2026 Winter Olympics

[Big Fin]

Leave it to the North Woods people to invent a sport that combines drinking and slowly moving during the winter.

You mean like spearing pike in a dark house?

 

[WapitiBob]

My sister still has a scar on her thigh from the dart she didn't catch.

 

[Gellar]

She could put him in a triangle choke and crack his head like a walnut!

He probably lets her.

 

[Wind Gypsy]

He probably lets her.

 

[Ben Lamb]

You mean like spearing pike in a dark house?

Ice fishing is just men avoiding their houses so they can drink in peace.

Much like the biatholon. But with less movement.

 

[Wildabeest]

First US men’s xc skiing medal in 50 years. Go Ben Ogden!!!

One of 41 athletes from Park City competing in this year’s Olympics. We’ve got a bronze and two silvers so far.

 

[cedahm]

Leave it to the North Woods people to invent a sport that combines drinking and slowly moving during the winter.

Ice fishing is just men avoiding their houses so they can drink in peace.

Much like the biatholon. But with less movement.

My initial list of sports where “the north woods would dominate, drinking would be encouraged or even provide an edge, and involve light physical activity” from your first post was :

Cribbage (I would accept ‘Euchre’ from the North woods of WI or MI)
Ice Fishing
Pull Tabs
Meat Raffles
Liars Dice (really, any random dice game involving free drinks at the local)
“Broasting” some form of meat

But Big Fin’s ancestors took the cake for “North Woods sports revolving around barely moving” (until it was canceled for obvious flaws in the concept):

World Sauna Championships - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Wild Bill]

Curling is awesome.

Appointment viewing for me.

Both the gold and bronze medal mixed doubles matches today were really fun.

The rules are very easy to understand and if you can do basic math in your head to understand scoring it’s easy to follow along. There is a good amount of strategy involved in each shot and the touch and accuracy these folks have is unbelievable. They can curl a stone 4’ left around 2 other stones and drop it on a dime. Incredible skill.

 

[golfer]

Curling is awesome.

Appointment viewing for me.

Both the gold and bronze medal mixed doubles matches today were really fun.

The rules are very easy to understand and if you can do basic math in your head to understand scoring it’s easy to follow along. There is a good amount of strategy involved in each shot and the touch and accuracy these folks have is unbelievable. They can curl a stone 4’ left around 2 other stones and drop it on a dime. Incredible skill.

That the Alisha Craig stone of Scotland. All Olympic stones are sourced from a single island. Apparently they curl better than other granite sources.