[upbeat music]
- Kassandra Humke: We are here
in the city of Altoona, Wisconsin.
And we're playing on the first Crokicurl rink
in the United States of America. [chuckling]
- Roy Atkinson: We're the first,
so we lay claim to the U.S. Crokicurl Championship.
- Oh, no! [curling stone clattering]
- Teammate: You hit it!
- Chris Staack: We took the tournament the second year,
and we're here to try to win our second title, let's say,
in Crokicurl.
- Kyle Sorenson: I'm the national reigning champion
with my partner at Crokicurl here.
Nice shot.
Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait!
- Kassandra: Crokicurl is a sport that is a mixture
between curling and a board game called Crokinole from Canada.
Oh!
Do you have to be, like, behind the line?
- Kyle: So Crokicurl is just a blown-up version on ice.
- Kassandra: Two teams are playing against each other.
They each have two stones.
- Chris: The goal is to get it in the button.
- Kassandra: If they miss that,
then they have to hit the opponent's stone.
- It's a lot of collisions.
[stones clacking]
- The game is a little bit silly.
- Kyle: It gives you something to do out in January.
- Roy: We want people to get outside, be active.
Good shot.
- Kassandra: It's definitely growing.
The word is getting out there to come and play it.
[upbeat music]
- Whoo!
- We have two-time champions here.
- It's still a silly game. [laughing]
Absolutely.
- Look at that guy!
MVP, he's the MVP.
MVP, best player ever.
[upbeat music]