The 10 minutes edit by by Gianluca Ricceri !
And David’s vision !
⊚ Barcelona EHBPC 2011 – The results, the pictures
Third edition of this Spanish tournament, and once again, the guys from Barcelona did it great !!!
Great sun, great teams, great fun. Mr Carrillo made some stats, as a good resume:
4 Days
3 Official courts + 1 pickup court
75 Teams
12 Refs
40+ Volunteers
225 Players
339 Matches
1796 Goals
2.5 Hours of sleep
Not enough beers…. but ONE AWESOME WEEKEND !
Here is the “Top 4″ for this event:
Results EHBPC Barcelona 2011
| Place | Team |
|---|---|
| 1. | L’Équipe |
| 2. | Polosynthese |
| 3. | Hooks |
| 4. | El Club |
See ya next year in Barcelona !
- Pictures are copyrighted and are credited to ©MilanoFixed.com on flickr.
- EHBPC.org
⊚ This week-end: Germany or France?
This week-end, 2 events planned: in France, our friends from Guidoline decided to organize a tournament during a graphic festival (sounds good!), also to let people discover this game:
Terrain Dur, at Le Havre.
Or maybe you’ll want to be in Germany, for the German Championships:
Hannover, maybe? Go Hannover !
- More Infos: •Terrain Dur • Hannover Bike Polo Tournament or dbpm2011.de
⊚ Championnat de France 2011 !
After Rouen, Toulouse hosted the French Hardcourt Bike Polo Championships, with 32 teams…
Results FHBPC Toulouse 2011
| Place | Team | City | Players |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Call Me Daddy | Toulouse/ Grenoble | Will, Jo, Polo |
| 2. | Hooks | Rouen | Woods, Max, Quentin |
| 3. | MGM | Paris | Math, Greg, Marmou |
| 4. | Shaft Punk | Toulouse | Alex, Félix, Rem’s |
Well done, Daddies !!!
Great sun, great players: see what you missed !
Family picture is always the best pic’ :°)
- Pictures are copyrighted and are credited to ©Guidolines and Morgan Eloy
⊚ How it’s made: Vittoria tubular tires
Tubular tires are soooo smooth and comfortable to cycle with: I ride Continental and Schwalbe, never tested the Vittoria tubulars, but at least, now I know how they’re made !
And for those who ask themselves:
While our factory is located in Asia, we take great pride in our conformance and support of both ISO9001 and Social Charter SA8000 certifications. We go above the standards with on-site medical care, competitive pay, a full cafeteria, and even climate control. Our technicians are highly skilled, well trained, and properly managed. We are dedicated to our employees and their quality of life, a consistent aspect of our global and diverse company.”
⊚ Bike of the Week: Chopper Bike
The Shocker Chopper, designed by the german Team Tentakulus.
Haters gonna hate !
- Around €3500. More infos on: team-tentakulus.de, 11bikes.com
⊚ London Open 2011: registration is open !
For the second year of the London Open, Jono and the Londoners wanted a bigger and better event than last year (which was already great: watch the video!) : this means more courts, more polo, more prizes and more parties !
The poster is already amazing: I think I know where I’m gonna be that week-end… !
- Saturday 30th – Sunday 31st of July 2011.
- Registration fee is £30 (via Paypal). Registration closes at midnight on Friday 15th July
- If you have any questions about the tournament, please contact Jon Marshall (Event Organiser). More infos on http://www.lhbpa.org/lo2011/
⊚ Hard wheel is hard
TAG was a composite wheels manufacturer (seems they stopped their productions around 2008), well known in the MTB community for their reinforced rims resistant to high impacts.
There’s probably no sense to use composite wheel for Bike Polo (it’s not really lightweight and even second-hand composite wheels are hard to find and expensive as hell), but this video is quite impressive, you’ll admit it!
⊚ Bike of the Week: Lawn Mower
Last year, I received a “Husqvarna Bike” picture, showing a pretty cool (and barspinable)
lawn mower bike.
But actually, this machine exists since decades !
(The Ghetto version is probably my favorite…)
Cool story, bro !
- Pictures are copyrighted and credited to their author. Images Sources: Artcar, Chris Hausbeck, SprayGraphic, HeartleyHeartBeat
