Greif Masters 2010 Bike Polo Tournament

8 February 2010

Last weekend, on my way to ISPO for the Black Crows stand (more on this later), I stopped in Karlsruhe for the Greif Masters Bike Polo tournament. Probably the biggest European tourney so far, with 40 teams from France, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Holland, the UK, and more… 14 teams were lucky enough to get invited (we were!), and the others registered. This tournament gave us a glimpse of what the future of our sport could be:

A giant screen with timekeeping, scores, team logos, upcoming games, etc… Very nice design by Steffen Mackert of the Candy Colored Clowns:

Custom-made goals, wider than the usual “cone to cone” standard in bike polo, with nets:

Solid (and very local-flavored) tap-out points:

A big and warm indoor venue, with the fantastic bonus of having a high vantage point:

And for once, our team, Zombie United, did pretty well. We won all our qualifying matches apart from one draw, and lost in the semi-finals to the winners, L’Equipe (who win every European tourney anyway). Finished 3rd! Thanks to Fixie Inc. and all the Karlsruhe players for setting a benchmark…

Lefty…..

8 February 2010

I was watching superbowl yesterday with family/friends…..and with each Bree’s or Manning throw I like every father out there in some small way thought man what if that was my son…..

Shoulder pointing forward …..back foot planted firmly and release…..and a perfect spiral and smile as you know that feeling even as a youngster what it means to be perfect for a split second…..

Puppets…..

8 February 2010

The hair cut posters/the dude sweeping up in the back/and “wanna buy some dvd’s…..

Somebody has spent time in the barbershop on the weekend…..