With the Winter Olympics a mere 100 days away , it’s time to jump-start your crippling case of SOCHI FEVER by appreciating the sport of stone sliding.
Curling became ironically popular during the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics simply because it was cool to support something that not everyone was into. And then a ton of people jumped on the curling bandwagon when they found out that some of the athletes looked like this:
That's Carmen Schaefer of Switzerland.
Via marca.com
Which is totally acceptable. Looking at hot people is one of my favorite hobbies. But curling is actually a lot cooler than people give it credit for, and it's definitely more than just a few good looking people sliding a rock down a lane of ice.
To begin with, it takes intense concentration and balance to have complete control of the stone.
