0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.
You guys, I'm getting pretty amped up about the hockey game.
Quote from: sunny_cat on February 21, 2014, 09:09:38 AMYou guys, I'm getting pretty amped up about the hockey game. What time is the game?
eff CANADA
Matthew Doyle ?@MLS_Analyst 1mUS locker room first intermission team talk: …
Let's go Sweden
As good a thread as any for this: Went and curled last night at Line Creek in KC. Was pretty darn sweet. Much further than i expected and it was much more difficult to get one to go the right speed where it stops in the "house" than i thought. The brooming/sweeping certainly makes a difference. now that i am an expert, you can ask many any curling questions like we ask MIR womens hockey questions.
Quote from: MakeItRain on February 20, 2014, 07:04:09 PMQuote from: Trim on February 20, 2014, 06:18:41 PMMIR's gonna get mad but I 1) legitimately have no idea and 2) wll enjoy him lighting me up MIR-style with the answer somewhere within the rant vs. googling it.What to the girl hockey players do the other 3 years and 10-ish months?it's actually a good question, some of them play in a "professional" league with 5 Canadian teams and a team in Boston, but not all play because they don't pay a salary, they only cover some expenses, the ladies have to buy their own sticks. They get a stipend for playing on the national team and they play into the spring with the annual world championships. Most of them work real jobs and play in mens leagues.Mens leagues, like at the wichita ice centers of their respective towns?
Quote from: Trim on February 20, 2014, 06:18:41 PMMIR's gonna get mad but I 1) legitimately have no idea and 2) wll enjoy him lighting me up MIR-style with the answer somewhere within the rant vs. googling it.What to the girl hockey players do the other 3 years and 10-ish months?it's actually a good question, some of them play in a "professional" league with 5 Canadian teams and a team in Boston, but not all play because they don't pay a salary, they only cover some expenses, the ladies have to buy their own sticks. They get a stipend for playing on the national team and they play into the spring with the annual world championships. Most of them work real jobs and play in mens leagues.
MIR's gonna get mad but I 1) legitimately have no idea and 2) wll enjoy him lighting me up MIR-style with the answer somewhere within the rant vs. googling it.What to the girl hockey players do the other 3 years and 10-ish months?
Quote from: Boom Roasted on February 21, 2014, 08:18:47 AMAs good a thread as any for this: Went and curled last night at Line Creek in KC. Was pretty darn sweet. Much further than i expected and it was much more difficult to get one to go the right speed where it stops in the "house" than i thought. The brooming/sweeping certainly makes a difference. now that i am an expert, you can ask many any curling questions like we ask MIR womens hockey questions.that sport is completely confounding to me, controlling that 40 lb a stone, man. And the sweeping thing, do they shave the ice and leave the shavings on? The ice seems like what hockey ice would be like if it were never zambonied
Quote from: MakeItRain on February 21, 2014, 01:32:45 PMQuote from: Boom Roasted on February 21, 2014, 08:18:47 AMAs good a thread as any for this: Went and curled last night at Line Creek in KC. Was pretty darn sweet. Much further than i expected and it was much more difficult to get one to go the right speed where it stops in the "house" than i thought. The brooming/sweeping certainly makes a difference. now that i am an expert, you can ask many any curling questions like we ask MIR womens hockey questions.that sport is completely confounding to me, controlling that 40 lb a stone, man. And the sweeping thing, do they shave the ice and leave the shavings on? The ice seems like what hockey ice would be like if it were never zamboniedI always thought the brooms smoothened the ice to allow the stone to travel further
Quote from: Spracne on February 21, 2014, 01:36:53 PMQuote from: MakeItRain on February 21, 2014, 01:32:45 PMQuote from: Boom Roasted on February 21, 2014, 08:18:47 AMAs good a thread as any for this: Went and curled last night at Line Creek in KC. Was pretty darn sweet. Much further than i expected and it was much more difficult to get one to go the right speed where it stops in the "house" than i thought. The brooming/sweeping certainly makes a difference. now that i am an expert, you can ask many any curling questions like we ask MIR womens hockey questions.that sport is completely confounding to me, controlling that 40 lb a stone, man. And the sweeping thing, do they shave the ice and leave the shavings on? The ice seems like what hockey ice would be like if it were never zamboniedI always thought the brooms smoothened the ice to allow the stone to travel further smooth it by sweeping the shaved ice away I've never even seen a curling ice sheet
When sweeping, pressure and speed of the brush head are key in slightly increasing the layer of moisture that builds up under the stone.
