bike polo
How bike polo is making Portland better
I have been a bike commuter since I was able to pedal. But I didn’t really understand how you can connect yourself to a bike until I found bike polo.
Portland United bike polo team earns 4th at North American championships: Now heads to Worlds
Portland United team members Arlyn Bement (L) and Eric Crandall (R) at the North American Hardcourt Bike Polo Championships in Milwaukee, Wisconsin earlier this month.(Photos © Noah Saydel/EighthInch.com)
Reader Story: Portland Bike Polo, ten years in the making
Bike polo players in Alberta Park.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) [This story was submitted by northeast Portland resident and president of Portland Bike Polo, Sasha Friedman.] Portland Bike Polo has progressed over the past ten years from an offshoot of an indie messenger sport to a large group of athletes practicing year-round for national and international … Read more
Support Portland bike polo during Cascadian Qualifiers tourney
Portland’s bike polo players and advocates have been selected to host a qualifying tournament for the Cascadia region. Bike polo teams from across the Pacific Northwest will come to Portland May 21-22 for the event. To help with event costs, Portland Bike Polo is selling banner space on billboards that will be placed around their … Read more
Bike polo grows up in Portland (and beyond)
Bike polo at Peninsula Park–Gallery/Slideshow below-(Photos © J. Maus) Hard court bike polo is surging in Portland and the sport is maturing well beyond its roots. Local veterans like Ben Miller (known as “Ringer” to friends), who have been playing for nearly a decade say they’ve never seen so many fresh faces showing up to … Read more
BC team takes Oregon Bike Polo Championships
More polo action andfaces from the crowdin slideshow below.(Photos © J. Maus) Back on March 8th, the tennis courts at Northeast Portland’s Alberta Park hosted the nation’s best bike polo players at the first annual Oregon Bike Polo Championships. For the uninitiated, bike polo is like traditional polo on horseback, except it’s played on a … Read more
Portland will host Oregon bike polo championships
Bike polo at Alberta Park will decide the state championships in March.(Photo © J. Maus) Get your mallets ready bike polo fans, Portland is set host the first-ever Oregon Bike Polo Championships. On the weekend of March 7th – 9th, the best bike polo players from all over the Northwest will vie for the championship … Read more
Bike polo players take action to the grass
Bike polo is a time-honored tradition here in Portland and our very own Axles of Evil is a team/club full of some of the most skilled and respected players anywhere. Their home base is the tennis courts at Alberta Park in Northeast Portland, and now they’ve taken their game onto the grass. Below is an … Read more
Vancouver Bike Weekend wrap-up
Bicycle CARCass competitors enjoy the spoils of victory (a key to the City).(All photos © Jonathan Maus) I’m back from Vancouver BC. I intended to post more stories throughout the weekend, but that didn’t work out. Instead, here’s a full wrap-up of all the action… Vancouver’s Big Bike Weekend was a three-day whirlwind of cross-cultural, … Read more
Portland bike polo team wins big in B.C.
The Axles of Evil.(L to R) Bjorn, Ringer, MasonPhoto: Bjorn Warloe Portland’s Axles of Evil bike polo team made a trip up to Vancouver BC over the weekend to compete in The Last Riders of the APOLOclypse, an event put on by East Van Bike Polo. The team of northeast Portland residents, Bjorn, Ringer, and … Read more
Serious injury befalls long time Axles of Evil and PUMA member
[BillDozer at Alberta Park. Photo by dolomite1000] BillDozer (real name Bill Dillon), a founding member of the Portland United Messenger Association (PUMA) and the Axles of Evil bike polo club sustained a life-threatening injury during last weekend’s West Side Invite Polo Tournament at Alberta Park in Northeast Portland. I wrote about Dozer last week regarding … Read more