Comments on: Dolores Park Bike Polo Crackdown

By: Volleybonk! in Dolores Park Explained in Video « Mission Mission

Volleybonk! in Dolores Park Explained in Video « Mission Mission — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 16:08:15 +0000

[...] Polo (forced to relocate to 21st and S. Van Ness due to the fact that neighbors complained their bicycle tires scuffed up the tennis courts) unless it can be proven that a giant yellow yoga ball (or Pauly Shore) is somehow also bad for [...]

By: sputnik

sputnik — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:09:45 +0000

//||\\ ….I heard this guy has a Federer poster in his bedroom…next to the Nadal one.

By: jefferson

jefferson — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 18:39:37 +0000

maybe they should just stop playing altogether because to my knowledge bikes are not intended to be used for playing polo… maybe all forms of creativity should be banned?

By: jefferson

jefferson — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 18:26:11 +0000

what an idiotic comment you made and mentality you have. YOU are calling others entitled? wow. I live on that block of Dolores and have watched the bike polo a lot; I honestly don’t think I’ve ever seen them play in the evening when there was NOT an open court. 20 people enjoying an interesting evening of sport vs. 2…seems like a easy call to me. ..but apparently not to some wanker with a chip on his shoulder (you).

By: finger

finger — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 00:19:26 +0000

Troll needs a life.

By: finger

finger — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 21:15:54 +0000

1 court. ONE COURT! out of 175+ public tennis courts in this town. And we don’t even want that ‘reserved’ 24×7- We’re happy to put the net back up to show the local tennis community that we’re willing to share. Why is this a problem? Just because you don’t play polo means that we can’t use a *public* use area for our own ends? You should drop the name calling, racist bullshit, accusations of entitlement and ease up on the haterage.

By: nedderweevil

nedderweevil — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 18:27:30 +0000

There is a way for you to find out. Outside of this online forum.

Finger could ride 5 mph backwards until he switched from fixed to a freewheel. Top speed is about the same as a sprint to the net in tennis. I’d say 15 mph (for a brief instant, so better to say about 20 feet per second).

By: //||\\

//||\\ — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 17:44:52 +0000

You paint a very rosy picture of this beautiful day when all was right with the world. Did you guys sing Kumbaya while giving each other handjobs?
And being “friendly and warm with the local children” is against the law.
Also, it’s not about how many people you can fit on the court. If there were 50 people on the court would that have made it even more just?

By: //||\\

//||\\ — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 17:39:58 +0000

Are you the designated spokesperson for bike polo in the city? If I strike a deal with you will there be some sort of mass compromise struck between polobros and tennis players across the city? If we meet will you open my eyes to the beauty of your sport which will have me whistling dixie all the way to ye’ old mallet shop? Get over yourself and your perceived ability to “make a difference.” As you haven’t addressed one of the points I’ve brought up (like tennis players being entitled to play on tennis courts), please at least tell me what good a meeting would do?

By: park neighbor

park neighbor — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 06:29:09 +0000

Aren’t people so great on here! I am always intrigued when I walk by and see you guys playing, it seems really fun and a neat way to get people together and enjoy the park. I’m sorry the cops/city/whoever made the choice to be assholes and crack down. It’s nice to see people using the park facilities in a positive way instead of leaving trash and causing ruckus.

By: park neighbor

park neighbor — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 06:25:27 +0000

I could care less about the sleeping, it’s the blatant drug use and shopping carts full of crap that are sprawled across the sidewalks that are a huge eyesore. The police should spend their time worrying about real problems like drugs and crime.

In funnier news, I saw some little kids (with their dad) riding their bikes (with training wheels) in the tennis court yesterday, I was hoping to see some cops give them a ticket. I took a photo to remember them by!

By: nedderweevil

nedderweevil — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 21:44:58 +0000

I’m not asking for criticism; certainly not a fight. Just name a time and place if you want to talk about this in person. Maybe we can look at the court together. I’m still free tomorrow morning.

By: ooeygooey

ooeygooey — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 18:15:39 +0000

If the bikes damage the tennis court surface, then there is a problem. You can’t make this a personal judgment about whether tennis is more or less important than bike polo. It’s a tennis court, and as long as the city is maintaining it as such, I think it’s a problem to be damaging the surface doing something other than tennis. Could you use the basketball court instead? Bring some padding to wrap the polls or something? I think it’s great that you guys are using the space, but you have to agree that it’s for a purpose that is not intended.

By: tennis lover

tennis lover — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 04:05:43 +0000

A few days ago my boyfriend and I approached a group of bike polo players at the Mission Playground Tennis Courts on 19th st and Linda, and asked them if we could use half of the tennis area to hit a few balls back and forth. Not only were they very courteous and welcoming, but they were also very friendly and warm with the local children on the playground who were interested in their sport.

$103 tickets for using an athletic court for an athletic activity is ridiculous, especially since there were 8 players on the court vs the 2 or 4 players who would’ve been participating in athletics via tennis.

By: John B.

John B. — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 20:33:42 +0000

If you’re looking for constructive criticism join a creative writing workshop, or AA. If you’re looking for a fight go join Gold’s Gym. Either way I have no interest in meeting you or visiting your web site. Fact is, polobro, the tennis courts are already too crowded with tennis players to accommodate bikebros with mallets. Are there really no empty lots in the city for you and your polobros to play? Do you really have to ruin it for the rest of us? I know you’d like to think you’re the victim ’cause there aren’t any places for your whimsical sport, but the fact is, it’s the soccer and tennis players that are losing their courts. I know entitlement is a tough pill to swallow, but in this case I as a tennis player, or George as a soccer player kinda trump you and your brohams when it comes to playing on the tennis and soccer courts.