Curling Broom Head Controversy

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Curling broom head controversy.

Curling broom controversy leads to sweeping changes. Inside curling s broom controversy brooms with directional fabric heads spark perhaps the most significant equipment controversy the roaring game has ever seen. That led to tensions between teams and a recent curling technology summit which resulted in a standard broom head fabric that. A recent curling technology summit has resulted in changes to brooms for professional curlers.

Curlers competing in the world curling federation have made a gentlemen s agreement not to use a new type of broom head payne writes pending a decision on the technology by their governing body. The material used in curling broom heads scratched the ice and those grooves allowed the game s top players to sweep and steer the rock as if by remote control.