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#TBT to a few weeks ago when I competed in what I hope is the first of many #DonnaPurkeyClassic bonspiels. @CoyotesCurling was the first time I ever experienced dedicated ice and it was nice to be able to continue the tradition by bringing a mostly newbie @curlsandiego team to the competition. I thought I gave a thorough enough briefing and set realistic expectations as skip & most experienced member of the squad, but there were still some surprises like order during the opening ceremonies, the talent show, & posing for pictures. Lots to build on moving forward. Extremely grateful to the Divas who took the time to coach us - it helped immensely and we almost pulled off the comeback in game 4. Loved how they had commemorative patches too. I definitely want to make it an annual thing and collect patches. . . Speaking of the talent show, the only other team signed up for it bailed so it basically turned into @curlsandiego serving as dinner entertainment while the professional musician takes a break at the bar. I’m glad folks enjoyed the informative “book report presentation” that Misty & Stephanie helped with (I made the board in my hotel room) & enough curlers got the humor of the song parody I performed despite the original song being Taylor Swift’s Blank Space. I’m a big #swiftie & the biggest @teamniklasedin fan so I just leaned on that fully. LOL one of the tables made the comment “I sense a theme here” midway through the presentation & there were lots of chuckles as inside jokes and curling memes were uttered during the song (Malört, YouTube chats, lack of ice access in arena clubs, & Glenn Howard never retiring, etc). The line I was singing during the last pic: “‘Cause there’s a curling game to watch & I love Team Edin!” 🥶 . . 🥌💙💛🇸🇪🥌💙💛🇸🇪🥌💙💛🇸🇪 #PinayCurler #FilipinoCurler #curlingfangirl #fangirlcurling #ilovecurling #CurlingPilipinas #letsmakegranitefly #curling #sports #wintersports #growthegame #growthesport #sweep #curlsandiego #hurryhard #definitelynotswedish #HardlineNation #skipscansweep #goatniklasedin #ChangeTheFaceOfCurling #concussedcurler 🥌💙💛🇸🇪🥌💙💛🇸🇪🥌💙💛🇸🇪 (at Coyotes Curling Club) https://www.instagram.com/p/CplWmGoPZ0U/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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FINALLY got to wear my new @teamhasselborg uniform from @runbackcurling to @curlsandiego My women’s team is competing at the Donna Purkey Classic in Arizona next weekend so we did the pickup game against a mixed team w/ 2 male sweepers for practice during the Learn To Curl. I really wanted Elaine to learn how to be the #skip but she didn’t feel comfortable throwing last rocks so she threw third & made one of the guys throw last rocks. I gave them hammer to start & we stole 2, but then they score singles 3 ends in a row before we scored another deuce & then stole 1. . . 🥌💙💛🇸🇪🥌💙💛🇸🇪🥌💙💛🇸🇪 #PinayCurler #FilipinoCurler #curlingfangirl #fangirlcurling #ilovecurling #CurlingPilipinas #letsmakegranitefly #curling #sports #wintersports #growththegame #growthesport #sweep #curlsandiego #curlingrocks #hurryhard #definitelynotswedish #HardlineNation #itsalotharderthanitlooks #isweptwithyourwife #skipscansweep #goatniklasedin #ChangeTheFaceOfCurling #concussedcurler 🥌💙💛🇸🇪🥌💙💛🇸🇪🥌💙💛🇸🇪 https://www.instagram.com/p/CoRrLesO4eM/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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#PimpSanta and one of his reindeer 🎅 Congrats to Austin for winning Best Costume at #ReindeerGames this weekend. I still don’t know how he curled 10 ends in that outfit. I wore a long sleeve top under my #doecostume & was so cold I had to wear my @curlsandiego jacket. I had so much fun at Reindeer Games & look forward to #TeamDancer coming back next year & improving on our performance - both in terms of placement, costumes, and maybe actual dancing 💃🏻 I myself need to learn the Mean Girls dance so I can teach it to the guys 😂 . . 🥌💙💛🇸🇪🥌💙💛🇸🇪🥌💙💛🇸🇪 #PinayCurler #FilipinoCurler #curlingfangirl #fangirlcurling #ilovecurling #CurlingPilipinas #letsmakegranitefly #curling #sports #wintersports #growththegame #growthesport #sweep #curlsandiego #curlingrocks #hurryhard #definitelynotswedish #HardlineNation #itsalotharderthanitlooks #isweptwithyourwife #skipscansweep #goatniklasedin #ChangeTheFaceOfCurling #concussedcurler 🥌💙💛🇸🇪🥌💙💛🇸🇪🥌💙💛🇸🇪 . . 📷 @suecassidy1 (at OC Curling Club) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl29TZtuJtk/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Thank you Andrew, Ian, and Geoff for being on my team for Reindeer Games. Ian is such a homie not only for wearing an ugly holiday sweater but for letting me put deer makeup on him 👍 We had a rough first half but came back super strong in the second half. I can’t believe I was able to pull off a hit & stick to score FOUR for the comeback 💃🏻 We surpassed our original goal of finishing at least 8th by the 9th end/game so we don’t end up in the Losers Lounge 👏 I really hope we can have the same team for next year & that we’ll have better costumes than @youngbucksusa_ merch from my collection 😂 Also, there’s plenty of time to learn choreography 😉 I’m going to leave this for inspo 🥶 https://youtu.be/fMBjzT0cBjY . . 🥌💙💛🇸🇪🥌💙💛🇸🇪🥌💙💛🇸🇪 #PinayCurler #FilipinoCurler #curlingfangirl #fangirlcurling #ilovecurling #CurlingPilipinas #letsmakegranitefly #sweep #ChangeTheFaceOfCurling #concussedcurler 🥌💙💛🇸🇪🥌💙💛🇸🇪🥌💙💛🇸🇪 . . 📷 #Repost @curlsandiego Good luck & good #curling to Andrew, Ian, Micha & Geoff at @occurlingclub ‘s #ReindeerGames Good luck #TeamDancer 🦌 #curling #curlsandiego #sandiego #sandiegoats #goatfrieswiththat #wintersports #sports #growthegame #growthesport #happyholidays https://www.instagram.com/p/Clwq4g1SSo8/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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#FBF to last weekend when my team won league 💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻 Happy that this time it’s official official - Andrew & I firmly believe we technically won last season by default due to attendance (games should’ve been Ws for us due to automatic forfeits by opponents for not having enough players on their team). I really hope this is me turning a new leaf both as a skip & a curler in general. The winning shot was a draw through the port to the 4ft that Owen was unable to beat. I was the only female skip this league so it means a lot to come out on top. Sadly, Curl SD moved away from handing out league trophies a couple of years ago. Maybe one day the hardware will be back & I’ll continue to win 😉 It really helped a lot that Josh was there as a sub - having 2 sweepers makes a big difference in league games, even more so when you have 2 strong men sweeper, which has me hopeful for tomorrow’s Reindeer Games since my 3 teammates are men. We just need to make sure we’re at least 8th overall before the 9th end/game 🙏🤞 Excited for the Donna Purkey event in February - it’ll be my first time at a women’s only bonspiel & I can’t wait to see how we stack up against the other women’s teams. . . 🥌💙💛🇸🇪🥌💙💛🇸🇪🥌💙💛🇸🇪 #PinayCurler #FilipinoCurler #curlingfangirl #fangirlcurling #ilovecurling #CurlingPilipinas #letsmakegranitefly #curling #sports #wintersports #growththegame #growthesport #sweep #curlsandiego #curlingrocks #hurryhard #definitelynotswedish #HardlineNation #itsalotharderthanitlooks #isweptwithyourwife #skipscansweep #goatniklasedin #ChangeTheFaceOfCurling #concussedcurler 🥌💙💛🇸🇪🥌💙💛🇸🇪🥌💙💛🇸🇪 . . 📷 #Repost @curlsandiego Congratulations to our Fall League Champions - the team skipped by Micha defeated Owen’s team w/ a score of 5-4. We hope to see you all again next league. Congrats again to Janine (vice), Josh (second), Micha (skip) & Jenny (lead). #curling #curlsandiego #curlsd #sandiego #sandiegoats #goatfrieswiththat https://www.instagram.com/p/ClrI1xcPQCa/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Super stoked to have seen someone else wearing the @dynastycurling protective #headgear at #ReindeerGames last night that I had to get a pic to show @c_hodgyyy Ever since I fell & hit my head during league in the summer I’ve been dealing w/ #postconcussionsyndrome so I never curl w/o #headprotection anymore #safetyfirst Highly recommend Dynasty’s protective #toque it’s way more #comfortable #stylish and #warm than the traditional helmet. Perfect for curling. Stay tuned for more Reindeer Games pics 😉 . . 🥌💙💛🇸🇪🥌💙💛🇸🇪🥌💙💛🇸🇪 #PinayCurler #FilipinoCurler #curlingfangirl #fangirlcurling #ilovecurling #letsmakegranitefly #curling #sports #wintersports #growththegame #growthesport #curlsandiego #curlingrocks #definitelynotswedish #HardlineNation #OCCurling #goatniklasedin #TeamDancer #ChangeTheFaceOfCurling #concussedcurler 🥌💙💛🇸🇪🥌💙💛🇸🇪🥌💙💛🇸🇪 https://www.instagram.com/p/Clxx-1gO_Bq/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Last night at @curlsandiego curling league I got to channel my inner @evemuirhead of @team_muirhead Not only did I wear my @bawbagsunderwear I’m also wearing my #ContCup2019 jersey. It was neat to see #EveMuirhead be the hero of Vegas, clinching the win for Team World especially after hip surgery. I knew I had to get #Bawbags underwear after seeing #TeamMuirhead post about it and finding out they support the fight against #cancer Not gonna lie, I had to put on my @teamniklasedin @dynastycurling hoodie on after this pic was taken though. It’s cold and my Team Edin hoodie has been my Saturday uniform since I got it. I wish I could order the new Team Edin hoodies, but it seems they’ll never be sold. . . I also got to channel my inner @saramcmanus vice of @teamhasselborg last night. It was my first time playing vice for the entire game and we won! Michael, the youngest member of the club and a chatty old soul, started noticing and commenting that if I scream or yelp while delivering a rock, it’s gonna be a good shot and was making calls like a TSN/Sportsnet commentator 😂 The funny thing was, he was actually mostly right especially towards the later ends. The ice was kinda wonky and kept falling a certain way so it was mostly luck that I was managing to pull off the good shots I was making, but I’ll take it. I look forward to the day when I can consistently do takeouts, those are fun when I nail them. One day I hope to actually have a draw game too haha. I suck at drawing and totally better at making granite fly. . . Too bad I pulled my left quad muscle getting out of the car while complaining about how much my right butt cheeks hurt from curling 😂😭 That reminds me, I need to continue doing my PT exercises. . . 🥌💙💛🇸🇪🥌💙💛🇸🇪🥌💙💛🇸🇪 #fangirlcurling #growththegame #growthesport #wintersports #sports #curling #sweep #curlsandiego #curlingrocks #sandiego #hurryhard #ilovecurling #itsalotharderthanitlooks #HardlineNation #isweptwithyourwife 🥌💙💛🇸🇪🥌💙💛🇸🇪🥌💙💛🇸🇪 (at Curl San Diego) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4tA-TbHVRf/?igshid=3hvzvfd7q8mb

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This is my third time playing league this year (I participated in both winter and spring leagues), and the 3rd team I’ve found myself in, and the second one where I’m in a trio w/ a married couple. I was extremely happy when I got to the rink and saw two of the students Clyde and I had at the first #learntocurl session in August back for league 💃🏻🕺 I was even happier when I found out we were all playing together. We’re gonna figure this out together and I’m so excited for the rest of Fall League A. . . We don’t do team names in @curlsandiego but if we did, I’d probably suggest Team #TWD 😂 Drew reminds me a lot of Steven Yeun and his wife Erin, who’s my vice who throws last stones, has serious Maggie season 2 hair. And we all know I’m a Carol cosplayer so 😬 . . A funny thing happened before the game started. The youngest member of our club who just started 9th grade asked me if I was sponsored because he’s seen me for months wearing @teamniklasedin clothes from @dynastycurling and using the #TeamEdin broom & fancy shoes from @hardlinecurling 😂😂😂 It reminded me of when a man asked me at the Continental Cup in Vegas how much @niklasedin pays me to promote them so much. Puhahahaha it’s called I spend money to represent & support my faves, they don’t pay me a kronor. Michael doesn’t know the extent of my @lofbergs addiction thanks to @teamhasselborg because my coffee cup was in my car lol . . . 🥌💙💛🇸🇪🥌💙💛🇸🇪🥌💙💛🇸🇪 #fangirlcurling #growththegame #growthesport #wintersports #sports #sweep #curlsandiego #curlingrocks #hurryhard #ilovecurling #3rdwheel #itsalotharderthanitlooks #callmegempeler #isweptwithyourwife #HardlineNation #weekend 🥌💙💛🇸🇪🥌💙💛🇸🇪🥌💙💛🇸🇪 (at Curl San Diego) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2JaCZsH4N3/?igshid=1eiam2vu3pca0

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I originally signed up for drop-in #curling w/ the #OCCurlingClub because I haven’t thrown or swept rocks since the beginning of May. When I got there, I was asked if I wanted to sub for a team w/ 2.5 players. How does a team have 2.5 players?!? Well, Alan had surgery recently and still a couple weeks away from medical clearance to sweep. It’s funny how comfortable I’ve grown 3rd wheeling for Mabby during winter league even though it was only 6 weeks long. It was definitely weird to jump in to an existing team w/ their own dynamics. These guys time every shot - both their own and their opponents; Mabby and I, since we all started league in February, mostly winged things. If we stay together for Fall leagues, there’s lots of things we can work on to get better for sure. This experience made me appreciate even more how Jim Cotter and Eve Muirhead were able to jump in as super spares for Team Edin and Team Hasselborg at GSOC when Oskar & Anna were competing at Worlds for mixed doubles. It’s hard to be a sub. Thank you Austin, Bob, and Alan for a great game. I’m sorry we didn’t pull off the win since it was the playoffs (it was a tie and came down to a draw challenge between the skips and we narrowly lost). My favorite moment might be Bob & Austin arguing about whether or not to sweep a rock in motion and being utterly confused - JUST TELL ME WHAT TO DO! It ended up being shot rock and a true testament to when they say curling is a game of millimeters. 🥌💙💛🇸🇪🥌💙💛🇸🇪🥌💙💛🇸🇪 #fangirlcurling #teamfatass #loseanolsentwin #sdccstarvationdiet #fatgirllearnstocurl #growththegame #growthesport #wintersports #sports #curlsandiego #curlingrocks #hurryhard #ilovecurling #HardlineNation #sausagefest #wbw #wednesday #waybackwednesday #orangecounty 🥌💙💛🇸🇪🥌💙💛🇸🇪🥌💙💛🇸🇪 (at OC Curling Club) https://www.instagram.com/p/BzLpaR1HpLL/?igshid=c7o3km1cx3yk

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Thanks to the #OrangeCounty #curlingclub for being so welcoming this past weekend. My whole body still hurts from subbing—I’ve never played 2 games back to back before and I’m relieved I survived it on top of the 3 hour drive roundtrip. Hooray for the Costco chocolate covered protein bar I had in my bag for helping me get through the second game. I’m so glad Maureen (who usually plays lead too) played vice since I’m much more comfortable as lead 😬 Thanks Nick for the delivery tips afterward. I hope to get my slide in better form and more consistent as time goes on. LOL when I asked to take the pic afterward Maureen said okay as long as they can call me Martin 😂 I loved how beautiful the #OCCurlingClub ‘s facility is, and I’m jealous that they have an entire large room to store their rocks and scoreboards, etc. 😍 And as I mentioned a couple days ago, it’s Nathan Chen territory so super cool. Oh someone gave me compliments for my @dynastycurling Edin Swedish Vikings jersey (worn under my hoodie) but another person called me a traitor for being @niklasedin ’s biggest fan 😂 This wouldn’t happen in Canada! Or would it? 🤔 #wbw #waybackwednesday #wednesday #humpday 🥌💙💛🇸🇪🥌💙💛🇸🇪🥌💙💛🇸🇪 #fangirlcurling #teamfatass #loseanolsentwin #sdccstarvationdiet #fatgirllearnstocurl #curling #growththegame #growthesport #wintersports #sports #curlsandiego #curlingrocks #hurryhard #ilovecurling #itsalotharderthanitlooks #HardlineNation 🥌����💛🇸🇪🥌💙💛🇸🇪🥌💙💛🇸🇪 (at OC Curling Club) https://www.instagram.com/p/BzLmzXRnAZB/?igshid=ovmxg17yxtvj

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Swipe for an #injury #update I was tempted to post the photo of my hand in front of my usual #salad for #dinner by itself, but figured I’d spare some of you just in case. What I really wanted was some InNOut but I managed to resist since I know I’ll be stuffing my face w/ lots of GOT Oreos soon whew. Glad I brought my Team USA gloves to the rink today because I needed the protection for my hand both for throwing rocks and especially for sweeping. Definitely some discomfort after the game and by the time I got home an hour later I NEEDED to ice and take ibuprofen. I hope I wake up okay 🙏🤞I have a feeling my hand will continue to look worse before it gets better. It’s a good thing I love #purple but maybe not so much in the form of bruises on my body #weekend 🥌💙💛🇸🇪🥌💙💛🇸🇪🥌💙💛🇸🇪 #fangirlcurling #teamfatass #loseanolsentwin #sdccstarvationdiet #fatgirllearnstocurl #growththegame #growthesport #wintersports #sports #curlsandiego #curlingrocks #hurryhard #ilovecurling #itsalotharderthanitlooks #niklasalinaandoskar #SWEorSUI #SWEandSUI #TeamWorld #thirdwheel #isweptwithyourgirlfriend #ioverswept #HardlineNation 🥌💙💛🇸🇪🥌💙💛🇸🇪🥌💙💛🇸🇪 https://www.instagram.com/p/BwOsaPRh3fr/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=xoyaps72bdfx

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#selfie before the #curling match ❤️🥌 For the 3rd game in a row, we lost the coin toss, threw yellow rocks, and lost in the end. The ice just kept pulling on one side no matter how far off to the other side we aimed and there were wonky spots - the rock would be really fast and then just slow down/stop abruptly in one section, and there was one area right before the house where there was no curl at all. There were 6 stones in a row that went field goal straight in one end. One of my 3 rocks during the 6th end went kinda airborne somehow 😂 And I had a small IDK what to even call it, not quite a stumble or fall since I was already on my knee, maybe balance check(?) to borrow a term from gymnastics, when I threw one of my rocks (also in the 6th end), but luckily nothing seriousMy vice basically voluntold me to update the scoreboard today since I’m still trying to get used to our efficient system. Both of my knees and my thighs are sufficiently covered w/ Katinko. I hope I can get out of bed okay in the morning lol I’m still getting used to the dance, swim, and curling within 24 hours routine. Hope I build enough strength, stamina, and endurance to keep up this routine and even add to it either on Thursday or #Sunday It’s still surreal that less than a year ago I was begging friends to go to a learn to curl session w/ me for my birthday (I went alone) and now I’m playing #lead in a curling team. What a difference a year makes. #yesfilter #weekend #curlsandiego #curlingleague #fatgirllearnstocurl #teamfatass #loseanolsentwin #sdccstarvationdiet #weightlossjourney #progressnotperfection #twoguysandafangirl #twodudesandafangirl https://www.instagram.com/p/BuQqufmh-u8/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1o85h36sqs12y

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Heather, one of our @curlsandiego board members #baked #mintchocolate #cookies to celebrate a successful spring #curling league I’m not supposed to be eating #cookies especially right before midnight, but they looked really good and we were in a celebratory mood. #nomnomnom #foodporn #chocolate #chocoholic ❤️🍫❤️🍫❤️🍫❤️🍫❤️🍫❤️🍫 IDK why it was a surprise to me that there were trophies for the top 3 teams in league, but there were trophies. Oooh shiny! That definitely inspires me to try to get better. Adding winning a league trophy to my list of #curlingleague goals. My number one pipe dream of a goal when it comes to curling is to win a 5 and under spiel. But first, I really need to get the balance thing right so I’m not screaming/yelping every time I’m sliding out of the hack. 🥌💙💛🇸🇪🥌💙💛🇸🇪🥌💙💛🇸🇪 #curlsandiego #twoguysandafangirl #twodudesandafangirl #fangirlcurling #teamfatass #loseanolsentwin #sdccstarvationdiet #fatgirllearnstocurl #growththegame #growthesport #wintersports #sports #hurryhard #ilovecurling #itsalotharderthanitlooks #saturday #sunday #weekend (at Curl San Diego) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bu0qM2bhTG5/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=yb0x66geyxcd

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My skip snapped this pic of me w/ my new @teamniklasedin broom & @hardlinecurling #shoes while we were waiting for #curlingleague to start last night. I love my #TeamEdin #curlingbroom 🥌💙💛🇸🇪 It makes a HUGE difference when #sweeping I play #lead in a trio so I’m basically sweeping the whole game. When I first started #curling I was definitely better at throwing than sweeping, but this #HardlineCurling broom is pure #MAGIC It made such a big difference last night. Rocks that we were sure were already dead found a way to keep going. I wish we could take away the first half of the game because things definitely improved in the second half after the ice sped up, but the game was such a blowout already, there was no way we’d catch up. I’m definitely glad I got myself this early birthday present 😍 #curlsandiego #fatgirllearnstocurl #fangirlcurling #teamfatass #loseanolsentwin #sdccstarvationdiet #weightlossjourney #hardlinenation #icepad #weekend #growthegame #growthesport #ilovecurling #hurryhard #curlingrocks #sore #everythinghurts #choosehappiness https://www.instagram.com/p/BukF3ijBOn9/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ci073jr71qu8

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I told @niklasedin I’d show his spin-o-rama video from @huncurling to my vice and try to get him to do it. This was his second attempt. YAS!!! 👏👏👏 We are still yet to win a game, but we just have to keep at it 👊💪 The drift on the ice tonight was wicked crazy. Wearing 2 grippers helped and I’m definitely improving at the sweeping thing, but most of my throws were heavy tonight womp womp. #funtimes and #shenanigans at @curlsandiego woohoo What a way to spend the #weekend #curling ❤️🥌❤️❤️🥌❤️🥌 #curlsandiego #twoguysandafangirl #twodudesandafangirl #saturday #curling #fatgirllearnstocurl #teamfatass #loseanolsentwin #sdccstarvationdiet #curlingjourney (at Curl San Diego) https://www.instagram.com/p/BuQY7qIhOun/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=zm4noeccdzaa

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Because of my #concussion I never play without my trusty pink @dynastycurling #beanie but I did have my @youngbucksusa_ beanie & my special #YoungBucks earrings w/ me last night at @curlsandiego league to support #TeamDropkin who ended up winning the bronze medal at the inaugural Pan Continental Curling Championships. Bummed they couldn’t make it to the gold medal game & have another crack at beating Gushue again but the round robin game from PCCC2022 as well as the WMCC2022 live rent free in my head 😬 https://youtu.be/sz1He6H-Ecc (PCCC) https://youtu.be/v_6d3YZ_pls (WMCC) . . 🥌💙💛🇸🇪🥌💙💛🇸🇪🥌💙💛🇸🇪 #PinayCurler #FilipinoCurler #curlingfangirl #fangirlcurling #ilovecurling #CurlingPilipinas #letsmakegranitefly #curling #sports #wintersports #growththegame #growthesport #curlsandiego #curlingrocks #hurryhard #definitelynotswedish #HardlineNation #itsalotharderthanitlooks #isweptwithyourwife #skipscansweep #goatniklasedin #ChangeTheFaceOfCurling #concussedcurler #saturday #sunday #weekend 🥌💙💛🇸🇪🥌💙💛🇸🇪🥌💙💛🇸🇪 (at Curl San Diego) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkpBch3JFcV/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=