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Auto Polo
- empath75 6mo agoRocket League is basically the video game version of this.
- merelysounds 6mo agoI guess the modern day equivalent (technology that’s relatively new, unsafe and unregulated) would be electric scooter polo? I found no sign of a sport like this though. I think kick scooter polo exists. And bike polo[1] is well known. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardcourt_Bike_Polo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardcourt_Bike_Polo
- consumer451 6mo agoMy first thought was that Segways would be ideal for the nerdiest fun modern-ish recreation of polo. It turns out that it was a thing. > The Segway polo world championship is the Woz Challenge Cup. It is named after Steve "Woz" Wozniak, cofounder of Apple Inc., and a player of Segway polo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Segway_polo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Segway_polo
- lstodd 6mo agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motoball https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motoball
- dgellow 6mo agoThere is also unicycle hockey! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicycle_hockey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicycle_hockey Makes me want to dust off mine
- swiftcoder 6mo agoWhirlyBall[1], which is kind of like pelota + basketball in bumper cars, seems like a pretty good bet. There are only a handful of courts left, but I've done a few offsites at the Seattle one, and it's good fun. The bumper cars are truly weird - they draw power from the conductive floor of the court, and have a one-handed control system that makes you trigger forward/reverse by turning the steering wheel a full rotation... [1]: https://www.whirlyball.com https://www.whirlyball.com
- sandworm101 6mo agoNope. The modern version uses motorcycles. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motoball https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motoball >>Motoball is played in a 5v5 format. There are four players on motorcycles, and one on their feet as the goalkeeper.
- vhcr 6mo agoThere's also e-wheel polo
- tigerlily 6mo agoI for one wish for mobile crane joust.
- TomMasz 6mo agoUnsurprisingly, it died out "mostly due to the high cost of replacing vehicles". Was it the inspiration for demolition derbies?
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- arlobish 6mo ago"The official inventor of auto polo...devised the sport as a publicity stunt in 1911 to sell Model T cars." Amazing to see how little has changed in 100 years when it comes to competing for attention
- msuniverse2026 6mo agoAustralian Motorcycle Chariot Race https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1avID4bJ3pw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1avID4bJ3pw
- esperent 6mo agoThis photo is incredible https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/67/Auto_polo_crop1.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/67/Auto_pol...
- fwgijcqywqeo 6mo agoincredible indeed!
- jshmrsn 6mo agoMad Max 1910
- haunter 6mo agoWas? Not with this attitude!
- rmoriz 6mo agoBike Polo is still alive https://youtu.be/CBZgC7u6ji8 https://youtu.be/CBZgC7u6ji8 and for example https://youtu.be/PxMms5Yh_gI https://youtu.be/PxMms5Yh_gI
- fnordian_slip 6mo agoI clicked the first link, expecting something akin to cycleball [0], and was rather surprised by the fact that it was so different from that. We really should have an ocho channel for sports like this (of course /r/theocho exists, but it's not the same). 0: https://youtu.be/1UdoumWFWz8 https://youtu.be/1UdoumWFWz8
- xg15 6mo ago> though deaths due to auto polo were rare. Oh well, then...
- cheschire 6mo agoI’m sure many of us are reminded immediately of the old Top Gear auto football matches: https://youtu.be/SIeu7_-iwdw https://youtu.be/SIeu7_-iwdw
- prmph 6mo agoWhat an incredibly bad idea! To hear it was "popular"...
- etrautmann 6mo agoFun to see this here. I had the good fortune of participating in the first match of motorcycle polo in Rwanda back in 2007. This continued on for a while and eventually got a writeup in the NYT: https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/09/sports/motorized-polo-gains-a-foothold-in-east-africa.html https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/09/sports/motorized-polo-gai...
- djsavvy 6mo agoThis is absolutely incredible!
- NoSalt 6mo agoVehicles ... dirt track ... large, wooden mallets ... no protective gear ... I see this as an absolute win!
- nticompass 6mo agoCan someone add this as a new game mode in Rocket League?
- celpgoescheeew 6mo agoI would love to see it make a comeback. Definitely not the dullest of entertainment.