Crokicurl puts a new spin on sport of curling
Clip: Season 12 Episode 12 | 2m 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Curling, long a popular pastime in the state, has a new variation, Crokicurl.
Curling is a well known pastime both in the Upper Midwest and across Canada. Popular in Canada, but largely unknown to the south, is a tabletop board game called Crokinole. Both games are deceptively simple at first, but rely on a lot of strategy to master. And Crokicurl combines them.
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Crokicurl puts a new spin on sport of curling
Clip: Season 12 Episode 12 | 2m 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Curling is a well known pastime both in the Upper Midwest and across Canada. Popular in Canada, but largely unknown to the south, is a tabletop board game called Crokinole. Both games are deceptively simple at first, but rely on a lot of strategy to master. And Crokicurl combines them.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship[upbeat music] - Kassandra Humke: We are here in the city of Altoona, Wisconsin.
And we're playing on the first Crokicurl rink in the United States of America.
[chuckling] - Roy Atkinson: We're the first, so we lay claim to the U.S.
Crokicurl Championship.
- Oh, no!
[curling stone clattering] - Teammate: You hit it!
- Chris Staack: We took the tournament the second year, and we're here to try to win our second title, let's say, in Crokicurl.
- Kyle Sorenson: I'm the national reigning champion with my partner at Crokicurl here.
Nice shot.
Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait!
- Kassandra: Crokicurl is a sport that is a mixture between curling and a board game called Crokinole from Canada.
Oh!
Do you have to be, like, behind the line?
- Kyle: So Crokicurl is just a blown-up version on ice.
- Kassandra: Two teams are playing against each other.
They each have two stones.
- Chris: The goal is to get it in the button.
- Kassandra: If they miss that, then they have to hit the opponent's stone.
- It's a lot of collisions.
[stones clacking] - The game is a little bit silly.
- Kyle: It gives you something to do out in January.
- Roy: We want people to get outside, be active.
Good shot.
- Kassandra: It's definitely growing.
The word is getting out there to come and play it.
[upbeat music] - Whoo!
- We have two-time champions here.
- It's still a silly game.
[laughing] Absolutely.
- Look at that guy!
MVP, he's the MVP.
MVP, best player ever.
[upbeat music]
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