![]() ![]() (According to Google Analytics, someone from his neck of the woods spent some time reading my blog after I posted about his show.) Maybe I'll put this on twitter and we'll see if he responds. He encouraged us to make a prototype, so let's see where that goes.īy the way, if Dean Gemmel reads my blog, I heartily recommend that he try to get Dex on for an episode of The Curling Show. (I'll talk about it on the blog after writing a provisional patent application.) We pitched the idea to Dex and he thought it sounded like a good idea and thought it could be used throughout the curling community. My team is comprised of scientists/engineers and we recently devised some technology that we think would be cool to have in curling. Dex gave us a good demonstration (using beer glasses), but if you've never heard of it, this youtube video should give you some idea on it. The opposing skip asked Dex about the drag effect which I had never heard of. Dex said no (a(Note: I didn't really ask permission to discuss this conversation with Dex in a public forum, but I don't think this was a particularly bad comment to reveal.) Vice and I volunteered to do commentary for a game for the upcoming World Seniors and Mixed Doubles Curling Championships in April since they might stream it online. I asked Dex if I had a chance of winning a game in such a tournament. ![]() I might have an opportunity to curl in international tournaments due to my parents being from a country where there's no curling (and I'm the most experienced curler found so far). Some highlights from what ended up being roughly a half hour conversation. However, if he's not too busy, he'll sit with you too. My guess is that every top curler that comes out of the Twin Cities (and probably Minnesota) has spent some time with Dex. For those that don't know, Dex is the general manager for the St.
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