How do you train for elephant polo in New York city? With chutzpah, hope and on SUVs. The New York Blue, American’s elephant polo team pack their mallets (but, thankfully, not elephants) as they head for Kathmandu to compete at the World Elephant Polo tournament. The story in AFP [via The Smart Set]
They are the world’s unlikeliest contenders heading to Nepal for the world’s unlikeliest sport. Meet the New York Blue, America’s elephant polo team.
Now elephants are hard to come by in New York. Large motor vehicles are not.
So before flying this week to the World Elephant Polo tournament, the New York Blue’s seven adventurers practiced swinging at small white balls from the roofs of two SUVs in an empty beachside car park.
Conditions were designed to simulate the Nepalese jungle field hosting teams from Asia and Europe from November 30 through December 6.
