Why Olympic Curling Stones Cost So Much | Ailsa Craig

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A unique granite found on only one island in the world is turned into curling stones. These are the only ones allowed at the Olympic Games. The granite from Ailsa Craig island in Scotland is recognised around the world for having unique qualities which make it the ideal material for curling stones. Top-spec winter Olympic curling stones cost £750 each which means a full set of 16 is worth £12,000. Only one company holds the lease to extract common green and blue hone granite from this Scottish island for the manufacture of curling stones. In this video let's join Kays of Scotland and follow the journey of the Olympic curling stone from island to ice. Watch the 70-minute uncut version of this video over on my new Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/RuthAisling Kays of Scotland Website: https://www.kaysscotland.com 🍿 WATCH NEXT SHETLAND ISLANDS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92eIJSKrtWA&t=56s SCOTLAND'S HIGHEST VILLAGE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxytuwrDwMQ&t=39s ORKNEY ISLANDS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mdqewBUnKM&t=431s SCOTLAND'S WHISKY ISLAND: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9IQXLRrujo&t=16s SCOTLAND'S WILD ISLAND: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VS9YI2M0hSU&t=535s EXTRA CONTENT ON PATREON: 🎬 Get access to exclusive uncut and bonus videos, behind-the-scenes content and sneak peeks into future projects - https://www.patreon.com/ruthaisling 🚌 My Scotland Group Trips: https://ruthaisling.com/group-trips/ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 My Scotland Google Map: https://geni.us/L7sek2P 💌 Free Scotland Travel Guide: https://ruthaisling.com MY OTHER SOCIALS: 📸 INSTAGRAM - https://www.instagram.com/ruthaisling 🎥 FACEBOOK - https://www.facebook.com/ruthaisling 📱 TIKTOK - https://www.tiktok.com/@ruth.aisling 🌍 WEBSITE - https://ruthaisling.com MY FAVOURITE TOOLS & GEAR: 🚽 Trelino - The best van toilet (Use code RUTHAISLING for a discount or gift): https://geni.us/lC0UmdH 🔋 Bluetti - My favourite van portable batteries (Use code BLUETTIRA for 5% discount): https://geni.us/ewxrm1v 🎵 Epidemic Sound - Music in my videos: https://geni.us/a1Qq WHO AM I? If we haven't met before... Hi, I'm Ruth 👋 and I recently bought a campervan to travel my home country of Scotland after living overseas for 12 years. I’ve hardly seen anything or been anywhere in Scotland and now is the time to change that! P.S. Some of the links in this description are affiliate links that I get a kickback from. 00:00 - Visiting Ailsa Craig 05:40 - Granite Harvesting 15:18 - Granite Slicing & Coring 16:43 - Curling Stone Factory 21:30 - Sport of Curling