What The Heck Is Curling, Anyway [Infographic] — dailyinfographic.com

So, I’m a little late to the winter Olympics party, but let’s talk about curling. When I first learned there was an Olympic sport called “curling” I envisions two dudes, both with tank tops and hair heavily gelled, going toe-to-toe and seeing who could curl the best. I pictured this event happening somewhere like Venice beach, maybe. Turns out, it’s actually a lot more complicated than that. Did you know there are actually different “players” in curling? It’s not just one dude/lady slinging that disk-looking thing (apparently called a stone) across the ice. Well, you have a Skip- essentially the captain, a Lead and a Second- the people who sweep down the ice with those brooms as the “stone” makes it’s way down the ice, and a Third- who talks strategy with the Skip.

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