As the sport of mixed doubles curling continues to pick up momentum. Humboldt's Dustin Kalthoff appears to be just a step ahead.

The product of the Humboldt Curling Club has been active in the newer form of the usual four person sport for the past half decade, now his talents have landed him a shot at wearing the Maple Leaf and representing Canada.

He had originally earned a birth in the national championship event in Saskatoon this past weekend by claiming the provincial title with longtime curler, Sherry Anderson but with her also winning the provincial senior's championship she was unable to attend the nationals.

That left Kalthoff scrambling but Stephanie Lawton rink member, Marliese Kasner's name came up.

"We talked about it, she was very excited about it, we practiced for four games prior to the national," he explained Tuesday from Toronto where he had to attend an automotive conference for his day job. "We played very well at the nationals, it was kind of fun," he added.

The pair ended up curling their way to a bronze medal in the 32 team field, they finished 7-2 over the four day event. However, much like Anderson's conflict with her four person team schedule, that's also the case for both the gold and silver winning teams from the nationals opening the door for Kalthoff and Kasner to represent Canada at the World Championships in Karlstad, Sweden from April 16th to 23rd.

"We just had to go play our best and of course we tried our best and ended up bronze medalists," Kalthoff continued. "I think we wanted more but we will take what we could get and fortunately that was good enough."

The Worlds are a crucial event, obviously for both Kalthoff and Kasner, but also for Curling Canada. The 2018 Olympics will debut the sport so there are important qualifying points at stake for the games in South Korea two years from now.

That being said, going in ranked sixth, Kalthoff says their mindset is a gold medal.

"Yeah, there is no question. I think when you represent Canada you are expected to win gold. I don't think that any Canadian team ever goes into an international competition, especially in curling with a goal smaller than winning gold. By all rights we're very experienced, we play at a very high level and the field at Worlds absolutely can't compare to the field we just played."

42 countries are in the field in Sweden, their will be six pools of seven teams.

As for Canadian curling, with this now being an Olympic sport, they hope schedules can coexist with the top end players and their four person teams in the future but for now, Kalthoff hopes to get that world title and increase his chances of perhaps becoming just one more Humboldt Olympian in a couple years time.

You can hear much more from Kalthoff below in his interview with Bolt FM's Clark Stork.