[YellowBike] Bike Polo and Work Party

[Hannah Hamad]

why do we gotta plug our handle bars? that's some jank ass shit.

h

On Dec 7, 2007, at 10:47 PM, William Henry Kinsley wrote:

> How yall feelin?
>
> So we need to collect some yellowbikes and talk about some bike  
> polo. If anyone
> can make it tommorow (saturday) to help round up all the stragglers,  
> we might
> have some for when spring rolls around. The irony is that I have  
> been seeing
> them everywhere but it the worst weather to be riding a bike.  
> espeically a
> yellowbike. Daylight would defiantly aide this process so if yall  
> aren't hung
> over maybe we could get the party started at like 1:00. Either way,  
> everytime
> you spot one, just ghost-ride it over the the stairs behind the  
> Merril house
> office.
> Word.
>
> BIKE POLO!
>
> So this needs to happen either sunday or monday. I have been  
> collecting old
> broom handles for poles and we just need to scavenge a bit o' pvc  
> pipe and rig
> em up. We could gather some stuff tomorrow and the hit up old 'Lemmy  
> for some
> fabrication. Remember, the jankier the better so get really wasted  
> before you
> make it. Any plans or ideas welcome. We have scouted some potential  
> courts such
> as the parking lot behind the eric carle or maybe in enfield parking  
> lot,
> depends on if its day or night and ice, but less so on the ice. If  
> you know
> anyone who wants to roll, let em know and if you want the rules,  
> they are
> pasted below from the nyc bike polo site because everyone knows the  
> new yorkers
> are hard as fuck.
>
> -Two teams of three players. (depends on #of people + mallets)
> -Any type of bicycle is allowed. Handlebars must be plugged.
> -Mallets must resemble a croquet mallet with a wide side and a round  
> end.
> Modified ski poles and plastic pipe are the most common materials.  
> The handle
> end of the mallet must be plugged.
> -The ball will be a street hockey ball.
> -Goals will be a pair of orange cones spaced 150 cm apart.
> -If a goal cone is disrupted it is the responsibility of the player  
> who
> disrupted it to fix it.
> -Some games are timed and end after 10 minutes. Some games are not  
> timed.
> -Start of a game: Each team will be stopped behind its own goal line  
> and the
> ball will be positioned at center court. Play will begin with a “3 2  
> 1 GO!”
> from the sideline.
> -Players may not play the ball with their feet at any time.
> -Scoring a goal must be made from what started as a hit. A hit is  
> made from the
> end of a player’s mallet. A “shuffle” does not count as a goal; if  
> the ball is
> shuffled through the goal, play continues uninterrupted.
> -After a goal is scored, the team who scored returns to their half  
> of the court.
> The team who was scored on takes possession of the ball.
> -Call out the score after each goal.
> -Passing “backward” through the goal (from behind the goal line to  
> in front of
> it, through the goal, a.k.a. “goal offsides”): When the ball is  
> passed through
> the goal in this way, a goal CANNOT be scored by the first player to  
> play the
> ball. Any subsequent player to play the ball may score. If a ball is  
> shot from
> in front of the goal line and does not go through the goal but  
> bounces off the
> back wall and comes out through the goal, the ball is in play and  
> can be
> scored.
> -Players must not touch the ground, or “foot-down”. Each time a  
> player goes
> foot-down, that player is out of play and may not play the ball  
> until they ride
> to the side line at center court and ring the bell. Then they may  
> return to
> play. It is poor etiquette not to go immediately and directly to the  
> tap-out
> bell once you go foot-down.
> -Contact rules: “Like” contact is allowed. Player to player (body to  
> body),
> except grabbing with hands. Mallet to mallet (generally, hitting  
> another
> player’s mallet is poor etiquette if that player is not attempting  
> to play the
> ball or in front of the goal, playing goalie). Bike to bike.
> -Everything else is NOT allowed: Mallet to player, player to bike,  
> mallet to
> bike, etc.
> -Throwing of mallets is not allowed at any time, in any situation.
> -Most games are played to 5 points. Some games are played to 3 points.
> -Trash talking is allowed.
>
>
> There you go. Hit me up with any concerns/questions.
>
> Wheels
>
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