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Old 13th August 2008   #1
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Bike Polo - an Olympic sport!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics/7551046.stm

it used to be.. and a nice quote by Mr Ghandi about it as well

(its #1 on the video)
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Old 13th August 2008   #2
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brilliant i fell well common now :)
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Old 13th August 2008   #3
runcible rakan
 
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Been looking for any photographs of it from 1908 for a while but havent seen any...
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Old 13th August 2008   #4
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bike polo being played at the 1908 olympics at white city, the stadium had a banked circuit around the outside for track cycling
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Old 13th August 2008   #5
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shame no one went to watch!

It was only a demonstration sport in 1908 though i think...
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Old 13th August 2008   #6
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proper rules!
http://www.oakendenpedallers.co.uk/id15.html

and this is the worst form of polo yet..
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...46009863571406
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Old 13th August 2008   #7
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Cut to mallets at 1:20. Fucking hell.
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Old 14th August 2008   #8
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bloody san francisco... bloody segways
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Old 14th August 2008   #9
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Wealthy dickheads, living on the edge.
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Old 14th August 2008   #10
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Quote:
Originally Posted by gabes View Post
Article 12 - Position of play

12.1. In order for a player to touch the ball or attack an opponent, the player must be holding the mallet in their right hand, the handlebar in their left hand, and must not be touching the ground with any part of their body.


Not sure about that! Lefty discrimination or what?
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Old 14th August 2008   #11
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yeah, left handed people used to get sent off the the circus as soon as it was known they were lefties!
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Old 14th August 2008   #12
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and this is the worst form of polo yet..
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...46009863571406
I like how they're wearing bicycle helmets. You guys play on bikes and don't even wear bicycle helmets. Segways are stupid.
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Old 14th August 2008   #13
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When I rule the world segway owners will be one of the first to be put into slave labor.
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Old 14th August 2008   #14
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On their segways ... without helmets!!
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Old 14th August 2008   #15
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I took this in San Francisco a few years back.

I wet myself laughing watching them "train".
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