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01/10/12
The Winter Games
The Wide World of Obscure Winter Sports
We’re calling you out of retirement (or whatever that three-month hiatus from golf was). See, we’ve dug up a full roster of unexpected, unlikely and occasionally unsanctioned winter sports for you to turn semipro in. And as your agent, we get 10%.
NET GAIN
Fake Badminton at a Fake Park
Badminton—or as you call it, weird tennis—has always been a mystery to you. Well, time to shed a little
light on the subject. Park Here, your favorite (and only) indoor park, will be hosting weekly matches.
They’ll supply racquets and shuttlecocks, and at the end of January, there’ll be a tournament. You =
Gonzaga.
- 411:
- Thursdays, noon-8pm, Park Here, 201 Mulberry St, 212-334-0288
PASSING INTEREST
Ice Hockey at the Standard
Ice hockey. Huge in Canada. Also, in the Meatpacking District. Starting on the 14th, the Standard will host
a 20-team pond hockey league on their outdoor rink. The games will be three-on-three, the après hot
chocolates will be spiked with bourbon, and there’ll be no fighting. Well, there’ll be very little
fighting.
- 411:
- Jan 14-Feb 11, The Standard, 848 Washington St, 212-645-4646, register here
WHEEL WORLD
Soccer. On Rollerblades.
There was a period (okay, it was a weekend during the summer of 1996) when it looked like roller soccer
might take off. And though it never ended up becoming our country’s fifth major sport, the co-ed pickup
games in Central Park are still going strong. Now if only ESPN6 would renew the television rights.
- 411:
- Sundays, RollerSoccer, Central Park (between 66th and 72nd), email here
COURT-APPOINTED
The Biggest Squash Tournament of 2012
The world’s largest amateur squash tournament is being held in New York this month. The venues: various
private Ivy League clubs across the city. The winner (if the Vegas bookmakers are correct, you) will qualify
for the US Squash nationals. And more importantly, receive a humongous trophy.
- 411:
- Jan 20-22, New York Squash’s Grand Open Tournament, 631-421-6806, register here (through Jan 15)
SCHOONER OR LATER
Yachting on Ice
Here’s what you need to know about ice sailing. The yachts—essentially flat-bottom sailboats on
skis—can travel up to 60 miles an hour. Done. Oh, and at the Hudson River Ice Yacht Club, they hold
gourmet potlucks and wine tastings for each session. It’s a fancy way of saying they tailgate.
- 411:
- Hudson River Ice Yacht Club, various locations and dates, email here
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