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Segway Polo

Posted August 18, 2008 1:48 PM

From Neatorama:

It's just like regular polo, except the players ride Segways instead of horses. The first organized match was in 2004, and now the game is played worldwide. The international championship tournament is called the Woz Challenge Cup (yes, named after Steve Wozniak) and has been held annually since 2006.

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08/18/2008 5:11 PM

I'd be a bit more impressed and interested if it were "Segway Demolition Derby".

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08/19/2008 2:47 AM

You sound a tad bitter there Mark! Segway done something to upset you? My daughter, who is slightly disabled (CP) uses a Segway. She looks completely normal on it and is able to partake in events that would previously been out of reach for her.

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08/19/2008 7:24 AM

Hello Guest Mark,

Wouldn't you like to register at ?

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08/19/2008 10:39 AM

Uhhh...not to put too fine a point on it, but Mark IS registered - it's Greg who's the "guest"...

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08/19/2008 10:08 AM

"Segway done something to upset you?"

Nope. Just think demolition derby would be more interesting.

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08/19/2008 7:26 AM

Shame there was no on-line video of the match.

I was interested to see the "Sedgies" a'thundering across the field.

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08/19/2008 10:49 AM

Ah, but there is!

http://www.segwayhtpolo.com/in-the-news/

I followed the link in the article to the International Segway Polo site, where there are a few new articles with some video clips. The link above is that page on the ISP site.

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08/20/2008 2:00 AM

Hello bp01

for the video links advice.

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08/20/2008 11:52 AM

You are very welcome, Sparks! Unfortunately, there was more "a'whooshin' " then "a'thunderfn' " in the games.

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