curling

“rings”, except when sweeping or to take away the stones right after the count has been determined by the vices. “No other destination in the globe produces granite with the blend of heat and moisture resistance and hardy resilience than this smaller Scottish island,” the official Olympics website explains. “For the sport of curling, nothing can replace the one of a kind properties of the granite hewn from a quarry on the island of Ailsa Craig off of Scotland’s Ayrshire Coast.” In Fairbanks, for instance, they took the fun dress to a new level, holding bonspiels with themes such as...