Curling カーリング

Last Saturday I played in the annual St. Pat's Bonspiel at Annandale in Ajax. For those of you who don't know, I love curling. I played from the age of six until 20ish, and was prety much obsessed with it during high school, practicing or playing almost every day. I haven't played very much the last few years, but I always thought that I would start playing seriously again as soon as I was finished university. With moving to Japan now, I probably won't be able to do that. There are a handful of curling clubs in Japan, but I probably won't be living close enough to any of them to play more than a couple of times a year. The St. Pat's is a really fun, not very serious bonspiel, but hopefully it gives people who do not know curling an idea of what it is. I would also like everyone to notice that the shots I throw in the video are really, really good!
６歳から２０歳ぐらいまではずっとカーリングやってて、高校時代はかなりマニアックでほとんど毎日練習か試合してた。最近はあまりしてないけど、大学終わればまた真剣にやろうとずっと思ってきたが日本に行ったら無理だと思う。たまに、軽井沢など行って出来るかも知れないけど、一年に１、２回のようだと思う。カーリングはカナダ人にも年寄りのスポーツとしてバカにされるけどすごく楽しいスポーツ。確かに、他のスポーツより力は大切じゃないけど掃くことは結構疲れます。氷上のチェスと呼ばれて、作戦がすごく大事で、すべての試合とショットが毎回ユニークなところが好き。この大会はあまり真面目な大会じゃないけど一応カーリングはどういうスポーツなのかみんな観て下さい。ちなみに、このビデオで僕のショットはチョウ強いしね！
Paul