Question of the day: which TV show is credited – or perhaps blamed? – with being the first “Reality” show? Survivor? The Real World? This forgotten oldie?
Big Brother must rank up there, and now the veteran CBS timewaster has become the first to send their contestants curling, as it happened back on week two of this eighth edition.
A modified version of curling, you would think? Definitely (photo courtesy CBS). You can watch the full segment here.
Ah, YouTube. What would we do without you?
For certain, it would be a lot tougher to find things like this clip from New Zealand’s recent outdoor curling spiel (not to forget this one of the Kiwis lunching) ... and this look at the tricky ice conditions the Aussies face on a daily basis ... plus these peeks (one and two) at the World Curling Federation’s Level 1 Technical course in Füssen, Germany (that’s Canadian Brian Rice doing the lecturing) ... and this TV news glimpse of arena curling in Omaha, Nebraska... nor would we easily find vid from Atlantic Canada’s famed Whitecap summer curling camp, available at this user’s page.
Anything else going on? Well ...
• Turns out it was an Ottawa curling ice technician who brought down Canada’s most wanted man this week ...
• Another young curler has died in a tragic accident, this time in Tillsonburg, Ontario ...
• Remember the big hoo-haw over Scotland’s – sorry, Great Britain’s – team selection process for the last Olympics? British Curling has now announced the plan for 2010 ...
• Here’s yet another TV report (including video) of the outdoor Kiwi curlfest ...
• Don’t miss Pfeif on The Curling Show, he’s always a great guest ...
• Team Jennifer Jones has a new sponsor, and it’s a current CCA partner. Former sponsor Whirlpool, which has been a dynamic supporter of women’s sport – including curling – for years, is now reported to be scaling down their involvement ...
• Wisconsin’s Pardeeville Curling Club president has received a well-deserved state honour
(defending U.S. women’s champion skip Deb McCormick is the club VP, by the way) ...
• TSN was quick to pick up our exclusive from July 25 ...
• and finally, there’s a big sale underway at Ishida Sports, including Mizuno carling pants!
Big Brother must rank up there, and now the veteran CBS timewaster has become the first to send their contestants curling, as it happened back on week two of this eighth edition.
A modified version of curling, you would think? Definitely (photo courtesy CBS). You can watch the full segment here.
Ah, YouTube. What would we do without you?
For certain, it would be a lot tougher to find things like this clip from New Zealand’s recent outdoor curling spiel (not to forget this one of the Kiwis lunching) ... and this look at the tricky ice conditions the Aussies face on a daily basis ... plus these peeks (one and two) at the World Curling Federation’s Level 1 Technical course in Füssen, Germany (that’s Canadian Brian Rice doing the lecturing) ... and this TV news glimpse of arena curling in Omaha, Nebraska... nor would we easily find vid from Atlantic Canada’s famed Whitecap summer curling camp, available at this user’s page.
Anything else going on? Well ...
• Turns out it was an Ottawa curling ice technician who brought down Canada’s most wanted man this week ...
• Another young curler has died in a tragic accident, this time in Tillsonburg, Ontario ...
• Remember the big hoo-haw over Scotland’s – sorry, Great Britain’s – team selection process for the last Olympics? British Curling has now announced the plan for 2010 ...
• Here’s yet another TV report (including video) of the outdoor Kiwi curlfest ...
• Don’t miss Pfeif on The Curling Show, he’s always a great guest ...
• Team Jennifer Jones has a new sponsor, and it’s a current CCA partner. Former sponsor Whirlpool, which has been a dynamic supporter of women’s sport – including curling – for years, is now reported to be scaling down their involvement ...
• Wisconsin’s Pardeeville Curling Club president has received a well-deserved state honour
(defending U.S. women’s champion skip Deb McCormick is the club VP, by the way) ...
• TSN was quick to pick up our exclusive from July 25 ...
• and finally, there’s a big sale underway at Ishida Sports, including Mizuno carling pants!
Wait a minute, The Amazing Race had contestants curl, in a real curling club, helmets and all! It was at least 2 or 3 season's ago.
ReplyDeleteNot only is jrs_curling correct, but we in fact ran a story on the Amazing Race's curling segment in an early 2006 issues... with photos and all! D'OH!
ReplyDeleteThe curling scenes were shot in Montreal at a makeshift arena, and the winners vowed to bring a curling club to their hometown of Cincinnati...