Halls of fame for curling, Jacuzzis, heavy metal, intellectual property law

There’s a hall of fame for just about every passion and pursuit. Most don’t have physical buildings and museums. They exist online or have annual events.
Here’s the latest batch of virtual halls of fame that I’ve spotted.

Canadian Curling Hall of Fame

Canadians love the ice sport of curling, so it makes sense that they’d have a hall of fame to honor the country’s best players.
The Curling Canada Hall of Fame has an online museum of artifacts and historical information along with a list of inductees. It is operated by Curling Canada, the sanctioning body for the sport in Canada.
Member organizations in Curling Canada have their own regional halls of fame. They include curling halls of fame for Quebec, Manitoba, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.
The World Curling Hall of Fame is managed by the World Curling Federation, which is headquartered in Scotland.

Women in Poker Hall of Fame

The Women in Poker Hall of Fame started inducting prominent female poker players in 2008. The hall has partnered with Poker Gives for making charitable contributions.

Women Superstars Uncensored Hall of Fame

Women Superstars Uncensored, a women’s professional wrestling organization, created its own hall of fame in 2009. The most recent athlete to be inducted into the Women Superstars Uncensored Hall of Fame is the “Latina Sensation” Mercedes Martinez, the longest reigning champion in WSU history.

International Sports Hall of Fame

The International Sports Hall of Fame was founded in 2012 “to honor legendary athletes from around the world for their sports performance, as well as for what they do later in life by giving back to society, mentoring young people, and representing their sports in a positive way.”
This year’s inductees included mixed martial arts star Ronda Rousey.

Jacuzzi Hall of Fame

Jacuzzi Hot Tubs honors its best dealers with induction into the Jacuzzi Hall of Fame.
In February, Idaho Falls, Idaho-based Brady’s became the ninth company in the Jacuzzi’s 60-year history to receive the honor. (See articles by MagicValley.com and East Idaho News.)

Carrier Dealer Hall of Fame

Heating, ventilating and air conditioning system maker Carrier also has a hall of fame for its best dealers. Carrier, a unit of United Technologies, earlier this month picked two dealers for its Carrier Dealer Hall of Fame.

Decibel Hall of Fame

Decibel magazine, an authority on heavy metal rock music, selects the greatest metal albums of all time for its Decibel Hall of Fame.
Recent inductees include Paradise Lost’s “Icon,” Kreator’s “Pleasure to Kill, Monster Magnet’s “Spine of God” and Nuclear Assault’s “Game Over.”

High-Performance Computer Architecture Hall of Fame

The HPCA Hall of Fame includes authors with eight or more papers in the International Symposium on High Performance Computer Architecture (HPCA). It is maintained by the IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Computer Architecture. The HPCA Hall of Fame currently includes just 39 members.

IP Hall of Fame

Leading intellectual property magazine IAM has an IP Hall of Fame that honors those who have made an outstanding contribution to the development of IP law and practice.