In a suburb south of Moscow, people gather to play bike polo. It is like traditional polo, but players ride bicycles instead of horses. They use long mallets to hit the ball and try to score goals on a hockey field. Artyom Nesterov, one of the players, says bike polo is a simple street sport. There are two teams of three players each. Sergei Gavrilov, another player, explains that the challenge is using the mallets while riding bikes and avoiding crashes. Bike polo began in Ireland in the late 1800s and is now popular in Europe, Asia, and America. In Russia, it has a smaller following. In Moscow, there are about 20 to 30 dedicated players, like Pavel Smirnov, who hope the sport will grow. Teams sometimes compete with players from other cities. For Moscow’s bike polo community, it is not just about the competition. Smirnov talks about the friendships and fellowship among players. They aim to make bike polo more popular in Russia, focusing on both the sport and the bonds they form.