Unicycle Polo Match

January 14, 2017 9:24 AM

It's a thing, people.
posted by Foci for Analysis (15 comments total)

Looks more like hockey.
posted by jonmc at 9:27 AM on January 14, 2017 [3 favorites]

Big Unicycle doesn't want you to know that a recent study found that 87 out of 91 former players were diagnosed with chronic shin ouchies (CSO.)
posted by Rhomboid at 9:42 AM on January 14, 2017 [3 favorites]

Don't the wheels get rusty?
posted by chavenet at 9:45 AM on January 14, 2017

I was also about to come in and say it looks like street hockey with a wheel. I noticed that most of the other videos call it unicycle hockey, though there are some others with unicycle polo? Is there some sort of schism in the ranks of unicycle ball knocking around? Is it class driven? Because we can probably get some mileage out of that in here.
posted by biffa at 9:58 AM on January 14, 2017 [2 favorites]

I'd like to see them play the ancient version, where the balls were the heads of enemies, and the unicycles were fashioned from the bleached bones of fallen foes.
posted by GenjiandProust at 10:23 AM on January 14, 2017 [3 favorites]

Not to be outdone, unicycle football. I have a friend whose daughter is on a team. Here's the UFL official website.
posted by scalefree at 10:40 AM on January 14, 2017

Unicycle hockey is pretty popular, there are leagues and rules and everything. Never heard of unicycle polo before!
posted by emilyw at 10:47 AM on January 14, 2017

I would totally do this if I could wear this as my uniform.

Oh shit. Waddup?
posted by Toubab at 1:51 PM on January 14, 2017

Don't the wheels get rusty?

And how do they get horses to ride unicycles?
posted by BlueHorse at 3:02 PM on January 14, 2017 [2 favorites]

Yeah, no. This is unicycle hockey. In unicycle polo, the unicycles are ridden by horses.
posted by Sys Rq at 3:58 PM on January 14, 2017 [3 favorites]

As one who played (poorly) this sport as an undergraduate in the 90's, it's definitely unicycle hockey or "uni-hockey". The hockey sticks are the giveaway.
posted by pmb at 7:11 PM on January 14, 2017

First thing I thought of, "what happens when I shove my stick in his spokes?".
posted by boilermonster at 7:22 PM on January 14, 2017

Yeah, aren't those hockey sticks? If it was polo, they'd be using little mallets, right? And there'd be more gin and braying.
posted by nonspecialist at 3:26 AM on January 15, 2017 [1 favorite]

And there'd be more gin and braying.

Yes. Those upper crust English riders do indeed have an obnoxious laugh.
posted by BlueHorse at 8:24 AM on January 15, 2017

Your unicyclists were so preoccupied with whether they could that they didn't stop to ask if they should.
posted by entropone at 3:20 PM on January 15, 2017 [2 favorites]