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• What's going on in the Poloverse

  in Bike Polo • 11 years, 5 months

  

  naw i was just visiting. if you visit your folks that means you come through Toronto right? give us a headsup!

• What's going on in the Poloverse

  in Bike Polo • 11 years, 5 months

  

  i saw chukkerv and trevor in montreal today. matt's turning 40 tomorrow eh.

• Polo Tour De France Road Ride - Avignon-Bourg d'Oisans 2013/07/13-20

  in Bike Polo • 11 years, 11 months

  

  I drove up Mont Ventoux in Fall 2008. It was really hard, i had to keep pushing on the gas pedal the whole time.

  No but seriously this trip looks totally amazing. Thinking about it.

• London Open 2012 accommodation!

  in Bike Polo • 12 years, 4 months

  

  1. Todd - Ben Schultz, Brian Dillman, and I think Kev Walsh. (Another super team)
     
  2. Mrak&Ade - Kev Walsh, Ngaihon + 1, Oli (K'ruhe), & Flo (Monkey Punch)
     
     
     

  hmmm, looks like i'll be sleeping around that weekend.

• Tourney: London Open 2012 - August 25th and 26th

  in Bike Polo • 12 years, 4 months

  

  We are stoked to have you, old boy. Who are you playing with (here and Worlds)?

  In London with Schultz and Dillman. Midwest OG!
  Geneva will be 100% BPTO, Maija and Ngaihon.

• Polo Rules

  in Bike Polo • 12 years, 5 months

  

  I dont think good bike control should be punished by a warning kev. The rule states into another player's bike, not towards another player's bike.

  Warnings should be used for talking back to ref, time wasting, jumping the charge etc, things which are petty but might affect the game.

  If the game is affected, call a real penalty.

  A warning is not a punishment, and should never be used that way. Otherwise it'll just spiral, and people will get the idea "i'll just get warned, no big deal".

  In my dolphin slap example, i meant situations where it's just luck that the other player was not slapped--perhaps they hopped or steered out of the way, or perhaps a reckless endo where the player was clearly out of control just happened to land short. The ref should be able to recognize the difference... anyway i don't think warnings are important, i was just trying to give an example of one of the times i'd consider warning someone. i find yelling at players on the court is generally not useful.

• Polo Rules

  in Bike Polo • 12 years, 5 months

  

  Polo was not borderline, very definitely bre aking rules here there and everywhere but because he broke many rules once and not the same rule many times it did not get called so much (I think Max warned him about it though?)

  Yeah "warnings" usually accomplish nothing. They should only be used when a rule is NOT broken but almost broken, like a dolphin slap that stops right before impact.

• Tourney: London Open 2012 - August 25th and 26th

  in Bike Polo • 12 years, 5 months

  

  I am seriously stoked about coming back to London to play in a tournament. Three years is too long!

• Tourney: EHBPC 2012 - Paris - 2012/07/19-21

  in Bike Polo • 12 years, 5 months

  

  The late bets win hmmmmmmm

  Haha, yeah well when all the bets were in (on LFGSS anyway), all the teams that had been picked were still in, and mostly in winners' bracket. Interesting to see how few ppl picked l'Équipe!

• Tourney: EHBPC 2012 - Paris - 2012/07/19-21

  in Bike Polo • 12 years, 5 months

  

  modicum of procedural intelligence

  Sounds like a good team name to me, or the name of a slate running for the European Hardcourt Central Committee or whatever it's going to be called.