Do you know what the kids are doing on the Lower East Side? They are playing something called Bike Polo.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
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Do you know what the kids are doing on the Lower East Side? They are playing something called Bike Polo.
Sooo last spring. http://www.pittsburghcitypaper.ws/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A63782
Wow, Pittsburgh picked up on an obscure hip trend in less than ten years? I'm honestly impressed!
I've been watching these guys on LES for a couple years. They've got bike skillz and sometimes the girls play in tutus or other weird costumes Pick up some dumplings over at Dumpling House and set up on a bench for the afternoon.
Right??
Fun to eat some foodz in the park and watch these guys too: http://www.pittsburghcitypaper.ws/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A67181
WOW. They're like jockier LARP's who probably don't cry when they get hit.
Gerbil Pong.
This looks all helmety and safe. Each team should have at least one bear.
i thought this was the nytimes blog for a second there.
This is actually very fun to watch.
It's like NASCAR, you're just waiting for a crash.
My favorite- http://www.flickr.com/photos/cecilyupton/3651008693/in/set-72157616175331616/
Sooooo college. And we were the artsy/gay fraternity.
Bike Polo's been my sport of choice since I found myself a sport of choice. More here: http://www.nycbikepolo.com http://www.hardcourtbikepolo.com
The first rule about bike polo is YOU DON'T TALK ABOUT GETTING JOBS!!
I know of people who do this as a career, actually getting paid to go around the country and play with other people who have managed to not have a job for years..they have women back home raising their kids.
@mathnet, the NYTimes ran a piece about this in 1988: http://www.nytimes.com/1988/09/14/garden/a-game-of-kings-now-has-spokes.html
and in 2007: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/27/sports/othersports/27polo.html
and probably every summer in between.
Yeah, I was kind of kidding, but thanks.
Ski joring, aka horse-pulled skiing, is done on snow, not water, but it is for real: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNZL0Ma7GEs&feature=related