Polo in the News

Bill and I fought in the OG punk rock wars, the rest of you are bogus n0ob punx...

but are you still in the pub?

Bill and I fought in the OG punk rock wars, the rest of you are bogus n0ob punx...

Beg to differ.

UK Garage thread is >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Ha! don't get me started. I was never massively into Garage though, much more into Grime and Dubstep.

dubstep is fun, makes me want drugs

drugs might make me want to dubstep.

dubstep is a drug, makes me want fun

I like fun, makes me want drugs

Not news, but the Hardcourt page on Wikipedia is in a sorry state.

[ame]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardcourt_Bike_Polo[/ame]

Indeed. Would be great to see all the various national championships on there too.

Indeed. Would be great to see all the various national championships on there too.

It would, the only reason I haven't done it (I added the tournament results that are there), is finding sources for them.

There isn't much media coverage of the UK champs for example.

San Francisco park gets purpose-built bike polo court:

Besides the new playground, the renovation design at present consists of the following: a new, 12-foot-wide, central and universally accessible road ("The ADA Road," since it responds to federal regulations under the Americans With Disabilities Act); a building and loading zone for the maintenance crew, at least two new restrooms at opposite ends of the park, a brand-new bike polo court, an updated storm water collection system, new picnic areas and off-leash dog zones, plus a revamp of the existing sports areas and the pedestrian bridge that connects the park with Church Street.

Nice little write-up:

http://www.greenworm.net/node/27
http://www.greenworm.net/gallery/london-open-bike-polo-tournament-2011-hackney-downs

This bit is nice:

"The key to the game is not in speed, but in skills and control. It's not a big court so being able to pick your angles, maintain uprightedness, and perform deft slice shots and smacking power drives while leant over and feathering the brakes off-handed is going to help you more than the acceleration of a demon. You can be hyper aggressive, but the targets themselves reward accuracy over strength."

awesome! i liked the pic of Nik and Markus too.

really nice artice! such a good and fresh perspective

and really really enthusiastic about the game rather than focusing on some fixie fashion shit.

the difference between writing about something because you want to, as opposed to writing about something because it's zany (or you've been asked to).

(or you've been asked to)

^ This...

http://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/hardcourt-womens-bike-polo-coming-to-london-31796

http://ibyen.dk/gadeplan/ECE1404876/koebenhavnske-hipstere-kaster-sig-over-engelsk-gentlemansport/

nice little dig at the English there.

Do you speak Danish too John?!

Not as such. But between English and German I can understand a fair bit of it. Google translate fills in the rest.

Strangely enough I just thinking about going on a Danish course.

i could go for a almond twist right about now

one for Vidal

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Sports Report with Andrew Santino: Bicycle Polo | Farmer John Local Legends - YouTube[/ame]