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09/08/10
The Hot List
Hidden Fall Sports
Football returns tomorrow. And we’re grateful. But today, we’re here to ask you to ponder sports of a more... obscure nature: a racetrack less traveled, a ball less bounced, a bowhunting tournament less rural. Yes, finally, the autumn of urban bowhunting is upon us.
THE STICK
NY Emperors Stickball
In recent years, it’s become a little harder to organize pickup stickball games around the stoop. Mostly
since you have a doorman, not a stoop. So fellow stickball players have banded together to start a league.
Consider it double duty for your ice broomball stick.
- 411:
- NY Emperors Stickball, email here for more information on locations and dates
THE BOATS
Kayak Polo
In the high-stakes world of kayak polo, you can’t hold the ball for more than five seconds, but you can
“tackle” other players. As in, capsizing their kayaks with a firm shove. It’s also the only sport
where you have a choice of passing the ball with your hands or your paddle. Someday, Ralph Lauren will
emblazon your silhouette onto a shirt.
- 411:
- Kayak Polo, email here for more information on locations and dates
THE BOWS
Urban Bowhunting
With winter fast approaching, you’re undoubtedly starting to worry about your bowhunting skills getting
rusty. Fortunately, there’s an indoor archery range with animated life-size projections, thus saving you
from actually going out and bowhunting in public.
- 411:
- Urban Bowhunting, Wed-Thu, 7pm, at Queens Archery, 718-461-1756
THE BALLS
Pétanque
Sure, you could get your own set of pétanque balls, pull up with a bottle of pastis at your favorite mound
of dirt and start playing. Or you could make a bid for international competition, compete in tournament play
and become conqueror of the mounds of dirt (and regional aperitifs) in distant lands.
- 411:
- Pétanque, email here for more information on locations and dates
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