#contcup2019

#FBF to the 2019 Continental Cup of #Curling in celebration of taking the first step to my birthday trip to the 2022 World Men’s Curling Championship in Las Vegas. This morning tickets for the event went on presale for folks like me who’ve purchased tickets before (I also had full week tickets to the GSOC event originally scheduled for Vegas that got cancelled due to C19). . . There are 197 days until April 2nd, the day after my birthday (4/1), and the start of Worlds. My friends and I have about 6 months to finalize travel plans (e.g., drive vs fly), but I really need to start mentally preparing myself for the possibility that @svenskcurling may send another team to Worlds to gain experience especially if 🐐 @niklasedin & @teamniklasedin win gold at the Olympics (which I’m really hoping they do). I still have fangirl PTSD from #ContCup2019 & while we only get one shot at a first time (no do overs), I am hoping this next trip will erase most of the heartache that lingers. Hopefully my expectations are more realistic now after hearing about other fans’ bad experience at Worlds in the past. Also, I’m such a big curling fan now that Team Edin are not the end all be all, there are lots of other athletes I want to meet/see again. But let’s be real, no Team Edin for a birthday trip that took so much time, money, and effort would be devastating. So I’ll be manifesting gold for my #Icevengers in China at the Olympics and in Vegas at Worlds 🙏🤞 . . One of my friends & I originally planned to go to Beijing for the Olympics since the curling venue used to be the Water Cube (where Nathan Adrian won his first Olympic gold in swimming), but C19 and my mom becoming disabled last year killed that plan. Hopefully all the preparations I’m already doing will ensure I get to go to Las Vegas as planned for my 28th birthday 😉 Most people go to San Diego for Spring Break & I’m leaving to go to Vegas and sit in a cold arena. Who wants to join Chris & I in section 116? . . 🥌💙💛🇸🇪🥌💙💛🇸🇪🥌💙💛🇸🇪 #NiklasEdin #TeamSweden #Swedish #EdinForTheWin #growththegame #growthesport #wintersports #sports #curlingrocks #ilovecurling #flashbackfriday 🥌💙💛🇸🇪🥌💙💛🇸🇪🥌💙💛🇸🇪 (at The Orleans Hotel and Casino - Las Vegas) https://www.instagram.com/p/CT8tv0hLZfB/?utm_medium=tumblr

One more #birthday greeting for the #bestlead in the world. This is the only photo I have w/ the Captain America of the #Icevengers taken on the casino floor of the Orleans in Las Vegas for the #ContCup2019 Here’s to Rasmus getting you some 🎂 this weekend 😬 #HappyBirthdayCrippa . . 🥌💙💛🇸🇪🥌💙💛🇸🇪🥌💙💛🇸🇪 #ChristofferSundgren #KjellTommy #CareerLead #TeamEdin #TeamSweden #HejaSverige #EdinForTheWin #athlete #olympian #worldchampion #europeanchampion #lilterror #IBELIEVEEDINWILLWIN 🥌💙💛🇸🇪🥌💙💛🇸🇪🥌💙💛🇸🇪 https://www.instagram.com/p/CDVPlkQDv19/?igshid=szvkqhonkz22

I hope 🐐 @niklasedin enjoyed being bombarded by birthday greetings 🎂🎂🎂 Here’s a throwback to the #ContCup2019 in #LasVegas I’m not sure if the Meridian GSOC will happen as planned in Vegas come January 2021, but my friend and I bought our tix months ago and the plan is to drive there if it does happen because I’m really hoping I win a #CardboardNik in the raffle and I can’t really fly w/ that or ship it. Besides, I have a very large wardrobe of curling clothes that will likely make men ask me again how much @teamniklaedin pays me to promote them so much like at the 2019 Continental Cup 😂 They don’t pay me a cent to be their walking, talking, human billboard. I’m just a hardcore fangirl. Oh, and there may be a repeat of the “it’s like Christmas” episode from 2019 and that takes up a lot of room 😉 #HappyBirthdayNiklas . . 🥌💙💛🇸🇪🥌💙💛🇸🇪🥌💙💛🇸🇪 #NiklasEdin #PoolShark #Bionik #NinjaThor #KatnikEveredin #therealgoat #TeamEdin #Icevengers #EdinForTheWin #athlete #olympian #worldchampion #europeanchampion #curling #sports #wintersports #goatsofinstagram #mahalskling #SidenjöPojken #lilterror #mancrushmonday #mancrusheveryday #SEEDERNSHURPAWYKAEN #IBELIEVEEDINWILLWIN 🥌💙💛🇸🇪🥌💙💛🇸🇪🥌💙💛 https://www.instagram.com/p/CCVQ4WED-YL/?igshid=1use7zkcu5ea1

Last night at @curlsandiego curling league I got to channel my inner @evemuirhead of @team_muirhead Not only did I wear my @bawbagsunderwear I’m also wearing my #ContCup2019 jersey. It was neat to see #EveMuirhead be the hero of Vegas, clinching the win for Team World especially after hip surgery. I knew I had to get #Bawbags underwear after seeing #TeamMuirhead post about it and finding out they support the fight against #cancer Not gonna lie, I had to put on my @teamniklasedin @dynastycurling hoodie on after this pic was taken though. It’s cold and my Team Edin hoodie has been my Saturday uniform since I got it. I wish I could order the new Team Edin hoodies, but it seems they’ll never be sold. . . I also got to channel my inner @saramcmanus vice of @teamhasselborg last night. It was my first time playing vice for the entire game and we won! Michael, the youngest member of the club and a chatty old soul, started noticing and commenting that if I scream or yelp while delivering a rock, it’s gonna be a good shot and was making calls like a TSN/Sportsnet commentator 😂 The funny thing was, he was actually mostly right especially towards the later ends. The ice was kinda wonky and kept falling a certain way so it was mostly luck that I was managing to pull off the good shots I was making, but I’ll take it. I look forward to the day when I can consistently do takeouts, those are fun when I nail them. One day I hope to actually have a draw game too haha. I suck at drawing and totally better at making granite fly. . . Too bad I pulled my left quad muscle getting out of the car while complaining about how much my right butt cheeks hurt from curling 😂😭 That reminds me, I need to continue doing my PT exercises. . . 🥌💙💛🇸🇪🥌💙💛🇸🇪🥌💙💛🇸🇪 #fangirlcurling #growththegame #growthesport #wintersports #sports #curling #sweep #curlsandiego #curlingrocks #sandiego #hurryhard #ilovecurling #itsalotharderthanitlooks #HardlineNation #isweptwithyourwife 🥌💙💛🇸🇪🥌💙💛🇸🇪🥌💙💛🇸🇪 (at Curl San Diego) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4tA-TbHVRf/?igshid=3hvzvfd7q8mb

Maligayang bati @cr1ppa #lead for @teamniklasedin Wishing you the best 30th #birthday and continued perfect games in all the tournaments you play 💯 You may be second oldest after @niklasedin but I have a feeling you’ll always look like you’re the youngest person on the squad. Woohoo forever #babyface Remember to always wear sunscreen though because sun damage speeds up the aging process and skin cancer is no joke. . . I will forever be grateful to you for sending me Nik’s 2018 jersey from #Sweden I love it and treasure it immensely. Thank you for letting me be the ultimate fangirl at the #ContCup2019 in #LasVegas and letting me hand off the obnoxious bag of presents to you 😬 I will try to be way more restrained next year at the Players Championship (I’m hoping to go for my birthday trip). And thank you so much for taking the time to answer Ask A Curler questions on Twitter during the 2019 Worlds. I didn’t expect it and loved that you engaged with fans on the social media platform. Maraming salamat. Here’s to a great rest of the summer and an epic winning upcoming #curling season. I’m so pumped to cheer you guys on again. If I can be 1/100th as good a leas as you are, whichever team I end up with for Fall League will be pretty fierce 👊💪 . . #Grattispåfödelsedagen #HappyBirthdayCr1ppa #HappyBirthdayChristofferSundgren . . 🥌💙💛🇸🇪🥌💙💛🇸🇪🥌💙💛🇸🇪 #ChristofferSundgren #TeamEdin #SwedishVikings #Icevengers #CaptainAmerica #EdinForTheWin #worldchampions #olympians #athletes #sports #wintersports #HardlineNation #TheVikingWay #IBELIEVEEDINWILLWIN 🥌💙💛🇸🇪🥌💙💛🇸🇪🥌💙💛🇸🇪 (at The Orleans Hotel and Casino - Las Vegas) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0jpEqMHEdf/?igshid=18x76qn699d96

As disappointing overall as the #ContCup2019 was for me thanks to my own naiveté and mismanagement of expectations, I have to keep reminding myself of the positive things associated w/ the trip. Not many #curling fans are lucky enough to watch their favorite teams compete in person, and I thoroughly enjoyed watching @teamniklasedin help Team World end the drought in #LasVegas I’m still torn between wanting to cry and laugh over this picture, but I’m hoping in due time I’ll learn to laugh more about it, starting w/ the very realistic possibility I will post it again on 11/15 w/ a smaller blue box 😂 I will never forget watching @niklasedin and my #SwedishVikings defeat Team Shuster and getting a 👍 from Nik on his way out as I pointed to the shirt I was wearing. I hope I can make it to Canada for the Players’ Championship next year so I can get a proper photo w/ all the members of #TeamEdin paying attention and looking at the camera 🙏🤞Other fans have succeeded in the past, I hope I can too. #Grattispåfödelsedagen 🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐 May you always win all of your future Continental Cup matches. I hope someday you get a similar epic heroic moment like Eve did in #LasVegas I was rooting for you to pull it off against Team Gushue in January for sure. 🥌💙💛🇸🇪🥌💙💛🇸🇪🥌💙💛🇸🇪 #NiklasEdin #Bionik #KingNiklas #PoolShark #KatnikEveredin #GOAT #TeamEdin #SwedishVikings #Sweden #EdinForTheWin #athlete #olympian #olympicsilvermedalist #europeanchampion #worldchampion #sports #swedishbae #mahalskling #goatsofinstagram #IBELIEVEEDINWILLWIN 🥌💙💛🇸🇪🥌💙💛🇸🇪🥌💙💛🇸🇪 (at The Orleans Hotel and Casino - Las Vegas) https://www.instagram.com/p/BzmdB3KHPM6/?igshid=qjqbo8al7kwh

Happy #CanadaDay courtesy of half of @teamkevinkoe from #contcup2019 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 I love that I was able to get a picture w/ #KevinKoe and #ColtonFlasch while wearing my #SwedishMeatballs vs #CanadianBeef shirt 😂 #TeamKoe is my favorite among the #Canadian #curling teams and I usually root for them except for when they play @teamniklasedin because thise Filipino-American bleeds Swedish when it comes to curling 😬 @meaghan_edwards who’s #TeamKevinKoe ‘s number one fan and I have an understanding that we’re not friends whenever the Swedish Meatballs and Canadian Beef play each other. It works 😂 I really hope I can make it to the Players’ Championship 2020 for my birthday trip. I’ve never been to #Canada or a #GSOC event, and I need a proper photo w/ all of Team Koe. I don’t have a pic w/ BJ. #Alberta #HappyCanadaDay #HardlineNation (at The Orleans Hotel and Casino - Las Vegas) https://www.instagram.com/p/BzZkf3vnprB/?igshid=a6scy3at2sw2

I may or may not be wearing my #ContCup2019 jersey to #curling league tonight 😬 You have one guess and only one guess as to which name (if any) it says in the back 😉 Hint: I wanted a #TeamEdin jersey for my birthday but Dynasty didn’t allow personalization to orders when they were available so you’ll probably guess wrong. How’s your #saturday #weekend going? 🥌💙💛🇸🇪🥌💙💛🇸🇪🥌💙💛🇸🇪 #fangirlcurling #teamfatass #loseanolsentwin #sdccstarvationdiet #fatgirllearnstocurl #growththegame #growthesport #wintersports #sports #curlsandiego #curlingrocks #hurryhard #ilovecurling #itsalotharderthanitlooks #niklasalinaandoskar #SWEorSUI #SWEandSUI #TeamWorld #thirdwheel #isweptwithyourwife #ioverswept 🥌💙💛🇸🇪🥌💙💛🇸🇪🥌💙💛🇸🇪 (at Curl San Diego) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxEMT57hgD8/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=89eik1xcixuz