Park City Curling

Curling is a team game with similarities to bowl or shuffleboard, played by two teams of four players each on a rectangular sheet of carefully prepared ice. Teams take turns sliding heavy, polished granite stones down the ice towards the target (called the house). Two sweepers with brooms accompany each rock and use timing equipment and their best judgment, along with direction from their teammates, to help direct the stones to their resting place. The complex nature of stone placement and shot selection has led some to refer to curling as “chess on ice.”

It been awhile since I’ve been on the ice photographing curling.  I was fortunate enough to be the official curling photographer for Salt Lake Tribune during the 2002 Winter Olympic Games.  Curling is the only Olympic game that allows athletes to consume alcoholic beverages during matches.

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