Played a great many hours of polo here in Boston on Sunday. Shot more video from the end of my mallet of the “down low and up close” variety. The sun was low in the sky whilst I recorded the play, making for some great glare’d out frames. All photos below are individual frames from the footage, which was shot on a Flip Mino HD.
Polo photos + Photoshop = … pictures of Adam it seems. If you want to talk about the parallels between polo and hockey, Adam’s your man. If you don’t take well to criticism on the court, Adam’s not your man.
original photo - All photography that I post on this site is my own unless otherwise noted. Due credit is given to other people’s work
If photos aren’t enough for you, check out 4 minutes of pure Adam by Ken. The double hawks have since been removed.
New York has a damned sweet court, somewhat appropriately named The Pit. Maybe if they sunk the whole thing down 100 ft and daylight only hit the asphalt at high noon it’d be a real pit, but alas… whatever. I think a lot of visitors and even few of the regulars ever look up when they’re there. The whole court is surrounded by these great towering trees that have probably been there since the whole place was built.
More photos from tons of photographers on flickr’s The Pit at Chrystie and Broome group.
Filed under: ESPI 4 MAY 2-3, photo | Tags: bike polo, bike shop, boston, espi, photo, somerville, sponsor
Zack and Joshua from Boston’s newest shop Open Bicycle are on board with the East Side Polo Invite 4! Their shop is just down the street from our Somerville court which will be overflowing with polo’ers come Saturday May 2nd. Their official grand opening (party!) is April 11th. See their website for more information, or stop by the shop in Union Square!
Just some frame captures from the video I’ve been shooting lately. Also, a rudimentary ESPI sponsors page has been put up – more to come.
More pictures from The Pit in NYC. Also purchased plane tickets to go to the COG Invitational tournament in Milwaukee June 5-7. Gonna be huge. Sub $200 plane tickets = too tempting to pass up. Players from closest to farthest Johnny Adam Quin Paul. To anyone who actually knows what they’re doing in photoshop, I sincerely apologize for the below abomination.
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Ken. Ken Ken Ken Ken Ken Ken Ken Ken. Spent the weekend in New York, took a picture of Ken.
Filed under: photo | Tags: bike polo, bike short films, hardcourt, new york, photo
Come to BikeShorts9! See the premier of another polo movie by me…! more polo movies! Why? Because of the rare gravity defying moves that Chris pulls and the pure cinematic beauty of a wave of polo players cresting and breaking across the frame like a great ocean surf… ok what?
Filed under: photo | Tags: allston, bike polo, boston, hardcourt, legit, nick
He may be smiling now, but Nick is going to tear you up at the ESPIs as part of … team tylerNickgus.
a shoot, and ah goal
Filed under: photo | Tags: allston, bike polo, boston, drugs, hardcourt, legit
Many polo’ers like to … live the high life so to speak while doing the polo. Seems a bit ironic that the second ingredient, beer, markets the phrase “high life” on its cans. Maybe if they legalize it/(the first ingredient) Miller will expand its product offering. Whatever.
I would recommend playing a hard afternoon of polo to anyone who’s had trouble sleeping lately. Simply consume in 10 minute bursts over a period of 5 hours starting around 1pm. Expect the effects to kick in shortly after nightfall. Wake up fully rested the next day. Some users may experience bruising, general bodily creakiness, and a renewed sense of vitality.
