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Hardcourt bike hockey started in the Pacific Northwest 7-8 years ago. Teams in Portland, Seattle and Vancouver have for much of that time been beating the crap out of each other for fun and bragging rights. A number of breweries have been able to make it though slow economic periods due to our patronage.
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From the NW many a sojurn was made to the Bay in seach of similar hardcourt action. Typically the result was good, but not sustained. SF was perpetually the land of old school grass polo.
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In 2007 SF hosted the NACCs and many bike punks got a taste of what bike polo can be. Epic games are still discussed in Portland ad nauseam.
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Here we see the influence of NW polo.
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Now at the end of 2008 both
SF and
Oakland have regular polo battles, this weekend there are a couple extra.
- Thursday November 27 -
- Oakland Polo Rockridge BART. Oakland's regular weekly game every Thursday night.
- 8pm
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- Saturday November 29
- Lobot Gallery
- Special edition INDOOR POLO
- 10pm (after bike porn screening at 8pm)
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- Sunday November 30
- Ride SFO bike expo and polo at Cow Palace in SF.
- Special edition INDOOR POLO
- 3pm
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- Monday December 1st
- Every Monday night in the Mission come play
- Dolores Park
- Church and 18th
- 7pm
We heartily encourage you to check
http://bikepolo.ca for an international discussion of the game's finer points and blunts.