Watched Ken's videos
d.kathrens@genie.geis.com
Tue, 13 Sep 94 03:16:00 UTC
Ken Fuchs kindly sent me videotape copies of unicycling
competitions and I was blown away by:
The person juggling clubs while coasting on an "impossible" or B.C.
wheel.
Downhill coasting and gliding contests.
The person coasting downhill while standing tall on the uni fork crown
Tiny tykes on 16" unis doing tricks I can't do yet.
How can a person spin 15 times that fast and not puke?
One-footed spins and reverse spins.
Running jump mount to walking the wheel.
Running jump mount on a giraffe.
Skipping rope while hopping on a uni.
The person traveling sideways really fast while idling a giraffe.
Numerous people transitioning from seat in back forward to backward
and vice versa by hopping and spinning 180 degrees in the air.
Idling one-footed with seat on the side
The person who did a one-footed side ride with one arm extended.
John Foss doing a dynamite freestyle routine.
John Foss doing a sideways leap over two persons lying side by side on
the floor.
The person riding in a circle doing 360 degree riding spins on an
ultimate wheel.
The person riding a giraffe on footpegs near the axle and pedaling
with his hands.
Beautifully choreographed and executed synchronized riding routines.
Unicycle basketball games
The person who jumped from his uni, slam-dunked the ball and hung from
the rim.
Like I told Ken, I can see I have a very long way to go. I just
hope I can become half as skilled as some of the people I saw on tape
today. Geographically isolated and/or novice unicyclists like myself
couldn't go wrong taking up Ken on his generous offer of copies of
these tapes.
Dennis Kathrens
d.kathrens@genie.geis.com