For all of my gay friends who are wondering where to start, here’s a beginner’s guide to our picks of where to start admiring your very own CurlingHottie
Jock – Marc Kennedy, Canada. Just a few years ago he would have been a contender for the the twink category but I think he’s outgrown that (the wedding ring will do that to a guy). Check out those arms! It looks like he just finished curling his biceps at the gym and he has the perfectly coiffed hair. He also has that cockiness you expect with a jock – unfortunately his overconfidence in a few throws has cost him, but that hasn’t stopped him. The cover of Men’s Fitness awaits.
Bear – Simone Gonin, Italy. For the first time in my life I’ve had a hard time actually finding a curler who is big enough to qualify as a bear. Simone steps up as an adorable furry little cub who you know is wearing a harness under his uniform.
Check out Simone in this YouTube video.
Twink – Benoit Schwartz, Switzerland. At 5’7 and all of 125 lbs you could just put him in your pocket. I’ve yet to see him smile in competition and his seriousness adds to the air of one of those guys who doesn’t know just how attractive he is, which makes him even more attractive. Right?
He’s vice but throws the skip stones with big weight – does that make him a top?
photo: olympics.org
This is his photo from the Olympic website. Awwww…..
Otter. Daniele Ferrazza, Italy. Please, take off your shirt, put your broom behind your neck and hang your arms over it while I do laundry on your abs… That’s all I need in life.
photo: worldcurling.org
Daddy – Matt Hamilton, USA. Okay, okay, he’s a bit young at just 28, but his solid 6’3 frame and rocking the moustache gives him a daddy quality worthy of a Tom of Finland portrait. I didn’t pay much attention to him yet (mostly because when the USA and Italy played in the first round robin game I was VERY distracted by Daniele Ferrazza) but I promise there will be more on him to come.
photo: nbc.com
Group Scene: Sweden. Looking like the all-star cast of a TimTales fantasy, Sweden HANDS DOWN (my pants) takes gold for the sexiest team. Niklas Edin is a legitimate Nordic god and whoooo when Oksar Eriksson was throwing his rocks in the match against Canada and they were zooming in on him it was like he was looking right into my soul with those eyes. I don’t remember the last time a group of men has made me flustered without being in the same room. Sweden has confidently dominated the ice as I know they would in the bedroom as well. I want those men to fill my house with rocks in an extra end but we’ll need more than 4 minutes.
photo: worldcurling.org
Oskar Eriksson…