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Fun 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-gai...

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Post by empath75 » Fri, May 01, 2026, 1:41 PM UTC

Rocket League is basically the video game version of this.

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Post by fnordian_slip » Fri, May 01, 2026, 2:33 PM UTC

rmoriz wrote: post #17

Bike Polo is still alive https://youtu.be/CBZgC7u6ji8 and for example https://youtu.be/PxMms5Yh_gI

I 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

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Post by fwipsy » Fri, May 01, 2026, 3:43 PM UTC

msuniverse2026 wrote: post #12

Australian Motorcycle Chariot Race https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1avID4bJ3pw

Cool. How do they stop?

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Post by NoSalt » Fri, May 01, 2026, 4:38 PM UTC

Vehicles ... dirt track ... large, wooden mallets ... no protective gear ... I see this as an absolute win!

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Post by djsavvy » Fri, May 01, 2026, 6:19 PM UTC

etrautmann wrote: post #23

Fun 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-gai...

This is absolutely incredible!

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Post by nticompass » Fri, May 01, 2026, 7:36 PM UTC

Can someone add this as a new game mode in Rocket League?

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Post by celpgoescheeew » Tue, May 05, 2026, 12:55 PM UTC

I would love to see it make a comeback. Definitely not the dullest of entertainment.