Would you watch curling outside of the Olympics?

[muon2]

I'm not even watching it inside the Olympics.

Same with me.

I respect Olympic competitors highly, of course, but the whole proceedings just don't interest me that much; if I had to choose, though, I'd take the winter events over the summer. The bobsled is probably the only one that's interesting to me - I like to to watch that.

That's an interesting comment. I enjoy watching sports of all types, part of it is my physics curiosity to see how athletic activities interact with the science of motion and the equipment that's used. That said, I find bobsled and luge among the most difficult to watch. The differences in choice of line down the track are tiny as are the time differences that result. The networks don't do much of a job pointing out this level of the competition, but focus on the time comparisons. I don't find that of much help without the knowledge of the track.

[muon2]

I just finished watching a few ends of Olympic curling as I usually do every four years. You have to like strategic thinking as opposed to direct action to appreciate the sport. There's a certain purity in watching the balance of speed and spin as the stones are thrown to accomplish the strategic goals.