The Winter Olympics but make it Midwest? The Milano-Cortina Winter Olympic Games are in full swing, and at the time of writing, the United States has 14 medals to our name. With only four behind Norway and Italy, the red, white, and blue hold steady in third for the medal count.
Despite not leading the medal count, there have been many, many monumental moments at the Olympics thus far—like the Cory/Korey mixed doubles curling team taking the first medal home for the United States with silver.
Because of this historic Olympic team, there has been a lot of coverage surrounding the sport of curling, teaching fans about rules, regulations, and more—even down to the fact that the ice is pebbled to help the curling stone slide without friction.
@olympics “If we didn’t sprinkle water on, the stone would stick.” 🥌 🧊 The process of preparing the Olympic curling ice is far more detailed than you may have imagined. Here’s ice technician Mark Callan to explain it. #Olympics #WinterOlympics ♬ original sound – Olympics
It’s been fascinating to learn more about this sport and how much detail goes into curling the stone into the perfect position in the “house,” the target. The history this mixed doubles team made in Milano-Cortina has inspired some folks stateside to hit the ice and curl for themselves. But with curling stones being so expensive, a group of Wisconsin men took it upon themselves to rig their own curling stones. And what better way to get a heavy stone-like material than to curl a case of beer?
Real men of genius, am I right?
A group of men in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, is going viral for creating their own Busch curling stones, complete with a wooden handle on top of the rack of beer. Hitting a strip of frozen water, the men broke out into teams and are laying down some incredible redneck curling as they slide their beer into spray-painted house targets. While this is curling, the group also took some creative liberties by not having any team members curl the ice, so they are just sliding the beer toward their target, hoping to knock out the other team’s case.
A bush league curling Busch beer… You love to see it.
@dstone40 Busch curling Prairie du Chien #busch #curling ♬ You’re the Best – The Karate Kid
You already know the drill… I went straight to the comment section after watching this video, and they did not disappoint. Check out a few of my favorites while you’re here:
“That’s a Busch Light commercial.”
“me waiting for my turn.”
“do the winners get the cases??”
“Better than the Olympics”
“HAAARD…. HAAAARD… HARD… THERE….. SETTLE….SETTLE….”
“You should be curling stones. Keystones.”
“Let me guess… Wisconsin?”
“The Busch push.”
“Two questions: Where is this? Can I please participate?”
“That has to be the bush league.”
“Curling rocks are expensive. Drinking the sporting equipment seems like a tax right off to me!”
“How can I gamble on this?”
“Why is no one scrubbing?”
“This is the most Wisconsin thing I’ve ever witnessed.”
“What peak performance looks like!!!”
God bless Wisconsin.
