Game 15 Recap

Game 15 was just like many of my team's other games this season.  We played a D level team and they got three points.  And similar to lots of other games this season, we found ourselves down 7-1 after two ends.  But in the next end of they missed takeouts and we were able to score 6.  I had 5 rocks in kind of a star formation and then all I had to do was get a rock anywhere in the house; I still needed furious sweeping from Lead and Second to get there.  It was back and forth after that, but we pulled out the win, and I believe the final score was 11-10.

The record is now 9-5 and the competitive record remains at 2-3.

There wasn't a game from this past week as the opposing team had to cancel on me.  Unless we're able to do a makeup game, there are only two games left for the season.

Hogline Razor Broom Review

As I've written about here, my broom is five years old, so it was pretty cool to be contacted to try out a new broom.  (I think this is a sign that people are actually reading this blog.)  But Ole from Hogline asked if I wanted to try out their Razor broom.

It was so surprising to hold a carbon fiber broom.  It's so much lighter compared to my broom.  We also compared to Lead's broom (a composite) and we could tell the difference in weight too. 

I remember Drew at the Fireball Bonspiel saying that once you've used a carbon fiber broom, you won't go back.  At first, I couldn't really feel a difference during sweeping, but that's because I'm a skip for my league games.  However, I played third at the Fireball and sometimes I switched back to my old broom and that's when I could really tell. 

In terms of comparisons to other brooms out there,  the shape of the broom head is just like most of the other brooms out there.  The price is comparable too.  The major differentiation is that the brooms are made in America (and by an SPCC member) so that's kind of cool. 

One drawback is they don't do 1" brooms, but I've only met a few people that use 1" brooms.  This might just be me, but I found it more difficult to slide with such a light broom.  I was speaking to an opposing skip who has a Razor and he said it took him a little bit of time to get used to sliding with it, but loves the broom.  So I don't think that should deter anyone from buying the Razor (or any carbon fiber broom for that matter.)

But anyway, after trying it out for a few weeks and then using it during the Fireball Bonspiel, I can definitely say I like the broom and I added it to my Amazon Wishlist.

The Spin-o-rama Contest Idea

My team and I were just talking after our game and we came up with the idea of the Spin-o-rama closest to the button contest.  For those that don't know, here's a video of Jeff Stoughton doing a spin-o-rama.



So the idea is that you have to do a spin-o-rama and then throw the rock at the house.  Everyone that gets their rock in the house (or maybe the 8 foot) qualifies for the finals.  Then, the finalists do it again and the winner gets the pot (say the entry fee is $1-5 if you want to do it.)

Wouldn't that be really fun?  We're pushing for it for the Hobber Dobber Bonspiel.