|> A. Who thought of a skill first.
|> B. Who thought of a skill first and told other people about it.
|> etc. etc.
Your long list is just too much work, and there is thin hope of getting
that info (I don't think it's important to know the history in so
much detail).
The real important ones are, as you say,
|> WHO THOUGHT OF A SKILL FIRST WITH CONVINCING PROOF TO BACK THE CLAIM.
|>
|> WHO DID A SKILL FIRST WITH CONVINCING PROOF TO BACK THE CLAIM.
Getting "convincing prrof" is easier said than done. If the proof
is not convincing, we could still credit the inventor, with a note
that the proof is not conclusive.
|> with convincing proof of their "unicycling skill first". Even our
|> contemporaries, particularly the Japanese and other unicyclists who do
|> not know english, or those that simply don't know where or how to
|> submit their claims will be left out of unicycling history.
I'll try to publish a short article in JUA news on this. Can you
give me a list of skills that you think are specifically
approporiate to try to find inventors in Japan? Though Japanese
unicyclists do real top class stuff, it's ususally after they see it
done in Unicons, but I'm sure they invented some (I have a feeling
that stand-up gliding was done here first or simultaneously...?)
Stay on Top,
Jack Halpern
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