MEDIA

Bike polo in the media. This is not a complete archive. If you know of a story not listed here and it’s about hardcourt bike polo I’d be glad to know about it.

News Papers

• The Philadelphia Inquirer, Bike polo: no princes or ponies 9/16/2009
• The Daily Gazette (Troy, NY) Group enjoys parking-lot bike polo. 11/30/2008
• The State News (East Lansing, MI), Bike Polo: An Accessibly Challenging Sport. 10/30/2008
• Reuters UK, London bicycle polo: It ain’t for the genteel set. 10/29/2008
• The Register-Guard, Saddled Up To Roll. 9/20/2008
• The Maneater, Not your grandpa’s polo game. 9/17/2008
• Times Colonist, Bike polo makes inroads in Victoria. 9/2/2008
• Missourian, Bike polo team to compete in Chicago tournament. 8/28/2008
• Burlington Free Press, Saddle up for bike polo. 8/27/2008
• The Age (Melbourne) The swingers’ scene. 7/29/2008
• The Sacramento Bee, A gritty cousin of the game of kings, bike polo is gaining traction. 7/20/2008
• The Western Front (Washington), From the field to the streets. 7/14/2008
• The Canadian Press, Hundreds of bike messengers converge in Toronto for world championship. 6/17/2008
• The Western Front, Under humming street lights. 6/14/2008
• Lexington Herald-Leader, Bike polo is gaining converts. 5/7/2008
• Isthmus (Madison), Jonny Hunter previews 4th Biannual Midwest Bike Polo Champeenships in Madison. 5/2/2008
• The Columbia Chronicle (Chicago), Bike polo gaining speed. 4/28/2008
• Isthmus (Madison), Not a horse in sight. 4/24/2008
• AM New York, City Living: Lower East Side. 3/20/2008
• Staten Island Advance, Risk Jockeys. 3/13/2008
• The Villager (NYC), On steely steeds, whacking Lower East Side style. 1/23/2008
• The Villager (NYC), Alley cat racers ride to live and live to ride. 12/12/2007
• Centretown News (Ottawa), Bike polo a game of finesse in Little Italy. 11/23/2007
• The Villager (NYC), Polo players, kids keep park from going to the dogs. 11/14/2007
• Boise Weekly, New Age Mounts. 11/7/2007
• The Guardian (London), Lager replaces Pimms in bike polo revival. 11/5/2007
• Calgary Herald, Bikes replace steeds in urban polo. 9/27/2007
• The Seattle Times, Rough Riders. 9/23/2007
• Ottawa Citizen, Whatever turns your crank. 9/2/2007
• The Boston Globe, Bicycle Polo: Go slowly, but carry big stick. 7/15/2007
• The Globe and Mail (Vancouver), Polo Opposites. 7/3/2007
• The Guardian (London), Meet the real axles of evil. 5/30/2007
  
• New York Press, Bikers Go Blue Blood. 5/15/2007
• Philadelphia Weekly, Natural Born Schuylkillers. 5/3/2007
• The New York Times, Their Kingdom for a Bike. 4/27/2007
• Our Town Downtown (NYC), The Bloody Polo Club. 4/16/2007 page 1 and 2
• The London Paper, Bike polo the wheel deal. 4/11/2007
• Independent Weekly (Raleigh, NC), Bike Polo: Not for the thin-skinned. 8/23/2006
• The Portland Mercury, Not Just for Horses Anymore! 8/5/2004

Magazines

• COG, Bench Minor. Issue 9
• New York Magazine. Summer Issue
• Loop Magazine. Issue 5
• Fixe Magazine. Issue 3
• COG, Issue 8
• D la Repubblica delle Donne, Polo Urbano. November 2009
• Pedal Speed, Bike Polo. Issue 4
• COG, COG Polo Invite Issue 7
• The New Yorker September 14, 2009
• Sportswear International, NYC Polo Riders. #222 Nov/Dec 2008 (pages 114 – 124)
• Men’s Journal, Polo loses airs, Takes on wheels. November 2008 (page 26)
• Anthem, Bike polo! #36 Fall 2008 (pages 58 -61)
• Outside Magazine, Bicycle Polo. June 2008 (page 30)
• Time Out London, Social Cycling: Rollapaluza and bike polo. 4/14/2008
• Magazine for Bicycle People (Japan), We <3 NY + Bikes, No. 010 Winter 2008 pg. 43
• Tooth and Dagger, Polo Carnage at the Tennis Courts. Fall 2007
• Urban Cyclist, The Novice’s Guide to Bike Polo. Issue #1, Spring 2007
• Cranked Magazine Who is Mr. Polo? February 2007 Issue #5
• MKE, Hold the horses. 12/15/2005
• Seven Oaks Magazine (Vancouver), Polo for the (cycling) masses. 12/14/2004

Radio

• Chicago Public Radio, Bike Polo Championship. 8/26/2008
• BBC, Bike Polo Calgary. 2008
• National Public Radio (DC), Polo on Wheels. 11/17/2007
• Northgate Radio (Berkeley, CA) Bicycle polo in North Oakland. March 2007 (polo story starts near the half way point)

Films

• Sunday School (2007)
• After the Fall (2006/2007)

Videos

• Bike Polo Details by Shelby Falk
• Vimby, Bike Polo. 2008
• Global National, Bike Polo. 7/26/2008
• Ramsay Bowl 2008 promo video
• The Western Front (Washington), Bike Polo. 7/10/2008
• Fox news DC, Bike Polo Gaining in Popularity June 12, 2008
• ESPI3 (2008)
• Channel 27 News (Madison) Bike Polo April 2008
• Isthmus Mad Bike Polo – April 2008
• What’s Bike Polo? (2008)
• Staten Island Advance, Polo on Wheels. 3/17/2008
• 3..2..1.. Polo! (2007)
• Los Marcos Mayhem Bike Polo (2007)
• ¡LOS MARCOS MAYHEM! (2007)
• SNY.tv’s Street Games, Bike Polo (must select episode 7). 10/25/2007
• Bike Polo Budapest (2007)
• ¡MATCH! (2007) (must select “video”)
• ESPI Crashes (2007)
• The New York Times, No Need for Horses. 4/27/2007
• NYC BIKE POLO – unedited 1 – long (2007)
• East Van Bike Polo (2007)
• MESSNYC c.h.u.n.k. 666 pond polo 1/13/2007
• Bike Polo Ottawa (2006)
• Current, Philadelphia Bike Culture (part 3 of video). 11/10/2005
• Polo Invasion (2003)

Photography

• Brett Beyer Bike Polo
• Wheeled Horses, Chicago Bike Polo. photo book by Robert Griffin
• Demoncats.com 3rd Annual East Side Polo Invitational. 5/27/2008
• jvallee76’s Flickr set NYC Bike Polo from 5/22/2008
• Demoncats.com Bike Polo Evil Fool’s Day Slaughterama 5. 3/30/2008
• Up with bikes! polo, in feburary. 2/28/2008
• Eastvan Bike Polo by Sacha B. Ramin
• Elliott Snedden Photography, Bike Polo
• Standard Issue, Mallets of Mayhem. (click “this is bike polo” for slideshow)

Blogs & Online Magazines

• AOL Aslyum, Ladies of Bike Polo. 7/2010
• Interbike Blog, NYC Bike Polo Fashionistas. 12/9/2008
• OnMilwaukee.com, Milwaukee bike polo pedals hardcourt. 11/21/2008
• Torontoist, PhotoTO: Bike Polo. 11/6/2008
• All Over Albany, Bike polo, anyone? 10/30/2008
• White Collared, Bike Polo. 7/13/2008
• The Daily Barometer, Different type of biking. 5/12/2008
• Readexpress.com, Mallets, spokes and gears. Oh,my! 4/28/2008
• Ethan Laek House, The Roach 3/25/2008
• The Brooklyn Ink, Polo on Wheels: It’s a Sunday Tradition. 12/6/2007
• Dayton Most Metro, Dayton Bike Polo. 11/18/2007
• The Bike Show, What Ho! Bicycle Polo hits London. 10/5/2007
• Trenza Online, Ridin on Rims: urban cycle polo. 2007
• New York Daily Photo, Urban Bike Polo. 9/20/2007
• Washingtonian, A Bicycle Build for…Polo? 9/7/2007
• Meatmachine, Death by what? 6/3/2007
• Fatlace, Urban Bike Polo. 2007
• PedalPushersOnline, Bike Polo No horses necessary. 2007
• Razor Apple, 2007 East Side Polo Invite. 4/30/2007
• Uncoolkids, East Side Polo Invite II. 4/28/2007
• Huge Pit of Irony, Bike Polo Tournament…Portland, OR. 11/20/2006
• MESS Magazine, Viva el Bike Polo!!!
• MESS Magazine, Polo Portland Style

Misc.

• Bike Polo: No Horses, No Rules – (AUDIO) 10/20/2009
• Peugeot car commercial on YouTube
• Adam (2008)
• The Legend of Thunderlips 2008
• Apple.com, Safari 3 Promo (must click “Watch the demo”)
• Fixed Gear Gallery 5,059 Doug D’s Nishiki
• Urban Dictionary, bike polo
• Internet Archives, Bike polo in Galway, Ireland, in the 1930’s
• The New York Times, Polo Games a Feature at Far Rockaway. 7/6/1902
• The New York Times, Gossip of the Cyclers. 1/31/1897
• The New York Times, Polo Playing on the Bicycle. 10/15/1895