Finally an Update

Here are some random photos just to let you know polo is still thriving in Hawaii. Clark helped some kids fix a flat like the good guy he is this past week. When its sunny we play, when its dark we play, when it rains we still play. Ill be better about updates...

Randoms: Polo Chanti Town

As off late due to terrible weather we have indeed been turning our spot on the courts into a chanti town esque establishment. Tarps draped over a single bench with the watering hole placed next to it and bbq grills come into the picture as we get hungry. Here is a flick taken of said moments. Its not the best picture as the watering hole was running low by this point. Now get your polo bike and show up tonight!

Quickie: Clark VS Josh

Between classes today I was working on some video editing for another project when I came across a clip from this weekend. I was becoming bored with the project I was working on due to lack of material so I decided to take a 5 minute break and put this quickie together instead. A funny note about the song choice is that I'm pretty sure this is infact how Clark got his scratch on his nose that day. This past Weds polo went all night long, I bailed at 10pm and games continued on. Everybody has been becoming more dedicated to showing up and playing more polo. Various people who haven't shown face for a while are coming back out of the wood work which is nice. Im stoked on having polo offically being set twice a week. THe video doesn't glitch on my computer but it does via vimeo for some reason. I really wish we caught this crash better.

Clark VS Josh from HNL BIke Polo on Vimeo.

It's Your Birthday Clark!

This past weekend involved one of our best polo celebrations yet. We helped celebrate Clarks birthday with some beer, cake, a pinata, and of course polo. Everybody had a great time as far as I could tell, but was I really a good judge of the matter? Possibly not. Keeping this one short and sweet here are some flicks from the celebration (Caution some may be offended by our cakes of choice) and come on out to WEDS POLO tomorrow 6pm at Makiki.

More polo!

I haven't updated in a while, Ive been sick and over taken by this semester. We have been having a good amount of success holding polo twice a week lately. The day that seems to work the best is Weds. We have been playing at our usual spot at 6pm for three weeks now and the turn out while it started meek has turned into nothing short of our usual Sunday crowd. Hopefully we can keep this twice a week going. Id share pictures with you but our cameras have been set to video lately and it's all going towards a seperate project but while appear on the blog when the time comes.

Rainy Games and Deadly Jousts

This past Sunday was a blast. It was great playing in the pouring rain for a game or two. No pictures of rainy games cause I wasn't trying to kill my camera. Cyrus showed up with the uni-cycle again which always makes for interesting polo matches, pretty uneven, but interesting. Ariel brought his new Eighth Inch mallet and it didnt last past the first joust. Eighth inch is rumoring a new sturdier compound being used for heads but I think the heads are heavy to begin with and because of that the shafts are made light and thin to make up for it. A stronger compound that weighed less would be better and up the thickness and sturdiness of the shaft. Thats just me.

My Day Back to Polo

So I finally made it back out to polo this past weekend. School has been killing me. Anywho Clark called me out on not updating and I think its because he likes the polo blog to be updated with stuff about him...so here you go Clark...

Clark brought out his whip all modded out for polo. Its some crazy gearing like 24/22. His bike was fast and manueverable. Here he is showing it off...



it was short lived...between problems with lockrings and taking hits his bike did not hold up for the day, but his chainring did get the 21 gun salute with toy rifles...







Be on the look out I should have some HNL BikePolo swag soon...I hope. Sau sorry to here bout your mouth, and Rob your arm. Hope you both are back to tip top shape in no time.

MKE shafts hit Honolulu

A few flicks from yesterdays meet up. It was a come and go day. People showed up played their few rounds and left while more showed up. It kept for a good games and new players every so many games. John came at the camera with a nice goal. Sau jousted on my bike and then told me all the janky things about my bike...including the seat. Mark showed up with a "melt your face" orange MKE shaft that he scooped from Bens Cycles. It hasnt been cut so it is a little long for my liking but it was definately a strong sturdy feeling mallet.

Aloha Sunday Flicks

So Aloha Sunday went down this past Sunday and It was bike fun as usual. Here are some photos that highlight the day of polo. Once again more new faces showed up and played hard for their first time. I hope to see them and more new faces continue to show up. Since prizes have been consistantly been handed out to the polo players at Aloha Fixed's Aloha Sunday their will be a move for greater organization to the polo aspect of that. So expect a little more orginization to the polo matches at May's AS event. With that in mind those who have begun to love and play hard on the polo courts see you this Sunday for more pickup games!

New folks showing up on Sundays!

This past Sunday we had some new faces at polo, including the first girl to play. Now lets see the turn out continue to grow. Until we meet at Aloha Sunday this weekend here are some flicks.

HNL Polo this weekend...

Come and get some. Built up some new mallets. Got a new camera. Time for some fun.

Lob Shot!

I have been trying to post only things pertinent to getting polo started in Honolulu as of recently however I came across this video and needless to say it had to be posted. Crazy ball control and team work. How often do you think they practice this?

Aloha Sunday

So Aloha Sunday went down as a success yester day thanks to the efforts of Sau and Grant. It was an Aloha Fixed event that HNL bike polo came out to for pick up games. Sau surprised us with prizes so if the figureing out how they were won and distributed seemed odd its because we werent prepared for anything more then pick up games. Thanks to all those who participated and made the day a success for bike polo. The make shift tournament esque day made things a bit more interesting. Flick will be posted up some time this week.

I believe this is the role call for prizes for the first place team
1.Nate-aero bars
2.Travis-timbuk2 bag
3.Micheal-newest cog issue, drink holder, and a grip o stickers

Brooks Championships

I found this video of the Brooks Euro Championship on youtube a couple days ago and thought Id post it here for people to check out. They speak about how fast the polo scene grows yet I feel like its been a process here in Hawaii to get interest. And on that note be on the look out for flyers at your LBS and other spots...Im almost done then move to printing...

Bust open your skull

Some residual blood splatter that didnt get cleaned after I played a game of chicken with the fence week before christmas...mallet has some blood too but got rubbed off while play, I still have blood stains on the back rim too but camera died to quick.

Pick up game anywhere on windward side Monday 1/4/10

Hit me up with an email of your number and we can start setting a place and time.