Registration for the Summer 2010 Outdoor Kayak Polo season is now open!

Cost: $100 Per-Person

*Dates are subject to change due to weather postponements.
*Games will be scheduled on both Wednesday and Friday nights from 5-9 PM, with new games starting on the hour. We will schedule each player for one game each week, but players are welcome to play multiple games (on both nights) on a space-available basis.

YOU DO NOT NEED ANY EQUIPMENT TO COME PLAY. USE OF ALL OF THE NECESSARY GEAR IS INCLUDED IN THE PRICE OF REGISTRATION, INCLUDING USE OF KAYAKS, LIFE JACKETS, HELMETS AND PADDLES.

Summer 2010 Kayak Polo Registration

NKP is excited to announce the Spring date for the very popular (and insanely fun) Sloppy Dog “Steep Hill” Chase Trail Run. The Spring 2010 Sloppy Dog will be held on Saturday, May 15th 2010--so mark your calendars and spread the word to anyone and everyone.

What is the Sloppy Dog “Steep-Hill” chase? Well, it’s a chase, not race.  Think of it as a game of pursuit, where participants work together to stay on trail. A pair of “sloppy dogs” will depart from the pack with a head start, equipped with a bag of baking flour and a backpack of beverages.

The Chasers Learning the Trail Markings

With a series of mysterious markings, the sloppy dogs will lead you (and mislead you) any place their wily and devious little hearts desire. The muddier, scratchier and steeper the better. You will find your way through the forest by following a trail that the sloppy dogs mark with little piles of baking flour. While the route through the forest will be well-marked and easy to follow, it will also contain several crossroads, where a false trail or two will branch off into dead-ends.

Chasers Trying to Find the “Trail”

It is the job of the speedy leaders of the pack to explore the possible false trails while everyone else can take a rest and wait for the true-trail to be found. The trail will also be marked with a mandatory pit-stop or two, where the pack can regroup and rehydrate with carbohydrate rich beverages stashed by the sloppy dogs.

Pit-Stop Motto: Leave no Beer Behind

The trail will ultimately lead to a spot where a hot meal and and cold beverages will be served around a warm bonfire.

Bonfire at the end…

Here’s a link to a fun video of last Fall’s Sloppy Dog. Take a look:

Sloppy Details:

WHEN: Saturday, May 15th 2010
TIME: 5:00 PM
WHO: Anybody who’s idea of a good time is running/scrambling/mucking/bush-whacking through the woods and getting covered in mud. Kids and nice dogs are MORE than welcome to come. Kids (and adults, for that matter) who can keep up on a fast hike through the woods will do fine on the Sloppy Dog trail.
COST: $25 (includes good beer, fancy aluminum “water” bottle, spaghetti & meatballs, bread, salad, smores and lots of fun people). Registration will close on Wednesday, May 12th 2010.
LOCATION: It’s a secret. We’ll tell you when you register--but it’ll be accessible to people in both Omaha and Lincoln.
WHAT DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH KAYAK POLO?: Nothing, except that people who enjoy beating each other up in kayaks generally enjoy this sort of thing.

Click here to register:

Spring 2010 Sloppy Dog Registration

*Space is limited, so pre-registration is required. Driving directions will be given to registrants after registration.
*Ridiculous costumes are encouraged, but not required.

Due to some needed pool repairs, we need to postpone the start date of our Spring 2010 Kayak Polo season. The new start date will be Sunday, April 11th 2010. We will be taking new registrations for beginner-level kayak polo until Friday, April 9th 2010.  To register, please visit the registration page on our website.

We’re currently taking registrations for the 8-week Spring 2010 kayak polo season.

We will have beginner-level groups playing, so if you’re interested in learning to play, this is a good time to get started.

What: Spring 2010 Kayak Polo Season
Where: Brownell-Talbot School Swimming Pool (we’ll move outside during this session, assuming the lakes ever melt)
When: Sunday Afternoons.
Starts: March 28th, 2010
Ends: May 30th, 2010*
Cost: $100 (plus $5 PayPal service charge)

REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS SUNDAY, MARCH 21st, 2010

*Please note that both Easter and Mother’s Day fall in this 8-week season, so we’ll be taking a couple of weeks off (so the 8-week season will actually be 10-weeks). Apparently, people do stuff other than play kayak polo on those days.

YOU DO NOT NEED ANY EQUIPMENT TO COME PLAY. USE OF ALL OF THE NECESSARY GEAR IS INCLUDED IN THE PRICE OF REGISTRATION, INCLUDING USE OF KAYAKS, LIFE JACKETS, HELMETS AND PADDLES.

Please click the registration link below to register via our website:

Spring 2010 Kayak Polo Registration

If you’d prefer to pay with cash or check (to avoid the PayPal service charge), we will be at the Brownell-Talbot swimming pool (55th & Underwood) during the following times:

-Saturday, March 13th from 3 PM–6 PM
-Sunday, March 14th from 1 PM–6 PM
-Saturday, March 20th from 3 PM–6 PM
-Sunday, March 21st from 1 PM–6 PM

Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions!

For those interested in the Spring 2010 Sloppy Dog Run, we’ll be announcing the date next week!

Paddle on!

Dan & Susan
402-650-5110
yakpolo@gmail.com
www.NebraskaKayakPolo.com

We’ve got limited space available in our 8-week Winter 2010 indoor kayak polo season.

We will have beginner-level groups playing, so if you’re interested in learning to play, this is a good time to get started.

What: Winter 2010 Indoor Kayak Polo Season

Where: Brownell-Talbot School Swimming Pool

When: Sunday Afternoons.

Starts: January 17th, 2010

Ends: March 7th, 2010*

Cost: $100 (plus $5 PayPal service charge)

*End date is subject to change if we postpone because of bad weather; swim meets at the school that we didn’t know about; or if we decide to go on vacation at the last minute. Any postponed games will be made up at the end of the season.

Please click the registration link below to register via our website:

Winter 2010 Kayak Polo Registration

Nebraska Kayak Polo is starting an 8-week beginner kayak polo program starting on Sunday, November 15th. Games will be held from on Sunday afternoons at the Brownell-Talbot School swimming pool (50th & Dodge). The cost for the league is $100, and includes use of all the necessary gear (kayaks, paddles, life jackets and helmets). This league is for complete beginners, so you don’t need any kayaking experience to participate. We’ll use the beginner-friendly sit-on-top kayaks to teach you how to kayak and how to play kayak polo. You will have the option of moving into the more advanced enclosed whitewater kayaks when you feel ready.

This program will fill up fast. Please click HERE to register online via our registration page, or CONTACT Nebraska Kayak Polo with any questions you have.

Special thanks to the 80+ people who participated in the Fall 2009 Sloppy Dog, held last Saturday night. We had a blast hosting the event and we’re already looking forward to the Spring Sloppy Dog.

Here’s a slideshow, with some great pictures: