Winter Games?

[auld argonian]

With the Winter Olympics approaching, it occurred to me that Highland Games are usually held in Spring/Summer/Fall...considering the intensity of the things that are being thrown, tossed and hurled, this makes some sense as I'd hate to see a big, burly guy slip on the ice and get crushed by his own caber.

However....

...being the hardy, fun loving bunch that we all are and in the interest of stimulating more interest in Highland Heavy Athletics, isn't there some Winter version of Highland Athletics that could be implemented...even if only as a demonstration sport kinda thing...to keep the interest up and provide a Winter event for the faithful and the generally curious?

Kilted skiing? Kilted huge freakin' snowball rolling for speed and distance? How about kilted snowball fights, for that matter? I reckon that kilted luge would be right out....but maybe there are other variations that someone might want to suggest? I can just see cheering spectators standing around sipping "Scottish" coffee's (and it give us something to do with the whisky that's not quite good enough to stand on its own: toss it into a cup of good, strong coffee!).

Thoughts?

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[NewEnglander]

I don't know about your alternatives, but I know I'm psyched for some CURLING!
(I have no idea what goes on during the sport (like most others) but there ice and a rock and people yelling at it.)

[piperdown]

I LOVE curling!!! It's a very strategic game of millimeters :literally . Up here in canuck country it's very popular.

Look for Canada's Kevin Martin on the podium...hopefully gold this time. He came up a millimeter short last time for the silver medal.

[Raphael]

I am glad to see that people are talk about the Winter Games!!!

[NewEnglander]

I LOVE curling!!! It's a very strategic game of millimeters :literally . Up here in canuck country it's very popular.

Look for Canada's Kevin Martin on the podium...hopefully gold this time. He came up a millimeter short last time for the silver medal.

I just read somewhere that curling is one of the only sports to gain viewers between 2002 and 2006. Here in the States they're planning on airing many hours of it. I should find a "curling for dummies" book so I can at least pretend to know what's happening during the game.

[macshorty]

How about kilted snowboarding. A snowball fight would have to involve a huge friggin cannon!!

[starbkjrus]

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Here in the States they're planning on airing many hours of it. I should find a "curling for dummies" book so I can at least pretend to know what's happening during the game.

I find curling strangely intriguing and plan to watch as much as I can from the Games.

er....I just checked Amazon.com and Curling for Dummies by Bob Weeks (Sept. 29th. 2006) IS available.

[auld argonian]

How about kilted snowboarding. A snowball fight would have to involve a huge friggin cannon!!

I was thinking more of a trebuchet....


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[HeathBar]

I just read somewhere that curling is one of the only sports to gain viewers between 2002 and 2006. Here in the States they're planning on airing many hours of it. I should find a "curling for dummies" book so I can at least pretend to know what's happening during the game.

Have you ever played horseshoes? The idea is to get your stone the closest to the center. The one closest to the center is the team that scores points.

[NewEnglander]

Have you ever played horseshoes? The idea is to get your stone the closest to the center. The one closest to the center is the team that scores points.

Perfect. No blasted rules to get weighed down by. Just yell when it gets close to the middle. That's about my level of athleticism.