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Thread started by davidh6081 at 06.17.08 - 8:08 pm
HEy anybody in the 818 is interested in playing polo we meet on chandler befor u hit lankershim on the right side by the hocker ring. it is mad fun and every body is invited.
NOPE! You do NOT need a fixie! Although that is very popular, some of the best players do not use a fixie, including myself, although I currently I am riding one, due to my main polo bike being down for the moment. Use whatever bike you can ride the best. Come on down it's really not that dangerous, I have seen people get waaay more fuctup riding all drunk.
Not to say we dont drink at Polo. In fact not drinking is cheating.
Peep the new pix my homie shot! I just posted them!
yeah the more people the better. its on and cracken. every monday @ 7 pm. Yo alex come thru with that shirt yo.
ALso ALEx go some BIKE POLO SHIRTS for sale to make up the money he used from his own pocket to make the POLO STICKS. SO is u CAN support that couse we all use them POLO STICKS and they cost $$$$$. GOOD LOOKING OUT with them sticks ALEX im making my own. Alex bring some shirts next monday so u can sell them.
it's not that i won't play because i'm a girl... it's because i'm a very clumsy girl that can and will destroy my bike, myself, and anybody in my general vicinity.
DAMN BIKE POLO IS DOPE, THIS IS A GREAT START FOR THE 818 POLO COMMUNITY, WEVE BEEN DOING IT UP BIG...POLO, DRINKING,FIREWORKS, HAHA, ANYONE INTERESTED COME DOWN AND PLAY IN THE 818 AT NOHO PARK...EIGHT ONE EIGHT BABY!!!
if i wasn't going to the 5fix2 ride tonight i would totally head over to play bike polo. i'm bummed i'm missing it.
i really want to play again and also meet/see other female players. we should start an all girl team.
i guess i'm just going to have to start requesting an earlier shift on mondays.
damn it for being in the valley though, eh, i just live too far from everything.
alex, i'm going on wednesday... i don't know if you will have time or even remember saying this to me, but you told me you would make me a mallet... and coach me...
Somebody please text me info on the bikepolo Tonight. 5-2-0-2-36-31-84 I really want to go. info on the westside preferably. But i will will ride my ass all the way to the to the eastside if i have to.
Props to all the Players out tonite! David and Too $hort, you guys really stepped up yer game... All the vets that came from the other side of the hill yer game was surely appreciated... Most of all big ups to Matty! Come people what 16 year old do you know is brave enough to show up on his brakeless fixie, play polo all night for the first time in his life, and then down a tall can of Ol' E ?! That's right; Matty, the toughest lil' youngster on Polo!
Thanks guys for having me out. The games were awesome. The ride was awesome and the food was most delicious. And So was the beer. A couple pics will be posted here.
Tonite was very exciting, especially after WE TOOK OVER THE ROLLER RINK!!! Is that an LA first? Without a doubt that is the best place to play, as our 4 on 4 will attest! Excellent surface, that place is the number one place to Play polo PERIOD
Can't promise we'll get that rink every time, but the later we start there the better. Post up here if anyone wants to get a night game going, or just to mess around there before next Monday, it is lit well into the night...
Yes. Yes I do. You are sprinting toward your Blue Belt in record time Jeff. If you wish to test it yerself, use a tennis ball it's the same size as a regulation polo ball. Also good for practicing a shot, as the ball will rebound off a wall to you. When can I get that cd of the media you created last night?
When ever, i live over in north hollywood by the metro station, i am going to have to burn it to a few discs cause it was like 2 gb of footage. I can burn it tonight an you can swing by and pick it up if you would like or i can meet you somewhere, then you can start editing it for a short clip for the homepage or something. Just shoot me a text or call me.
Definitely I roll by tonite. I'll text you at about 8 oclock, then I can come by, bring that mallet so I can scope it out. I will bring discs, or a flash drive or something.
Thanks to a quick run to the Orange Giant or hardware stores, Jeff and I took Alex through mallet making 101. Maybe it was the other way around, or a little bit of both.
Looks like everyone will have a "PROPER" mallet to play next Monday.
I am pretty stoked to see everyone on a more level playing RINK. I really hop the rink starts to pan out for us.
The 4 on 4 was sick and less people have to sit out.
Lookout for some trick new mallets from YETIMAN, TALLCANS4TALLBIKES, and yours truly PARLORBIKES.
Warning: Yetiman's new mallet WILL cause bike or bodily harm if you are in the path of the swing.....BEWARE!!!!
Yeah basically the 818 crew is the most technologically advanced crew. CNC'd mallets, aircraft grade shafts, pro racers on Defense, Scoring title offense... Yo the rest of this city is on notice!
I am going to spin up some heads tomorrow on the machine so we have them for the weekend. I have what it takes to make 3 of them. I will make a big one, what is the max size we can have?
I agree, we have one of the most rad teams, we need to get the trailer up on the site to show off the skills, hurry up and get that video done.
Yo the diameter of the strike was Poy-fect! Just make it a little longer, the width of the Experimental model (as tested) was about 3 inches... I think a mallet head 4 inches - 5 inches would be ideal. We'll worry about the shaft later so no need to hollow that out. Athough I must say the way you hooked up the experimental was SICK! Never seen that before.
Oh yeah team don't forget Sunday is the All City friendly tourney. Not sure who's in town, but I spoke with some of you earlier about this, hopefully they get the Mar Vista Rink
And the Oscar for best Editing of some badass polo riders go to... Jeff for cutting up some fly vids of the 818 squad! Yo email roadblock so he can put it up front on the main page, we'll even give it its own thread!
Still meeeting in NoHo tonight? I got a text about the mar vista hockey rink that said "bike polo NOW at mar vista hockey rink"
I'm gonna take the metro from downtown to noho tonight and play some polo with you cats. I just built a polo bike and I'm ready to break it . Lets do it!
i just want to say SUPER THANKS to ALEX for showing us how to play the sport of BIKE POLO and teaching us how to play.... THANK YOU ALOT FOR EVERYTHING ALEX.. HIGHLY appreciated... serious... PLUS bringing all the supplies for us to play couse if it wasnt couse of u we would'nt be playing
HEY THANK YOU GUYS FOR SHOWING ME A GOOD TIME... LOOKING FORWARD FOR NEXT MONDAY BUT THANKS TO ALEX'S LENDING ME THAT MALLET IM GONNA BE PRACTESING AT MY HOUSE... HEY CHRIS GOOD GAME BROE.....JEFF...WALLIE...TOO SHORT.... ALEX THE MAIN MAN... HELL YEAH GUYS LETS DO THIS SHIT
DEBO RAWR IM SORRY BUT THE HOMIE 2SHORT ALREADY HAS THE TITLE OF BEST FEMALE POLO PLAYER, IF U WANNA BATTLE 2SHORT FOR THE TITLE WE CAN SET UP A HEADS UP MATCH HAHA...
Listen up team! Heavy action expected at Virgil Middle School today. The Polo Grounds is home to the Bicycle Kitchen Team. We have been invited there for a rematch of last weekend's tourney. This will be very interesting. I spoke to some of you last night about this, it's very important all my starters show up today. I will bring all of our mallets.
Look in the playground for the game, it's around back.
152 Vermont, south of Beverly. Take the Metro Train, get off at Vermont and Beverly Station.
Wow so much happened last night it's hard to put it all into words...
First of all props to Wally for demonstrating the potential of the 'scoop shot' You have earned yourself a sponsorship to the first production model of the Concept 4 Mallet, with an unrestricted option to reserve the Concept 4 every time we play- let's just hope they don't ban the scoop shot!
Too $hort and David, both of you guys have proven your All Star level of play!
I am very happy to see where this is headed, so many spectators and new players last night, we constantly have more than enough for 4 on 4 in the rink, this is awesome, and yet still under the radar!
All the people who came out for the first time last night we hope you had a good time and look forward to seeing you again!
I would also like to say the game is really picking up and everyone is getting really good. The shot that Wally has AKA The Shovel is rad. David was ripin it up and Too Short stopped cheerleading and came to play with some really good plays. I am going to use some clips i have shot from the last few weeks and make a little video soon.
I was stoked to see all the new faces, hope everyone had fun.
Props to all the new guys, everyone was tearing it up.
Rikk I have decided to offer a special to you, and anyone else who wants a mallet. I don't have enough to sell, or sponsor people with, given the scarcity of raw materials. However I am committed to seeing as many mallets made, and made properly as possible.
The hardest part to come up with is a ski pole. WHOEVER can find a PAIR of ski poles, will receive a free custom designed mallet built to their exact specifications by me personally, with a lifetime warranty*. In exchange for this service, you must give me one of the two ski poles. A PAIR can be found in thrift shops for $5-$15. You don't have to buy anything else, I have the screws, proper plastic, tape, grips, attachments etc. If you don't want to give up one of the ski poles, I understand. I can build them up, using your ski poles for $15 each.
This offer applies only to Ski Poles. They are far and away the most durable, and easy to work with. If anyone wants to take me up on this, post up your requests here, and I'll bring my tools on Monday. I'll build it for you while-you-wait at the Polo Grounds.
YOU GOOD TIME AT POLO JEFF AKA ''RUDOLPH THE RED NOSE'', CHRIS MY BOY, DEBBIE DEB... MAN YOU GUYS ARE HOLDING IT DOWN... SUPER NICE...TO THE NEW PEOPLE THAT CAME THRU NICE TO HAVE YOU GUYS COME THRU ON MONDAYS... 818 POLO..
LOVING IT... FOR REAL... LOVE THE CREW .... AND WE PLAY SUPER CLEAN NON OF THAT DIRTY BULL SHIT YOU GUYS FEEL ME....LOVING THE SPORT THAT ALEX THOUGHT US.... MAD LOVE ALEX
also, you guys need to see the gnarly hip bruise that i got from last week's game. it took 2 days before it started turning purple, whoa nelly, she's a big one
i'm also so spoiled from playing in the valley that i can no longer play with the LAB guys. i tried and whined the whole game for them to swap me out. i'm disapointed in myself.. but it's hard, i've been traumatized :/
yo what up David.Fucking CRANK MOB tonite.Masorca said hes down to drink tonite.Lets see if he doesnt bitch out. Yo im also working on a logo for the 818 polo.
Hell yeah im gonna play.. its all good i just had a lil accident with some car.. i was dippen and i just slammed into the back of the car.. but im good see you guys tommorow......818
Bike Polo is the best. Good to hear Davids allright. Let me know if your bike needs anything. I can't let one of our boys be out for a bike realated issue.
818 Official Team Mechanic
I get the keys to my new place today. I am going to try to at least make one run of my stuff tonight after work. I am going to try to make it over but it might be a short game or 2 only for me tonight. I got a busy week ahead of me.
I bought some new Mallet attachments to, much better than the old ones that kept breaking off. These new ones are the same kind I use on my Mallet, the Concept 3
Concept technology is making its way in to production!
One day I'll come out and support. But I'll suck ass because I've never played polo before and it'll be even harder on a bike. I'll probably eat shit too. Ha.
HEy chris thank you so much for offering to fix my bike. For some strange reason i got u confused with "RED NOSE" JEFF but hell yeah Chris mad love... THANKS FOR THE OFFER...
Nicki, Chynna, ya'll should roll out we had hella spectators last night, Mostly female too. More than double the number of playas, I mean players. Even my sis came to watch and we even had this one girl, had to be 18 if that, who came TO PLAY and she could shoot!
818 Bike Polo is the joint, props to all those who came and earned their 818 Bike Polo Spokecard. We had so many people and we were still missing a bunch of regulars, this scene is BLOWING UP!!!
Yet still somehow very underground and hipster free!
Fuck yeah I won Backwards Circles AND footdown, plus I came like second or third in everything else to win Best Overall Rider! A repeat performance of last year's BFF Block party I might add...
What are you trying to tell us Knittens? Is that yer road map to peace?
yo alex, i found some abs cement thing in my garage the other day, i was wondering if you wanted me to bring that on monday to put on the caps for some of the mallets so that they stop coming off
No need for the glue, the caps that were coming off have all been replaced by a better variety. I try not to glue them because then I can't reuse them when I rebuild the mallet heads.
Heavy Action expected today kids, you may want to bring extra supplies, band aids, beer, defensive awareness, and some patience with your shooting my riders
Thanks Everyone who made it out, it was nice to see all these new boys and girls, as well as the returning kids, I'm going to have to make a bunch of spokecards!
Too $hort- Thanx for buying those lite-up balls, I hope you like your new Concept 2 Mallet
Yetiman- The Experimental 2 Mallet smoked its game tests, I can't wait for the E 3 Mallet we talked about
Paul- Your Mallet was very Choppercabras, can I use it at the next Battle Royale?
Yeah a lot of spectators and good times, it's the Polo Party!
it would be rad to have a earthquake while we are playing polo, it would add some new challenges..... It might just help Too Short with his shooting too
I'm assuming some of you have thought or seen this but I'm posting it anyway. After bending a few spokes last Monday I found this how to for making cheap disk covers for wheels. Check it out, also a good idea mentioned would be to mark or color the disks so you can recognize your team mates without having to look up.
Good games people, I know it got a little physical, a little heated out there last night, but I think everyone will calm down a little and appropriately adjust to the expectations of 818 Polo when we return next week.
Especially you Spider Man, kick back on that rough shit!
Also you know your Polo scene made it big when Eddie AND the reigning ROTW show up to hang out! (and play in Matt's case)
Hey, so i got a little toooo into it. I gotta admit that wasn't proper -throwing my mallet and all...but homeboy was rough as fuck! even during timeout, when we were looking for the ball.
i had some built-up aggression...its gone now. Eli=CAREBEAR
I have a "little" more REPSECT for MAN and MACHINE than the "new" 310 that showed up.
I love polo, but will refused to play if requirement of full face helmet and pads are needed to ward of bodily injury.
This was the first game I have ever played, in which a rider specifically comes at you with malitious intent of knocking you to the pavement.
In my eyes polo should be a game of grace, skill, balance, and experiance. I admit I am not nearly as good as other players, but anyone can play full contact bicycle hockey. I have more riding on going to work on tuesday than a monday night casual polo PRACTICE!
Thanks for the warning about the player in question TC4TB's. We might just have to start a TESTOSTERONE ZONE game for the aggresive players, and freindly more skill oreiented games. I have looked at alot of polo video's and research online and have never seen someone play so dangerously as mondays PRACTICE!
Yes Parlor Bikes, your concerns are valid and hopefully they will be read by those that play so rough, and if they return they will know how to act right. I have worked hard to teach the riders that play with us the finesse game of polo, not the rough house version, and hopefully your post doesnt scare away those that were curious, because the fact of the matter is our brand of Polo is light contact, not brutality based, and we will not tolerate otherwise. We have 17 year old girls who show up all the time, so I know our game is not that wild.
If you want to play at the biggest, best, polo scene in LA, you will play by our rules.
Yeah, I showed up two polos ago and it wasn't bad at all. I think the worst thing that happened was me not knowing how to block correctly in turn making someone fall on me. If anything, it was too gentle. ;P Just kidding.
818 bike polo going global as featured in the new " NEW ANGELES " magazine, its really cool i have a bunch of copies for all the homies that made it that day for the shoot.
Looking good everyone, they even talk about Jokers sweet beard.
This was at the 13 Skids Race, the Skid Vicious race. They had some alleycat events and a hell of a course, with Polo afterwards. Dickies filmed and photographed everybody, and lord knows what they did with the images, all we know is they said they were using them in Europe, and they sent me a crappy T-shirt, and no pants.
With the Carnival taking up our usual Polo Grounds, we had to use a smaller alternative site, which led to a lot of fun 2 on 2 games, played to five; fast and furiously.
Most intriguing were the two grudge matches played out two on two, between the #2 and #3 Polo riders from 818, vs the #2 and #3 from 310. A very exciting series to watch, although the first game, in which 310 Blanked 818 5-0 was forgettable, the home team made up for it in a rematch that proved to be a real nail biter!
The rematch started off like the first game, with 818 promptly giving up 2 goals on back to back scoop shots, but they stopped the ball right there, if not the momentum.
Following some big midfield steals and showtime-ish passing, 818 quickly tied it up before a drive to the lane by 310 made it 3-2. 818 tied it up moments later on a liner by david thru the goalies bottom bracket- from half court!
Too $hort upped the ante for for class with some daring work in the slot, makin 4-3 without yeilding to pressure or dabbing in the face of some hard scoop drives all the way up to the goal line, which 310 relied on throughout the nite, to make it 4-4.
Eventually, the longest game of the nite ended when the frequency of 310's dabbing in the offensive zone cost them protection in the rear, and David's 3 fast break on an empty net put it away for good with 5th goal- tying the series at a game a piece.
I felt so dirty being traded to the 310 team mid way through the last game. Do I not share the ever burning 81hate, do I not yell eat shit dirtbag when I am bumped, do I not scream down the court to recover the ball? These are the questions that occupy my thoughts whilst my head rests on my pillow at night.
Sorry about that substitution Harry, but under the current player's union collective bargaining agreement (valid thru 2009) I can't sub in for any team other than 818, on account of 818 club ownership pegging me with the franchise tag on my latest contract. But you'll always be one of us, at least until we play IE or 310 again and their body or bike breaks during play. Sorry :(...
Oh and speaking of which, does anyone have any hard 411 on that guy at the pillow fight ride who was claiming he was the MVP of th IE? Does anyone have any info on their game? Are they not posting here?
FONT COLOR =BLUE>WERD UP TO 310 MADD RESPECT!!! THANX FOR THE HOSPITALITY!!! GREAT GAMING !!! THAS W'SUP!!! THE BATTLE WAS WON , BUT THE WAR AIN'T OVER!!! HAHAHA!!! MONDAY OUR RING !!!
get well soon broe.. i got u some flowers with a bottle.. PINCHE RASCUACHE... Straight dropped like a flie Cabron.. u only hung with us for the first stop at crank mob..
we discovered something great in the last crank mob... i was spidey that night and it was so much fun...
here's what we discovered at pan pacific park...
THAT BIKES SOCCER BALLS AND BIKES ARE HELLA FUCKIN FUN...
Check it out... here's what i posted on the cr4nk ball thread...
did you see me get down like a mexican soccer super-star??? i think i can enjoy some bike soccering!!! let's have more. i was so getting good that night at kicking and manuevering the ball with the front wheel (for passing) it's totally do-able... two trash cans or messenger bags as goal posts... on each end... or 4 18 packs of tecates and the winning team takes all goal posts and shares the winnings with the losing team... a happy ending in the end
Brilliant Polo last night, you people are the reason just riding a bike around town seems so boring to me now... This, Choppercabras, MR, and C.R.A.N.K. MOB are the only biking that does it for me anymore
NORTH HOLLYWOOD- Continental went the polo when out of towner “Brian” repped it for the 212 (New York City) with a lot of potential, 3 trick mallets, a Bona Fide polo bike, and unfortunately for him, no victories in his series’ with the locals, including losses with lines featuring 818 First Team All-Star polo riders. His valuable insight did make up for his rusty game play in an interview with the East Coaster, when he revealed that NYC had decided to do away with the Scoop Shot, a form of shuffling the ball, which is an illegal score. This ban was met with support from the home team, and derision from some of the visitors, though the move to formally ban it was not unexpected. Currently the shot’s ban is only valid on shots in the 818 home game and tourneys hosted there. Whether that ban, or the ‘no throwing mallets rule’ is picked up citywide remains to be seen. Of course the night featured other surprises, including a visit from George, the Fixed Gear Stunt Rider of LA Brakeless, and a friend. Both played a tight, well communicated brand of Polo, though his buddy was scoop shot predisposed. Despite a few big turnovers in mid court, some good screens were played, and George proved he could wheelie and shoot at the same time.
The real story of the night however was the 17 year old Female Phenom, Lil’ Sarah of Encino! Back to back goals in a 2 minute span to put her team up by one, epic scoring met with loud cheering, as well as a HUGE, game changing save in net, in the last game of the night in the Polo Rink… AFTER the Police attempted to kick us out! Who can argue with this gal when she demands “one more game” (which turned in to two), as she chucks her mallet into the pile. The cones were brought back out and a split squad of 323, 310 and 818 riders toook the polo grounds. After a lengthy back and forth chess match between the riders, with 4 ties and lots of dabbing for all the players, a fast break set up a 2 on none with only lil’ Sarah in goal. This proved to be more than enough for Too $hort and David to handle, as his hard slap shot 5 feet from the net failed to cross the line when it counted. If Sarah had been half an inch later in getting her mallet to the ball, the game would have been lost for her team. Her block and rebound set up a daring crash to the other side, where the winning goal was scored on some shady shoulder checking from ‘El Joker’ involving the boards, and an unlucky defensive player getting bumped out of the net. This led to a favorable rebound by the offensive line, finally closing out the night.
Awesome games last night MARK has power and range on his shot... Nice to play a less intense, fun time game last night with the locals only this time, easy and fun with no rough bs
I was pissed while i was sitting in court today, my cop didn't show up so all my prep for court didn't pay off i got out for free, i should have spent more time at polo last night.
YETI , HOPE TO SEE SOME OF THOSE FLIKS SOON, ALL THE ONES I TOOK SUCKED!!! I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF U HAVE ANY OF ME IN MY FIRST GAME!!! GOT A NICE CHUNK OF MEAT MISSING ON MY BAD LEG THAT NITE, BUT LUCKY FOR ME ,THERE IS NO FEELING IN MY LEG BETWEEN MY KNEE AND ANKLE FOR THE MOST PART!!! LAST NITE BARCHOPS WAS FUN!!! FUCKIN DAVID IS LOCO,THANX CHOMPIAS FOR LETTIN ME CRASH @ UR CHANTE!!!
ey too$short. i'ma pitch in on a bottle with you. you're high roller ass gets me way drunk all the time.. and that one bong blast had me gone for like 3 days. you're the fuckin homie !
yo alex, i got your cones man, i went over to que rico's after me jeff chris and some other dude ate at this diner, but you guys were probably long gone. but for sure ill bring them over to 818 polo on monday, but if you need them earlier just get my number from someone and hit me up
Thanx to everyone who came out and played some POLO today it was so nice to see all my friends from the 213 Downtown messengers, the 323 All-Stars, and of course the 310 Homies who brought BOCA burgers!
Props to all the first timers who had the cojones to get in the game in the face of all those tough guy veteran players, but it was the first-timer women who had all the rookie goals, steals and take downs!!
Big thanx to David for the meat and extra grill, Too $hort, FATE, Wally and Lil' Sarah my 818 locals for help cleaning up the BBQ after all these animals attacked the place
Serious fun in the Rink, all day and night plus thanx to the spectators who came out on one minute notice next time you guys are getting in!!!
Llana did great as a debutee, now she loves bikepolo. you wanted roller derby girls hammer, well you got a tough cookie that seems like a promising and aggressive bike polo player. Good Job Tex, you did great out there i saw you!
Hell yeah the BBQ was freaken owesome... loved it.. i had a great time, HEy T. Hammer i got a black Eye.. fuck it.. it was mad fun having everybody and everybody playing POLO all day.. wish it was like that everyday... how dope would that be?. Plus ALEX 'Tall Cans' got Rider of the Week... damm hommie thats fucken dope Alexx.. but talk to me when u get POlo player of the month.. J/k ... ALex thats fucken owesome u got that.. can wait till i get that.. hehe J/k...
Thanks to
Matt, M.Hammer,T. hammer, mike,Beaver,too short, wallie, Jeff,Animal,BIG BAD ASS FAte,and every body that was there and dont know your names. It was great having u guys over and having a great time playing POLO.... Oh i Cant for the Rider of the week ALEx
HEy what the fuck ever happened to CHRIS... your still part of the squad foo.. U For got bout us CHriss???? i Hope not foo... JUst couse u havent showed up few efen times dont mean we forgot bout you.....
Hey yetiman dope fucken pictures yo.. YOu is right yeti Fate takes it becouse of them ATupperware glow in the dark shoes... hahah .. but damm wallies shoes.. for real...
HAHAHA... YETI , THOSE PICS ARE HILLARIOUS !!! IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE SHOES THAT I SCORED ONE!!! BUT WALLY'S DEFINATLY WON ON THE REAL!!! ( DON'T BE A HATER ROMEO6081 A.K.A ''CHAPEL''!!!) THE BBQ WAS TUFF AND IT WAS REAL FUN!!! THANX JOKER, I HAD FUN BIENG THE SUB CHEF AS WELL!!! ( HOW 'BOUT THOSE BACON WRAPPED SAUSAGES????)
HEY ROMEO U NEED TO GET UR WHEELS ON POINT FOR REAL ESE!!! TO ALL THE PLAYAS,WALDENBERG,YETI,SARAH,SHORT DOG ,MR. JOKER, ROMEO 6081 A.K.A CHAPEL ,MIKE,AND T.HAMMER & CREW FROM THE 310 ,& ALL THE OTHER HOMIES WHO PLAY W/ US , U GUYS FUCKIN'N BURN SHIT UP!!! WISH WE HAD MORE TIMES LIKE THAT IN THE DAY!!! OH YEAH, LLANA,ANIMAL, AND ALL THE OTHERS WHO SHOWED UP & PLAYED, (I FORGOT ALOT OF NAMES ,MOSTLY DUE TO DRINKIN!!!),GREAT GAMING ,U GUYS SHOULD COME OUT AND PLAY MORE OFTEN!!! B.T.W WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THIS SUPPOSED I.E. TEAM???
Yeah Fate good job on the Bacon sausages that was right on time, damn it was so good how am I gonna play Polo without BBQ from now on? Hey you still have my wheels Borracho bring them and that tire on Monday homey
Damn how do we have over 400 hits on this thread already? Oh wait cuz Polo rules heh heh
HEY ESE JOKER, UR WHEELS ARE SAFE(THEYRE IN TOO'S WHIP!!!) AND IF I GO ON A RIDE ON SAT I'LL BRING 'EM TO U!!! THANX TOO SHORT, CUZ IF IT WEREN'T 4 U , I WOULD BE BUGGIN OUT ON WHERE THEY WERE, THINKING I LEFT 'EM @ SEV...
NO PROBLEMA!!! W'SUP W/ 2MORROW??? FRIDAY NITE DELITE , WAS A GREAT EXERCISE,SOME BREW, LITTLE VAG., ALL HOMIES!!! ENDED EARLY!!! RIKK PUT IT ON ANYONE NEW, IT WAS ACTUALLY A NICE RIDE, I GAVE SOME HOOD BROADS ON THE DARK SIDE AN IDEA OF WHAT WE WERE DOING, POSSIBLE NU-BEEZ!!! FUNNN!!!
Matt Vidal, one of the top players in the city, the man who brought Polo to LA, is leaving in two weeks for London, so this Virgil game will be his last in the 323. Virgil is a great Polo grounds, come out for this if you can, we can take the subway to get there, mebbe go get some scoops in the Bicycle DIstrict afterwards. He named it 213 Polo on accident.
U FUCKIN !@#$?, U NEVER EVEN HAD A CHANCE , B.T.W. HOLLA WHEN I CUT UR SHIT OFF RITE NOW!! AND UR SLEEPING OUTSIDE!!! FUCK FACE!!! I GET THE REST OF THE MILK & CEREAL...
Last night the 818 Crew played an easy road series with the 310 locals at Woodbine, in Matt Vidal, the bringer of Polo to LA's final Polo night in the United States. The elaborate send off included a formal presentation of an Official 818 Mallet, (pix to follow) featuring a 3-D designed mallet head, custom sculpted aluminum shaft, and wooden alignment insert with a handwrapped grip, and last but not least a fancy hand engraving by FATE of 7th letter.
After the formalities of split squad/rookie games were out of the way, which did showcase a lot of new talent and the transition from cheerleader to player for some riders, the heated rivalry between 310 and the 818 starters began. At first glance, the 818 might have appeared overmatched, as 310 had a combined total of 6.5 years of Polo experience, compared to the year and a half TOTAL experience of the Valley Boyz. The home crowd was stocked deep with 4 or 5 spectators for every 310 starter, compared to the total crew of 4 from the Valley. But this didn't influence the final outcome at all, as 818 went undefeated in the 3 game series, cruising to victory while riding Brick Wall goaltending from Too $hort, and a high-octane, Showtime Lakers style offense coordinated by Joker and David.
Matt's 310 team got burnt early on, narrowly escaping a first game shutout 5-1 (games are to 5) and the situation barely improved statistically as they mustered only 6 goals compared to 818's 15. Between a lot of steals in their own zone, and the soft but laser accurate passes 818 was able to score 4 goals total without 310 even touching the ball. Even in their own zone 818 managed some clean shoulder checking and forced dabs (footdown) on the top shelf goalie, Efram, of LA Brakeless. The city awaits the next matchup with 310, only this time hopefully (for 310) they can get David Cargill, widely acknowledged as the city's best player to start for them, to avoid such a one sided loss.
Matt Vidal, sorry you had to go out like that, but we Love you, and we know London is going to get that much better when you arrive for that big time Professor job over there. And congrats on winning that Pardon so can get your Visa. Don't forget us in LA ese!
HEy matt mad love 'G'. good luck up in london.. have mad fun playing polo up there and tell them where u from "CITY OF ANGELS"
310 818 213 ALL DAY YO. Matt good luck, nice knowing u and great to play with u.. Great games, mad love...
NIght of the Rookies, night of the Flat tires at the Polo grounds last night! Five flats and exceptional game play from the draft picks. Several first timers came out and appeared to enjoy the sport, playing with us from 7 til midnight. Although you could cool your whole house off with the Romeo's ice cold shot last night, the new guys made up for it by heating up the scoreboard with a continuous flow of goals on a hot streak by Mark, who made good from the blue line or better on too many shots to count!
It didn't end there, Stilline had some fancy moves and rough boarding action, jamming up El Joker whenever he had the chance, and juking him for a breakaway goal later on. Nobody was left out of the action, as Spider Man Eli came thru with some big forced dabs on some weak-kneed fixie riders, further proving fixies aren't the only way to play as he racked up forced dab after dab on his freewheel. Even new guys Lance and Tim proved their mettle with effective screens and steals!
Most importantly, the night featured the award of two more Mallets on Merit!
Far and away one of the most difficult to obtain and sought after bike related rewards, right up there with Wolfpack spoke cards and dog tags, the Mallet on Merit award is awarded to the most promising and talented polo riders. The mallet is custom built to the rider's specifications, factoring in several measurements and subjective factors to ensure the best possible game play.
Last night's recipients were Mark and Lil' Sarah! Mark for shooting consistently accurate form range, as well as in close quarters with traffic. Sarah got hers for her tenacious defense and patience in net. She also never misses a polo match, booking it after class over 12 miles away to get to the polo grounds with a perfect attendance record.
Hell yeah sarah and mark are straight polo originals. Girl can true a wheel as well as she shoots and mark has the skillz that pay the billz. That shit was fun and the rink was epic once again. Come and get your polo on. Too much fun!
AWESOME GAMES LAST NITE, SARAH & MARK WERE TUFF!!! SPIDER TOO!!!, TWO FLATS FOR ME AND ROMEO PUMPING MY SHIT UP EVERY COUPLE BLOCKS ALL THE WAY HOME!!! PROPS FOR ALL THE N.C.'S AND ALL WHO SHOW UP!!! STILLLINE ,LOVE THE AGGRESSIVE MALLET BLOCKS!!! ROMEO 6081 'S FRONT WHEEL IS BACK IN ACTION, THANX TO ''KASTAN & THE GREAT WHEEL TRUEING FORK STAND''!!! TOO SHORT WAS TOO TIRED (OR POSSIBLY TOO SCARED??? J/K) ANYWAYS, ALL WAS GOOD LAST NITE, T.C., I WAS IN A RUSH (FUCKIN FLATS...) ,COULDN'T GET UR MALLET TO PUT THE NEW GRAFX ON SORRY!!!, CALL ME ,I WILL MEET U AND PICK IT UP WHENEVER U WANT, (MOREY'S???)
Sounds like a lot o' fun & action, despite all the flats. Thanxxx mucho for the detailed report Dash! You're making me want to get in the game! Need a 1-1 lesson tho...learn me ur skillz!
As you all know, our dear friend and colleague, Matt Vidal, the bringer of polo to Los Angeles, was awarded the Mallet on Merit, Lifetime Achievement Edition. The innaugural recipient, his prize was a special mallet designed in AutoCAD and finished at Roland Sands Design Shop. Hundreds of games' experience and research went into the final product, a one of one mallet featuring layers of game changing technology that enhance the shooting, stickhandling, and defensive aspects of the great game of Bicycle Polo. As you can see from these pictures, it also sports cutsom engraving by the local player Fate, of the 7th letter crew.
A special bend was shaped into the aluminum to allow the strike side of the mallet closer to the ball, but not sacrifice the overall length which is used for fancy hockey-style ball handling
THANX FOR THE INFO ON THAT SITE TALL CANS, THE FUTURE DESIGNS ON THE MALLETS WILL BE MORE PROFESSIONAL LOOKING ,AND NOT DONE IN THE DARK W/ A RAZOR BLADE!!! CAN'T WAIT TO START WORKING ON THEM
Hey i want to say a big THANK U to FRank for truing my front wheel.. i really really appriciated Frank.. Thank u so much for doing that for me... see u at polo.. oh shit is manana.. nice cant wait...
by the way FRank ur getting fucken good at playing polo.. for real...
Yo guys Im shredding Boston and Im playing tmrw, even if it rains! FATE that mallet is sick I took pix and I'll post soon guys play tmrw and post it up in the rides!
Too $hort where'd u get that hot photo of me? Your wallet?
hey time awesome pictures.. Hey tim is great having u at this polo games.. FOr real tim ur getting good in no time, hopefully u keep coming to this games..
I forgot to say this but when i left home last nite from playing so many great games with all of u guys that where there playing polo, on my way home i was about to jump on the bike path and from the corner of my eye i spoted 2 sky poles. i was like WTF so i stoped, and i picket them up.. somebody had trown them away. i was like damm how dope is that. just thought i had to share this with u guys... ALso it was so awsome watching that ''biggeners games, tim, spider man, fuck i forgot the rest of the other guys names, super sorry, i have a short term memory , i realy enjoyed it... Hey Jeff 'jetiman'' where the fuck where u foo?
DID ANYONE SEE RAYS "HANDCUFF" BIKE LOCK ON SUNDAY?..
HE TELLS ME HE LOST IT....IF YOU FOUND IT BRING IT TO NEXT POLO JA?
BECAUSE...IT WOULD SERVE YOU NO PURPOSE HAVING IT SEEIN' THAT HES GOT THE LOCK KEY AND YOU'LL JUST HAVE A PAPERWEIGHT.
LATES.
I am going to be doing the race tonight in north hollywood because i don't get off of work til really late and i couldn't make it to bike polo in the I.E.
I wish i could so i could watch the 818 just destroy those guys.
DON'T TRIP, POTATO CHIP ! ! ! WHAT COMES AROUND GOES AROUND ! ! ! NAH ,I'M J/K ,NO BIG DEAL ,A SIMPLE MISUNDERSTANDING, I'M SURE THERE WILL BE OTHER TIMES,! ! !NOTHING FOR ANYBODY TO GET THIER PANTIES ALL BUNCHED UP OVER ! ! ! HAHAHA ! ! !
@tallcans/David
there was a yard sale at the police dept. and i purchased two ski poles for polo...hit me up if u wanna meet for the poles to convert.
818.454.3124...Steve
AWESUM good job on the ski poles everybody, bring them tonite so I can get cracking this week. Spiderman earned one for sure. It's posted guys we''ll u at 6 pm
I knew I'd love playing polo! Mad fun on the polo field, yesssssss. I have so much to learn still.
@ijunes - how was it on the cruiser? Think I'd fall less if I rode a cruiser? Or maybe I just need to not be detroyed from the previous night of F.U.N.?
I'm so tired. Discordian+Robotz+Polo = EPIC WEEKEND. sleep sleep sleep here I come.
So glad to see all my new friends, we musta had 20-30 heads at one point, with an endless stream of new comers here to learn our gospel. Dozens of first timers took to the Polo grounds, and some of the city's best veterans showed up with their A-Game. You know yer scene made it if both ROADBLOCK and DEMARCO of MASH SF fame came just to scope it out.
THANX to the DTLA crew; Andrew, Puglife and yer homies it was good to see you in the Valley again. Lana, Tess, you girls wrecked shop, can't wait for you and Puglife to form an All Girl Polo Annihilation team!. Steve, thanx for the ski poles, they'll be reborn into Mallets next Sunday. Joey from IE Polo, yer doing it big for San Bernardino, keep up yer game yer making it hard for us out here homey.
Everybody you made my life complete this Sunday!!!
One more special bump just 4 Parlor Bikes, official Bike Polo Team Mechanic... He installed a blingin' Dura Ace Crank of his he had laying around onto my road bike which was out of commison. FUCKING SCORE!!! Have fun in INDY BRO!!!
shit Parlor Bikes got a spot on the 818 team. he was one of the first originator.. But i belive his been down kuz he had a accident. dont trip Chris u on the team G...And u to fucken Red nose JEff cabron..
@-NOISE, LET'S PUT IT THIS WAY,I'M NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO PLAY FOR A WHILE!!! MY SHIT IS MAD PUFFY!!! I JUST HOPE IT'S NOT AS SERIOUS AS IT LOOKED, THAT SHIT WAS SCARY!!! GOOD THING IS THOUGH, I'M STILL ABLE TO WALK (SLOWLY).
Hey i had a great time playing polo... thank u Candy cane for coming over and taking those pictures and support... Lanna, Tezz u guyz are playing hella good, nice keep coming. Andrew, gabbie and i belive its andrews girl, hey for real its good having u guys over.
Tim from the 818, hell yeah foo your getting good at playing polo.. ur defenetly on my squad, also Mark my boy good efen shots dog, wish u could do that when im guarding u, heheh j/k. for real mark ur doing freaken awesome. oh man i cant leave ''spider man'' fuck foo getting good too. mad love 'spider man'' .. Too short my brother good falls foo.. Tim Hammer good games with u broe, also good having u over on this side of the mountain.. Also kiel sorry for the mispell broe good having u over too. u be putting good games.. Cant for get the big hommie Joey for the I.E, man good games with u joey. Thank u for coming over, i know its a drive for u and that shows alot.. I see that ur shots are getting powerful in no time ur gonna be unstopable.. good shit joey.for real.. Man everybody is getting good at this Bike polo.. i like seing the improvement from everybody.. Hey too short i got mad love for u Dog but u be pissing me off when u start laughing in the court.. cabron... u know its all love.. Alex well what can i say to u broe.. mad love heheh
hey i love seeing you guys out there, and if i cant play, ill show my enthusiasm from behind a camera instead of behind the handlebars.
the photos came out ok for the ghetto fab shit. i was gonna bring out the big guns (400w dynalite strobes running on battery pack) but while charging it, it blew and spewed smoke. ugh. glad i made it out anyway.
hopefully next week i'll have a new pack, and do it right.
also: is there a POWER OUTLET at the rink/park? if so, i can run the lights off that + long extention cord.
i really feel like bike polo is on the rise, and that more kids are going to fall in love with it. I love that there is almost as many women playing as there are their male counterparts, it makes for a great balance of energy.
thanks for letting me play paparazzi yesterday, i hope to get some off-the-field portraits of everyone next week, or something.
Yeah where was my picture? Im the one that built all the Mallets and put these fools up on game what gives? Hah Im playing, sorta, I really want my picture taken. I just shampooed my beard. There is power outlets at the rink. I didn't know you were a photographer? Who does your retouching?
I usually do all post processing myself, keep it basic with just color correction/crop/dodge/burn to keep it light. why?, is this something you know about?!?!?!?!
MAN, I MUST'VE REALLY MISSED OUT THIS LAST SUN.!!! SOUNDS LIKE EVERYONE HAD FUN!!! I WISH I COULDA BEEN THERE, IT FUCKIN SUXXX BIENG PHYSICALLY IMPAIRED,EVEN IF IT'S TEMPORARY...
DAMN DAVID, U NEED TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL AND LEARN HOW TO SPELL!!! WHAT DID U DO W/ ALL THAT ''EXTRA TIME '' U HAD ON YOUR HANDS??? INSTEAD OF STROKING IT , U SHOULDA LEARNED HOW TO READ AND WRITE!!! U FUCKIN W/B , IT'S SPELLED TONY HAWK LEVA!!! HAHAHAHA!!!
NAH I'M JUS FUCKIN' W/ YOU ESA,THANX FOR THE GET WELL AND COMING TO VISIT ME AND DROPPING OFF THOSE TORTILLAS,TRUST, I HATE CORN ,BUT WHEN U HAVE NOTHING ELSE ,THEY WORKED GOOD W/ PEANUT BUTTER & JELLY!!! GOOD LOOKIN OUT HOLMES!!! B.T.W WHERE'S UR LIL MIDGET SISTER TOO SHAWTY??? I'M OUT TO FRISCO ON FRI.
yo hell yeah my Boy Skano is coming down from Frisko and he is going to join us to play some Polo.... Sounds like his going to get smached on... heheh Jk Skano... u cant fuck with the 818ers kid
Good call Tim, if it's wet there are a couple of places that we might be able to go to. The rink when wet will be real slippery. Meet at the rink anyways
AWESUM SHOTS of the Polo Ridazz, you really captured the essence of the night, I can smell it!! No really the BBQ got in my clothes a little bit. I gotta get a disk of all this for my archives please!
awhs.
thanks guys for the kind words, and most of all, thanks for being illustrious glorious people.
i guess im going to come out next week with an extrention cord and an extra strobe head, i wont quit til i get a proper portrait of tallcans.
plus, im not missing the barbeque next week, coz that shit wuz good!!!
polo is becoming one of the most anticipated events of the week for me, i just love hanging out with the crew.
@tallcans: for sure, ill bring you the whole set via dvd next week.
FUNNY PICS CANDY CANE !!! YETI IS MY BIGGEST FAN , HE PUSHES ME TO SING THAT SONG ALWAYS!!! AND DON'T HATE DAVE , UR JUST MAD CUZ ALL UR ''FAMILY ''THAT WERE PLAYING BASKETBALL HAD TO LEAVE LAST NITE,HAHAHA!!!
PROPS to Big Bad Vad, aka Vadim who got his first MALLET ON MERIT- Exceptionally talented rookie with natural shooting ability, and some tough Knuckles! Way to go Vadim, you're killing it out there holmes!
Thats tight markuz... ur dope peeps foo... Also dude I have to say this couse it was dope, Dan Hell yeah broe ur playing more and u freaken scored few goals.. dont think i dint see u playing in the court... nice and good to have u over.. BIG BAD ASS DAN.. good shit broe.
Just got off the phone with 818 Bike Polo's in house legal counsel, and according to the current Major League Bike Polo collective bargaining agreement 2008-2009, the 818 B-Line CANNOT be determined just by El Joker alone.
TRYOUTS for the B and C Teams will be held shortly, possibly on an off day (not this Sunday maybe). This is your opportunity to step up fellas, and show us just how bad you want to FUCK SHIT UP in the name of 818 Hardcourt Bicycle Polo!!!
This will not be a simple game to decide who can play where. There will be skills drills, scrimmages, breakaways, and extra points for bribery.
ATTN: Players- have your agents txt msg. Joker, David, or whoever you have numbers for, and we will settle this at the Polo Grounds.
SATURDAY El Joker is driving down to Long Beach to pickup a cheap Polo wheel or two. If any players want to join the carpool post up here, or txt me. DO NOT post my number or email here. The spot has cheap everything, myspace.com/junkyrustybikes check them out. Good prices on crappy fixie wheels too. Probly gonna leave the Valley around 11am.
@ Tall Cans & Too Short
One of my pieces of plastic was thrown away. I only have enough material for one wheel. It is the cleanest cover so far, almost complete. We'll see who wants it the most.
Sunday 1 on 1 action to see who gets it!
Also if anyone else wants me to make one bring a sheet of corrugated plastic on Sunday. I will charge a small fee for my time.
Polo is an amazingly fun game. I still kinda suck, but I'll get better! Sucked I didn't play at all yesterday, but after my crash I just wanted to chill. You guys keep reppin' the game solid, and I love to see that!
Thanks Steve & Gabbi & everyone else for triage & making sure I was alrite, you guys rock for sure.
@ Barry - You're photos are really great! Good work! Don't forget to post up my mug in hooray for crashes.
Thanks! By the way, all, the crash is NOT from polo. Just want to make sure everyone know this is not a polo crash. This is not a regular bike crash at all. This is from crashing a penny farthing.
@kryxtanicole- oh honey I'm glad we were able to help you out. My mother is a nurse so I can't leave the house without my first aid kit!!!!
I hope you feel better. I give you mad...mad...Props for riding that bike. You sure have some balls:)
David, Too Short, Alex, Joey, Tim, Elie.....GREAT FUCKING GAME!!!
I really enjoy watching you guys play because I learn from it..
I know I didn't play last night but I fell on Friday and my knee wasn't feeling good:(
Hey Kiristah dont trip im a Doctor and that lip should be good by... umm let me check out that picture. hold on.....um give it few days and that lip should be like nothing ever happened....im serious...
Hey Gabby Thank u so much for the suport, Andrew and ur girl thank u guys for comming and supporting and playing... its great when u guys play... Mullingitover Also Thank u for comming over and taking pictures.. u should Play...its mad fun and every body that comes over and play or to hang out its great having u guys over... Every Body is more then Welcome to come over to Play or to Hang out...
Ohhh i cant forget the BIG Hommie CHRIS.. Fuck broe it was great to see u at POLO and Hanging out... Fucken Chris great games and great falls... WE all enjoy ur company broe.. Sick ass freaken bike u got ... Hold on U always got some sick ass Bike.. No shit its Chris PArloy.... HEy JEff what the fuck foo y dint u showed up? There is no excuse not to show up to "church/Polo? right?
hahaha I was aight... lol nothing special its all thanks to too short and david for showing me some tricks haha but ya now i gotta learn how to aim those shots lol
Yes, the last bastion of pure competition,and no Bullshit, my beloved Polo. As 95% of you Polo riders have shown, shooting and riding is not so tough. But as Vadim, aka Big Bad Vad has shown, very few can hit the ball for power! Both you and David got that hard shot. Mebbe it was something in the air, cuz you guys' shots were smoking! Everyone who showed up this past week has improved since last week. Special thanks right here to Joey from the IE, who came up and is cuttin' fools down tryin' to get on the 818 squad. That sick disc wheel you made me didn't hurt either, heh heh. All you guys keep it up, we might be practicing Wednesday nite...
Oh snap I almost left off Chris, aka PARLOR BIKES!! This guy, Ridazz is the 818 Bike Polo Official Pit Crew. There aint no other rider here on this forum that knows more about old school, or new school riding technology AS WELL AS who actually rides really fuggin hard. That Gold Plated YETI rig he brought to Polo? I t makes yer NJS Fixie look like a tin can! How many wheels and brakes did Chris fix last night? How many Polo Riders has he hooked up with wholesale pricing? Good to have you back on the Polo grounds bro!
I say we play some polo on Weds and then we can meet up with the Drink Sum Ride. They are satying very local to the polo grounds. Maybe they should swing by on their way to the bar one or the Tonga Hut.
Hey David sorry I got in yer face after you were laughing out loud at how sucky I was playing. And I got what I deserved for trying to crash into you after the game was over.
polo is the bizness... i used to play basketball religously sundays and its a trip playing polo on the basketball courts... but whateva the shit is fun... i wish it was cats in my area who played (310?) anybody know where when?
Wednesdays in 310, they play at Mar Vista Park. Meet at LA Brakeless at 7 pm. Be careful there Mike, they show NO MERCY AT ALL to newcomers, you have been warned of their physical game. But they do have a high level of play, no doubt about that. They also have high level of drunken idiocy, and toy looking mallets heh heh
yeah, it was pretty fun, not that many people, i didnt play at any of the clubs on their myspace, it was just a bunch of people from sfsu on the tennis courts
I love polo...it has changed my life. When I played my first polo game (about a month ago) I was still on a single speed. The next day, being Monday, I went out and changed it to a fixie....Now I have a reason to live!!!!!!!!
I appreciate that you guys give me a chance to play. I'm not the best player out there but I do have fun laughing and blocking.
David I have joined your fan club!!! Say hi to Rebeca and Lucis:D
@Skano: You may have saved our A-line, but the fact is our Primacy is rooted in skill, guts and determination, as well as chronic and beer. For these reasons, your ethereal plain won't work me, plus I'm Jewish!
@Parlor Bikes I actually found out that the rink WILL be in use extra heavy tonite, the YMCA is holding the Final Playoff game for the Silver League of Roller Hockey (my old league woo hoo!) tonite, so if anyone is down to practice, it's gonna have to be some other place, mebbe the movie theater. Hit me up plairs, if u wanna jam.
I COULD BE DOWN FOR SOME TIME TO PLAY TONITE... I WON'T BE ABLE TO SHOW UP THIS SUN. AFTERALL ,(GOING TO S.F. FOR THE WKND.) JUS' FIEND'N TO PLAY ,IT SEEMS LIKE FOREVER SINCE I HAVE... @T.C. IF UR SERIOUS ABOUT THAT PRACTICE SPOT ,I'M IN...
DANG, its official, MARK is a B-liner. You passed the Rum and Coke skill drill at Tonga Hut, as well as the underage drinking screen you ran on the Bouncer. CONGRATS HOMEY!!!!
haha yeah alex last night was fucking awesome! And david, sucks to hear that your chain snapped, how did too short tow you home? btw triple AAA means that theres nine A's, so its AAAAAAAAA hahaha!
David those hoodies look great!!!!!! I had a dream about making jackets for polo and those are the colors I had in mind.......amazing!!!!
and yes Alex Polo is a gentleman's game.....I have been told I am a gentlemen....
I hope I can make it out this week I have volunteer work at a hospital and I hope I have enough time to get ready for polo:( If I can't make it I hope you all have fun and play the best polo game ever!!!!!
WUT UP PLAYAS IT E--------Y---------L----------U WUT THA FUCKS CRACKEN AINT NOBY SAY WAS UP TO A PLAYA NO MO!!! HOWS THE HOMEBOYS??? 818 SHOT OUT SUP!!!!!
818 bike polo! Damn I gotta work on my shots so badly! i'll be practicing for sunday! I shall get them down before sunday bike polo :D see you foos there
Gabbie That is so awesome u thought of Some Polo jackets..... Glad u like the hoodies..... Hopefully u do make it on sunday.... ITs church for us kids..hehe
JOEY from IE, bring yer gas pipe and drinking hat, it''s yer turn to impress us with the whiskey drinking skill drill, if u want that slot on the squad. We know Mark can hang how bout u?
Oh yeah I forgot, REV.PHIL is gonna be starring in our BIKE POLO SNUFF FILM... mebbe we can get a game going earlier, around 2pm guys?. I gonna post it soon.
hawt damn. This sunday i will bring such pain and suffering that you will learn the meaning of NW style smashmouth little beriut bike hockey
2pm! in the sun! with a bottle!
keep your wits about you cause your gonna need your best comic timing to sound like the brilliant drunk fucks you are during our live performance before the show
Hey rev i hope u do bring what u got Hommie couse out here in L.A were gonna show u what we about Hommie We dont fuck around and we are down to colide and with the rukus too.. so u aint scaring nobody...
im glad u enjoyed church Gabbie.. Also a Big Thank U to Too Short for feeding the whole squad with some Pizza... Gracias Cabron and bout time u do something nice... J/k. TS
thanks to all the bike polo peeps. It's the best thing that happens all week. I'm already excited for next weds. And Too$hort, thanks for the pizza. That was fucking awesome.
Well Bike Porn from PDX got theirs, and I know I got mine! I'd say 818's 3 wins were among the hardest fought wins I've ever had to trudge through, but I will take 'em just the same. BIG UPS to David and Too $hort for playing their asses off and showing Phil and co. what we're about. I'm sure they won't forget it anytime soon. We gonna go visit where hardcourt Bike Polo began, in PDX soon Phil.
Get your cameras ready.
HELLS YEAH Too $hort is mad generous. He sponsored our B-Line tryouts- WHISKEY POUNDING event at Tonga Hut Last week too. Yo E, they hiring at yer Job?
I can't believe you guys!
HAHAHAHAHA!!!! thats a good name David, Too short got me on that one:D I will come in freckles next Sunday and have my hair in ponytails..HA
I need to come out to polo again. The only time I went was really cool. Sounds like it got bigger! I need to come out again so I can incorrectly block and die! Hahah!
yo BK we doin mallets this week, at least a few, theres quite a few rookies ready to get their MALLETS ON MERIT... and thanx fer donating the ski poles ese
yo TC we will be bringing on new staff mid Dec. I'll talk to you about it Sunday. So you got those poles. I'll bring some pipe for trade. The tourny is right around the corner homeboy. Let me know if you need help with anything.
The tourney is now posted. I hope ya'll have been working on your fundamentals and mental game. although we smoked PDX into the atmosphere, greater challenges may face us in the form of a visiting team from Vancouver, and a mixed bag of east coast all stars who will be here.
Yo kids keep your eyes open for a black KHS fixie Flite series some 16 or 17year old kid took it from the Orange line bus rack in the NoHo station , I chased him but he obviously knew how to ride a fix gear .I know what the kid looks like so I will be looking for his face on the rides…
Seattle took 1st and second palce. Joker, David and Tooshort played a hard games all day and finished 3rd. Looks like SF has some work to do if they want to take on the 818 next tournament.
Eli, Tim and I finished 12th or so, who's counting......
Dont trip Chris, we got a ball for you. Im gonna hand it off to Krista and she'll bring it to DTLA polo on thursday for you, in case I cant make it down there. If it's not your drilled red, I'll break you off a regular red.
JOKER responding to a comment by TheDude
07.26.10 - 7:05 pm
THIS FRIDAY NIGHT will be a special night. We have a rep from parks & rec coming to see what this bike polo thing is all about. Show up, play clean, and be on your best behavior.
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Ridazz Roulette!
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Yo Wall-e check out these shoes for polo.
MY FIRST POST!!!!
whos july?i know a CHOMPIRAS, HERE A PIC OF THE HOMMIE CHICHARON AT MONDAY NIGHT POLO. GOOD TURN OUT MAD FUN . KIKO was named MVP Most Valuable Puto!
ESE CHOMPIRAS!!!!!
NICE PIC DAVID!!! AKA KIKO
WHATS UP TO EL TIN TAN AKA PISTACHO! 
BACK IN BUSINESS.....
READY POLO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I will be burning some discs with all the action, its super rad i think we can make something really cool with all the footage.
Lets go Yetiman, is it on youtube with music and sepcial effects yet???????
Did it, in under an hour too. Fresh of the CNC lathe out of nylon. Its a prototype.
Thanks to a quick run to the Orange Giant or hardware stores, Jeff and I took Alex through mallet making 101. Maybe it was the other way around, or a little bit of both.
Here we go.
Lets invite some people to watch.
HATE ONE HATE
Its all love. 
Listen up team! Heavy action expected at Virgil Middle School today. The Polo Grounds is home to the Bicycle Kitchen Team. We have been invited there for a rematch of last weekend's tourney. This will be very interesting. I spoke to some of you last night about this, it's very important all my starters show up today. I will bring all of our mallets.
Peep the new logo- Should be on spokecards by Monday
Official Polo RIG!
What is Bicycle POLO? Can I play?
bring lots of
Underage cherry pictures FTW.
I made it happen. Pretty easy, you should try it, just get bungee cords. It's a little bothersome, but it works.
hey i think this is jeff at Barchopz... yeah it is him.. was this picture taken at your tree house jeff? hahahh
I put up a post with all the pictures from the article, check it out its called LA BIKE POLO - News article
TRUCHA!!!
HERE A PIC OF THE HOMMIE RASKUACHE, AND WHAT HAPPENDS WHEN U HANG OUT WITH DAVID AND HIS BOTTLES OF WISKEY
get well soon broe.. i got u some flowers with a bottle.. PINCHE RASCUACHE... Straight dropped like a flie Cabron.. u only hung with us for the first stop at crank mob..
HEY JOKER, DONT BE SAD U DINT GET THE NEW ANGELES FRONT COVER,BUT AT LEAST YOU MADE THE ESPN FRONT COVER.
pinche Chompiras and his cockie monster...
THE SPOT
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SORRY SUCH SHITTY PICS...
THIS NITE HIS NAME WAS ''TOO FADED''!!!
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DAM GIRL !!!!!!!!
MVP of the game was David for sure.
Best Goal tender was to toss up between Too $hort and Big Mike but because Too $hort is from the 818 he get the win.
This was the big breaker - Best Shoes of the Day -
there Wally, a pict for the ladies
-- Shot of the Day --
SEXY BIKE
As you all know, our dear friend and colleague, Matt Vidal, the bringer of polo to Los Angeles, was awarded the Mallet on Merit, Lifetime Achievement Edition. The innaugural recipient, his prize was a special mallet designed in AutoCAD and finished at Roland Sands Design Shop. Hundreds of games' experience and research went into the final product, a one of one mallet featuring layers of game changing technology that enhance the shooting, stickhandling, and defensive aspects of the great game of Bicycle Polo. As you can see from these pictures, it also sports cutsom engraving by the local player Fate, of the 7th letter crew. 
A special bend was shaped into the aluminum to allow the strike side of the mallet closer to the ball, but not sacrifice the overall length which is used for fancy hockey-style ball handling 
The mallet head istelf is made of top secret, light weight Petro Chemically based substances
LIFE IS GOOD IN BOSTON!!!!!ARIVA ARIVA JOKER LIVES!!!!
BIKE MAPS for Google petition online 
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for some reason i thought this was the Amarican Idol forum...
Already hes got fans... Oh shit its Jeff . hahah
WOW,I NEED TO GO BACK ON TOUR!!!...
HAHAHA!!!
< FONT COLOR=BLUE> MORE???
IT'S NOT AMERICAN IDOL , IT'S ''SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE'' !!!
shut the fuck up u drunk... Dog Killer....
Oh shit the New Game... The under dogs on top...The NEw Game...
LOOK ,IT'S THE NEW GLITTERY GLOSSY,''GAY-VID"... COMIN' OUTTA THE CLOSET FOR THE FIRST TIME!!! HAHAHA...
Another great Polo Sunday! I cannot thank the LA squad enough! You guys are great! The posted pics came out good. Props on the photo support!
Found this from a 1934 newspaper, thought you guys would like it. 
@CANDY
I WON'T BE ABLE TO PLAY YET, STILL DAMAGED!!! BUT I WILL BE THERE TO WATCH...
I love the picts of Fate bustin out " Wanted for Getting Up High" as you can see I am his biggest fan. Ha ha 
Two of Americaz Most Wanted....
west coast killers
@ Tall Cans & Too Short
Yup,
Sweet pictures!
This is my right wing... Damm Vadim was ripping...Mad respect broe...
what do u guys think????
it what u call sickness.....
To top picture is the Back and this is the Front lil logo.. u know how we roll.......
I hear someone needs a chain???
@MARK
WUT UP PLAYAS IT E--------Y---------L----------U WUT THA FUCKS CRACKEN AINT NOBY SAY WAS UP TO A PLAYA NO MO!!! HOWS THE HOMEBOYS??? 818 SHOT OUT SUP!!!!!
hey my ninjas, heres a shirt i made today cuz i had nothing to do, tell me what you guys think
Dam!
yo TC we will be bringing on new staff mid Dec. I'll talk to you about it Sunday. So you got those poles. I'll bring some pipe for trade. The tourny is right around the corner homeboy. Let me know if you need help with anything.
SUP MUTHA FUCKERS!!!!!
Where is it posted besides bikepoloca?
TALLCAN WUT UP BROTHER I HAVENT SEEN YOU IN A MINUTE MISS HANGING OUT WITH YOU GUYS
Long Live 818 Polo.....