Curling 8 Ender

[@dominikbaumgartner9221]

And today Switzerland did it in a World Championship game. Unbelievable!

[@mikeallen9777]

Cathy King did end up in the Canadian Curling Hall of Fame despite this. Shit happens to everyone.

[@unfuzzy]

Well yeah, you'd be famous too if you screwed up that badly!

[@thisisrainerstein]

to people who say that curling is not a sport... you havent curled before. You need a combination of balance, strength, and muscle control. Although you can't really get into shape by curling, it does really help if you are fit

[@Keeper1st]

As mentioned before, an example of the traditional scoreboard is given in the Wiki article. It's basically the inverse of the "baseball-style" board you see in the Olympics. The permanent numbers represent score, and the numbers placed above and below are the end numbers in which that team reached that amount of points. If you get 2 points in end 1, a 1 is placed above/below the 2. Get 3 more points in end 4, and a 4 is placed above/below the 5.

[@bernier42]

When I was 15 or 16 I had five in the house with a low guard up front. On the other skip's last rock, he curled too much and tapped our guard into the house to sit six, and I drew for seven. Our eighth rock was in play, but just behind the house.

[@khangoor]

no way!! it's like every curler dream come true!! nice end!!

[@ka3how]

Curling is the only sport I will watch on TV. I'm catching up on Grand Slam rounds right now. I'm in Pennsylvania right off Lake Erie and wish we had curling available here. The only 2 PA clubs are in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia-area, about as far as you can get from Canada in PA.

[@penguinajb]

The ice is bumpy and by sweeping it, it warms the ice, decreasing friction making the rock go farther and straighter

[@w0rthytv]

good man we need more people like you defending curling

[@FischerFan]

Curling's equivalent to a 180 in darts; for all her success this past year, Kelly Scott will likely never enjoy this thrill again, even though she is world champion. The odds of this happening even once for a skip are so remote, you'd have a better chance of winning a five-figure prize in a lottery. What a dubious distinction for Cathy King to have. Both ladies are great curlers.

[@BlankJebus]

aw man...i can't believe i have to go another 4 years until i can watch curling agian in the winter olympics...we need a curl tv here in the states. Well fencing is coming up soon i guess

[@Dogberry2000]

Sweeping does two things under normal conditions. It makes the rock run further and holds it straighter. At the top level curling is a precision game played to within inches. Sweeping can prevent a stone moving 1-2 inches or gain 4 feet

[@telephilia]

It's a very ancient sport. In a painting by Bruegel the Elder "Hunters in the Snow" (16th century), you can see curlers in the background.

[@Toet89]

that's amazing, really awesome im a fanatic curler myself, but here in holland its not a big sport unfortunately. people think its stupid but i love it anyway

[@digitalperversion]

That's probably the nicest end i've ever seen! Awesome!!

[@wowhead1]

and to add to your point (which i agree and heatedly debate with any disagreeing people) there also must be a defense consisting of the other team physically trying to stop you to score in any true sport

[@Carlovfx]

I totally agree with you: the fact that i don't like it dooesn't mean that someone else likes it. But, for me the winter olympic games are something really precise, and i talk about curling as well as i talk about basketball and soccer in the olympics. The next stage will be pool or polo or what else?

[@Vedriz]

I've never watched curling, but now I might, it seems like a game that requires a lot of skill on everyone's part, and also precision.

[@osomnm431]

Hm not really.

[@brendan909]

'putting up guards ALSO helps your opponents to score, because if they get around your guard, its harder for you to take it out, which is why throwing up guards is an aggressive strategy.' Like you say, you have to get around the gaurds to score. That or get rid of them. It's not necessarily harder for your opponent to get around because you got around them. Plus then your opponent can raise a gaurd. Either way, the guards prevent a straight shot to the button.

[@vkotis]

This is a pretty cool sport! i've never really known too much about it. just found out some stuff tonight on the travel channel;)

[@Carlovfx]

Having this game in the olympics is a shame for the humanity, i think that means that today there is really space for everyone everywhere...

[@ProtozoaSound]

They're like HAAAAAARDDDD NOOOOOOOOO BUUUUUAAARRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGG

[@brendan909]

to add to the previous messge, in that particular situation, you would have to move some around to get into a position to be able to get closest to center.

[@AlbertaGamer]

It was invented in Scotland centuries ago and it has been televised nationally in Canada for 50 years. It's older than shuffleboard. Shuffleboard is curling on a waxed board.

[@Keeper1st]

Indeed. I've only learned about curling a couple months ago. It's quite fascinating. Like baseball, it can be a real nail-biter to watch. The basic concept is quite simple, really. I love the earlier comment of someone saying he doesn't understand the sport, adding "EPIC FAIL". I guess he's admitting "epic fail" of his brain... The only thing about curling that took me a while to understand was the traditional style scoreboard!

[@gorgeoushammer]

I like the announcers on this, they're having a good ole time.

[@brendan909]

@wowhead1 What do you call putting up guards? Also, are you saying that throwing 40 pound stones and sweeping as hard as you can is easy? Curling has significantly more physical exertion than any board or card game. Another thing, listen to the song "Take me out to the ball GAME" sometime.

[@Bartholh]

Holy Cow!!! that was amazing!

[@w0rthytv]

kathy king's third tought me at trillium!! high performance curling camp

[@RoflcoptersForLife]

this is the best sport that can go along with "that's what she said"

[@davebachman]

I live in Pennsylvania and have seen Curling in the Olympics. It looks like what we call shuffleboard, but played on ice with brooms?

[@jpsousa4]

This was awesome.

[@Furretizpro]

by sweeping the ice, they remove debris on the ice and therefore reduce the friction on the rock, making it travel farther. Also, by sweeping on one side of the rock, they can force the rock to turn a certain direction by increasing the friction on only one side.

[@TCstorm08]

the sweeping fast heats up the ice so the rock can slide on the water farther

[@trooper32556p]

How often do you see a team give up an 8 ender at that level of curling. Almost never.

[@MrVirobot]

There's teams, you go play games, it's competitive, some teams travel for games all over. Sounds like a sport to me.

[@scottalx]

What's even more interesting then is, how did you come across this video?

[@dizneegirl76]

Ah, never thought of that!

[@Sandbagger300]

@staphinfection This is like chess involves a lot of strategy and the mind for it. I'm a bowler myself so I can appreciate the throwing and needing to hit a certain spot at a certain speed. Unfortunately we live in a action and 2 second attention span world hence some of the comments posted here.

[@BlankJebus]

that last stone looked heavy...thought it was going to get swept out of the paint

[@alantgs]

Playing at this level, the sweepers will have over half their body weight on the brush head and will be moving it back and forth around 10 times a second. During the course of a game they may do this for over a mile. Try it for yourself and see whether or not it counts as physical exertion.

[@mikeallen9777]

A study showed it is 4 times per second. John Bradley.

[@brendan909]

@Agis2Ashes I know that. I was agreeing with vassalagem1 that you would have to knock out (or move around) some, or at least one of the opponents 5 stones.

[@MrTrent]

boy, my tiny brain knows that if it looks boring and sounds boring, it probably is. I find baseball boring as well unless there's a rally going on. Or when I'm at the World Series in Anaheim California. The sport I watch is Mixed Martial Arts. It's in Man's nature to be physical. And the best way to show who's the best at it is through full contact fighting. The most exciting part about baseball and hockey is when fights break out. In MMA strategy is key.

[@SepherStar]

I can tell most of the comments here are from Canadians because the conversation hasn't degenerated into obscenity.

[@Malincanada]

Jacobs just scored one in the Semi Final of the Northern Ontario playdowns!! Amazing! I can't seem to post the URL of the recording of it, but if you find a site called LiveStream and then add this - /soocurlerslive/video?clipId=pla_e2fe7969-8bc6-442a-97f8-ffe0b2817103 - after the .com you should see it. End starts at about 2:57:00.

[@dorianxd]

What's with the scoreboard?

[@AlbertaGamer]

You live in the country that was the first to televise poker.

[@jenniewahlin7277]

Everybody that says curling is not a sport and that it's so easy and what ever, nobody has forced you to play it or watch it, so why don't you just stop commenting unnecessary things and watch things on youtube that you actually like instead. Then you can let us, who do like curling, comment nice things for a change.

[@t.c.x.s.t.x.2877]

very rare 8 ender

[@asdfxyz1]

LMAO. I was wondering wtf you were talking about then 2 seconds later your subtitles matched the audio.

[@AlbertaGamer]

If curling became popular in the US, it would cease to be exist as we know it.

[@RollercoasterManiacs]

cool video. Curling is a very, very hard sport, in that you can always learn skills to be a better player. It is a million times harder than bowling.

[@ryanc519]

are those two 'sweepers" in the front workers or players?

[@bluenosedive]

OMG!! that was awesome 8 pointer never seen that

[@673620803]

@taahvieira09 which school are u in????? I'm doin this homework right now.. and I need to watch this on u2b.

[@x3cupcakex333]

okay not saying anything against the sport, im just asking. what does the sweeping do? like how does it affect it at all it looks like theyre just not touching the rock and its sliding down the ice. like whats the point can someone who plays please explain it to me.

[@brendan909]

@wowhead1 Didn't see the point on commenting on everything I had said, especially since the one I commented on is the best defends my point. and BTW I have yet to find any record of the message I supposedly sent you that started all this. ps Nice using my insult on me. Very creative

[@RareCandeh]

How do you play this, someone please explain to me!

[@MrTrent]

Is there an Olympic event with fewer audience attendances? And I really don't think Curling should be allowed to use the term "Grand Slam" in their event title.

[@brianmchugh7667]

An 8 ender, a perfect game, 3 homeruns in a game, what else is extremely rare in a sport? Let me know. These feats are wicked to watch.

[@mizshellytee]

+Brian McHugh Hitting for the cycle.

[@brianmchugh7667]

Shelly T. Yeah, good one!

[@brianmchugh7667]

Never even heard of it! Google & back.., Holy Crap! Best one yet. Thanks.

[@mizshellytee]

***** I had to look that up, too. Very good! :) Similarly, a golden match. (It's happened only once, ever, in overall tennis history (Hazel Wightman, 1910; Washington State Championships), and it has never happened in the Open Era.) A couple of other rare sports feats: gymnastics perfect 10. I think getting perfect sixes across the board in figure skating, under the old scoring method, was very rare, too.

[@MO_1996]

i know i am kinda late, but 9-Darters (Darts) or Maximum Break (Snooker) are also rare

[@poobens]

HARD! Hard all the way! Woah, woah! Close, woah. Yeah! Waoh, woah, woah... Nice shot.

[@davebachman]

And this is played how?

[@ecwecwecw1]

hay listen I play curling and ill tell you this its easy to learn how to play but learning to play well is really hard. People who play rugby and football couldnt do it

[@brendan909]

@nmiller921 that's true too. Thank you.

[@masoncameron3904]

I spared on a team that gave up a steal of 7

[@rainbownines]

@Banana Scoreboards in non-olympic curling are different and more traditional. Check out the (surprisingly accurate) Wikipedia page for the details.

[@BrianDoesThings]

Amazing sport!! Fascinating. Big fan here. Oh wait I lied.

[@KurreOravainen]

Greetings from Finland! Great end! I was playing a curlin match last wednesday with our university team and we won 13-1! About the posted video: loosing team seemed to have some problems with the throwes. Dont´n know why: their game seemed to go pretty fine (score was only 4-6). But that´s what happening when you have a lack of consetration. Who saied that curlin is not a sport?! Shame on you!

[@Tasermaxx]

The American women just gave up a seven ender to GB at the OLYMPICS of all places. Talk about laying an egg on the biggest stage. OUCH

[@StFidjnr]

oh this is BRUTAL

[@candyclouds5227]

And now Jamie Sinclair did that to the Garlic Girls of Korea! Turn about!

[@lowonthefoodchain]

King's 8th throw was kinda unfortunate, you have to admit. Too much power, stone left the house.

[@brendan909]

@vassalagem1 Of course you're not supposed to try to score. You can't because the opponents stones are preventing that. Yes, in sports like baseball and football, you are either on offense or defense. In baseball, unless there are strange rules I don't know about, it's impossible for the defence to score. And yes, for the most part, you are always trying to score on offence in those part. But if you are 4th and long, you punt. You have to knock out the stones to be able to score.

[@coltino99]

that ice is way different now then it is now

[@KennyVee]

How so, if you don't mind me asking 11 months after you said this? (Not looking for argument, just interested in your point of view).

[@dc93olson]

1:54 is sarah falin

[@hi00118]

dang I've only ever managed to skip a 3 stone end, and apart from this video, the most I've really ever seen is probably a 4... :o

[@nickleohilton]

Dang, you got me

[@BlankJebus]

@BridgetownCo agreed

[@EternalSilence4ever]

Wow Cathy King looked real bad on that miss. How the hell did she miss that one? I saw that one all the way =\

[@JosephSalcedodeLeon]

What happened to your channel?

[@sirhamalot8651]

Not sure why red kept try to gently get one in the house knowing they didn't have the hammer. I would have sent one hard at the large group. At worst knock a few points out, at best, sneak a red in with the yellows that couldn't be easily knocked out robbing them of most of the points.

[@curlerking99]

you never would have seen a 8 comin there

[@pinkisforpimps]

if only women actually swept like this in the home...the world would be a much better place.

[@AlbertaGamer]

Then your job is to speak with your fellow Americans who seem to feel the need to bash what they don't know, and you don't need to worry about people who are defending a favorite sport.

[@scottalx]

I'm pretty sure the skate blades would ruin the ice.

[@almal123]

Clearly you've never played!! Curling is tooo good!!

[@seddiwy]

I dunno, I think it's rather interesting. Definitely unique. Not as exciting to watch as hockey, personally, but neither is bowling or golf. Doesn't mean it's not a cool sport.

[@pinkisforpimps]

the world would be such a better place, if women actually swept like this in the home.

[@AlbertaGamer]

Great, I know some Americans like curling, but in the big picture, most Americans think it's stupid, and a few can't even resist putting annoying comments on curling videos. So, my comment is for mr. brown and those like him who can't stand people liking sports just because they don't like those sports.

[@brendan909]

I hate character limit, but understand. Man, I never thought I'd get such a debate from all this. But anyway, it's not just putting up guards, but utilizing them. If you put up gaurds and I use them..... This whole thing started over 'physical defence', like in football. Offence gets around defence there too. But it's still physical defence right?

[@voden6]

Is it me, or does this just look like a bunch of really hot moms that got together in their spare time and invented this sport?

[@TWEEDGAMES]

and the best part is, winners buy the losers drinks!

[@brendan909]

@l3eReal 'look at all sports. theres someone physically trying to stop your plays. there is no such thing in curling you stop your oppenent with placing the stones' They're called guards.

[@brendan909]

@l3eReal so skating, and (in the summer) track and feild, triathalons? Look up wikipedias definition of 'sport' It says card/board games can be called mind-sports.

[@amycho9069]

When people say curling isn't a sport I just.. ugh. Well, why don't you try sweeping while running /on the ice/ without falling especially during take out? Or slide out of the hack with a 40 pound rock, praying that you would get the right shot while trying not to fall? I am the Lead of our school's curling team, and every time after a game I am mentally and physically exhausted and one of my friends hurt her ankle because she slid out of the hack wrong.Jesus christ. Curling is a sport.

[@howulikedemrice]

HAHAHAHA AT 2 minutes some guy goes " HARD HARD HARD HARD HARD"real fast

[@DSREK7]

WOW a sold out crowd at the Player's Championship!!!!

[@MrVirobot]

It is a sport already....

[@LFSPharaoh]

Well...you did say "Americans don't like curling..." as if you meant us all...my parents love watching curling...I like to watch hockey, i like to watch football, and soccer. Who are you to tell us what we like and don't like...? AND what we are not good at, which isn't true either

[@mcknighty11]

ahhh poor Cathy...but good job Kelly

[@Ezek2517]

It's bowls on ice. And that it is. If you don't appreciate it, then it's not the sport for you!

[@njerzynek]

"Either way, the guards prevent a straight shot to the button" surely a shot can't go straight to the button because of the bias, a blocker only prevents a button takeout