http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/arena_curling/ USCA Arena Curling Forum Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:55:20 GMT Card Wolloper http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/arena_curling/message/213 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/arena_curling/message/213 Hi Brent, Why synthetic hair and not natural hair? Is there a difference between hogs hair and horse hair? Why is hair better on frosty or chewed up ice? Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:11:29 GMT Dakota CC http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/arena_curling/message/212 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/arena_curling/message/212 "Keep your brooms on the ice" ?? I think you have been watching too much Red Green... Good comments about moisture with synthetic brooms...didn?t really Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:43:21 GMT Brent http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/arena_curling/message/211 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/arena_curling/message/211 Hi, Sorry to disagree with the comment about arena ice not being different from dedicated ice, I was raised on dedicated ice, and go away to curl anytime I Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:41:10 GMT Card Wolloper http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/arena_curling/message/210 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/arena_curling/message/210 Sorry. I don't mean to cause a flame war. I am interested in finding out about trade-offs related to the head materials. Why would one choose a hard Sun, 29 Nov 2009 14:16:49 GMT Dakota CC http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/arena_curling/message/209 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/arena_curling/message/209 Let the debate begin.... Arena curling is no different than curling in a dedicated curling club, so don't let the talk of "this is best for arena curling...." Sun, 29 Nov 2009 13:25:55 GMT cardwolloper http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/arena_curling/message/208 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/arena_curling/message/208 It is time for me to buy my own broom. I really like the swivel head type. What sort of pad is best for arena curling? Among the synthetic heads there is a Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:19:39 GMT http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/arena_curling/message/207 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/arena_curling/message/207 Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the arena_curling group. File : /Club Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:09:16 GMT Jonathan Penney http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/arena_curling/message/206 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/arena_curling/message/206 Here is an article for all you Arena users. One of my club members thought I could modify a robo-vacuum to do this same job and let it run all night. Wed, 29 Apr 2009 21:11:59 GMT Bill McBride http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/arena_curling/message/205 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/arena_curling/message/205 Russ, Another option to consider. is the floor area next to the rink. Older rinks have the refrigerant in the concrete that extend beyond the boards making Wed, 29 Apr 2009 16:56:49 GMT Russ Lemcke http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/arena_curling/message/204 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/arena_curling/message/204 Bill: Thanks for your response. We had an interesting experience in Rhode Island last weekend. We had 4 sets of rocks for Learn to Curl. We had placed 2 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 16:56:24 GMT Russ Lemcke http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/arena_curling/message/203 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/arena_curling/message/203 Iain: How long does it take to cool the rocks by putting them on the ice when they were in the arena in the first place? The arena is suggesting storing them Wed, 29 Apr 2009 16:55:30 GMT golfer257 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/arena_curling/message/202 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/arena_curling/message/202 With regards to chilling the rocks, for the first 3 years of our club, we used the Zamboni ice. We placed a tarp on the ice, then put the rocks on top of the Wed, 29 Apr 2009 16:53:38 GMT golfer257 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/arena_curling/message/201 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/arena_curling/message/201 We here in Arizona have tried a couple of different methods. For the first 3 years of our club, we used Zamboni ice, covered by a tarp. Then placed the rocks Wed, 29 Apr 2009 16:18:12 GMT golfer257 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/arena_curling/message/200 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/arena_curling/message/200 We here in Arizona have tried a couple of different methods. For the first 3 years of our club, we used Zamboni ice, covered by a tarp. Then placed the rocks Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:31:29 GMT r a http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/arena_curling/message/199 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/arena_curling/message/199 Hi Russ, We went straight to the ceramic inserts as we were able to lease-to-own our rocks.  I understand your dilemma very well.  You are also up against