2025-2026 Mountain Kayak Polo and Roll Session Dates (Thursdays):
Fall Season 2025: 10/23-12/18 (8 weeks, no polo on Thanksgiving 11/27)
Winter Season 2026: 1/8 – 3/12 (10 weeks)
Spring Season 2026: 3/26 – 4/30 (6 weeks)
A typical night goes from ~8:00 pm to ~10:30 pm on the above Thursdays at EPIC in Fort Collins. Enter and exit through the SOUTH pool door only, not the lobby! You can start bringing gear in at 8 pm, and be on the water between 8:30 and 10 pm. If you’re playing polo, please show up at 8 pm so that we have time to make up teams and get gear ready for a prompt 8:30 game start. The small east pool can be used for rolling on every polo night. We must all be out of the building by 10:30 pm!
NOTE: Everyone must pay and sign a release form BEFORE getting in the pool. You can sign a waiver online here: FCKP Waiver (We will also have release forms at the pool if the online system isn’t working.) You can also pay ahead of time using our Square Store, for more info on fees see our Costs Page.
ROLL SESSIONS:
- If you’re using your own gear, it MUST BE CLEAN. No dirt, leaves, etc.
- We don’t provide dedicated rolling instructors, but our polo players are usually happy to help when they’re not playing if you ask around.
- If you’re using club gear, you’re responsible for getting your boat out of our gear storage area and putting it back in when you’re finished. Also note that polo has priority for club gear, so you may need to surrender your boat for polo play if there aren’t enough for everyone.
- If you’re rolling and find yourself interested in polo, you can try polo out for one night at roll session rates. Note that you do need to use a club polo boat to try polo — unpadded whitewater boats are too dangerous on the polo court.
POLO:
- Starting about 30 minutes before the games, we’ll have a polo sign up sheet on the scoring table by the pool. Please arrive on time so that we can sign you in and make up evenly-skilled teams. Late arrivals can make that difficult and delay games, so please tell someone who’s on time to let us know that you’ll be late.
- Polo gear is kept in a locker outside and to the east of the south pool door. Please help bring in and take out club gear (PFDs, skirts, paddles, etc.) each night. Be dressed and ready to play ON TIME.
- If you don’t have your own polo boat, we strongly recommend using a club polo boat unless you’re too small/tall to fit in one. If you’re using your own boat, it MUST BE CLEAN AND PADDED with at least 1.5″ of foam on both ends. (Nobody likes broken ribs or boats, and whitewater boats are too pointy and hard in the unpadded state.)
- If you’re using a club boat, you may have to share if there aren’t enough for everyone.
- The schedule for the night will depend on how many teams we form, and will be enforced by the refs. Each team will get at least two games per night.
- If your team isn’t playing, you shouldn’t be on the polo court. Please help ref if needed.
- After we finish, plan to help with gear cleanup for ~15 mins at the end of the night. It goes much faster when everyone pitches in! We need to be out of the building half an hour after the end of games.
- If you’re over 21, join us for a beer (or your beverage of choice, we don’t judge) at The Trailhead Tavern.