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Segway Polo

Posted by timothy on from the keeping-it-real dept.

ctwxman writes "Sure you've got a Segway - now what? How about Segway Polo from the Bay Area Segway Enthusiasts Group? Yes, they do fall off from time-to-time, though they're getting better! Spectators are welcome for the two events each month in San Fransisco. Be there and be square."

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  1. Copy the comments? by Natchswing · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Can we just copy all the comments from when this was posted here in July rather than having everyone comment over again?

  2. Boring by Hatta · · Score: 3, Insightful

    This is for chumps. No where near as cool as:
    Unicycle basketball. Or better yet, unicycle jousting. More than one wheel is cheating.

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  3. My Retake on the Segway by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It's just my opinion, but I think the Segway is a great metaphor for the 21st century American. Its introduction was preceeded by a plethora of sensationalism about how it was going to "change the world", and then it turned out to be only mildly interesting, yet profoundly impractical, expensive, buggy and high maintenance. This of course, didn't stop some people from plunking down five grand for this vanity-driven embarassement of a vehicle, who now desperately seek to find realistic use or justification for their decision.

    The Segway epitomizes the concept of the consumer economy, not unlike the Hummer. A piece of vanity equipment whose ultimate underlying purpose is to project the owner's own sense of insecurity upon others.

    This is the legacy of the baby boomers in America. In their quest to prove to others (as well as themselves) that money and materialism = happiness, they've perfected this growing trend of high-end vanity-oriented accessories. I hope it works out for 'em.

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    I concur.

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  4. Re:Local bike cops got segways... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful
    So in other words they are using them for the wrong purpose. Bike patrols are intended for speed and mobility in dense urban areas, and work well, so why change them? A segway would be more suitable to extend the range and possibilities for some of the walking officers.

    Do people complain that bikes are useless because they're not as fast as cars too?

  5. Actually, this might _democratize_ polo... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Remember when golf was an exclusively rich person's sport? Yes I know, the average golfer playing on the greens is probably a yuppie, much richer than a bunch of people "shooting hoops" in the a ghetto b-ball court, but even golf being a "yuppie sport" is an improvement of what it used to be.

    There was a time when only the real rich (i.e. richer than the yuppies) and that was for one single reason - to play golf, you had to afford caddies to carry around all of your clubs (unless you seriously wanted to carry around your clubs everywhere on the course.)

    With the introduction of golf carts, you don't have to pay a bunch of people to carry around all of your stuff, and golf has gotten a bit more cheaper. Same thing may happen with polo; segways are expensive but they are probably cheaper than horses are.