Sergey Finkelstein, left, tries to get the ball from Svetlana Platonova, a U.S. Women’s National Kayak Polo Team player, right, during a recreational scrimmage at Shoreline Lake in Mountain View on ...

Around 2,500 years ago, nomads in the valleys of Central Asia invented polo, a game played on horseback that was later refined in India, and whose one lasting contribution to the culture as we know it ...

Peter Hargreaves of Oakland sells kayaks in Jack London Square. After work he hauls his boat up to Richmond or down to Mountain View, where he plays kayak polo, which is water polo while strapped into ...

I hear the splash before I see it. I turn and sprint toward the floating yellow object of my desire. I have a clear path. Or so I think. Suddenly my friend Sam comes in fast from my right. As I reach ...

Children pedal pastel-colored boats, sailors catch a light breeze and lovers row side-by-side on a suspiciously calm Sunday on the pleasant waters of Shoreline Lake. Suddenly, a jarring crash ...

They’re making a splash! Crews of competitive kayakers ship out each Sunday for a splashy water sport in the river off of Brooklyn Bridge Park. Kayak polo is a ball game that appeals to those who love ...

Each Tuesday evening, a pack of water-bound minotaurs chase and charge after a ball near the University of Washington's Waterfront Activities Center. Half boat, half human, they slap their paddles in ...

Andrew Irvine first played kayak polo at Shoreline Lake a decade ago. Five minutes in, he told himself that it would be his first and last time trying out the vicious sport. “I was like, ‘This is ...