 Minnesota is considered one of the hot spots for curling in with the United States taking gold in last year's Olympics, the popularity of the sport has never been higher. And this week's Northwood's adventure, our own Anthony Scott right here, tries out curling for the first time. With the popularity of the sport, like everybody's always curious about curling, but they take a little bit to get them out on the ice. And to get people on the ice, the Branded Curling Club recently hosted their community curling night where anyone could try and become the next Olympic curler. We have on our open curling nights like this, we have people come from all over the community, they're curious about it. Olympic years, we just can't keep the building open enough because people see it on TV and they say, oh wow, you know, what is that? Since the USA won the gold medal at last year's Olympics, the curling center is hoping to add to its already 200 members. Every four years our memberships go up, when the Olympics winter happens our memberships go up and then they come back down. So this year we're trying to capture that gold medal and go up, go up another year. At community curling night you were paired with a coach who taught you everything you need to know about the sport and then you had a chance to get on the ice. Some people are just natural and others it takes a little while to develop the skills and the comfort level to be able to play. Curling is a sport that takes some practice but once you get the hang of it anyone can enjoy it. The one thing is you're gonna fall and but get back up, let's try it again. It was a good experience, I've never done it before, honestly didn't even know this was here so it was cool to be able to check it out. I love the fact that my children, my grandchildren and me and my husband can all curl. It's a generational sport, you do not have to be really super active to do it. I get good exercise and curling is a very social sport. You curl and then you sit with your friends and your teammates and visit afterwards and before. The curling club has open curling nights throughout the week along with leagues for all ages and skill levels. Reporting from Brainerd for this week's Northwoods Adventure, Anthony Scott, Lakeland News. That was your first time? Not bad, huh? I've been into too bad a little wobbly. Oh, not too bad, not too bad. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.