I passed stones once; but the doctors informed me that it was a common medical condition and not a game. As an American, it also cost me $600 per stone.

@mcope9233

Жыл бұрын

@@flmang so did the stones they passed 💀

@lovescoober1993

Жыл бұрын

Lmfaooooo 😭 💀

@graemelliott3942

Жыл бұрын

Blue or Green ones?

@pelvicpunisher2245

Жыл бұрын

As an American you should have just pissed them out. We arnt Canadians. We don't play around with our stones like it some kind of game kojo. Edit M cope is the coldest mother fucker on the Internet

@gohanson8846

Жыл бұрын

Kidney stones?

considering they basically monopolized the prodcution of those stones, thats a surprisingly reasonable price

@ijustfelldown

Жыл бұрын

I think the Market for kurling stones isn't really large enough that they can gouge prices too heavily despite having a supply monopoly. There maybe 20 countries in the world at most that have regular kurling tournaments. People just won't bother getting into the games if they make it too expensive.

@TonkarzOfSolSystem

Жыл бұрын

If they made it too expensive curling tournaments would find other manufacturers.

@C22772

Жыл бұрын

@@TonkarzOfSolSystem yeah but since they were the only ones allowed to mine the island they'd have to change materials or something

@SebVEVO

Жыл бұрын

Compared to my tennis or even table tennis rackets, I would say they are not that expensive. xD

@TonkarzOfSolSystem

Жыл бұрын

@@C22772 Yes they would. But they wouldn't be the first sport to switch out traditional materials for cheaper materials that can be more easily sourced and manufactured. They'd probably even be one of the last.

-Handmade curling stones made out of rare granite. - The stones come from one island in the world. -You have to ship to these stones to someone in the mainland by boat to make the curling stones. -They only cost $600?! That’s an insanely reasonable price.

@Roger-wr1cm

Жыл бұрын

Clearly its machine made with hand-assisted polishing and assembly.

@Davisrullzs

Жыл бұрын

My man, it's 600 dollars for a glossy rock.

@gentrymyler4038

Жыл бұрын

That's what I was thinking...thats a steal of a price 🎉

@BlackDragon1035

Жыл бұрын

meanwhile apple monitor stand cost 999$

@lanoche

11 ай бұрын

@@Davisrullzs And people pay Thousands to millions on smaller but shinier rocks that are surprisingly common as well aka Diamonds. Remember De Beers get Diamonds by truckload but only release a fraction of it to keep the "value" high.

When they said expensive, i was expecting a lot more than $600 dollars. The finished product is a work of art.

@jeremiahadisa8062

Жыл бұрын

!!!

@nicoladc89

Жыл бұрын

You need 16 stones to play. So 600*16 = 9600 dollars plus expedition price (more than 320 kilograms) and taxes means more than 10k for a single set.

@noobusprimus4908

Жыл бұрын

600 for a stone

@TheJadeFist

Жыл бұрын

@@nicoladc89 Ya shipping those have gotta be expensive.

@ShoyuRamenBreakingBad

Жыл бұрын

Being rich must be nice eh? $600 for a shiny rock w/ a handle IS expensive. They only hiked up the price bc they know the Olympics can afford it 😂

Considering they can last for decades, and that they are handcrafted, I'd say it's worth the money

@miloradstrbacki4248

Жыл бұрын

Considering you got Lateralus on your profile pic, i'd say your comment is worth a like

@xspindrift8737

Жыл бұрын

It's a rock!

@trucutru3

Жыл бұрын

Pffft, I have multiple rocks in my backyard that have lasted for millions of years. (I can handcraft them into a shape and sell them to you for a few mil)

@manuelpenalva9278

Жыл бұрын

@@trucutru3 try it then

@pikkivs

Жыл бұрын

@@trucutru3 man is so smart, man knows everything

I had never heard of curling until sitting at my pub and the winter olympics were on the tele. The volume was turned down but I noticed many people focused on it. All the sudden they all erupted in cheering and it was a jump scare like no other. Then someone explained the game to me and by the fourth match I was hooked. Been following it every since and it's my number one sport at the winter olympics

@smoothpants

Ай бұрын

People think it's a difficult sport to understand, when it's quite the opposite. I usually tell people, when getting into a new sport...just worry about how to score The rest you will pick up over time.

@user-sm3ii5dk1u

Ай бұрын

The only slightly more important sport at the olympics is hockey, also dominated by friendly Canada lol.

Even the island looks like a Curling Stone, then you know the rock has got to be good!

I didn't know what they were made of. I always took them for granite.

@btg323

Жыл бұрын

Such an underrated comment lol

@m.dewylde5287

Жыл бұрын

@@btg323 Because it only works in spoken language, not in writing. Such an over rated comment!

@btg323

Жыл бұрын

@@m.dewylde5287 Lol. Then read the comment out loud, bud.

@m.dewylde5287

Жыл бұрын

@@btg323 Or, maybe you don't know how the word "granite" is pronounced.

@btg323

Жыл бұрын

@@m.dewylde5287 Or, maybe you just can’t appreciate a pun.

$600 is way less than i was expecting. No wonder so many small towns in Canada have curling rinks along with hockey rinks

@nothing2see315

Жыл бұрын

That and you don’t need a $500,000+ ice resurfaced to clean the curling ice every period

@medleyshift1325

Жыл бұрын

@@nothing2see315 Just a hoser with a backpack :D, and the clipping machine.

@kareandersson

Жыл бұрын

A bowling ball in this granit and then we are talking...

@mikee2zz858

Жыл бұрын

You need more than 1, though

@christophermccoy151

Жыл бұрын

Olympic stones. This video is about Olympic stones.

I worked with the company for three years, and unfortunately was one of the people who had to be let go at the beginning of the pandemic. I can safely say that the price of the stone is a bargain for the time, effort and craftsmanship that goes into not only making, but every stage of the process. From Ailsa Craig to the finished product, it certainly takes a momentous effort and quality from the team to make the stone as "perfect" as it currently is!

@dazzershell

Жыл бұрын

Why do they call themself "Masons"? I thought its the name of magnificient and hidden organization of politics and buisiness elite, ruling the world.

@smoothcriminal7118

Жыл бұрын

@@AnotherOpinionatedIdiot why would you ask stranger about his wages?

@RyanTosh

Жыл бұрын

@@smoothcriminal7118 Because the taboo surrounding pay is entirely made up by rich business owners to hide the fact that they underpay many of their employees? There's nothing wrong with discussing pay.

@Whoami691

Жыл бұрын

@@smoothcriminal7118 Only in America is it taboo to ask. Because that way they can underpay you and you don't ask questions.

@akirachan9391

Жыл бұрын

@@Whoami691 in germany we also have the saying „you shall not speak about money“ id agree on saying that its culturally dependant but not only in the US

This is the type of random knowledge that I love to learn. Thanks for this

I'm surprised these guys have been producing stones for so long. like, it's amazing that there is still a demand for stones that are simply eternal after their manufacture. what athletes do with them, that they need new stones? it's a damn stone that slides on ice, its bottom can't wear out

@XpetraXpazlX

Жыл бұрын

They hit other curling stones too.

@sebasstein7014

Жыл бұрын

As stated before, stone hits other stones= bad

@fpalas

Жыл бұрын

It feels like they eat them or something that they always need new ones

@AverySuzuki

Жыл бұрын

The stones wear out after a lot of play. The striking edge (the part that hits the other stones) gets thicker and thicker after lots of play and eventually the stones don't bounce off each other very well and can't be played with (on Olympic or championship level)

@user-sm3ii5dk1u

Ай бұрын

They are resurfaced/scuffed each day of play, and are replaced quite frequently in competition. Most sets of stones only are used competitively for a year, maybe 2.

A set of stones can last decades. So, they are expensive but a curling club isn't ordering a new set every year.

@arthc.castillo8982

Жыл бұрын

There are clubs for this senseless "sport"?!

@frosty_friends1807

Жыл бұрын

@@arthc.castillo8982 Oh but 300 pound grown ass men tackling each other is senseful? Americans...

@MikeJones-mf2fw

Жыл бұрын

@@frosty_friends1807 look at all my sense!

@coffeeuwu7127

Жыл бұрын

Maybe some sports aren't done to make sense bro

@millermike5739

Жыл бұрын

@@arthc.castillo8982 this is no different than any sport in the world

Ngl, $600 sounds like an incredible deal for a big, heavy work of art painstakingly and precisely made by a skilled artisan out of rare stone harvested from a remote island…

Curlings a fun sport. I did it growing up and have not played for a long time but I look back on it and enjoyed doing it a lot.

This video made me really look into curling. I'm hooked now!

To other people, curling is a boring sport. To me, it's parents putting their sweeping skills to the test. It's great to see curling embrace its Scottish roots like the Olympics using stones made from authentic Scottish granite, the British curling team always having Scots, and bagpipes played before the beginning of each session as part of ancient tradition. I'm not Scottish myself, but it doesn't take long to see why Scottish culture is appreciated so much, it's too cool not to like!

@EM-sc3pr

Жыл бұрын

It’s DUMB!

@blacksheepshepherd

Жыл бұрын

LOL...

@themonchlife

Жыл бұрын

Got a rock in the backyard you can shove on the ice. Riverrock bro, smooth as baby bottom 👌 annnnnd you don't have to spend money on it

@letwan

Жыл бұрын

I can't even call it a sport, its too lame

@b_f_d_d

Жыл бұрын

It's kinda lame

Wow, didn’t know they were stone. Never take learning for granite 😃

@Tuck-Shop

Жыл бұрын

That joke is marbleous.

@pieterlindeque7798

Жыл бұрын

@@Tuck-Shop It's a rock solid joke not gonna lie.

@priyanshugoel3030

Жыл бұрын

Such an igneous attempt at humus made me sedimental.

@bikarebetter

Жыл бұрын

These replies rock

@silkygoldbutter1676

Жыл бұрын

I’m too stoned to make sense of these puns right now

I come from a curling family. South Central Wisconsin born and bred and my family now is on our 6th generation of curlers. I love learning all of these weird things.

This was fun to watch! Didn‘t know how these stones are made. :)

The Trefor quarry mentioned at 5.43 was founded by my family. My grandfather Huw Darbishire was the General Manager for a time and the post was taken over by his brother Stephen Darbishire until the quarry was bought by Bath and Portland Stone. I have a photograph of my mother drilling a boulder with an Holman Silver 3 drilling machine sometime in the early 50's so that it could be split into smaller pieces. I spent many happy days there as a boy watching all the many facets of the production of granite for memorial stones, curling stones and road chippings.

@chaplainmattsanders4884

Жыл бұрын

Very cool. Thnx for that bit of history!

@pauldarbishire7226

Жыл бұрын

@@chaplainmattsanders4884 you're very welcome

@Chance57

Жыл бұрын

Very interesting addition. Sounds like fond memories.

@sander4916

Жыл бұрын

Awesome!

@bobhenry6159

Жыл бұрын

What, what are the odds? Thanks for sharing that.

Answering a question I never had for a product I never thought about. Still a fascinating process. And great to see a Scottish craft still surviving.

@portman2396

Жыл бұрын

It doesn’t have a lot these days. Unfortunately the SNP has turned it into the worst drug addicted country in Europe and people are struggling

@allwrighty100

Жыл бұрын

@@portman2396 The SNP? You're talking through your arse.

@portman2396

Жыл бұрын

@@allwrighty100 touched a nerve

@GB-vn1tf

Жыл бұрын

@@portman2396 sadly you speak the truth. The snp are both dividing and destroying the country and doing little else.

@portman2396

Жыл бұрын

@Scotty good luck with that SNP fairytale. No evidence. No plan. No money. Can’t wait to see it. 🤣🤣🤣 🤡

The fact the granite only comes from that island only adds to the mystique of the game. It ensures the consistency of how the stones react to impact. There really isn’t many games where the playing conditions are going to be the same anywhere quite like this. I love the sport and enjoy watching it. It’s really shuffleboard with controlled variables and played by individual specialists. A puzzle game played in real time. I bet it’s fun to play.

@rsla30

Жыл бұрын

They sweep frantically in front of a rock sliding on ice, I don't understand how it's so cool

@leandrotami

11 ай бұрын

as i see it they should make them from an artificial material made with the properties they need, with a process that can be replicated anywhere, so that competitors can make their own stones, lower the price and make the sport more accessible for other people

@jamesbizs

11 ай бұрын

There is no mystique lol. Some janitor was probably bored one day and make a new sport.

@jamesbizs

11 ай бұрын

@@leandrotami lol why does this sport need to be accessible

@fatcatinchair719

10 ай бұрын

Curler here, it is fun and you should try it if there is a curling club near you. learn to curls are usually not very expensive and likely you can borrow every thing you need

This is a intelligent topic, outstanding in every element of this production!! I never woulda even thought about curling stones being this interesting!!

@bryanelam7431

Жыл бұрын

@@bluewolfe96 since this is KZread I find your English lesson confusing. Is your response thoughtful & informative or arrogant & petty? Or both?

This is great that a traditional game and its dependent industry is not only able to survive, but it infact is thriving..

@MaestroAlvis

Жыл бұрын

Thriving? The Olympic committee probably has this company by the balls.

@garrysekelli6776

Жыл бұрын

İ don't like it. Hope they go bankrupt.

@rajkumardhakad8773

Жыл бұрын

@@garrysekelli6776 Even if we don't like something, that does not mean that we should pray for their mis fortunes...

@user-sm3ii5dk1u

Ай бұрын

It is also spreading around the world, watched Canada play Turkiye, Japan, New Zealand and tomorrow Korea at the women's world championships just the last 2 days.

No matter how pointless a profession ultimately is, seeing people in that profession care so deeply about their craft is always awe-inspiring

@northpaul707

Жыл бұрын

In what way is it pointless?

@randybobandy9828

Жыл бұрын

Most professions are pointless.

@northpaul707

Жыл бұрын

@@randybobandy9828 Nah

@randybobandy9828

Жыл бұрын

@@northpaul707 ya.

@northpaul707

Жыл бұрын

@@randybobandy9828 I suspect you don't understand what the word "pointless" means.

I'm curious as to how the sport was invented in the first place and how these rocks were discovered and determined to be the best option to use considering their rarity in the world.

@brianconnelly7823

Жыл бұрын

Because the sport was invented here in Scotland and they used the nearest source of top quality granite i.e Ailsa Craig

@Alexandros.Mograine

Жыл бұрын

You are curious but cant look that up yourself? Doesnt seem like you are all that curious.

@williamfreeman6935

6 ай бұрын

​@@Alexandros.Mograine. Same reason most people are on these platforms. To socially interact. tHat'S wHy It'S cAlLeD sOcIaL mEdIa....d*mb*ss.

@NazriB

5 ай бұрын

Lies again? Contender Series Cold Storage

@user-sm3ii5dk1u

Ай бұрын

Because Scotland invented the game, and then Scots came to Canada and we perfected the play of the game.

Great video. Great sport. I also loved the fact that the one mason still uses dot matrix printer paper :)

Honestly I feel like $600 for one is actually a pretty good deal. That's what good manufacturing costs these days, if it were made by automated robot machines in China and not by hand then sure charge $150 for it, or cost plus 20% or so. Sure in that case cost is lower, but this is hand made by the exact same artisans every time - a monopoly, and I think given that, the price is fair.

@Red1676

Жыл бұрын

@Repent and believe in Jesus Christ go away, stop trying to spread religion to give attention to your youtube channel for personal gain. You're no different than crypto scammers.

@a_lexine

Жыл бұрын

reminder that machines are more precise AND faster than these same artisans in question, so, with the proper adjustments, settings, and materials, those "150$" "made by automated robot machines in China" curling stones would be MORE consistent than these ones, since they'd be made in indistinguishably identical movements

@JackyBoiiii

Жыл бұрын

@@a_lexine Did you even watch the video

@OurLordandSaviorSigmar

Жыл бұрын

@@a_lexine measurement-wise they may be more consistent than those made by an artisan. However, as any mason would tell you, when cutting rock a machine can cause fractures for seemingly no reason. That's why it's better to leave it to people because they can prevent these from happening.

@garrysekelli6776

Жыл бұрын

Seems like a scam. There should just be specific demensions and weight and bouncyness. İt shouldnt have to come from a specific quarry. Should be made like poolballs or bowling balls.

Six hundred dollars? I was expecting somewhere between $1,000 and $2,000, considering the logistics, extraordinary quality, and craftsmanship involved in these beautiful works of art 🎨

@Ibakecookiess

Жыл бұрын

If you were expecting between 1k and 2k, i wouldn't say 600 is too far off.

@mtark9988

Жыл бұрын

It says "so expensive" so i expected at least 50k per rock.

@K1ddkanuck

Жыл бұрын

To be fair, you need 16 stones for a playable set, so the cost is more like 10 grand.

@badmaniak

Жыл бұрын

@@mtark9988 600 is too expensive for basically "a rock". With nothing else than stonecutting. ;)

@FluffyDragonDrawing

Жыл бұрын

@@badmaniak Can you cut stone like that? You say that as if Stonecutting is an easy craft that doesn't involve hours of hard work and training to pull off.

This is one of those videos that's way more interesting than you'd expect!

one of the biggest problems in sports these days is the cost of participation. we're basically excluding the vast majority of the talent from competition

A few years back I remember I stumbled upon and enjoyed watching the Russian woman's curling team play. Then I figured out that the brooms and a players actually had an effect on the play and started to enjoy the game.

@user-sm3ii5dk1u

Ай бұрын

The Russian team came to live in Edmonton in western Canada to train and learn for a year. They were really great people and awesome athletes.

I have no idea why, but this sport caught me when I was a young child watching it at the Olympics and 30 years later, it's still the only sport I watch during the Olympics.

@jaberwoky_

Жыл бұрын

It caught me as well when I was 13. I had to give it up 53 years later.

I can honestly say that I have never in my life thought that the hand manufacturing of curling stones is even a thing or that one company taking granite from one island has lease over the Olympic Games! You know, every once in a while you come across a completely random nugget of information that just shocks you not only with how incredibly unique it is but with the notion of how unlikely it is that you would have ever pondered it yourself to the point where you might have looked it up online or something online. So, in other words, I probably would have gone my entire life completely oblivious to this process or this company or the history behind this unless I saw this video today. This is very cool and I am delighted to have come across this video!!!

That was way more interesting than I expected it to be.

Glad I'm not the only one who expected it to be way more than $600 a stone

@Leo-gt1bx

Жыл бұрын

Well as long as idiots pay to watch it you can expect any price.

@jaberwoky_

Жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure the stones they're using at the Olympics cost way more than $600 each. Club stones, perhaps.

Curling was so fun back when I lived in Alaska. But it was so hard and I was rather crap. Can't believe how much goes into being a good curler, and I appreciate watching the games so much more now

@user-sm3ii5dk1u

Ай бұрын

The women's worlds are on now. If you watch closely there are now 2 sweepers but only one sweeps most of the time, one type of broom cuts the ice to add more curl for the rock to grip, and the other polishes the ice to let the rock slide and run straighter. The sweepers can carry a rock up to 12 feet and can swing it side to side as much as 6 feet. The throw, and spin added to the handle can also create many different swing paths. It takes enormous skill and strategy to be even a decent player, plus strength and endless cardio.

Ailsa Craig is also called Paddy's Milestone. It's on the old shipping route from Glasgow to Belfast. It's at the Southern end of the Lower Firth of Clyde. It's basically a bird sanctuary and home to a vast population of very noisy birds. But there was a manned lighthouse at one time and there is the remains of a narrow gauge railway running round the island, possibly for the quarrying. It's pretty exposed and the next land South is North coast of Spain. For the pedants, that's strictly a direct line south from Strone Point on the Upper Firth. It might be exposed but it's not exactly remote. If you want to sail round Ailsa Craig, the Paddle Steamer Waverley usually does the occasional trip on her Clyde itinerary between June and August. It's a great day out and if you don't believe the direct line South thing from Strone point, ask to the navigator or the chap doing the commentary. (I had OS map 63 and can vouch the ruler didn't hit any land and ran off the page though it came within sneezing distance of the Islands of Bute and Cumbrae).

lol yesterday after watching the series "three pines" I wondered how much curling stuff cost and today youtube gives me the answer xD

Quick answer, there expensive because the Olympics are involved

@twilight1599

Жыл бұрын

Affirmative

@woohoobarz

Жыл бұрын

They’re*

@crocodile2501

Жыл бұрын

OR because they are made by manual labour in an industrialized nation🙄

@Hawk7886

Жыл бұрын

Theiyre're

@alalalala57

Жыл бұрын

They're

"Harvest" is a fun little rebranding of mining.

Who knew! I guess I won't be taking curling stones for granite anymore!

@lukraniom8731

Жыл бұрын

Boi what the hell boi 😂

Is balance of the stone an issue? If one edge of a stone weighs more, would that effect how it curls? I didn't see any mention of this.

@nielsdenijs1931

Жыл бұрын

It sure does

@InsaneHunter01

Жыл бұрын

That's depending on the curl that the player uses when "throwing the stone". If the density of the rock is not even, or more dense to 1 side, the curl will veer off either right or left. Hard, into the side of the sheet, or off it's proposed path set by the player. In all probability, eliminating the stone from play before it reaches the destination down the ice.

@user-sm3ii5dk1u

Ай бұрын

The players are so well practiced that they can tell which stones will perform in which ways, and choose which to use to accentuate their ability. The worst is having to use 2 stones that are not evenly matched.

These stones are work of art. I won't buy one, but sure respect the artisans who make these perfect stones

@K1ddkanuck

Жыл бұрын

You don't buy one. You buy 16. You need a full set to play the game (8 red and 8 yellow). So that's about 10k.

@Omni0404

Жыл бұрын

@@K1ddkanuck A quick search online confirms you can indeed buy a single stone. Imagine if one cracked, you'd have to buy 16 more to replace it?

@ozanozenir2503

Жыл бұрын

@@K1ddkanuck my man buys a whole library when a single book gets a scratch

@18skeltor

Жыл бұрын

@@Omni0404 I think his point is that if you're new to the hobby you wouldn't buy just one.

@Omni0404

Жыл бұрын

@@18skeltor OP was talking about getting one for artistic value not starting the sport.

I mean I think 600 bucks is actually pretty cheap considering the logistics and skill needed to make the stone

@ramencakes5196

Жыл бұрын

It's also just stone so can't really be super expensive

@TheCrazyCanuck420

Жыл бұрын

@@ramencakes5196 The diamond industry blacklisted you for that comment 😀

@MCXM111

Жыл бұрын

You can get exactly the same quality stones from other places. But the monopolists invented that whole bs story that you can get the stones only from that faraway island and bla bla bla

@jaberwoky_

Жыл бұрын

@@MCXM111 Uh, no. Blue Hone is the superior granite for curling stones.

Talk about the ultimate hustle...cornered the market smooth

Yes KZread I will definitely watch a 8 1/2 minute video about curling stones!!!

When I saw the title I thought that the stones would cost like 15~20k each. $600 seems like a really reasonable price considering it's pure granite and it can last for decades

@franciscopozole

2 ай бұрын

Yeah but the olympics last a few weeks and then move to another country. So they get to sell a new tournaments worth minimum every 4 years. Pretty sure they love making those stones because they bribed the olympics committee into having a monopoly. I don't believe for a second they are the only people capable of making them, or their super special granite is the only material that can be used. Its just corruption hiding behind a mask of snooty pretention.

1:07 It's fitting that from a distance the island with the granite used for curling stones looks like a giant curling stone.

My fav sport to watch during the Olympics.

I never knew those stone were so hard to make. I guess I took it for granite…

I'd found out about these earlier thanks to an excellent article on BBC Travel! Glad to see it covered, although in an event as big as the Olympics, $600 feels "relatively" cheap (compared to the other stuff in the series)

@hurricane9851

Жыл бұрын

$600 per stone and you need 16 for a set. So it's about $9600.

@user-sm3ii5dk1u

Ай бұрын

@@hurricane9851 Plus 1 or 2 back up sets, and that covers 1 ice sheet, and most arenas have 4, with most curling clubs having 6-10 sheets.

For me this video takes the exclusive credit for the discovery of an interesting sport coming from a people as nice and culturally rooted as the Scottish. I'll definitely watch out for the upcoming world curling competition.

We used to have to put the curling stones away before we could use the rink for hockey practice. The only time I've tried curling was when I was wearing skates and a full hockey kit. That was 40 odd years ago.

Kay's Curling, Kay's cooking. Both from Scotland. We need this crossover episode

Wow, did not know any of this! Guess I was just taking it for granite

@SJNaka101

Жыл бұрын

Boo

@nothing2see315

Жыл бұрын

I can do one, that guys made of rocks!

@normie2716

Жыл бұрын

Geology rocks!

i have 0 idea what curling is but its satisfying hearing those rocks slide across the ice

Very interesting to learn about the Curling stones.

This knowledge will come in handy someday

Who doesn't love curling? It has to be the most loved sport in the world! Very fun to watch!

@FMHikari

Жыл бұрын

I'm sorry to be the first to tell you i hadn't heard of it until today.

@aightcool9998

Жыл бұрын

@@FMHikari same ngl

@justsomeguythatlikesart

Жыл бұрын

@@FMHikari I've seen it, but didn't know it was a sport much less played at the Olympics.

@billiebluesheepie2907

Жыл бұрын

It’s fun to play, too! I have been today and my team won, I had loads of stones in the house :-)

@avva4090

Жыл бұрын

I wouldn't expect curling to crack the top 20 sports worldwide, but it's really cool and it's awesome to learn about the stones are made 🤘🏾

please take a second and admire the amazing floor cleaning abilities of the guy who runs with the stone.

@johnc3525

8 ай бұрын

Their houses must be spotless.

@user-sm3ii5dk1u

Ай бұрын

@@johnc3525 They had to outlaw vacuums as the Americans wanted to cheat.

Without starting it yet. I could see them being expensive for the time and effort it takes to make them as perfect as can be. Weight must be spot on, angles spot on and smoothness as well, also type of stone or possibly fused stones together adds to cost. Okay now to watch lol

Didn’t realize what went into these stones for competition. My hat is off to the craftsman skill and the athlete’s sKill👍

Damn that’s my old company, I miss those dudes. I wasn’t in the photo but I got there shortly after it was taken. The story was nuts, taking shots with your Division CG

$9,600 is the final price that the Olympic Games has to pay after ALL this work to make the stones? Seems cheap as heck lol

@MKRM27

Жыл бұрын

Per set. There are many sets

@phyviction589

Жыл бұрын

There is usually 4 sheets with two sets each, coming to 64 rocks (usually they have two sets of spares too, but I won’t count them) meaning the total cost is just under $40,000.

@PanduPoluan

Жыл бұрын

@@phyviction589 But does the Olympic Committee only ordered 4 sheets for the _whole_ Winter Olympics?

@Ettevrocevol

Жыл бұрын

@@PanduPoluan The World Curling federation has a few sets of stones dedicated to international play. I’d be surprised if they’ve even ordered new ones in the past decade.

2:50 how he just slides through 🤣

Never liked this game but I do now it’s amazing

I used to core concrete. I can't imagine how long it takes to run the bit through that granite!!

@Felipera_

Жыл бұрын

I bet it takes Quite a bit

I love how the island in the first shot looks like a giant curling stone

Curling feels like an AI generated sport

@jhoover8734

Жыл бұрын

I was thinking toddler generated, but that works too

@trashcontent4851

Жыл бұрын

To be fair if you told someone, who didn’t know of the sports, a vague description of any sports it would seem like an A.I made it.

@user-sm3ii5dk1u

Ай бұрын

Curling is literally the furthest you could get from AI in a sport...throw rocks across ice. Cave men would understand the concept.

Nothing feels more Canadian to me than being in a small prairie town where they only have a few hundred people but they have a curling club and a hockey arena 🙂

@KickassTechnology

Жыл бұрын

Amazing how Canada is not winning every gold, Sweden with just a handful of curling teams is way more successful right now

@user-sm3ii5dk1u

Ай бұрын

@@KickassTechnology Canada's women's team is 10-0 at the world championships today... so...

@KickassTechnology

Ай бұрын

@@user-sm3ii5dk1u so what?

good video if im ever in the market for curling stones

Pretty competitive vs the price of an Olympic road bike, and looks a lot more durable.

I love Olympic Curling. The skill that players display is phenomenal.

@luckyman1170

Жыл бұрын

It doesn’t belong in the Olympics. Many athletic sports belong there, not this.

@user-sm3ii5dk1u

Ай бұрын

Oh, you've seen Canada curling!

Wow I’ve seen that island before while I was on a ferry from Northern Ireland to Scotland to watch a football match when I was a kid and years later I’ve found out it has a interesting story😂 the island even looks kinda like a curly stone

@witterquickly

Жыл бұрын

I can see it from my front window :) Pretty stark island, great views of it from Troon etc

They are surely called cheeses because a lot of hard cheeses are formed into very large moulds, called "wheels of cheese", which can be of a similar size and shape to a curling stone. I think a wheel of cheese is sometimes just shortened to "a cheese".

loved the video watched the whole thing.... still don't know what curling is though🤣🤣

For those calling it lame, apply that same logic to EVERY other sport: - Throwing a ball back and forth and some tackling...and call it American football - Cars going in circles...racing - Catching and batting a ball and throw in some adults scramming to snatch balls from children...baseball - hitting a puck back and forth...ice hockey The point is not all sports are for everyone. People can enjoy curling while others can enjoy ice hockey. What happened to COEXISTING?

@KingOfTresune

Жыл бұрын

My man just said ice hockey was just hitting a puck back and forth…

@chrisl9934

11 ай бұрын

All those sports you mentioned involves a lot more physicality than curling which people tend to enjoy seeing in sports.

@daniellukov

7 ай бұрын

@@chrisl9934 what about chess 5head?

@user-sm3ii5dk1u

Ай бұрын

@@KingOfTresune And then 2 guys kicking the crap out of each other with knives strapped to their feet.

Here in Hawaii there is a game called "ulu maika" it's similar to this sport but with the ulumaika game you roll the stone on its edge like a tire.

@lukeboulter8735

Жыл бұрын

sounds like lawn bowling. Are you aiming to be the closest to the marker in the middle?

@shawnlawrence973

Жыл бұрын

@@lukeboulter8735 yes! I like that term "lawn bowling" you put two wood stakes in the ground and roll the stone in-between

@rftulie

Жыл бұрын

And I’ll just assume no ice is involved 😁

@shawnlawrence973

Жыл бұрын

@@rftulie no ice. The stone puck is similar though

As an American: _Ah. The winter solstice is upon us. Curling season has begun. We hath remembered this sport_

@user-sm3ii5dk1u

Ай бұрын

As a Canadian... geez its 90F outside why don't we go curling and cool off... Winning is an attitude lol

So interesting thanks for sharing

the times i have driven on that coast , and never knew Ailsa Craig' was used for this purpose .

As a mason/stone engraver, I was geeking out watching this and now wish to visit Kays to one day help make a curling stone

never watched a curling game in my life and always thought its a s h i t t y sport i still do but hey these stones are cool af and they definitely take a lot more work to be made than i realized. Really cool video.

@jaberwoky_

Жыл бұрын

Strong opinion for someone who has never even watched a game. Give it a chance - it really is an amazing sport.

Never seen such a rock solid documentary on curling stones ….

The process of making the curling stones is more interesting than the game itself.

@Petothegreatone

8 ай бұрын

So true.

@johnc3525

8 ай бұрын

Watching paint dry is more interesting than the game itself.

@user-sm3ii5dk1u

Ай бұрын

It is more fun to watch than a damn superbowl

People rolled their eyes when this first debuted in the olympics.. and they're still rolling their eyes when it's played at the olympics...

@user-sm3ii5dk1u

Ай бұрын

A clever aside indeed. Did you know that the 2 most profitable and broadly watched olympic sports are curling and hockey? These 2 virtually pay for the olympics.

This game has always intrigued me mainly because of the way how the trajectory of the stone is mopped.

@user-sm3ii5dk1u

Ай бұрын

It is sweeping, although that itself is a bit of a misnomer. In the old days long corn brooms were used, which had the dual effect of cleaning the ice, but also warming it a bit so the rock would slide on the created bit of water. The high tech brooms of today that look like "swiffers" have different surfaces, one sweeper can make the ice smoother allowing the rock to glide further down the ice, and the other sweeper can abrade the ice allowing the rock to grip a bit more to enhance the distance it can swing, or curl.

*me chilling at 2 AM* Well this sounds super interesting

Considering what goes into these stones - expertise, equipment, so on, and so forth, I think they're inexpensive. $600.00 sounds like a major deal, to me!

I don't understand the scoring nor do I particularly care about the sport. That being said, Curling in the Winter Olympics is such riveting entertainment. Now that I've seen the level of effort and care that goes into the stones, I think Curling just leveled up in my mind.

@jaberwoky_

Жыл бұрын

Scoring is super easy - one point for every stone closest to the centre than the opponent's stones. It's a simple game to play, incredibly difficult to play well. At the higher levels, it's very demanding physically.

@Michaelonyoutub

8 ай бұрын

Yeah scoring is actually real simple, the coloured rings confuse you at first generally and make you think there is some importance to them, like more points for closer rings, but really they are mostly used so it is easy to tell if one rock on one side is closer than another on the other side without having to get the measurer out every time. The only markings that really matter, is the "button" which is the very center dot of the rings and what people have to aim to be closest to to score, and the outer circumference of the outermost ring, as only stones within the rings count for scoring. Otherwise there are some lines which have importance to the rules of play but are mostly unimportant for understanding what is going on as a spectator.

@user-sm3ii5dk1u

Ай бұрын

@@jaberwoky_ The cardio in elite curling is similar to a marathon. I happen to live in a city with several world champions and have been lucky enough to spend time with amazing athletes that curl. One thing though, that tiny girl figure skating... she is a better athlete than almost everyone at the olympics...just saying.

Sooo it is completely stone, wow.. First time I saw the game, it was unique then it becomes interesting to watch. Good to know what is behind the game.

I wish there more Ice Rinks that could accommodate Curling Lanes I'd definitely have a go 👍

I curled a few times before. I was naturally really and incredible amounts of force and nearly broke 3. They’re very nice to the touch and heavy.

@jaberwoky_

Жыл бұрын

Funny - I curled for 53 years and played a lot. In all those years, I never saw a stone break or even chip.

I like how the island looks like a curling stone from a distance

@craw81_

Жыл бұрын

Tunnocks tea cake

I want an hour loop of the first 3 seconds of this video lol

At first when I saw the title I thought it was not expensive, but explosive.

wtf I’ve literally never watched any curling before, i dont even know how it works or what the rules are, but i still watched the entire thing and found it pretty interesting

@sholland42

Жыл бұрын

I discovered curling a couple years ago watching the Olympics. At first I was laughing at how ridiculous it seemed, but had my mind blown after seeing an impossible shot. I literally jumped out of my seat.

$600 is incredibly reasonable for the masterful craftsmanship. I think the argument for expensive comes from the fact that you buy them in sets.

@user-sm3ii5dk1u

Ай бұрын

The rocks (min 16 per sheet), the arena, the shoes, brooms, bar (yeah, but its curling) all add to the cost.