Since 2003, the region was selected to host the 2009 Mount Titlis World Women's Curling Championship and the FIS Snowboarding World Championships 2009 in Gangwon, the 2009 Biathlon World Championships 2009 in Pyeongchang, in an aim at becoming the winter sports hub of Asia.
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The winning Lindsay Sparkes rink from British Columbia would go on to represent Canada at the first ever Women's World Curling Championship, the 1979 Royal Bank of Scotland World Women's Curling Championship.
The 1981 Royal Bank of Scotland World Women's Curling Championship, the women's world curling championship, was held from March 16-21 at the Perth Ice Arena in Perth, Scotland.
The 1984 World Women's Curling Championship, the women's world curling championship, was held from March 25-30 at the Perth Ice Arena in Perth, Scotland.
The winning Julie Sutton rink from British Columbia won the right to represent Canada not only at the 1991 Canada Safeway World Women's Curling Championship and the 1992 Scott Tournament of Hearts, but also at the 1992 Winter Olympics, as there were no Olympic Trials held for the 1992 Games.
By virtue of reaching the finals, both nations qualified for the 2006 World Men's Curling Championship in Lowell, Massachusetts.
The 2009 Canadian Direct Insurance BC Men's Curling Championship (British Columbia's men's provincial curling championship) was held February 9-15 at the Golden Ears Winter Club in Maple Ridge, British Columbia.
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The winning team represented British Columbia at the 2009 Tim Hortons Brier in Calgary.
The winning team represented the United States at the 2010 Capital One World Men's Curling Championship.
The top seven women's teams at the 2011 European Curling Championships, Scotland, Russia, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, and the Czech Republic, will join defending champions Sweden in representing their respective nations at the 2012 Ford World Women's Curling Championship in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
The 2014 Ford World Women's Curling Championship will be held from March 15 to 23 at the Harbour Station in Saint John, New Brunswick.
Two years later, at the 2007 Ford World Men's Curling Championship, Kapp skipped Germany to another silver medal, losing to Canada's Glenn Howard in the final 8-3.
A secondary "curse", if interpreted in this way, is that a North Dakotan rink did not represent the United States again in the World Curling Championships until 1997, when Craig Disher of Langdon represented the United States.
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It was caused by an incident at the finals of the 1972 world men's curling championship, the 1972 Air Canada Silver Broom in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
Upon their win at the 2013 United States Women's Curling Championship, Brown and her team were qualified to participate at the 2014 United States Olympic Curling Trials.
He returned the next year to play in the nationals and went through the round robin undefeated, eventually securing his first nationals title with a win over defending champion Pete Fenson.
He made his World Championship debut at the 2007 Edmonton World Championships with a team skipped by Thomas Dufour.
Brown and her team won the 2013 United States Women's Curling Championship and went on to represent the United States at the 2013 World Women's Curling Championship, finishing in fourth after losing the bronze medal game to Canada's Rachel Homan.
They went to the 2010 US Nationals in Kalamazoo, Michigan where Hallisey won her first US title earning the right to compete at the 2010 Swift Current World Championships.
At the 1985 World Championships, the team won the gold medal, defeating Scotland in the final.
The following season, she temporarily joined the Anette Norberg rink as lead, and the team won a silver medal at the 2009 Mount Titlis World Women's Curling Championship, losing to China's Wang Bingyu in the final.
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As Sweden's representative at the 2012 Ford World Women's Curling Championship, the Sigfridsson rink won the silver medal, losing to Switzerland's Mirjam Ott in the final match.
In 2005 they finished in 7th position and were awarded a place into the 2006 Ford World Women's Curling Championship where they finished in the last position.
Two weeks before the start of the 2006 World Men's Curling Championship in Lowell, Massachusetts, Uusipaavalniemi suffered a wrist injury that forced him to miss the team's first three games of the competition.
Mayo Yamaura made her debut at a major curling competition at the 2008 World Championships in Vernon, Canada.
In adult competitions, she placed 4th at the U.S. National Championships in 2012 and again in 2013.
They went on to win at that year's world championship, securing the gold medal after a win over Norway, skipped by Torger Nergård.
Jarkova remained as the Russian skip until 2005 when she was the team's alternate at the 2005 World Women's Curling Championship.
In 2011, Lank and her new team went through the 2011 US Nationals round robin with an 8-1 record, and defeated Allison Pottinger in the final to win the nationals and represent the US at the 2011 Worlds in Esbjerg, Denmark.
The team would later go on to represent Canada at the 2013 Ford World Men's Curling Championship where they won a silver medal, after losing to Sweden's Niklas Edin in the final.
2006 Grand Prairie World Championships
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2007 Aomori World Championships
In 2009, Birr skipped the U.S. team to 3 game sweep over the Brazilian national team at the first ever Americas Challenge to determine the second American berth at the 2009 Ford World Men's Curling Championship.
Upon their semifinal win at the 2013 United States Men's Curling Championship, George and his team were qualified to participate at the 2014 United States Olympic Curling Trials.
In March 2010 at the 2010 Ford World Women's Curling Championship in Swift Current, Wang and her team missed the playoffs with a 6-5 record in the Round Robin stage.