Curling Kilted

[KenB]

I've been requested to wear my kilt to a curling/family gathering. Just wondering if anyone has curled while wearing their kilt. I could use a few tips, suggestions. Pics of the event will be posted.

[Zardoz]

A quick google shows kilted curling to be fairly common.

http://www.google.com/search?q=curli...w=1093&bih=506

I don't know much about curling, but as somebody who skates in a kilt I'd say just say don't go regimental in case you fall down or something!

[JohntheBiker]

KenB: You are a braver man than I, and likely a better curler! For me there is too much potential for landing on my but - not a pretty sight in a kilt, regardless of what you are wearing under. Shorts and a curling knee pad would seem to be in order. Good luck and please do share pictures.

[piperdown]

I've done it. Peice of cake. I did wear a pair of shorts though for evreyones sake.

[theborderer]

I bowled kilted and my YouTube video of the kilted Kruiser on a Quad has been shown here

[KenB]

Thanks everyone for the advice. Zardoz, your ....." in case you fall down or something" scares me - it's not the falling, it's the or something. If all goes well tomorrow I'll have some very funny, hopefully not rude, photos to upload.

[tulloch]

I don't curl but if I did I would do it kilted without hesitation - same with golf.

[Steve Ashton]

Since moving up here to Canada I have been introduced to curling. For some reason that sport is not popular where I am from in Texas.

The kilt is the unofficial uniform of curling. It is so Scottish that all the rocks you slide are made from Aberdeen Granite.

Next to hockey, curling is THE sport of the Great White North. I have heard that in some parts of Canada you simply pour water down your hallway to form a curling rink when it is too cold to drive into the rink in town.

But to my "South of the Mason-Dixon" mind the thought of kilts and all that ice just doesn't make sense. Of course all that ice, and anything, doesn't make any sense.

I have promised myself that I will try curling one of these days though. And yes, I'll wear my kilt. (And my kilt-johns)

[Barnfee]

I've been a curler for about 25 years now, and I've never yet attempted to play while wearing a kilt. I could count on one hand how many times I've seen any other curlers wearing a kilt on the ice. (Off-ice social events are a different matter, of course)
Not because it's too cold, but because with a good, low sliding technique, there just doesn't seem to be any way to retain one's dignity!
BTW, Steve, the granite is actually quarried from Ailsa Craig, a small island off the West coast of Scotland.

[brewerpaul]

Since moving up here to Canada I have been introduced to curling. For some reason that sport is not popular where I am from in Texas.

Being a Native Texan I would find it hard to squeeze out the sports of horse shoes, washers and 42 (dominoes) let alone chili cookoffs but it would be fun to travel up north and do some curling. It happens to be one of my favorite Olympic sports I enjoy watching. I did have the enjoyment once of teaching some British mates how to play horseshoes at Chilcoot Charlies in Alaska, that was quite a fun time.