Hillcrest Olympic Curling Centre | Completed - Page 3

Canadian Mind · #41 Posted **Feb 25, 2009, 3:10 AM**

Curling is alot of fun, and really not that hard to learn how to do. For sweeping it's liek learning to skate for the first time again, because of balancing on a single plastic pad on the ice. The other big thing to learn is proper form when throwing the rock, aiming it, and turning it the right way.

Problem is getting good at it;, again, much like bowling.

I learned how to curl in a prarie town that grew from 1500 to 2000 in 5 years (Carstairs). When the rink was first built soon after centennial, the pop. of the town wasn't much more than 1000.

So based on that MetroVan should have 2200 rinks.

metroXpress · #42 Posted **Feb 25, 2009, 3:28 AM**

Hummm...still no clue where to get some lessons.
We should form a group for us SSP! The problem is where?

SpongeG · #43 Posted **Feb 25, 2009, 4:16 AM**

^^^ get lessons from a league

http://www.prcl.ca/ << (Gay & Lesbian league)

http://www.vancouvercurlingclub.com/

http://www.curlingrink.ca/city.php?city=vancouver

http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM2Q56

http://www.vccthursdayopen.com/

most of those sites say ice time is for league members only though they are all "public" ice time is not

metroXpress · #44 Posted **Feb 25, 2009, 5:05 AM**

^ Thank you so much..I'll take a look soon.

Coldrsx · #45 Posted **Feb 25, 2009, 4:17 PM**

it is fun and much harder than people think...

dreambrother808 · #46 Posted **Feb 25, 2009, 6:47 PM**

agreed, it's definitely a skill game, the satisfying kind that requires a lot of focused concentration but also a degree of luck.

mr.x · #47 Posted **Mar 2, 2009, 8:54 AM**

A few pics from Flickr at the wheelchair curling tournament.