curling is an excellent sport, I enjoy playing and watching it a lot. As far as the people that dont consider it a sport, if your on one side of a sheet of ice, and you need to throw a rock down all the way to the other end and hit another rock precisly inorder to knock a few stones out, or just get them out of the way it gets pretty nerve wracking... cant say I know many sports with more pressure... It might feel something like a 15 foot putt to send a local golf tournament into a tie breaker... if you miss you go home :)