First Friday Polo event last Friday

Looks like the New Years First Friday polo game was a hit. Some cats came up from Bloomington to fill out the teams, and a good time was had by all.



Check out these Bloomington polo blogs for more photos and run-downs of the night!

Polo-Velo-Bloomington

Bloomington Bike Polo

New Year's First Fridays Bike Polo Event

A team is supposed to come up from Bloomington to get in on this as well. I'm excited about the things I've heard for the upcoming polo "season" in 2010. It seems like Keith and the Naptown Hardcore Bike Polo crew are going to be doing more with the Bloomington polo players and heading to some regional tournaments. If you want to be a part of it, you should get in on it. They're a welcoming crowd and always looking for more players. Great dudes and -ettes, the lot of 'em.

321Go: Bike Polo Photographs

Indianapolis photographer/cyclist Austin Dickson has work featured in the book 321Go: Bike Polo Photographs by Cecily Upton. This book is a collection of photography from bike polo players around the world.

Visit blurb.com for a free preview of the book.

First Friday Bike Polo Event this week!

Keith just got us a flyer for the First Fridays bike polo event that is happening at the Harrison Center this Friday. Click for a larger view, and it spells out the rules and name of the game. Much obliged to Keith and the polo crew for giving us some love on the flyer!



Looks like a fun time! I'm hoping to get to this now that I have some of my life settled down. Sorry to all of my pals for my being rather incognito of late. I'm looking forward to getting some more time on my bike around Indy.

For the Naptown Hardcourt Bike Poloeurs.

I thought you guys would appreciate this. It's an incredible Picasa album of vintage bike polo shots. Some of the crowds gathered in the shots are pretty impressive, and the action shots are bad ass. Looks like it was played on a full-length equine polo field, too. Intense.

Check it out here.

Fleet Velo/The Joust is rolled out on Urban Velo

Fleet Velo, a division of Waterford, got some love for their polo bike, The Joust, over at Urban Velo. The Joust prototype was initially unveiled at NAHBS last year, but it looks like they've finally released it as a line.

I've been chittering for awhile now about some of the awesome stuff in the works for Fleet Velo with a couple of my friends, so it's awesome to see it finally get some play on a national level over at Urban Velo.

More info about The Joust, including some commentary from the Waterford crew, is available over on the NAHBS blog from last year. Just scroll down a bit until you find it.

Photo from Urban Velo.

Polo First Friday. Get into it.

"CYCLES OF ADDICTION" (This First Fridays theme is "addiction.")
When: September 04, 2009, 6pm -10pm
Where: Harrison Center for the Arts, 15th & Deleware

The Harrison Center for the Arts, during First Friday, will host bicycle polo in their gymnasium.

Anyone can play.
Bring your bike.
Bring a helmet.
Bring everyone you know.
Extra mallets will be provided.

Another Polo Post!

From good ol' Bryan Wyatt's blog:

Indianapolis Bike Polo goes on every Monday and Thursday under the 65 overpass. We usually try to meet up around 6:30 and play at 7. All are welcome. Updates are usually announced at Bikes of Indy. Hope to see some new faces in the near future.

Naptown Bike Polo

For those of you who haven't experienced bike polo (including myself), here are some pretty good pictures posted by Austin Dickson. More on his Flickr page here.




If you're wanting to check it out, there's a game happening tonight at 7:00 o'clock, gathering under the overpass at 11th and Pennsylvania. They have extra mallets; feel free to come out and get in the game.

Bike Polo by Dano Archibee

Photo of The Shawn Wolf at bike polo last week. A group gathers to play bike polo every Thursday evening at 6:30 in the parking lot at 11th & Pennsylvania. More info here.

More photos by Dano Archibee on her Flickr. Check that shiz out. She does some amazing work with that camera--a great sort of washed out style that makes me think of sun-scorched old photos, or that hazy filter over any attempt to remember that one summer day when soda, that was still sweetened with sugar, came in a glass bottle for a quarter.

Indianapolis Hardcourt Bicycle Polo

After a good while of talk, a group has finally managed to find enough poloists (Poloeurs? Poloids? Um. People who play polo on bikes) together to get some bike polo going in Indy. If you've never heard of or seen bike polo, is a lot like real polo, only on bikes instead of horses.

So, it looks like this:


Instead of like this:


It seems that this has happened at the perfect time, as players from at least 4 other cities have confirmed that they will be in attendance at NAHBS this weekend, mallets in hand and looking for a pick-up game. They are planning to gather at the Waterford booth around 1:30 p.m. on Saturday.

The only detail they're a little sketchy on is a solid place to play. If anyone reading this knows of a good parking lot, basketball court, or tennis court that would be open through the weekend (the closer to the Convention Center the better), feel free to contribute in the comments section here. Poloids everywhere will be thankful.

For more information, check out the Indianapolis Hardcourt Bicycle Polo club page, and also this thread on the League of Bike Polo website.