Machine Politics vs Beaver Boys, May 2011. Photo by Bruce Carver
I had to close comments on the tournament announcement cause it's getting way to long. though you should use the sign up form on the tournament post.
we are going to miss the dbd but will be able to make the party afterwards. i'm not really in the mood to re-read 300 posts for something i may have missed. here goes: where is the downhill ending (i.e. where da partay at) friday night?
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Get on 1st ave and head south until S. Lucile St. Take a left (east) til Airport Way then head south until you see a lot of bikes and a party. Most people will be there. Also, you can communicate with the party people by dialing their cellular telephone numbers. Most won't answer, but some might and you can find the party through them.
Missing the downhill....I thought Vancouver could rep....guess not.
oh don't you worry about that. many from van will be out in full force. there are some of us that have to finish work friday and are opting to go down either friday night or saturday morning.
par-tay
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this is the royal we i presume?
Anyone driving from Chicago? I ain't got shit going on. I got some loot for gas and such, and can probably hook up a place to stay. I got people in Seattle.
Through the pure-hearted generosity of anonymous polo benefactors, I was able to get a ticket to Seattle! I am arriving worse than broke, so I'll be accepting beer and food donations from all you mo-fo's I've bandaged in the past. You'll be paid back tenfold when I finish nursing school, because then I'll have access to all the goodies in the narcotics locker.
I'm super late to the game here, but I get in at 10:15 tomorrow night (Thurs). Will there be anyone near the airport then? Messman?
gotta team johnny? can't wait to have you here. have you on the court, have you in the bar, have you in leon's open arms.
yeah i need phone numbers i arrive sometime tommorow (flying standby) kreminatormke@gmail.com
www.mkebikepolo.com
Aaron Grant 425 233 9872 Housing overflow
Evan George 206.679-0673 housing
Messmann 206.300.0693 polo! rides thursday night!
Leon 206 375 3021 get him wasted!
seabass 206-551-4551 Gank
Jacki Rust 206.306.4868 pick ups on friday!
Messmann
bikepologuru
seattlebikepolo
since 1998
i land at 11 am through air tran flight 200 and something direct from milwaukee if some one is there to pick me up awesome
www.mkebikepolo.com
kremin, a cell number would be nice....i think you'll have good luck getting on the light rail, getting off at westlake center and catching a 71, 72, 73 bus up to the U-district. Call me, 425 233 9872 and we'll get you...somewhere. i'll call around this morning and see who is available to come pick you up.
I'm not going to this one cause apparently I can't permanently be on vacation but I wanted to wish you all good luck and lots and lots of fun. And NYC, could you please... Oh never mind.
GD, I wish I could be there too. Good luck to all of you. I can't even fathom how fun this week is going to be for you all.
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Let me be clear. Last night was by far the BEST WELCOME EVER to any city I've been to. Greeted by 20+ drunk Seattle smiles. Within 5 minutes each of us had 3 beers thrust into our hands. I flatted out on the way to the bar and Aaron fixed it for me. Total class
3...2...1...GO!
Mallets Of Mayhem
Little Richmond Bike Polo
Can someone from Van make sure Kremin's bike gets to Seattle. It's suppose to arrive today at Mighty Riders. Ottawa has already exited Van. Her life is in your hands, dude.
I was on a boat, I was on a boat! And tommorrow i get to do it again, on a boat!
You're the best Rory, i don't care what Martin says about you.
See u guys tonite! I land at 11:15 PM Cascadia time, thanks to Evan for takin me in, and whomever picks me up at the airport!
I had to call in a number of favors from folks I can only hope to pay back someday for their kindness but I am going to make it up. I fly in at 11:20pm on Friday and will hopefully get to the party in time to watch some folks fall over on their bikes. Seattle here I come...yet again. This time I'm going to break you though as the last time it took about a week to recuperate.
"I'm making it look mean!"
so.........who won the north americans? cascadia?
east van seattle oatattaw you fuckin guys rock my world in away you will never aunderstand play some hard fuckin polo but most of all play safe play good and have a good fuckin time east van bring home rawbie boards some swag
AND IF JASON IS THIER TELL HIM YOR GOING FUCKQUQHQUHQUUEFIFQEOQFQ DOWN
i'm pretty bummed i'm not in seattle right now.
Whoever uses twitter, you should use the #NAHBPC hashtag, so it will appear on the homepage here. Update early and often!
I also am bummed. have fun out there people! anybody win yet?
Updates please miss you
Bikepolospringbreak
Balls Deep and DD"s Booster Club (Chris, Zachstar, Paul), Team Smile are all undefeated. Everything so far has gone off without a hitch. We had four courts of pick up games at once today!
Wish all yall were here!!!!! but we have 40 teams or so! My team "38 special" is also undefeated. but i'm sure there might be a few other. So much action. lot of back to back games. BBQ is going off.... seattle ladies are holding that down., weather was overcast and the high was 73ish camping on site, fresh swimming water. sponsors showed up! I think everyone is going home with something from all our sponsors this year. Played approx 170 games of round robin seeding style Saturday and I have no idea of how many pick up games. the boards are sick and fast with 8ft radius corners"like hockey rink" , 20 inch side boards. double elim today. sorry no free wifi in park, but will pass along the twitter info to someone.
Messmann
bikepologuru
seattlebikepolo
since 1998
dammit! I really wish I made it out there
Seattle Wins, East Van second, Milwaukee 3rd, NYC 4th
Kremin MVP of men
Kelsey of Seattle MVP of women
Alex from East Van got best lefty
Wow! Super cool. Congrats.
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Seattle, this was awesome. Best tournament ever (but then LMM hasn't happened yet).
Thank-you Seattle!!
holy fuck seattle best tournemnet. i lost a very important flanel it was blue red stripes if any one can hand that off to joe that would be cool. also lost a swerve hoodie
www.mkebikepolo.com
of course i was the one who, with martin's help, found your flannel in the street and saved it from death. i gave it to joe. now find my merino wool hoody you lost. or just give it back cause i know you ganked it.
chris, was that hoodie blue? i found one and gave it to mess.
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that's the one! mess, did you grab it off the helmet table? anyone at the bar on sunday night pick it up?
nycbikepolo.com for when it aches
I lost a few brain cells at the Dead Baby Downhill party. If you find them there yours. HOLY EPIC TOURNAMENT. I have so much else to say, so many people to thank, I'm going to have to draft a list and get back to ya. THANKS SEATTLE!!!!!
I've never been this beat up or this happy about it. Thank you, thank you Seattle. Way to raise the tournament bar. Such a good time and such good people - not to mention some unreal polo. I love Cascadia.
Thank you so much seattle for the amazing weekend and all the camping at the park was the best i have never spent so much time at a polo court before. Mess thank you for all you hard work and the courts were great, Leon you are amazing and thank you for the tounrey, wade great job with everthing as well. I had alot of FUN this weekend. Thank you everyone one who came out to cascadia and played some polo with us. cant wait to do it all again.
www.polohaus.blogspot.com
AXLES OF EVIL
Seattle, thank you so much for the great tournament this weekend. Couldn't ask for more. Good courts / boards, free delicious food, a masseuse (!), and well organized schedule. Had lots of fun talking to people and watching some great games.
what was the Hug to Polo ratio?
one to one, as per cascadia regulations.
Full results and other prizes? Did I hear MVP won lefty MVP? Typical.
I will try to say some more later but I wanted to thank everyone for coming this is by far the best tournament Seattle has ever had.
Leon
Seattle Bike Polo
Thanks for a great weekend Leon, Messman, Wade and everyone else involved!
Great job on the sponsorship, swag and prizes.
Well run tournie and as always, a great family reunion!!
Congratulations Smile!
Can't wait to see you all again in East Van in September...
L'il Miss Used
This was fucking great, I'm so glad I could make it out. Thanks to Messman, Leon, Wade, really all the 206 folks, and all the refs. I had a blast.
Support for players was amazing - free delicious food (lunch & dinner), a masseuse, a very skilled mechanic, energy bars and snacks, bike parking...not to mention the swag. And the kickass courts. I was blown away.
The final games were intense as always, super fun to watch. Congrats Smile! I was rooting for ya.
Thanks to my teammates Tiah and Jeremy for sticking with it through six frustrating games, and one satisfying one. You guys rock!
And finally, I want to thank everybody I watched and played with for giving me some new tricks to practice...
Jesse
Collar City Bike Polo
Troy, NY
"try to say some more later"
That tourney deserves a book, and a movie. Memorable goal: Leon's airmail pass to Dustin against Balls Deep, connected and counted. The crowd goes wild!
Thank you to Messman (you know we really won the style award!) and the game organizers and the sponsors and everyone else who made it happen...spectacular event!!
well done from london, seattle.
Kremin, sweet on the MVP!
Holy Fuck! Thoroughly, meticulously organized and orchestrated. Food, beer, sun, four courts with solid boards, a mechanic, an epic opening night party, new and old friends the list could go on and on. It was obvious that all you Seattleites worked long and hard to make the weekend run smoothly. You did a fantastic, amazing, stupendous job (for $10 a player too!!!) & I hope anyone planning a tournament in the future was taking notes.
Messman picked us up at the airport as soon as we touched down, with cold, canned liquid refreshment already sitting on the table in his camper van. He skipped out on the award ceremony to drive me to the airport, too, I owe him big-time.
Leon, who convinced me to beg, borrow, & con my way to Seattle after I thought it was a lost cause, just couldn't stop asking me if i needed beer, food, anything. What a sweetheart.
And Leslie, thanks so much for being a gracious host and for passing on that spending money from an "anonymous donor" (heh).
And Especially to Amanda, Tiah, Sean, Mike, and one fabulous, sleepy Canadian who generously funded my travel, I'm humbly, gratefully indebted to you. Thanks for a fantastic weekend.
Greatest. Weekend. Ever.
So fucked up right now so will write more later. Waaaaayyyy too many memories!!!Suffice it to say, Leon is King. Mess is King. Wade is King. Three fucking kings!!!
I love you Seattle!!!
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that tournament was gold. very smooth and professional, good people and good games. thanks for putting it on 206, you're a bunch of people in a million.
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victoria bike polo
X2 to everything blah blah blah. Great tournament blah blah blah. Well organised blah blah blah. Seattle is great blah blah blah.
SEABASS IS THE BEST PLAYER I'VE EVER SEEN, HANDS DOWN. DUSTIN OWNED THAT LAST GAME, I CALLED IT FROM THE START. LEON IS INDESCRIBABLY AMAZING. YOU GUYS ARE MY HEROES AND I HOPE TO ONE DAY BE CLOSE TO YOUR LEVEL OF PLAY. GOODBYE RICHMOND I HAVE NEW POLO MANCRUSHES. I CAN'T DESCRIBE THE RESPECT I HAVE FOR YOU GUYS.
3...2...1...GO!
Mallets Of Mayhem
Little Richmond Bike Polo
First time I've seen you guys and I got to watch real close. YOU GUYS PLAY FANTASTIC POLO! When you dropped it freaked me out a bit. A team as good as you is out and there are still four or five games to go.
Sunday afternoon there were three perfectly beautiful, open polo courts. Everyone's bike was sitting on a rack or somewhere, mallets tucked into bags. No pickup on a beautiful sunny afternoon. Everyone wanted to just watch these teams play each other. It was grand.
Can we get a top ten recount?
Dohhh, sounds like I missed one fine polo event.
I was kind of close, across Puget Sound, camping on the grassy shore of an island, watching killer whales, exploring shoreline; it wasn't so bad.
But damn from all reports that sounds like it was an awesome tournament.
Can you do something similar next year?
Congrats Smile, well done.
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"YES BRO!"
Thanks to everyone who organized and set the bar hella high for these events. Its already been said but you can't give enough accolades to seattle for this amazing weekend. It was super awesome to finally meet some of the other players from across the country I've been hearing about in tournament recaps as I have not been very active with my frequent flyer miles. You were all as ugly as advertised.
Thanks to the teams I heckled for not beating me up and I look forward to seeing everyone again soon.
Nothing like two hours of sleep and a frenzied race to the airport to make it back home in time to hop on the bike and work for the day but the hangover was worth every painful minute. I seriously fell asleep standing in an elevator.
Just a couple things I thought would help give a bit of a picture: Coach is deaf as a fucking doorknob (seriously, we should start getting a fund together for a hearing aid), Alexis loves to fall asleep at bars, Martin is afraid of rattlesnakes and loses his mind when he hears one, Rory might actually be sweatier than me but we'll have to have a contest next tourney (matching shirts and a bucket to wring out the evidence after every game?), "Chris! Skanks at your six oclock!!!Don't listen to Martin!", I think Birdseye had been drinking a little bit, Clif bars are delicious deep fried in bacon grease, there were a number of hits to various minds and I'll come up with some more anecdotes later.
Another restated comment but I've never been this sore and tired while simultaneously being this happy.
Thanks to everyone for letting me be a part of it all and I will see you all soon.
Now then. Where to next year? You guys ever want to visit San Francisco?
Love,
Casey Murder
"I'm making it look mean!"
best. recap. ever.
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and most accurate.
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Yes Bro!
I'm going to start making a list of things that wake me up at polo tourneys.
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Marco!
i'm gonna go x2 on Seabass being the best player i've ever seen. damn. finesse, positioning, extreme levelheadedness. the total package!
and also to Messman, Wade, Leon, Amanda and all Seattle for setting the bar really high. such a well run show + food + atmosphere. THANK YOU.
to mirror what C-murder said.. great to play against all the West Coasters we've only heard about.. C-Murder himself, Alex from E. Van, all the Portland folks, sticking out in my mind as damn good players.
thanks a ton West Coast. Can't wait for the worlds.. . .
congrats Seattle.
"Passive-aggressive hippies who play bike polo are still passive-aggressive hippies."
Alex from East Van (aka MVP) is the most understated player in polo today. Dido you accolades for him!
Thank you Seattle for making my first ever tournament so amazing!! I will never forget this weekend and will be passing down the stories for years and years to come!.
Thanks Drew for setting me up with my bad ass NY team, birdseye and secily(sp) we had a blast being part of the tournament!
Thanks to everyone for welcoming in a newb like me and making me feel so loved and part of the polo crowd. I cant wait to see everyone at the next big event.
Congrats Smiley! you guys played the best polo that I have ever witnessed and ive already been practicing some of your sick moves, and I cant wait to see what new tricks you bring to the court next time.
Thanks all----->JOBs
FUN FUN FUN
thanks to angelo for filling in for ken. you are a great player and we trusted you...
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Wow. Just wow.
Thanks to so many people, ALL of 206, you killed it. Thanks to Martin & Cecily for the smiles and support, Thanks to my teammates for trusting me not to screw it up too badly, to Brooks and the "secret" judges for surprising the hell out of us (I'm still wondering what the criteria were for the style prize), to Dustin & Cody for the crash pad and the ride to the airport, to Montana for guiding us, to everyone who cheered us on at any point, ever, to hot boiled peanuts for the beverages, to MKE for 2 exciting games (we'll get you back boys), to Johnny Midwest (and everyone who got him there) for patching me up, to all who played in the lefty pickup match, to Amanda for picking me up from the airport while i was all confused and out of sorts, to whoever brought the cooler to pickup on Thursday (I fell asleep sitting on it), to the dead babies for their kickass party-throwing and raffle, Lots more, but I'm about to get played off stage...
Lots of love to the whole polo community.
See you in Philly in 3 weeks.
-Brian (Chicago)
Hey polo! My voice it still shot, especially after monday night pickup with the lucky few that were out there. It was mostly everyone that stayed and helped up break down. we bought more beer and pizza for those that helped, Bikemanbike(ruckus),FTL Jason,Lucky,Joemke, Kyle Kntcy,We lucked out with the rain over the weekend. It rained at clean up half way through. After the rain stopped, we played pickup at the super lit courts til 11:30. I concur with the happiest polo pain I've ever had. Its a good thing! To everyone that came out and i didn't ge to chat with, keep spreading the polove! Where we doing it next year???? 206 has courts! will bring for gas money and beer!!!!!!!!! See you all in Philly. I kinda don't have a team for that! Should I just rent a pa and talk all weekend? I am so glad everyone had a great time. Everything went to plan except for a few tiny things. Sorry about the raffle! and the sun going down too soon. Should of had in in mid jun when its light out here til 10:30!......... ANYONE THAT WANTS A PATCH FROM THIS EVENT THAT DID NOT MAKE IT, WE HAVE A LIMIT FEW LEFT! SEND ME A CHECK OR SOMETHING TO 4410 SW FONTANELLE ST, SEATTLE WA 98136 WITH YOUR RETURN ADDRESS AND $5 AND IT COULD BE YOURS!
PEACE&POLO
Messmann
bikepologuru
seattlebikepolo
since 1998
JoeMKE shows up to drink beer at the very end and yet no mention of me helping out for hours. I didn't have any control over the Brooks award, Mess. Not my fault.
Great job 206. You already know what a fantastic tournament this was. Thanks to Jackie for housing us and giving us such a hard game on Sunday. Leon, Seabass, and Dustin great playing with you. That game was the highlight of the weekend for me. Dave and Mess excellent court construction. Irving are you coming to los marcos or what. So many people to thank Nano Evan Amanda Leslie Wade Cody and so many more. Pick up till 3 am under the bridge was epic. Pieter was right all along the best polo in the world is in Cascadia! I have never seen a club that rolls that deep before.
Portland great games with you I can't wait to play you again. ( and yes i am deaf in one ear and the other one sucks)
Props to the east van crew for hosting our pre-event. Great bbq at robbies. Martin thanks fro the ride back to van.
Leaving Cascadia today but I shall return. See you all in Philly
Much love,
Coach
finally made it to a hospital in north van last night, x-rays show a fracture in my elbow and i have a partial cast, in and out in about forty minutes, attending physician was a former jericho beach grass polo player. the video of the crash is amazing (thanks kenny) but very hard for me to watch.
for everyone that helped get my sorry ass back into canada when all i wanted to do was lie on the ground and puke, especially adam and kelly, you guys are the best.
congrats team smiles, playing you three times in the finals of the last two tournaments was not nearly enough, you are gentleman both on and off the court.
Oh man. Can we just have a tournament ALL THE TIME. Really. Let's just play every day, every day a tournament. There's got to be some super rich person in the world somewhere who would take care of our poor addicted souls. Man that shit was fun.
Moustache?
Outrageous!
Jason
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Fuckin amazing weekend. Fucking amazing.
Much love to 206. Mess, Wade, Leon and all who were involved, you did a phenomenal job. Great playing together Messman (and against). Thank you Dustin for connecting me with my bike and making the 9 hour pick up game possible. Tks Nano for the early morning ride to the airport. It was an amazing weekend of polo. Great playing with everyone, all 206, Jason, Swerve, PDX, Kyle....on and on,
Special thanks to Aaron. He made sure we all got to where we were supposed to be. Thanks for keeping me housed, fed, drunk and blotto for the the entire time there. If you ever need a tour guide of Seattle, he is your man, just don't expect to get much sleep---I-5 Expressway, Gasworks Park, and the Freemont Troll all in one night. And special thanks for getting my baby back down here. Much love brother. Hope I can return the favor at Halloween.
I do believe I have a bit of the 2-O-Sixness .
BRINGING THE RUCKUS
x2 on the tour Aaron! that was a great ride around the city in the middle of the night on my polo bike while we all took turns ghost riding Medic Mike's newly won raffle bike from the Dead Baby party. Epic night for sure!!
I couldn't be at the NAHBPC but at least i got a wicked shirt so i can pretend i was there.
Pick one up at http://www.sonadei.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=27&products_id=108, $5 from each shirt goes to 206 polo!
ps: jonny, i had it shipped to madison. i have your RVA shirt, we'll trade them in Philly. yes!
ironically, posting this comment made me realize that i left my "i played the EHBPC tourney" shirt on-site in London. dammit.
I still love that the ringer is the model for this.
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Marco!
Who were the players in the top four teams? And how many teams competed?
#1 Seattle: Leon, Dusty, Seabass
#2 E. Van: Rory, Chris, Pieter
#3 Milwaukee: Joe, Kremin, Brian
#4 NYC: Zach, Chris, Paul
i think 38 teams, if iirc.
thanks for including #4 in your question, i know Madison can appreciate that. -p
even more impressive was that 206 could have handled another dozen teams.
the standard has been set. With the bar that high who wants to host next year?
Fun!fUn!fuN!
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Like the Care Bears said, "sharing (bicycles, F/OSS, alcohol and Josh's Mom...) is caring"
Lost: my red "POLOFFICER" t-shirt that all the refs were sporting. I foolishly left it sitting on top of my bag while I was playing, and it had disappeared when I returned. It was size Medium. Anybody wanna step up? No blame...they are pretty hot shirts.
Jesse
Collar City Bike Polo
Troy, NY
so hold on, 40 teams, tons of spectators, nice weather... and not a single picture??
cmon guys - pics!
Yorgo
LONDON: http://bricklanebikepolo.wordpress.com/
PARIS: http://panambikepolo.blogspot.com/
Sorry it took me so long to get this posted, here you go:
The North American Hardcourt Bike Polo Championship was an outstanding success. We had 35 teams, amazing competition and camaraderie, and some really great prizes. Here are the results:
1st Team Smile (SEA)
2nd Balls Deep (E. VAN)
3rd Beaver Boys (MKE)
4th DD Booster Club (NYC)
5th Mallets of Mayhem (Ottawa)
6th Ken (E. VAN)
7th Skid and Destroy (PDX)
8th Bob’s Your Uncle (E. VAN)
9th Rampant Murder Cake (CHI)
10th Poloreo (SEA)
Brooks Talent and Style Award: Ben, Brian, and Joe (CHI)
MVP: Kremin (MKE)
MVF: Kelsey (SEA)
Best Lefty: Alex (E. VAN)
Longest Traveled: Jason (FL)
DFL: Vomiting Armadillo (SEA)
I want to thank our sponsors, the 206 polo crew, our refs, and everyone from out of town who lent a hand. I appreciate your help immensely!
Wade
Greenlake Crew
Seattle
three canadian teams in the top six, four in the top eight. three east van sides in the top eight. six of the top eight teams from cascadia, seven of the top ten.
all cascadia all the time.
yes, that is pretty impressive... but madison and RVA were no shows and they would have displaced some of those cascadia teams. many other midwest and east coast clubs were not representing either unfortunately, just sayin'. that said, i need to plan a trip and do the e. van, seattle, and portland tour of polo... polo training camp.
also, i'd like to see a full list of teams and what cities they came from please.
-hero squad * milwaukee, wi-
i need to plan a trip and do the e. van, seattle, and portland tour of polo... polo training camp.
can i tag along?
I guess now is the time to commence the trash, then. At the Euros, London had two teams in the top 6, and 5 teams in the top ten. It's looking like Malice and BAD are coming to the Worlds. It's on. Fuck yes.
Wait a second... We beat Poloreo! Favoritism! Nepotism! Corruption! I'm outraged.
Wade, "Vomitting Armidillo" actually won the DFL game so doesn't that make "Last Minute" truely DFL?
Dustin and Cody went 1st and last.
Pictures are starting to go up on Flickr. Tag is NAHBPC.
That is correct Last Minute got DFL look out hunter brothers Dustin and Cody swept the North American with 1st and last place.
Leon
Seattle Bike Polo
It's always a controversy, but I say DFL is an honor you have to win! I do like the idea of the Riggs brothers bookending the results though...
Wade
Greenlake Crew
Seattle
6th place, Team Ken is (E.Van/Ottawa), just sayin.
Photo's and vid is being sorted right now. Lots of Ottawa's escapes in E.Van the week before. Some of this shit is gold! I'm looking at you Rawbie, and your long lost uncle clobber.
escapades
who knows when that guy(i didnt catch his name, had glasses and a super expensive camera) that was filming all weekend will be posting his video, and what web site can I view it on? or even any of the other random people with those expensive digital cameras will post and were.
Oleg was his name and he is planing on making a film so who knows when it will be finished.
Leon
Seattle Bike Polo
Oleg is making a full on documentary of polo featuring Esat Van. He's been filming for over a month now. I have no idea when he's going to edit, release and show his footage. I'm sure he'll keep you posted.
Okay, lost and found (I was thinking of starting a new thread): I've once again left one of my mallets behind at a tournament. Its a blue ski pole shaft with (*gasp*) one and a half inch black ABS tubing head, about 6" with holes drilled in it. The shaft is a Komperdell Powder babes pole with a *women* only symbol near the original grip. I have four of these mallets that have significant sentimental value as they were given to me by my dear friend who was the first woman to lead an all women's cross-country ski expedition to the North Pole (I'm not kidding). So, if anyone has taken it home and is giving it some lovin', I'd really appreciate it back and will even pay COD charges to have it shipped to Vancouver. I think I left it at the Sonadei court hanging on the back of the boards. PLEASE contact me if you've recovered it.
Greatly appreciated,
L'il Miss Mallet-less
me, right before i eat it, in the final.
a brooks rep took this one.
"Best Lefty: Alex (E. VAN)"
This, i presume, is Joker (LA)?
i got to thinking about it last night. . philly is gonna be serious.
hopefully DC/Boston/Richmond/Madison are all out in full force.
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TOP CENTER 4-EVA
i'll have more next week.
also, polo at the polohaus last night:
that is megan.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dhodesigns/sets/72157621905811945/
Messmann
bikepologuru
seattlebikepolo
since 1998
Beaver Boys ...
That was the best weekend I had in a long time.
Great polo,people,food
thanks to all the 206 kids for making this happen and everyone else for coming out and playing,looking forward to next years nahbpc.
SKID AND DESTROY
If you participated in the event I can get you a 40% discount on a custom Brooks NAHBPC saddle. Send me an email at button_dork@yahoo.com
What better way to remember this epic tourney then a saddle stamped with the NAHBPC logo. Count it!
Wade
Greenlake Crew
Seattle
Here are the Team Photos from photographer David Ho!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dhodesigns/sets/72157622039792322/
Wade
Greenlake Crew
Seattle
Link to team photos for the NAHBPC held in Seattle WA:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dhodesigns/sets/72157622039792322/
Great job everyone!
Opps Wade beat me to this oh well...
Thanks to everyone in Seattle! Great tournament, and a turning point for me as this is the first time I've had a polo bike that works throughout the whole tourney. BIG thank you to Gary the mechanic - who fixed my bike up umpteen times in lightning speed (surely he's the fastest bike mechanic in the West, even repairing brake cables midway through the final), and to Leon, Montana, Dustin, and Aaron who helped me get my bike tourney ready. I have my Velocity Chukker wheels sitting beside me in my office. They are things of beauty. I can't wait to try them out on the court. Probably tomorrow.
This was the best bike vacation i've ever had. I want to thank the whole crew in East Van for making us feel like the cat's meow of guests. Pieter set the tone right from the start picking us up in style with refreshments to boot. Martin, Alex and Kenny for being the best team mates. Kenny, get well. Thanks for the support. You deserve it as much as we do. Rory, Justin, James, Lisa, Tom, Adam, Bob, the messengers, Andrea and Louise thanks for showing us a good time. Rawbie Boards, it was a pleasure indeed. Thank you for your hospitality. Anton, Ryan and Marty! Thanks for more good times, wow that was a lot of beer. Victoria Bike Polo, thanks for the games. Seattle thank you. It was the best tournament i've ever been to. Mess, Leon, Wade, Jackie, all the players and the rest of the organizing committee, thank you.
Photos and video of the debauchery from start to finish....there are a few polo shots too.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/messenger13/
Thanks,
Those were awesome. random naked bike ~ ride haha! ~ too funny.
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Did you ever get the $10 of registration that we owed you. If not I will give it to you in Philly. I'm glad you had such a good time and you didn't mind our rules or our water ball. I have very much love for all you Ottawa players.
Leon
Seattle Bike Polo
North American Hard Court Champ
x2 to every comment above having to do with the Seattle crew, Leon, Wade, Mess, Seabass, Justin. Best tournament ever held and to this date, the greatest collection of polo skills displayed at one time.
Personal additions: David Ho - great photographer, phenomenal host.
Meg, Drew, Crandall and all of PDX - also phenomenal hosts
Messman - great MC, forever in your debt for the lift home after DBD, showing off the Polo Garage.
Irving/Swerve - for the 206ickness.
J-cola (Jason, FTL) and Becky - for teaching / learning polo in the rain.
Lucky and Jenny - getting the car, travel companions, making it work with four people.
E.Van - willing to take us, even though we never showed. It'll happen soon enough.
Seabass - for being the best polo player.
R.Murdercake -to the World's we go.
Lastly, thanks to all the sponsors that also helped make this the event. Brooks especially. Can't thank you enough.
Thank You Seattle. Such an awesum tournament, so many facets to this diamond. Rides to the airport, Evan and Kelsey, what great hosts you are. Pickup games til 3am... 15 minute games during the tourney, 4 courts, the beercuzzi... What a large prize table, a treasure trove of stuff was handed out. Well we know the team to beat now, but there were many tuff teams surrounding the podium that all could have done it I think... Thank You Mr. Johnny Midwest and Zach the New York Lefty for taking a chance on me, we played pretty good. I don't care what you call it, but mighty Seattle you must do this every year to coincide with the Dead Baby Downhill. That was a great party. Messman, Wade, Leon, Dustin, Cody, Swerve, Drew, and everyone else whose names I forgot Thank You for the memories.
MORE PICs from This great guy named Sol from BC that was just driving thru on his way to BC. Ruckus good thing for ice! http://www.solneelman.com/blog/?p=1969
Messmann
bikepologuru
seattlebikepolo
since 1998
A few photos are here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cecilyupton/sets/72157622001000675/
SKANKS ON YOUR TWENTY! COMING IN HOT! DON'T LISTEN TO MARTIN! I'M YOUR ONLY HOPE OBI WAN! THOSE SHORTS COME WITH A RENTAL DEPOSIT AT THE YMCA? IS THAT YOUR SISTER? NAKED AT HALFCOURT? YOU CAN PLAY "LEFT-OUT" FOR OUR B-BALL TEAM! A HAT LIKE THAT OUGHTA COME WITH A FREE BOWL OF SOUP!...BUT IT LOOKS GOOD ON YOU!!...
Enough or more?
"I'm making it look mean!"
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dhodesigns/sets/72157622008649051/
Day 02 (Sunday) posted. More images of the NAHBPC. So many so many. BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM!
dho+designs
Anyone flying in, please get cell phone info from your hosts/rides. It's going to make this easier.
I'm overflow/last minute housing, we're tapping all the players we can....
425 233 9872
On second thought, just make sure you get someone's phone number first thing, no reason anyone should be out of contact with 206 players