So far, the award for Olympic Curling Social Media Wizardry goes to Team USA.
Second thrower Nicole Joraanstad of Debbie McCormick's women's team has been all over the Twitterverse and Facebook, showing photos and sharing newsbytes as her squad prepares for action to start next week. Alternate Tracy Sachtjen has also been an accomplished photo bug.
On the men's squad, alternate Chris Plys has, predictably, been the go-to-guy for digital updates... but coach Phill Drobnick isn't far behind.
Here's a montage of two pics taken by Joranstaad: at left is her squad showing off some Team USA cheering gear, which was probably left in their condo apartments upon their arrival, and at right is the first look at their on-ice uniforms, as they headed onto the ice yesterday at Richmond CC for their first British Columbia practice session.
One is fun, the other more serious.
And as any of these girls will tell you, a balance between the two is probably the best elixir for curling success.
[Photos courtesy Nicole Joraanstad – click to increase size]