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A comment on Physicists Still Don’t Know What Puts the Curl in Curling. Parent comment

Re:Physicists Still Don’t Know What Puts the Curl in Curling by claar on Thursday March 15, 2018 @03:39PM (#16595916)
>The slower turning side creates more friction because it grabs the ice, the faster side glides over rather than grabbing.

Don't both sides turn at the same speed?

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Re:Physicists Still Don’t Know What Puts the Curl in Curling by BenjiWiebe on Thursday March 15, 2018 @03:53PM (#16596023)
Not relative to the direction of travel over the ice.
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