CROKICURL

CROKICURL
Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Toronto, and other cities across Canada

Crokicurl is an outdoor game which combines the popular sport of curling with crokinole, a much-loved Canadian board game. Iconic in its octagonal form, the rink combines the familiar red and blue painted rings of a curling sheet and the structure of a crokinole board. At its core, Crokicurl is about engaging entire communities and establishing solidarity through play and social engagement. Since its introduction, Crokicurl has been played day and night by people of all ages and abilities, by those who have lived in Winnipeg all their lives, and others who are new to Canada. Crokicurl draws from a collective nostalgia and creates a shared public landscape that is at once new and recognizable. It is social infrastructure, built with minimal investment and high return.

Since its introduction at The Forks in Winnipeg in 2017, Crokicurl has gained widespread notoriety and has been replicated in cities and towns across Canada. It was featured on CBC Radio’s “As It Happens”, CTV’s “Amazing Race Canada” and most recently on CBC’s “Rick Mercer Report”.

MAKE YOUR OWN CROKICURL!

project photos by Jacqueline Young of Stationpoint Photographic