Curling is one of my favorite sports because it is really fun to play. This sport is actually very popular in the world but in Canada we have a strong men's and woman's side. The game is played with a lot of teams and the teams are made up of four people. There is a lead a second a third and a skip. The skip is the person who holds the broom at the other end of the ice and makes all of the calls. The lead throws the first two rocks and the second and third sweep the rocks. The two teams alternate shots until the end of that end. The rocks that are closest to the middle are the rocks that count. If there are two blue closest to the middle and then there is a red rock is the third closest to the middle then the blue team scores two points. Then in the next end the red has four closest to the middle then the red team scores four and then the score is 4-2. You play a total of eight or ten ends depending on the event. You can quit early if you want to if you are really far behind and don't think that they will catch up to the other team. The equipment you need for playing curling is some warm gloves and some sweat pants and a sweater. You also need to have two grippers so that you don't slip and fall on the ice. You also need a slider so that you can slide out of the hack. The hack is where you put your right foot into if you're a right handed curler. If you're a left handed curler then you put left foot into the hack. You also need a broom to slide out of and to sweep with.