Bike Polo @ Bikesploitation
We’re playing some polo all day Saturday on the rooftop of the parking garage to the Sears Building! This will probably be one of the best spots we’ve ever played at. I can already see how awesome the pictures are gunna look! Our official time to play is 7pm-8:30pm, but I believe we’re going to be playing all day before that and until they make us leave.
We want this to be an opportunity for people to try it out if they never have. We’re going to be playing some beginner games as well as some more advanced games. All you need to bring is a bike, we have a mallet you can borrow.
had a blast this past weekend in Ft Lauderdale. drove about 1,000 miles roundtrip. we kinda got unlucky the first day. 3 of the 4 teams we played in the swiss rounds placed in the top 10. oh well, better luck next time.
anyway, here’s a video of the final game, which unfortunately was a 5-0. the game those two teams played earlier was a way better game, 5-4, but i didn’t get a video of that.
huge thanks to Danny and FTL for stepping up and making this tournament happen! and congrats to all the teams who qualified for NA’s!
EighthInch Mallet review
I heard these were supposed to come out in February or something like that, but never heard anything. The folks over at 321polo got their hands on one and did a nice review. I might have to try this out at some point. It even has the euro cheater cutout, lol.
http://321polo.net/2012/04/up-close-with-the-18-pro-head/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=facebook
looks like some polo-specific gloves are gunna be for sale pretty soon from Northern Standard! they look pretty awesome. by the way, whatever happened to those new mallets from eighthinch? i thought they said february.
Well, we weren’t able to take any teams to SCBPC this year because of the new rules with registration. I (Adam) was the only person that made it in. Our team, Blind Dates, tied for 17th place, lol. But I was able to take some photos and grab a video of the final game.
Photos: http://flic.kr/s/aHsjyPWP7W
Video: http://youtu.be/RSCvK3whlAw
lotsa #bikepolo on saturday (Taken with instagram)
Friendlies, this weekend!
Memphis Bike Polo invites you to some friendlies featuring Memphis, Little Rock and Jackson! Starting pickup around noon and playing til the sun goes down. We may do a bench minor later in the day, if everyone’s up to it!
If you bring “adult beverages” make sure they’re concealed and out-of-sight, because the police in Southaven are really bored. We got a visit from the cops last time because we were cursing, lol.
If you plan on spending the night, leave a message and we’ll find you a place to crash.
Adam’s band (www.armasecreta.com) is playing that night at the Young Ave Deli if anyone wants to stick around and party - more info on that here.
Custom Brake Boosters?
If you aren’t running disc brakes, you should look into these.
First Official NAH Polo Specific Ball
Couldn’t be more excited about this. Hopefully, this will be the end-all of the ball search. I’m definitely ordering a 3-pack tomorrow. Can’t wait to try these out! Read more.
Presidents Day Polo Social - San Antonio, TX
Well, we all had a blast in San Antonio! Good to see all those folks again and meet new peeps. Thanks to Jean Michel & Alicia for hooking us up with a place to crash. I’m not 100% sure, but I think both Power Snatch Kids (Charles, Brett and Andy) and Texarkanassee (Jean Michel, Nathan and Adam) tied for 5th or 6th place. Something like that. Charles had an exceptionally good time, I’ll leave it at that. And Andy is only known as HOLY MEMPHIS GESSUS! Looking forward to kicking it with them again in March.
Check out some pictures I took: http://goo.gl/KVSTq
