Very interesting article. I had no idea curling was big in New Zealand! I played high school and a bit of college curling, playing every position, skip, vice,

Very interesting article. I had no idea curling was big in New Zealand! I played high school and a bit of college curling, playing every position, skip, vice, second, and lead. Curling's a wonderfully social and elegant game requiring simple but incredibly deep mechanical technique. If you're ever in the position to give it a try, I highly recommend it. You'd be surprised how short the learning curve is, and since you'll probably play lead, you'll mostly just end up doing a lot of sweeping! Up in Canada, it's tradition and courtesy for the winning team to buy the losing team a drink after the game. There's a certain club camaraderie and sportsmanship you see in curling which makes it very different from our other traditional winter sport.