. Baseball is slow but because I played it AND understand it, it's very interesting. Guys move on EVERY pitch. Soccer is lucky to have 10 decent shots on goal PER game. They spend the majority of the game kicking the ball back-and-forth..
wheebill 2 years ago
". I don't have to validate my athleticism, accomplishments, manhood or anything else "
LOL, but you tried to anyway.
ozmedia 2 years ago
He got my ire up when he accused me of being a "lazy American, used to sitting on my butt watching tv" That was his retort to my simply saying soccer is about as exciting as watching paint dry" He made WAY to many assumptions about ME as a man based on ONE sentence. He got what he had coming to him. I didn't attempt to validate my manhood so much as validate my OPINION about soccer. I opined about a SPORT, he took it to a personal level.
wheebill 2 years ago
What assumptions? Did I not provide explanations if you did play football or baseball, which you apparently do? When did I attack your manhood? I think you are imagining attacks on your precious manhood. And... you had nothing to say to why baseball and football stink like rotting chickens...
weAREinthefuture 1 year ago
That's fine that you think football and baseball stink like "rotten chickens". I grew up playing both at collegiate level. and know the strategies of both sports are incredible in their detail. 300 million americans would beg to differ with your opinion. know this baseball is not set by a clock or a timer. each side gets precisely the same opportunity and the same number of outs and is NEVER decided on FREE KICKS. that is the biggest travesty in sport.
wheebill 1 year ago
If you are going to simplify the strategy of soccer to 'kicking the ball back and forth'... baseball is just the same thing, over and over and over... the pitcher throws the ball at the batter, who hits it or misses it... over and over and over and over... until the end of the game. Football: they line up, and rush eachother, while the guy at the back throws the ball... over and over and over... the game lasts like four hours, but there's only like 40 minutes or something of actual gameplay?
weAREinthefuture 1 year ago 2
never spoke of soccer strategy at all. once again genius, you misconstrued what I said. half the game is spent around mid-field, back and forth back and forth. If you find that exciting, WOW. What's next for you? a game of marbles?
wheebill 1 year ago
between midfield.....How in the hell do you validate soccer when the "once every four years" World Cup gets decided on free kicks that my MOTHER could make? What a joke. Stevie-effing- Wonder could make half of those free kicks, for christ's sake. ONCE in a blue moon, the goalie is FORTUNATE and GUESSES correctly and makes a stop! ...AND hey, half the world waited four years for THAT. Don't even get me started on your assinine, low brow, degenerate fans
wheebill 2 years ago
Uhhh... shots that your mother can make? Are you aware that those soccer balls are moving a 70 to 80 miles an hour on a shot? And they weigh a lot more than baseballs? The goalie simply doesn't have enough time to decide which side the ball is going to; they have to chance 50-50 by choosing a side, or give up the shot altogether.
weAREinthefuture 1 year ago
point is, my MOTHER could make those shots in the DARK no less and doesn't need to kick the ball 70 mph to do so. I wasn't speaking of the athleticism necessary on EIHTER end. I was speaking of what a JOKE soccer is because the worlds BIGGEST tournament (World Cup) can be decided on FREE KICKS???? what a JOKE. Thanks for validating my point about the stupidity of that rule.
wheebill 1 year ago
Your MOTHER cannot even make the ball roll all the way to the goal, and YOU cannot even shoot it into the goal. And yes, the shots do need a lot of power behind them, or else the goalie will have no problem blocking them. He wouldn't even have to try to block your's or your MOTHER's, because you guys cannot get the ball to the goal.
weAREinthefuture 1 year ago
I know what I'm capable of, believe me, I could do far more than kick the ball ALL THE WAY to the goal from the penalty kick area....ALL WHOPPING 30 feet. If you seriously think ANY major soccer event, especially the World Cup, ought to be decided by PENALTY kicks from 30 feet away....you need your head examined. NO AMERICAN sport relies on that kind of GARBAGE to crown a champion. WHAT A FUCKING JOKE. btw, no specialized "hooligan" police forces in the USA for ANY sport. NOT NECESSARY.
wheebill 1 year ago
so now you are attacking the fans? does that really relate to the sport? Or maybe because you are ignorant, you believe that everywhere outside of the U.S. is third world, and therefore 'assinine, low brow, and degenerate.' Brazil? Germany? Britian? Egypt? You... just overgeneralize to the extreme.
weAREinthefuture 1 year ago
Clue me in, genius....of all of the soccer playing nations/cities, how many have special police units in place to follow and investigate, the "hooligans"??? Nobody here said anything about third world countries. If you seriously think specialized investigative police units devoted to soccer hooligans is NORMAL, you need to see somebody. THAT shit doesn't go on in the states in ANY sport. If your hooligans aren't degenerates or low brow, then what is?
wheebill 1 year ago
Never said soccer sucks. I simply said it's about as exciting as watching paint dry. THAT'S IT....SInce you got "ALL SENSITIVE" about it maybe it DOES suck...if it were the least bit exciting, your idiot fans wouldn't need to be stupid drunk and killing each other to "CREATE" the necessary excitement in their lives that watcjing "KICK BALL" cannot.
wheebill 2 years ago
...and football fans convene every year to sit on couches, eat junk food, and laugh at silly dorito commercials... I wonder which sport is more serious...
weAREinthefuture 1 year ago
this is booorrinnngg
limonsplash 2 years ago
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derderman421 2 years ago
this shit is so damn lame? like is this some kind of a joke? i would be so embarrased to even be slightly assosiated with this gay shit.
sk8erplayer42 2 years ago
I just want a pair of those shoes! so i can go skating around all cool like at the rink.
look guys no blades!
grooveclubhouse 2 years ago 2
I appreciate this sport and made sure to tivo and record it to watch it later if i miss any, thanks for the description video.
AustinDownToEarth 2 years ago
Yawnnnnnnnnnnnnn
dhoormann 2 years ago
I'm Brazilian and I REALLY appreciate curling. I consider it even more exciting than soccer! -- which I'm not so interested in.
WeltonCG 2 years ago
@WeltonCG I know what you mean. I'm Brazilian too and I'm in love with the game. I wish I could play it here.
Nemova 2 years ago
Great. Now that I understand it, I still think it's a game rather than a sport. Shuffleboard and bocci ball are both popular here, but that doesn't mean they are Olympic sports or that I would pay to watch. I like watching shuffleboard and bocci because the people are interesting, not because the sport is interesting.
Gulfporter 2 years ago
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"I still think it's a game rather than a sport"
" but that doesn't mean they are Olympic sports "
When did they change the name from The Olympic 'Games' to The Olympic 'Sports'?
ozmedia 2 years ago
Oh yeah, look at Chris Daw, true Olympic Champion right there. Bet he works out every day to keep his physique. SWEEP THAT FLOOR WOMAN! Oh YEAH!
WillySib 2 years ago
@WillySib LOL
KFCFK 2 years ago
@WillySib
hey idiot ...his physique may be due to the fact he's in a wheel chair! he's the paralympic champ..asshole...
ctgreen27 11 months ago
this is the dumbest video ever , the perspective of the video is as if whoever is watching this lives in a fucking cave and is so narrow in their world view that they can't comprehend someone ejoying something you don't and i don't even curl.
boredandwise 2 years ago
Actually, myself having been in the American military for quite some time and having been all over the world I can say this: Like most countries (most in particular Canada) they are kinder, know how to party better-hands down!! and are much less the FUCKING pricks we are. We (the avgerage American) are more akin to the scum that live in Hollywood when compared to the rest of the world. Maybe it's "us" with the narrow minds.....
zeroptb 2 years ago
uh lol thats kinda what i was implying to begin with .
boredandwise 2 years ago
Hmmm , judging by the two curlers it's not the kinda sport you have to work out for. lol
Christopher711 2 years ago 3
lmao!!! bwhahaha!!! Damn I was exepcting to see a curlers swimsuit calendar soon... lmao!!!!
keepthapinit 2 years ago
*expecting* typo
keepthapinit 2 years ago
This is definitely NOT a sport. Might be pretty fun to play but definitely not to watch.
HardBodyNyC 2 years ago
@HardBodyNyC It's kinda like ...house cleaning as a sport. lol
Christopher711 2 years ago
ok is bocci an alimpic sport cause if its not its about the same except on dirt and a movable target
patrickwise06 2 years ago
Anna Sidorova of Russia Curling Team is Hot.
roodyer 2 years ago
" small, fast strokes "
lol
IfUrNot1stUrLast 2 years ago
It's no less boring than American Football.
kimmaytube 2 years ago
I wouldnt quite say that
kb24crazylaker 2 years ago
yeah your funny
ZomB732 2 years ago
HA! Too true! And there's way more drinking involved :P
thebellrang 2 years ago
I recently got into the sport. Believe it or not, its exciting!
I was yelling at the TV watching this game
macias9133 2 years ago 3
man I just dont get this sport and the excitement! how can you get excited watching this? imagine you yelling, "sweep more, sweep more!" or "oh my god, she didnt sweep enough!' fucking hilarious! or waking up the next morning and say, "dude, did you watch the game last night? it was nail-biting!"
ogie86 2 years ago 2
to su it up. in curling, you throw a 42lb. rock down 90 feet, while 2 other people create friction in front of it to lessen the surface area for less friction along the way. its tougher than it looks peple, i tried once.
cmndrkool321 2 years ago
the guy sounds like greg proops from whose line is it anyway
flemflames 2 years ago
That chick is way too cute to be curling
Fotenks 2 years ago
I do not understand.
Lithys 2 years ago
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cmndrkool321 2 years ago
Have you seen the Danish women's team?
rjflesher 2 years ago
I saw the Danish men's team... I felt very bad for the skip he kept missing his shots... and martin got a 5 ender on him ... :(. Ah well Go Canada.
Another thing... i am looking at the %'s of the curlers... and ... it seems most of them are under 70% which is pretty bad imo... then they go to a Canadian curler ... its like 90.
Lithys 2 years ago
Fotenks .. I agree ! Many of the women that play this in the Olympics are very attractive !
LOVELIFE54 2 years ago
I don't see why people keep insulting this sport/game, whatever you want to call it. Not everyone likes soccer, football, iceskating, or horseback riding... everyone has a right to their own opinon and own likings. Id much rather watch this than football, and my husband is a huge football fan. Though it's not something I would DVR/TIVO lol.
@ MaikUniversum - that was the most ignorant, insulting comment on here. I mean really, come on...
marcykay13 2 years ago 4
i used to make fun of this game untill i played it is fucking hard man lol you need lots of patience.and great aiming lol.i prefer basket ball then this game i call it a game because its not a sport lol.i still respect it but is not a sport!is a game
Amnesiacmidnitetoker 2 years ago 2
have u seen the russian womens team...theyre hot....and it looks more like shuffle board to me rather than darts
tpagel2006 2 years ago
stupid sport. i'll stick to equestrian
bllrny 2 years ago
call me cllose minded but this sport is incredibly gay. i mean u couldnt even catch a sweat if you did this all day
longlived1970 2 years ago 2
@longlived1970 hey jackass your just jealous
connerjo44 2 years ago
what does he have to be jealous of...obviously u cant break a sweat cuz from the looks of it the guy in the vid is pretty overweight
tpagel2006 2 years ago
Why is american football so 'exciting' to some? Yes I like this sport also, but to those who don't understand the rules of american football, it seems like they play for 5 seconds and then just stand around for 3 minutes. the action stops and starts, stops and starts etc.... Whatever is your excitement, don't condemn others for their interests, because who the hell are you?
Don't be so arrogant to judge others who see the tactics, when you can't. If people enjoy it then ok!
diceman56 2 years ago 2
@diceman56 thank you. its like because THEY dont get it, it's grounds to question it just because it isnt part of THEIR culture.
bouyon4dmasiv 2 years ago
i bet that girl gives a mean HJ
derderman421 2 years ago 11
*dead@giving a mean HJ* Bwhahaha!!! EPIC
keepthapinit 2 years ago
@keepthapinit dood at 1:23 replace the word rock with cock and listen LMFAO
derderman421 2 years ago
lmao!!! You're silly man...You made me spit my juice over the monitor laughing at that... lol
keepthapinit 2 years ago
I'd rather watch a chess game in the olympics than this crap
Solidice21 2 years ago 4
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I am nigger and I think curling is great
MaikUniversum 2 years ago
I got turned on to it this year....next week, I'm playing for the first time!
marginallymental 2 years ago
I'm an American who thinks it's much more interesting than football - by a LONG SHOT!
verylarge07 2 years ago
This is so lame I rather watch that fat guy in the video curl a twinkie than this crap. If this is an Olympic sport then bodybuilding and proffesional wrestling should be an Olympic sport. I rather watch womens hockey than this crap.
barbarianbro 2 years ago 2
OMG What a Stupid Sport , if you can even call it a sport !
LOVELIFE54 2 years ago
You're going for bullseyes and the brooms smooth out the ice, doesn't take a fuckin genius to figure that part out. The part Americans don't understand is why do some people get so excited over this boring back yard game. At bbq's i enjoy horse shoes but i don't want to watch an out of shape fat slob like the guy in this video play any games...
chickenfauker 2 years ago
I think its boring, and I'm Canadian
novemberschopin 2 years ago 2
WOW!!! LMAO!!! *Dead!!!* Your comment has me in tears...
keepthapinit 2 years ago
The gayest "sport" ever.
fuckmehardplzz 2 years ago
Who let canadians have their own country, what a mistake!?!
Catsincages 2 years ago
Dude, every time I've been to Canada, I've loved it. Cool country, cool people. Ok, so they like watching "housekeeping on ice" -- that's odd but any country that produces Steve Nash and Rush and a very low crime rate has got something going for it.
GabrielinAZ 2 years ago
*Dead @ housekeeping on ice*.....Bwahahaha!!! EPIC!!!
keepthapinit 2 years ago
I personally think its boring, but Im not Canadian
Jokamania 2 years ago
I still don't understand the hype, but I'm not going to troll curling. Do what you like and have fun! ^_^
KaiLuck 2 years ago
That is funny!!
vlvl21 2 years ago
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because it's the gayest.. sport my ass
7universes 2 years ago
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Wow! Sweeping is a sport. Janitors get your brooms out.
nobleheight 2 years ago
curling is more of a sport than baseball...where the majority of great players are fat and allegedly hopped up on steroids...seriously and also it was invented in Scotland not Canada
garygoyle 2 years ago
you don't have any idea how hard it is to hit a 95 mph fastball ,curveballs and sliders
liloproduction 2 years ago
curlings popular dont they play it in the hood all the time, curl ur ass make u look stupid wish u hadnt been born !!!!
JAG82 2 years ago
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Curling is so fcking gay like seriously who curls?
Kaity11 2 years ago
what's that game you see at bars where you glide a little puck across a wooden table covered in salt?
wafflethug 2 years ago
@wafflethug shuffle board
whatsanme 2 years ago
After thinking about what i've learned from this video I guess I'd appreciate this event more if it were a completely different sport other than curling ;)
*hockey is one of my favorite sports though, so thank you Canada for that at least.
MaladaptiveCatalyst 2 years ago 2
if someone were to challenge me to a curling contest i would woop ass
JAG82 2 years ago
Why don't you polish the ice BEFORE hitting that stupid flying saucer?
Leonnidik 2 years ago
it's chess on ice...get it!
garygoyle 2 years ago
Soooo... it's like boccie on ice....
snowfan 2 years ago 2
And baseball isn't a childish game?
crankysmurf 2 years ago
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