That One Time I Tried Curling in Albany… Yeah, It’s Not As Easy As It Looks

After a huge semifinal win over defending gold-medalists Italy, Team USA is heading to the gold-medal match against Sweden today on Peacock.

Watching all this Olympic curling success brought me back to 2018, when, during the Winter Games in PyeongChang, Chrissy and I decided to see what all the hype was about by heading to the Albany Curling Club to try it ourselves.

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"But it Looks So Easy!"

You know the line everyone says during the Olympics: “That’s a sport I could totally do.”
Yeah… about that.

Curling looks simple on TV. Slide a stone, sweep a little, yell “HARD!” and boom — Olympic glory. In reality? It’s a lot harder than it looks.

We bundled up and hit the ice, and quickly learned that curling requires balance, core strength, coordination, and the ability not to immediately fall on your backside. The crew at the Albany Curling Club couldn’t have been more patient as we stumbled, slid, and attempted to look like professionals.

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Turns out, sweeping like a maniac while someone yells at you is exhausting. Also, those stones are heavier than they look on TV.

Still, it was an absolute blast and gave us a whole new appreciation for the athletes now competing for gold.

Safe to say: we’ll stick to watching… and cheering Team USA from the couch.