Black Friday for Curlers: What We’d Actually Line Up For

November 12, 2025

Let’s be honest: the only time curlers willingly wake up before dawn is for one of three things — league play, a bonspiel, or the faint possibility that Costco has discounted stabilizers.

But imagine if there was a Black Friday for curlers. Picture it: tents pitched outside your local curling club, the smell of coffee and tape residue in the air, and someone already sweeping the parking lot “for practice.”

Welcome to Curling’s Black Friday, where curlers go full chaos in search of deals on gear, merch, and the elusive broom that might finally make them a 70% shooter.

1. The Doorbusters: Hurry Before the Ice Melts

Forget TVs and toasters. Our “doorbusters” look more like:

A funny illustrated look at “Black Friday for Curlers,” featuring curlers camping outside a club for broom and merch deals. Perfect for curling fans who love humor and culture.
  • Half-price Goldline brooms — guaranteed to make your sweeping look faster, even if it’s not.
  • Buy-one-get-one sliders, because you will forget one in your locker halfway through the season.
  • Limited edition curling merch from CurlingIsFun.com — the kind of funny curling shirts that make even your skip crack a smile.

And of course, the real frenzy starts when someone yells, “They’re down to the last broom head!” Suddenly, you’re reenacting a gentle version of “The Hunger Games,” but with grippers.

2. Midnight Madness: The Bonspiel Vets Take Over

If you’ve ever played the 11 p.m. draw at a bonspiel, you already know what a curling Black Friday would look like.
People in matching team hoodies running on three hours of sleep and beer-fueled enthusiasm.
At 2 a.m., someone starts selling “mystery sliders” out of a duffel bag. At 3 a.m., the seniors show up with doughnuts and unsolicited delivery advice.

Need to picture it? Check out our earlier post on why curling is the perfect sport for glass-half-full people. Optimism is a requirement when you’re still waiting in line for discounted grippers at sunrise.

3. The Merch Table Meltdown

Every curling club has a merch table — but on Black Friday, it becomes the House of Chaos.
One side’s arguing about whether “Hack Attack” or “Skip Happens” is the superior funny curling shirt.
Another group is hoarding patches like they’re NFTs.
And in the corner? Someone’s quietly trading bonspiel pins like they’re on the curling stock exchange.

If you need to plan your gift haul, we’ve got you covered with our Ultimate Curling Gift Guide. (Hint: it’s filled with curling team gifts your teammates will actually like.)

4. The Early Bird Skip Gets the Sheet

You know that one person who shows up an hour early to every draw “to stretch”? That’s the person who also camps overnight for the Black Friday broom sale.
By dawn, they’ve already:

  • Timed everyone’s rock delivery speed.
  • Organized the line by shooting percentage.
  • Started a mini chalkboard strategy session on who gets the first pair of new shoes.

Meanwhile, the rest of us are just here for coffee, gossip, and maybe a new curling hoodie that says “Bonspiel Season Never Ends.”

Speaking of, if you’re already planning your next trip, check out our blog on The Bonspiel Bucket List: Curling Events Worth Traveling For. Because a new broom deserves a new adventure.

5. Curlers Don’t Trample — They Hog Line

Here’s the thing: curlers are polite. Even on Black Friday.
Instead of trampling each other, we politely call out “Yours!” and slide past.
Someone falls? Three people help them up, check their pebble pattern, and then resume the rush for the broom bags.
And naturally, someone’s yelling, “Whoa! WHOA!” in the parking lot.

Our sense of civility might just make curling the only sport that can survive Black Friday without a single injury — unless you count ego bruises when your friend gets the last hoodie in your size.

6. Cyber Monday for Curlers: Online, Safe, and Cozy

Let’s be honest — most of us are too tired from weekend bonspiels to actually line up for anything. That’s why we’re big fans of Cyber Monday for Curlers — a.k.a. browsing great curling shirts while reheating leftover turkey.

Picture this:

  • You in pajama pants, coffee in hand.
  • Browsing curling merch like “Curling Hair, Don’t Care” and “Stone Cold Curler.”
  • Adding gifts for your skip, vice, and that one teammate who always forgets their broom.

No lines, no grippers sticking to the floor, no frost delay. Just pure, online curling joy.

Final Thoughts: Black Friday, Bonspiel Style

In the end, Black Friday for curlers isn’t about deals — it’s about the vibe.
The laughter, the friendly competition, and that universal love of all things curling.
We might not line up outside Best Buy, but we’ll definitely line up for a draw at dawn, a hot coffee, and a hoodie that screams “I Sweep Therefore I Am.”

So whether you’re shopping in person or online, remember: every purchase of curling merch helps grow curling culture one goofy T-shirt at a time.

Shop smart, sweep fast, and may your hacks always be warm.