I have a quadrennial fascination with curling. Every winter Olympics, I find myself transfixed by the event that seems like some bizarre combination of shuffleboard, marbles, bowling, and an intense desire to clean.
And I'm not alone – during the last Olympics, the Curling Club of Houston offered a "learn to curl" session at the Space City Ice Station in Friendswood. Some 500 people showed up.
In the final installment in our series exploring unlikely winter sports in Houston, I dropped by the Space City Ice Station to get the lowdown on rocks, sweepers, and other intricacies of the sport.
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