New York City UniFest

[wreckageorama]

Hello,
The first NYC UniFest will be taking place September 3-5, 2010.
It will be held at locations throughout the city including Governors Island.
More information about the event can be seen at nycunifest.com.
Thanks and hope to see you there.

[wreckageorama]

Hi folks,
Things are coming together. Less than a week away. Media is spreading the word. Legendary NYC DJ Sky King will be keeping the festival hopping.

If anyone would like to go to Governors Island before the festival, we can make an appointment during the week. If anyone wants to do this, please contact me.

I will be sending out a production schedule for Saturday in a separate email. Here is a slightly updated schedule for activities during the festival on Saturday. Any comments, notions.

Uni Fest Saturday Schedule

Open Unicycling All Day

Learn to Unicycle 1 to 5

Noon Welcome to UniFest

12:00 pm Mass ride around Governors Island

12:30 pm Free Style Demonstrations

1:00 pm Unicycle Hockey

1:20 pm Uni Movie in Theater -- King Charles (9 min)

1:30 pm Trials Demonstrations

2:00 pm Unicycle Basketball: King Charles Demo / pick up uni basket ball

3:10 pm Uni Movie in Theater - "In Unison" by Joey Neigh (21:07)

3:30 pm Unicycle Games and Relays

4:00 pm Uni Movie in Theater - "In Unison" or King Charles or Bridge Tour Slide Show

4:45 Closing words / awards

5:00 pm Group Photo

[wreckageorama]

This is a note to anyone going to Saturday's events on Governors Island :
Bring plenty of water !!!!! There will not be easily available, drinking water
and you are not going to want to leave the activities and spend money every 20 minutes.
Also, NYC Unicycle Festival T-shirts will be available at Manhattan meet-up point for Friday's ride... you MUST pre-order so I can bring only what's needed and ride the bridge with the gang!

Two designs available: purple shirt with black UNIFEST logo or white shirt with 4 color unifest logo. sizes from kid's S to adult 2XL available. $20. email Stephanie (stephanie@bindlestiff.org ) by Thursday 6pm at the latest.

[Chrashing]

The Saturday UniFest event was great, my head is still spinning from the experience. Kieth and team have really pulled it off. Presently, it's hard for me to imagine going back to Governor's Island and not finding hundreds of unicyclist. Surely there in the courtyards they continue to demonstrate freestyle skills, push those trial skills, play sport hockey and basket ball. A perfect balance of skilled, casual, and learning unicyclist, all sharing their experiences, enjoying the shows and demonstrations.

Too bad this magic only last a short time. Luckily for many it's not over, the Sunday's Grant's Tomb Event is today.

[steveyo]

Originally Posted by Chrashing

The Saturday UniFest event was great, my head is still spinning from the experience. Kieth and team have really pulled it off. Presently, it's hard for me to imagine going back to Governor's Island and not finding hundreds of unicyclist. Surely there in the courtyards they continue to demonstrate freestyle skills, push those trial skills, play sport hockey and basket ball. A perfect balance of skilled, casual, and learning unicyclist, all sharing their experiences, enjoying the shows and demonstrations.

Too bad this magic only last a short time. Luckily for many it's not over, the Sunday's Grant's Tomb Event is today.

I loved the Friday ride, but couldn't make the rest. Thanks for the great event, and the sweetest Uni T-shirt design ever.

[delta 224]

i loved it it was so awesome riding with so many people who also know how to ride is an awesome experience

[MitchButler]

Hey Gang-

If you'd like to know how the First Annual NYC Unicycle Festival came down, check out my interview with festival organizer Keith Nelson on our web site (New York Unicycle Club.) Here's the link:
http://www.newyorkunicycle.com/blog/...ycle-festival/

Also, here's some links to press coverage of the event:
http://www.newyorkunicycle.com/blog/...-huge-success/

Its gonna be even better next year!

Cheers,
Mitch

[soxfan647]

Originally Posted by delta 224

i loved it it was so awesome riding with so many people who also know how to ride is an awesome experience

i cant believe i missed this im deff. going next year

[soxfan647]

does anyone know when the next unifest will be?

[worldwheelers]

Keep me posted on the upcoming events

[delta 224]

if anyone has any posters for the first unifest let me know. my mom really wanted one and it would be a great mothers day gift

[mmatias1987]

hello guys i been watching unicycle videos on YouTube for a few weeks and finally got my first unicycle. i have a vintage stelber 2o inch all crone, i think is from the 70's. i didn't want to spend to much money because am just a begginer and i didnt know what i was getting my self into. am having a hard time trying to keep it straight because the sit and the wheel are not stable. can anybody give me some info on how to fix this problem or does anybody knows any place in new york city where i could get it fix or trade it for a later mode??????? thank you and god bless.

[Chrashing]

Looks Exciting!
I'm planning on meeting up Sept 6 at Grant's Tomb.

The Sept 3rd's ride, and Governor's island on the 4th sound great also, but I'm not driving down each day.

Any chance someone is making that Fantastic NYC Unicycle Festival logo on the website a poster? I'd like to order one.

[wreckageorama]

Hello Ken ( Crashed ),
The logo was made by a great ad guy in NY. T-shirts have already been printed and so have posters. Hopefully you will start seeing the posters down your way soon.
By the way,there is a uni club in Chatham, NY that meets every Sunday night at 6 PM all year. It is about 1 hour and 20 minutes north of Poughkeepsie.
Hope to meet up with you at the festival,
Pat.

[Chrashing]

Thanks Pat,
I'll keep an eye out for the posters and T-shirts.

I keep hearing about that Chatham club, it must be one of the more active clubs. I will have get up there sometime. Thank you for the info.


Also to correct my initial post: I noticed I listed Sept 6, but meant that I plan to meet up at Grant's Tomb Sunday Sept 5.