Yep, the slidey shoe has teflon on the bottom. You find all sorts of new stabilizing muscles being on the ice with one of those on and trying to move around. You’d be thrown out quickly if you got near curling ice with skates. Hockey/Arena ice is fucking awful to curl on even with some serious prep. No where near flat and full of skate gouges that catch the rock/broom/sliding foot.
Curling ice is also “pebbled” (intentionally sprinkled with water) and then “nipped” (peaks of the pebble shaved off) to further reduce friction for the rock. Sweeping affects the pebble in several ways affecting the “curl” of the rock (make it straighter or curve more) and the “weight” of the rock (make it go farther).
They have one slidey shoe and one grippy shoe.
Yep, the slidey shoe has teflon on the bottom. You find all sorts of new stabilizing muscles being on the ice with one of those on and trying to move around. You’d be thrown out quickly if you got near curling ice with skates. Hockey/Arena ice is fucking awful to curl on even with some serious prep. No where near flat and full of skate gouges that catch the rock/broom/sliding foot.
Curling ice is also “pebbled” (intentionally sprinkled with water) and then “nipped” (peaks of the pebble shaved off) to further reduce friction for the rock. Sweeping affects the pebble in several ways affecting the “curl” of the rock (make it straighter or curve more) and the “weight” of the rock (make it go farther).