Curling seems a very genteel sport for the players, not so much for observers. I like gliding sports. You can read about rules, equipment and scoring here. Some have described it as chess on ice. Early versions used flat bottomed river rocks. I like games without the need for expensive equipment. It was designated an official Winter Olympics event in 1998. Demonstration games in the 1920's were retroactively awarded medals by the "Committee" retroactively. Players are expected to call their own fouls; a superb expectation, elevating the sport beyond the need for close refereeing.
Hill Bowling was an accidental sport invented in the summer of 1979, while walking with a friend in a Baja California Sur canyon. We were resting above a dry river bed, talking importantly about art, while casually tossing rocks down the canyon. One toss hit a junked car with pretty interesting acoustics. We both graduated to larger rocks and began rolling them down the hill, musing that perhaps this was evolving into a game of sorts. Naturally, we developed a scoring scheme: one point for metal, 3 points for the much rarer breaking glass. We never kept score, nor played again. Should you ever find yourself above a rogue dump with a supply of rocks and stones, think of David and Ken, and the game only played once 30 years ago.
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