Segway of Oakland set to roll on Angel Island SF Bay

[jrvcd]

is the date saturday march 10 or sunday march 11th please confirm i am thinking of flying up steve thanks.

[slide4less]

I had the date wrong its on sat march 10th 2007 We will have vegetables and I hope to have 75 to 100 people. We have a new website checkout www.segwayangelisland.com

[bentbiker]

Originally Posted by slide4less

I had the date wrong its on sat march 10th 2007 We will have vegetables and I hope to have 75 to 100 people. We have a new website checkout www.segwayangelisland.com

You may get 41 from southern CA alone -- I understand PLO is renting a double-decker bus to make the trip with his 40 closest friends.

What's with "vegetables"? You said BBQ.

[polo_pro]

Originally Posted by bentbiker

You may get 41 from southern CA alone -- I understand PLO is renting a double-decker bus to make the trip with his 40 closest friends.

What's with "vegetables"? You said BBQ.

His point may be that vegaterians are welcome. You got to remember, Steve hails from nearby that progressive "tofu and bean sprout eating" mecca called SF...yeah, the same place that was just so progressive, they were one of the first to ban the segway!

We only get the double-decker and come on up to the Bay Area when Steve says the magic word. Come on...you know it. Say it with me!

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[nickyboy]

Plo,

I'm glad you got back to your POLO subject. I was getting worried, the last five or six posts I've read from you did not mention it at all!

Nick

[bystander]

Originally Posted by plo

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I was looking at the Google satellite map. It appears that there's a location on the West side of Angel island called Fort Reynolds that seems to have a parade grounds that might fit a you-know-what field.

Course it's probably a protected historical landmark and off limits. But maybe someone more familiar with the location would know better.

[polo_pro]

Originally Posted by bystander

It appears that there's a location on the West side of Angel island called Fort Reynolds that seems to have a parade grounds that might fit a you-know-what field.

Course it's probably a protected historical landmark and off limits. But maybe someone more familiar with the location would know better.

Ah...good man figuring that out! Now we just need a plan...how to smuggle 12 polo mallets (and a polo ball plus goals and cones) onto the island? Maybe something like in "The Rock" but backwards?

Well, I could also call Steve and ask if his Junkyard Dogs want a sound thrashing on the field of play (and the extra publicity it'll generate)! Maybe that's the better/easier plan?

ps - As I've always said, "Have mallet, will travel for polo!" 8^) 8^) 8^)

[KSagal]

A little known fact of history was that the Miwok Indians actually invented Segway Polo.

Of course, they had the dis-advantage of not having segways available to them, so they used to stand on little platforms and have other Miwok indians push them around.

There is even a rumor that those indians used to give instructions to their pushers in a language that was strangely similar to the way pirates talk!

[Five-Flags]

Aye, Matey! Somebody please hit that bloke wid' a polo mallet!!

[flyoguy]

I will repeat this question on this thread since it seems to be getting much more visibility than the original thread.

The general rules for Angel Island contain the following statement:

"....Roller skates, roller blades, skateboards, scooters, and wood fires are also prohibited."

Not everyone knows a Segway isn't a scooter, so are we sure Segways, brought by the general public, will be accepted/allowed on the island and on the ferries?

Segways from an approved tour business 'could' be a whole different story because of the insurance that the business will obviously have. Segways brought over by the general public may or may not have any insurance.

I am very excited to be able to participate in the party, but there will be a certain amount of cash outlay required to join in so I would like some kind of confirmation that there won't be any problems when we get there.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks