welcome to the Langley curling Center and welcome of course to nerd Sports
where the keyboard Warriors fresh off of a couple of winds are going to be taking
on the tardies I mean what are they late
in the sport of curling we plan to sweep our way to Victory this episode is going
to rock curling
jokes is there something wrong with my hair sure all right ask me questions I
I've only ever seen curling at the Olympics and like honestly it doesn't
even look like a real sport it's more of a game I don't know like it's it's just
it's just weird it's like they were like oh we need to add something to the Olympics let's just throw rocks on the
ice and see how far they go sorry curling people in of the world I figure
it's just kind of shuffle board or botch ball or lawn darts or any kind of game
you know you throw it you try and throw it the right amount and don't throw it
too far
uh my name is Jordan tardy and I've been curling for around 5 years uh my name is
Nick I play lead Daniel I'm the third for this team I have a bronze and silver
medal from Junior Nationals I'm Tyler I play Skip and uh sometimes I call a
pretty good
game I have seen cling copts on TV and I
don't know why people are yelling I don't get it Kling is a sport all about
finesse and getting your rock to the
spot I believe it is the sport that's playing behind me with the sweeping and
I think I'm probably going to be the sweeping dude
perfect we're super screwed this is my broom get your own broom okay oh I get
it now maybe okay okay I guess I just go just
go go for it man go for this is a more natural turn to start anyways there you
go that was you know the right idea maybe can I just can you settle an
argument for us really quick absolutely Bank shots permitted or no no sorry I
figured that out when I saw that the other lanes don't even have the banks on
you should have figured it out immediately no you should not have need
that's a viable strategy in
pool
yeah see the big line here the big blue one I see that this is the call the hog
line you have to let go yeah you have to let go by this okay so not a problem for
you guys watching you do that on the ice you warm up that Pebble a little bit and
that helps keep the friction down and you you may not you may not touch the
thing right just I'm verif I'm making sure maybe
there's some why don't you ask if we can Ste the other ties well maybe we can I
don't know do that in Lacross I'm sweeping I'm sweeping it I'm sweeping I
don't know what I'm doing here but I'm doing it Dennis you doing it or what
Dennis you're go over there Dennis Dennis over here come on Dennis there we
go there we go look at how easy this is
Taran you got to sweep you don't just drag the gosh no I know but this is
doing something no it's not doing anything you're supposed to it's
friction you're supposed to heat the ice that's what I'm doing L it's heating the
icea slightly sweep I'm just asking if
that'll work no it's not going to work if it was going to work don't you think
Dave would do it maybe they're not as advanced as us I maybe I'm changing up
the sport a little bit you know 4 minutes to learn how to
curl call it hello curling fans and welcome inside
George in Recreation Center in Langley BC as a keyboard Warriors continue their
nerd Sports tour and try their hand at curling today as they take on the 2016
Canadian Junior men's curling bronze medalists in team tardy I am Brandon
Asel alongside Tyler dinwoody and Tyler after doing so well in volleyball
lacrosse dodgeball and hockey I guess the Nerds figure hey let's stay on the
ice and try some curling well Brandon the key difference I see tonight between
this and the other sports is this one is is going to require a lot more touch and finesse as opposed to Pure athleticism
is which they've needed on their previous four Endeavors a game like curling you need touch slight of hand
you got to communicate and they have none of that so this should be an interesting match up yeah they've really
proven to have none of that that's true we are underway we got team tardy in
their black uniforms looking sharp they are the guys that look like they know
what they're doing and we have the keyboard Warriors and their familiar
what do you want to call it fluorescent orange red red with yellow numbers they
kind of resemble maybe McDonald's volunteers at some sort of kid's
birthday party always easy to spot Taran he's worn helmets in almost everything
he must fancy himself a real smart guy if he wants to protect his head that
badly but anyway we'll see if he needs it or not is Dennis going now old one we don't
know what's happening and we got Dennis is hung
leading things off here with the rock this should be an interesting technique
and form um try try and put he looks
like he's taking it really seriously we'll see how he takes off in this he's not using the uh the uh the that a lot
of people choose to use he's just bouncing on his broom which is an impressive start we'll see if he can
stay on his feet and let's listen in as Dennis lets his first one fly let go of
it on by this oh that was too fast don't sweep it
don't sweep it I can do that yeah let
fly was probably a very correct term for it's going hard right they're not even
sweeping Teran just going to let this one go and yep hits the bumper on the other court and what a shot if he's
playing on the other side that would be a decent guard Stone all right Dennis
try not to suck next time get off the field get back back out of the way lane
two and here's team tardy and look at that technique the form and he's just
going to lay this one open see the spin beautifully done Tyler tardy the skip
he's been curling since 2008 and they put a nice one in there early
go denn you need to curve it do the curvy curb but go like
yeah okay Colton get up here Colton denn
that was too fast you're good you're good that's why I didn't even get up
there what do we do going
do techn we're not allowed to hit their rocks for the first four what do you
mean we're not allowed to hit the Rocks the first four yeah I didn't know that
what happens if we do wow they're good that's a that's look
at that
go all right all right all right oh that was I think that no Dennis don't don't
that's too fast okay sweep it sweep it come on sweep it sweep it Dennis you got
to sweep come on now look at he's really giving Dennis's H the business I'm
trying to figure out what's going through his head that he thinks he's one
of the foremost authorities within their group because he's terrible you want me
to do okay don't do anym get that what are you doing oh
that's good is I of you go you're just
upset you don't mean
that went past the motion it really is
there not much friction on here I mean no loss is a relative term person
standing here calls the shots on sweeping right yes okay well next time
hopefully that'll work well you need to be louder I was really loud many so how
many points you guys get do you have a GoPro on your helmet no oh what's on
your helmet it's a light oh a light right right so it only goes to 12 and
you guys got six points in one end what if you get more than 12 okay that's it
handicap time what if they bring it on you're going to put weights on your
sticks it's going to be an advantage to pour weight in the broom why do we keep
giving them handicaps that are a secret Advantage I don't know horse head masks
as Horses let's do this is this a sumo suit throw the Rock at shower you can't
even see it but wait there's more you're also going to be wearing this fantastic
bathroom which I actually kind of wish I got to wear cuz I'm pretty
cold uh I can barely see no question
about it their vision is a lot more
obstructed that's right yeah now we T
yeah now now you know what it feels like to suck it curling first throw ends up
here for team tardy and the first stone looks a little
soft and is that going to make it to the line I don't think so in they know it
the one shot that we try to do every
time all right that was a bit fast Denis that was pretty fast
sweep don't sweep and let's just hope it doesn't hit the Dennis come on Den
good head on you the block it up there
any better no way pressure's on line is
here Dennis is the most uncoordinated and they're all 156 lb wow if he could
have snuck by that one it have been a shot it's not awful it's actually their
best shot of the game but he uh but Colton gets in and sweeps it out further
okay so was I pretty close on both of those shots you super close only that
much off both of them okay so you're
saying if I like what I I was telling you I was telling you to go here to hit
it that's not what you're supposed to do well of course you're suppos to hit no
you don't you don't hold the thing here and then say to curl cuz it's going to
end up over there no because you suck it doing it and I knew it would curl around
into it it's not going to curl around into it if you point right out okay well
you suck C okay okay so I should have done I thought you had to curl was that
even my fault like was I on his line I didn't
see that's a really good poker face right there there what was I on the line
was it his fault or mine it was close 50
wow you guys are totally unhelpful all right all right let's go again you guys
are getting another handicap for that attitude I'm calling it now next end
wins and you guys are going to be playing with
these
H good luck with
that really crazy right
now everything was pretty manageable until we got the horse heads now with
these gloves it's you can almost not even hold the handle right so yeah it's
just going to be pretty difficult all around now they're at the point now
where they should barely be able to move let alone play we got to get our
teamwork together we're not playing as a very good team honestly I'm just mad at
you I'm mad in general why are you fixating on the that's all that there is
to do you sweep when I say to sweep we focus on the game don't sweep when I say
to stop sweeping whatever man and don't hit each others otherwise The Sweep not
yes you were so many times I hear the crank was hitting each other okay
everyone just shut up so be a good team
go if what you've been trying isn't working try the opposite right it's not
Dennis puts down the pipe almost look very graceful and obviously through the
house play Nice Shot One deep breath and stay on your
feet Dennis come on you can do it oh Dennis is going to let his his
team's going to let him have it the same dire as last time so I went
9 ft good
jnis just no follow through whatsoever
just pushes it I think I can't hear you he's saying I just don't get it right
there okay I would say that was a step in the right direction you
know two-handed effort here it looks
like it's going to be okay though it's going to get there might be a little
weak sweepers it's on you guys this is
it lus if you make this we win it all be
awesome I'm going to nail it
h um uh sweep a bit sweep a bit we have
a straight shot we're going to do
it ah you could have gotten it in this is why
I fixate on the sweeping you let me down you let me down
and you didn't help at all you suck at aiming I suck at aiming that was going
dead center too much and you
can't now you're saying I was yelling too much when you say you can't hear no
down there you're like oh don't sweep yeah that's right cuz I'm cuz I
realized we could have won we could have won if these guys knew how to sweep a
room you look at the slowmo replay and col's going like this oh we don't care
if it goes in whatever that's what you guys are like either exagger you guys
doesn't matter now okay I'm just glad we can all communicate open
uh-huh right like this is the my least favorite
sport you just guess you don't know you never know until you throw to someone
and yell at you I'm not joking I really hate this
sport I want to go home I'm really
disappointed at the loss today I threw a
perfect shot we had every opportunity to win today and I got let down and you
know what I actually felt kind of bad in the first couple of ends when I had
opportunities to to pull through and and I didn't make it but this was it this
was crunch time this was the one moment and we let it slip
we could have captured it nerd sports taught me that I should
stay the away from any sort of physical
activity be it on the ice in a gym
wherever I just need to sit behind a desk and do business all right I'm a lot
more useful as a video editor than as a curling champion this is no surprise I'm
not built for this world I'm my feet are cold my my toes are freezing off I
didn't fall on the ice at least I didn't fall uh some of them struggled a little
bit but uh after a couple ends they caught onto it I I think they could have
done a bit better on communication and not just scream at each other every two
seconds I can kind of really see the appeal of doing sports in general like
this was a lot of fun all of these all the games that we've played have been
really fun and like I kind of want to go out there and like play some more uh so
yeah Sports in spite of the momentum we
carried into this match we still ended up with a defeat for the keyboard
Warriors so all that's left at this point is to thank the tardies for being
such wonderful Sports thank the langly curling Center and thank you the viewer
for watching nerd Sports we've laughed we've cried and in the case of Dennis
and Colton we've had some really confusing emotions that I don't quite
understand see you guys later