The origin of curling is on a frozen pond or a frozen lake. It's not smooth and shiny, like a speed skating rink. Ice Meisters will walk up and down the whole length of the curling rink. They use basically a shower head to spray pebbles all over the surface. And they're trying to reduce friction so that if you try and curl a curling stone, it won't do that.

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