European Hardcourt Bikepolo Championship
From 26th to 29th June Padova has hosted the European Hardcourt Bike Polo Championship (challenge valid for the world cup)calling teams from all over the Europe.
After 3 days of bad weather conditions ( from rain to a very hot saturday afternoon), beers, smiles, blood on the courts and lot of fun, the team called "Call Me Daddy" has defeated all the others winning the trophy and the immediate registration for the world cup.
Here is some photos describing the situation from tobia piatto:
IL BIKE POLO ARRIVA ANCHE A VENEZIA
Il bike polo, per chi non lo sapesse, non è che una rivisitazione un po' più "underground" del classico polo a cavallo, dove quest'ultimi infatti vengono scambiati con delle biciclette.
streetlife: fixed gears and bike polo by björn lexius
edited by tobia piatto (tobia.piatto@positive-magazine.com)
photographs by björn lexius (official website: www.bjoernlexius.de )
Björn Lexius is a photographer from Hamburg, Germany who focuses mainly on people, portrait and lifestyle photography. He's got a special love for bikes, so right now one of his projects he's working on is a series of portraits of bicycle culture called WE ARE TRAFFIC (www.wearetraffic.de). In the past he already worked for clients such as IKEA, Fisherman's Friend, Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and more...