Imagine places like Canada or Switzerland, where it snows really often. Obviously when this happens, fields get covered in snow, so many normal activities like playing soccer or running get done, but quite differently. The same thing happens with polo, or better-said snow polo, the polo variation I'm going to talk in this post.
Snow Polo was introduced in 1985 at the resort town of St. Moritz in Switzerland. No one knows certainly who created the sport, but it was obviously someone who really liked polo, and who didn't let snow stop him from enjoying this sport. In Snow polo, is important to check snow is equally distributed along the field. Teams are formed of three players, like in regular polo, and the game is divided in four seven-minute chukkers. The horses are prepared quite differently, because they are shod with special cleated shoes to provide better performance. The Snow Polo ball is bigger and lighter, and also red so it can be easily seen in the snow (WSP).
In the United States, snow polo is exclusively played in Aspen, Colorado, due to the large amount of snow the place normally has. Every year, the World Snow Polo Championship takes place to join thousands of spectators and even celebrities who enjoy the sport of Snow Polo. This year, the 11th Annual USPA World Snow Polo Championship will take place in Aspen in winter. Fans and players besides snow polo can enjoy the multiple attractions of the place like luxury restaurants and skiing (WSP).
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Alejandra Treviño Lozano A01280206
Bibliography: WSP. Aspen World Snow Polo Official Website. Web. 28 Sept. 2011.
Hello Ale!
ResponderEliminarCan you tell me where you got all this information! I love it because you always post estrange ways to play polo and now in different season! Is amazing, I really only know about the traditional polo, but now thank you, I know more about polo and the different ways that you can play.
And talking about this type I think, that is very difficult for horses to run in the snow even if they have special shoes, but anyway congratulations about you blog and continue doing well and have a nice weekend!
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To begin with, I'll say that for the first time since your first post, I don't think this is that weird as the last posts, I mean, at least they are using horses instead of elephants and so, I didn't have a shock like last times. The only thing that I think may be hard to support, is that it is done over the ice, and the pour horses may be all freezing out, that most be horribly painful if you are a horse running over the snow with someone else over you... that's the only thing I didn't liked that much.
ResponderEliminarWell thank you so much for the information Ale! I'll be looking forward for next week's post.
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Stephany Gómez