Kilts 'n curling

[Lallans]

Canuck--you Canadians also go nuts for lacrosse. I recall lacrosse is THE national sport of Canada. Isn't hockey the national winter sport of Cananda?

Lacrosse is the "official national sport". Hockey and curling are both "unofficial" national sports. Although we do, I believe, have a professional lacrosse league, you be hard pressed to find it televised or locally played. Every small town has a hockey rink and every medium town has a curling club at the least. The depth of talent in both sports is unfathomable. I don't know what was more shocking at the olympics, that GB's (Scotland's) women's curling team not making the medals or Canada's women curling winning silver! Well played Sweden. Tonight it's men's curling Canada vs Norway, guess whom I'm placing the mortgage payment on.

They keep saying that lacrosse is our national sport, but the people saying that are mostly historians. I think lacrosse gets the nod from them because it was invented by the First Nations Iroquois and also the rules influenced those of hockey. However as stated lacrosse doesn't get played much (outside of private schools and colleges), and certainly nothing like hockey or curling. Since hockey is pretty much a young persons sport, and the proper equipment is quite costly, curling gets played by a lot more people throughout their lives and affection-wise I suspect it is now in first place nationally. What I regret is the change to the new-design 'scientific' velcro-style brooms- the "thwapeta-thwapeta" sound of the old straw ones was a big part of the game, on a par with the old 'thwack' sound of a wooden baseball bat, but more prevalent. Of course the old brooms didn't work as well and left straws in the way and little problems like that- but still they really should have enshrined them in the rules just for the sound effects.

[ccga3359]

Here is a ladies curling kilt.

A picture of a ladies curling team in kilts presumably at the Briers:



And some Scottish gentlemen in kilts:

[robthehiker]

Lacrosse is the "official national sport". Hockey and curling are both "unofficial" national sports. Although we do, I believe, have a professional lacrosse league, you be hard pressed to find it televised or locally played. Every small town has a hockey rink and every medium town has a curling club at the least. The depth of talent in both sports is unfathomable. I don't know what was more shocking at the olympics, that GB's (Scotland's) women's curling team not making the medals or Canada's women curling winning silver! Well played Sweden. Tonight it's men's curling Canada vs Norway, guess whom I'm placing the mortgage payment on.

Since 1994, lacrosse has been Canada’s national summer game while hockey is Canada’s national winter game.

[Lallans]

Since 1994, lacrosse has been Canada’s national summer game while hockey is Canada’s national winter game.

Never played lacrosse myself- but a college roommate who did once gave me an impromptu springtime demonstation on how to demolish an alarm clock with his baton!

[ccga3359]

Since 1994, lacrosse has been Canada’s national summer game while hockey is Canada’s national winter game.

Notice that both our national games involve full contact but only one involves straping on a pair of 12" razor blades. Perhaps curling will eventually evolve in to a full contact sport...

[robthehiker]

Notice that both our national games involve full contact but only one involves straping on a pair of 12" razor blades. Perhaps curling will eventually evolve in to a full contact sport...

Sigh. If only!

[MrShoe]

Well they already throw stones at each other. That not violent enough?

[way2fractious]

Perhaps curling will eventually evolve in to a full contact sport...

If curling anything like cuddling or spooning, I'm going into training!

[MrShoe]

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