American Tripps is a Berlin-style ping pong party in San Francisco (and sometimes elsewhere) that takes place a few times a month at various locations. Here’s what’s coming up: Singin’ & Pingin’ 4 (at Z Space) - Friday, May 24, 2013 Tripps @ PIPS (Brooklyn!!!) - Friday, May 31, 2013 SF Berlin-Style Ping Pong League - New season starts 6/10/13 Oh and there’s the Monday night league too. How did this become a thing exactly? Read the official story, or watch a short documentary about it. And for regular updates, join our mailing list, or like us on Facebook: (function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk')); If you’d like to email us, email contact@americantripps.com!!! Below is our blog, full of poster art and fan mail and photos and stuff: Tumblr (3.0; @americantripps)http://americantripps.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b8ed70c0a13899fd0be04a0c22563bab/tumblr_mmk1poDVLZ1r1rukyo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/events/187173871436569/">BEASTIE BOYS NIGHT THIS FRIDAY</a></p>http://americantripps.com/post/50047462772http://americantripps.com/post/50047462772Thu, 09 May 2013 16:39:24 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b42a2aa3bb628bbbf9b8cc803e9889f5/tumblr_mm7a3yU3zZ1r1rukyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://americantripps.com/post/49482803947http://americantripps.com/post/49482803947Thu, 02 May 2013 19:11:58 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d440ec1dc9807a20edc3f55fa2274f04/tumblr_mlukunPF7P1qzbf2ho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://cmonpony.tumblr.com/post/48912951210/lovestruck-cat-face">cmonpony</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>LOVESTRUCK CAT FACE</p> </blockquote>http://americantripps.com/post/48940238944http://americantripps.com/post/48940238944Fri, 26 Apr 2013 10:52:24 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f4c259e1cf56c9c3a528df2367460d0e/tumblr_mlrtvulPk71r18kgto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://dovulcantitsdefylogic.tumblr.com/post/48785512609/get-ready">dovulcantitsdefylogic</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://dovulcantitsdefylogic.tumblr.com/post/48785189131/americantripps-rsvp">Get Ready</a></p> </blockquote>http://americantripps.com/post/48794144698http://americantripps.com/post/48794144698Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:11:37 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e2ef22ed6892d111c9d33a36b425bc6f/tumblr_mlqctyl1Iv1r1rukyo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/events/295331100600197/">RSVP</a>!</p>http://americantripps.com/post/48726213740http://americantripps.com/post/48726213740Tue, 23 Apr 2013 15:51:34 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/ecaf9fef9b86ff2220058623191593ea/tumblr_mld4gelITe1r1rukyo1_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/50cc5d9d5cce09b48ffd91ee585457bb/tumblr_mld4gelITe1r1rukyo2_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/da62abf31bb1dedb3087ff8665c9e52b/tumblr_mld4gelITe1r1rukyo3_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b7773787ebb818251061dd0c4a84a37a/tumblr_mld4gelITe1r1rukyo4_500.png"/><br/> <br/><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/438737892886487/">RSVP</a></p>http://americantripps.com/post/48137007718http://americantripps.com/post/48137007718Tue, 16 Apr 2013 12:21:50 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/173e16ebc6fbf2b169d9b880c6c4d890/tumblr_ml513dc9Ou1qg4j17o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://honeyjets.tumblr.com/post/47797052645/acrossatlantik-wish-i-could-go-wish-you-were">honeyjets</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://acrossatlantik.tumblr.com/post/47772498478/wish-i-could-go">acrossatlantik</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Wish I could go!</p> </blockquote> <p>Wish you were here!</p> </blockquote> <p>Same!</p>http://americantripps.com/post/47797083802http://americantripps.com/post/47797083802Fri, 12 Apr 2013 12:06:59 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/347513ecfe3a9ae1f30ead02447d5e49/tumblr_ml48plEifc1r1rukyo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/369910133122512/">RSVP</a>!</p>http://americantripps.com/post/47740245565http://americantripps.com/post/47740245565Thu, 11 Apr 2013 17:15:21 -0700<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/63653788" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://storyboard.tumblr.com/post/47622606942/the-paddling-machine-berlin-style-ping-pong-a">storyboard</a>:</p> <blockquote> <h2 class="title"><strong>The Paddling Machine: Berlin-Style Ping Pong</strong></h2> <p>A couple years back, <a href="http://honeyjets.tumblr.com/">Allan Hough</a> went to Berlin and came back to San Francisco a changed man. He had a snappier wrist. A lager-filled belly. And he was inspired. <em>Why don’t we play ping pong the way they do in Berlin?</em> he pondered. It sounded silly — but this is a man who takes ping pong seriously.</p> <p>On a recent afternoon, Hough is leaning against a pool table, arms crossed, staring into the corner of his cluttered, Christmas light-laden garage in San Francisco’s Mission district. In a chaos of surfboards and bike wheels and beer cozies and wooden chairs, two emerald slabs — the gigantic halves of a brand new ping pong table — are neatly propped up against the far wall. “I think we’ll use the new one tonight,” he says matter-of-factly.</p> <p><a href="http://storyboard.tumblr.com/post/47622606942/the-paddling-machine-berlin-style-ping-pong-a">Read More</a></p> </blockquote> <p>Best Picture 2013?</p>http://americantripps.com/post/47632208603http://americantripps.com/post/47632208603Wed, 10 Apr 2013 11:05:56 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/1da40d3909aa8502e4f7bb905f12c206/tumblr_mkagf2thyB1r1rukyo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/369910133122512/">RSVP</a>!</p>http://americantripps.com/post/46368240993http://americantripps.com/post/46368240993Tue, 26 Mar 2013 15:13:50 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/771518e77389f3f65cc8433eb0d8c5a6/tumblr_mkabnydBo61r1rukyo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/508411705882170/">RSVP</a>!</p>http://americantripps.com/post/46359726294http://americantripps.com/post/46359726294Tue, 26 Mar 2013 13:31:10 -0700<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/nfvC6EAWyi0?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>This guy was at our party in the Lower Haight last week! He seemed to be having a great time. We gave him an American Tripps pin and suggested he follow us on Facebook :)</p>http://americantripps.com/post/45683814308http://americantripps.com/post/45683814308Mon, 18 Mar 2013 10:57:08 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/2bc26e8d6de5fc5ada189f41a900a9e4/tumblr_mjo8msJDVE1r1rukyo1_500.gif"/><br/><br/>http://americantripps.com/post/45372048435http://americantripps.com/post/45372048435Thu, 14 Mar 2013 15:18:28 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/629daac38de7a31552f7d5dd02e47916/tumblr_mjm8qdTEzu1qm6z1eo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://talentisanasset.tumblr.com/post/45287191356/old-photos-8-5-11">talentisanasset</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>old photos 8/5/11</p> </blockquote> <p>The calm before the ***first American Tripps ever****!!!!</p>http://americantripps.com/post/45288760349http://americantripps.com/post/45288760349Wed, 13 Mar 2013 13:46:14 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5t6mu9u031qbypsvo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://antelopeafterlife.tumblr.com/post/44793062830/p-q-s-u">antelopeafterlife</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>˙˙˙ʎɐpɥʇɹıq s,ʞɔɐu</p> </blockquote>http://americantripps.com/post/44797324242http://americantripps.com/post/44797324242Thu, 07 Mar 2013 11:12:54 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/135a0a2b5fa18e1ca2201681dd0f5d16/tumblr_mj9q02897g1rdlrs3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Anyone recognize this picture?</p>http://americantripps.com/post/44769291858http://americantripps.com/post/44769291858Wed, 06 Mar 2013 22:09:51 -0800<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/f0031c82e02c0cdc07b7986592d18ce3/tumblr_mj6c5hKLm51ql1t9vo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://americantripps.com/post/44607932966http://americantripps.com/post/44607932966Mon, 04 Mar 2013 23:48:08 -0800<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/8d3bbf59e3c1c295676aac522d43de00/tumblr_miuj8kDARQ1r1rukyo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/events/170851829730432/">RSVP</a>!</p>http://americantripps.com/post/44084511961http://americantripps.com/post/44084511961Tue, 26 Feb 2013 13:19:32 -0800<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/6186ed7bea1de8a51aaa3cef94d81582/tumblr_mip20rGsr21s2u4v8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://pyramidrome.com/post/44076944983/therealjimricks-the-act-of-drinking-beer-with">wiblog</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://therealjimricks.tumblr.com/post/43837052343/the-act-of-drinking-beer-with-friends-is-the">therealjimricks</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>The Act of Drinking Beer with Friends Is the Highest Form of Art by Tom Marioni</p> </blockquote> <p>It is the truth.</p> </blockquote> <p>It *was* the truth; then we added Berlin-style ping pong to the mix.</p> <p>(But seriously, it was Tom Marioni’s work that inspired Joey Piziali to do ping pong happy hours at his gallery in the Dogpatch, which is where we first heard about Dr. Pong in Berlin, which we visited and loved, and which basically resulted in American Tripps being a thing. So: no Marioni, no Berlin-style ping pong scene in SF.)</p> <p>(Also, put a team together and join the <a href="http://sfberlinstyle.com">SF Berlin-Style Ping Pong League</a>, which has a new six-week season starting up next Monday, if you’d like to partake in the new highest form of art.)</p>http://americantripps.com/post/44080532688http://americantripps.com/post/44080532688Tue, 26 Feb 2013 12:26:00 -0800ping pong<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c13d1ce7a977c9d5de3b883c331ce2d8/tumblr_mip06uI66E1qzbf2ho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://americantripps.com/post/43834922523http://americantripps.com/post/43834922523Sat, 23 Feb 2013 13:52:37 -0800