--- title: Norway’s Crazy Curling Pants are Back for the 2018 Olympics description: Norway’s curling team and Loudmouth have teamed up again for their official pants for the 2018 Winter Olympics. canonical: https://time.com/5113625/norway-curling-pants-2018-winter-olympics/ author: Sean Gregory article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-01-23T05:04:04.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:42:06.695Z article:section: Sports og:title: Norway’s Crazy Curling Pants are Back for the 2018 Olympics og:description: They're probably the only curling pants to have a Facebook following og:url: https://time.com/5113625/norway-curling-pants-2018-winter-olympics/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt093121c50bd139d7/6988f910096a946e1c6a131a/norway-curling-team.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Norway Curling Team og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Norway’s Crazy Curling Pants are Back for the 2018 Olympics twitter:description: They're probably the only curling pants to have a Facebook following twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt093121c50bd139d7/6988f910096a946e1c6a131a/norway-curling-team.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Olympic Fans Rejoice. 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Pyeongchang Winter Games: by the Numbers_  by [Sean Gregory](https://time.com/author/sean-gregory/)  ## Sean Gregory Senior Correspondent Jan 23, 2018 5:04 AM UTC  The Norway men's curling team for the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics, from left: Christoffer Svae, Haavard Peterson, Thomas Ulsrud, Torger Nergaard The Norway men's curling team for the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics, from left: Christoffer Svae, Haavard Peterson, Thomas Ulsrud, Torger NergaardLoudmouth Golf  by [Sean Gregory](https://time.com/author/sean-gregory/)  ## Sean Gregory Senior Correspondent Jan 23, 2018 5:04 AM UTC Norway’s [curling](http://time.com/5092825/curling-sport-terms-rules-history/) pants are making an appearance at the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics. The Norway curling pants, and their multi-colored, checkered design, were initially a hit at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver. **Norway Curling Pants at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics** The outfits developed a cult following during those Olympics; a Facebook page, Norwegian Olympic Curling Team’s Pants, swelled to more than 575,00o followers. Loudmouth, the company that makes the pants, saw a [40% increase](http://olympics.time.com/2012/08/01/ugly-americans-loud-beach-volleyball-shorts-give-loudmouth-an-olympic-spike/) in sales. The unsightly curling pants returned for the Sochi Olympics, but they didn’t help Norway as much as they did in Vancouver: Norway’s curling team won a silver medal in 2010, but did not bring home any hardware in Russia. **Norway Curling Pants at the 2014 Sochi Olympics** So what do the Norway curling pants look like this time around? Loudmouth came up with a new design, dubbed “Icicles,” from the 2018 Olympics. Check them out below. **Norway Curling Pants at the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics**  Loudmouth Golf Loudmouth Golf Norwegian curler Christoffer Svae (left, above) doesn’t seem to mind wearing pants that look like a baby threw paint on them. “Whatever they come up with, we’re never really surprised,” Svae tells TIME. “We’ve seen it all.” Svae and teammates (from left to right, above) Haavard Peterson, Thomas Ulsrud, and Torger Nergaard have competed in the Loudmouth pants at the last two Olympics, and have qualified for PyeongChang. The Loudmouth sponsorship has helped fund the Norwegian curling team’s Olympic aspirations, and given the curlers some notoriety. “If I’m walking down a main street in Oslo wearing the Loudmouth pants, people say, ‘oh, that’s the curling guy,” says Svae. He sometimes even gets recognized in Canada, where curling is particularly popular, while wearing normal pants. What should fans expect from Norway’s curling team in South Korea? “We’re excited to play our hearts out,” says Svae. While blinding millions of viewers with their pants, once again. Norway’s Crazy Curling Pants are Back for the 2018 Olympics ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5113625/norway-curling-pants-2018-winter-olympics/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5113625/norway-curling-pants-2018-winter-olympics/"},"headline":"Olympic Fans Rejoice. 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