If you can't be on the ice, you might as get as close as you can to the action.

For Jamie Koe, that's in the stands watching big brother take on the world at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea.

Jamie has been in South Korea for a week now and it's a family affair as his sister, Kerry Galusha, mom Lynda and father Fred are all in the bleachers watching every game involving Kevin Koe and his rink of Marc Kennedy, Brent Laing and Ben Hebert. After a strong start to the men's curling competition with four straight wins, Kevin and company had dropped their next three.

Yellowknifer spoke with Jamie before Kevin took to the ice against Japan on Monday evening SA国际影视传媒� Tuesday morning in PyeongChang SA国际影视传媒� to get a sense of what's going on with his older brother.

Jamie said even after losing three straight, his brother was still as relaxed as he could be.

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Curling is a game of momentum, he said, and teams go through both good and bad spells but every team his older brother has faced has come at him with their A-game.

SA国际影视传媒淎ll of the other teams have been playing really well against him, like I'm sure he expected, but the game against Japan (was) a statement game,SA国际影视传媒� he said. SA国际影视传媒淚t's like Rachel Homan (skip of the Canadian women's team) when she lost her first three games and hasn't lost since. The boys will get their confidence back.SA国际影视传媒�

For the record, Homan ended up losing against China yesterday, 8-6, while Koe cranked it up against Japan, beating them 8-4.

In between curling, the family has had the chance to take in some of the other events happening around the area. Jamie got to watch the Canadian women's hockey team beat the Olympic Athletes from Russia in the semifinal and also got to see the men's hockey team play against South Korea.

Jamie said that was an atmosphere he's never experienced before.

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When it comes to Lynda Koe, this is her first trip overseas ever and she's enjoying every minute of it.

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That was a sentiment echoed by Jamie.

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Something else Jamie found out about Korean culture is when it comes to tipping.

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Getting used to being in a place 16 hours ahead of Yellowknife is something which took some getting used to for Lynda.

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