Last weekend there was a Curling World Cup tournament (though I admit I’m not sure if they call it a World Cup) and Canada won. Who’d we defeat, you ask? Another Canadian team. That’s right. Apparently Canada is to curling what New Zealand is to rugby, India to cricket, Tiger Woods is to golf (when it comes to golf, Woods counts as a country). To make a sweeping claim, when it comes to curling, Canada rocks!….(Get it? Sweeping, rocks. “Uh?” says your average American, “what’s he talking about?”)
CBC has created the quintessential Canadian competition, and I suggest all of you south of the border who want to understand Canada tune in to watch it. (That insures a viewership of about 8 people, 3 if you exclude the Devereaux family of Eau Claire, Wisconsin). Battle of the Blades is a pairs figure skating competition with a twist: while the female partner is one of Canada’s many lovely former national skaters, their male partners are former NHL stars, big guys trying to find their inner figure skater. I can only imagine the sequel—great Canadian male figure skaters paired with players from the Canadian women’s hockey team. Elvis Stojko throwing Hailey Wickenhauser? That’ll be tv worth watching. (Go to www.cbc.ca/battleoftheblades)
And this past weekend, Canada hosted its first international surfing competition. Off the shores of Tofino, British Columbia, surfers were riding the freezing waves of the Pacific on November 1st. Called the “Yikes, My Testicles!” Competition, the event favored the savvy Canadian surfers who, for many years, have illegally been injecting their family jewels with anti-freeze.
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