Drawing on author John Cullens years of experience as both a standup comic and an elite curler, Curling Rocks! offers a lighthearted, expertly detailed look at a unique sport and its history, from the most absurd curling fashions to the most sublime matches ever played.The sport of curling continues to expand its global reach, attracting new players and fans far beyond traditional strongholds. Yet, even in Canadaa country with a long curling history and fifteen hundred clubs of its ownthe game is often dismissed as an eccentric pastime.According to author John Cullen, this is because curling is both inherently funny and chronically underestimated as a battle of skill and strategy. And Cullen is perfectly qualified to make this doubleedged claim not only is he a standup comic with many years of experience at the mic, but hes had years on the ice as an elite curler.Because most previous books on curling have been either howto guides or standard biographies of prominent players, there has long been space for a readerfriendly overview of the "roaring game" (a nickname inspired by the sound of the fortypound stone en route to its target). Curling Rocks! sets out to fill this gap with a lighthearted, expertly detailed account of the sport, ranging from the absurd to the sublime. Next to his observations on illfitting fashions and odd scandalsamong them Broomgate, when controversial new sweeping technology almost took out the curling worldCullen offers insights on everything...

Binding: Paperback;320 pages; Publisher: Douglas and McIntyre (2013) Ltd.; Classification: HBJK; Weight: 471.53 g; Dimensions: 203 x 139 x 19

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