I will be holding a Trials Comp on May 5th 07. All riders are required to sign a waiver, that you won’t sue me if you break your neck. If you are underage, a guardian must sign for you. This comp will take place on my parents land, near Sundre. The drive out from Calgary is around an hour and a half.
The comp will be devided in three categories; begginer, intermediate, and expert.
Begginer; mostly testing your balance, and some small hops here and there (10 inches max). They start @ 11:00am
Intermediate; more advanced balance, riding on suspended boards around 4" wide, 20" side hops, and three foot gaps. They start @ 12:00pm
Expert; 2" (The smallest) skinnie, 30" side hops, 5 foot gaps, and a bonus section of riding on a three foot long chain!!! They start @ 1:30pm
Rules: There will be six sections with a mix of all maneuvers in each category. Each section will be gone over TWICE, for a total of 12 sections. Crank and pedal climbs are allowed, as long as more than half your foot is on the pedal/crank. If you put a foot down, you are given a point. Two feet down simultaneously is five: the worst score you can get on a section. After a fiver, you can either continue, or go on to the next section. Using a hand briefly to catch your balance on an object is worth one point. A prolonged hand grab is worth three points. The more amount of points you have, the worse you are doing. There will be 12 sections, so the worst you can do is 60 (12 x 5) and the best is 0. Now, the weird part is after you put your foot/hand down 4x, your score is 3, but if you put your hand/foot down five times, you get a five (you failed the section).
These rules aren’t of my making, they are based on Bike Trials rules, and are used for me when I compete against bikers.
I know this is pretty complicated, so ask questions.
Cost: $15 for tape and the like (gas, diesel, chain, and nails). The more people, the cheaper. Any 2x4s, spools, planks, tape, chains, barrels, nails, ropes, pallets, hinges, etc would be VERY helpful, and if you give me some stuff, you’ll get free admition.
Prizes: Will consist of any money surpluss that we may have, and maybe some T-shirts from a the Trialsin shop (he often donates some goodies for prizes to comps). I was also hoping some goodies from beford + uni.com.
This will be a great time for all of us to meet each other. Invite everyone, spectators (free entrance), and all the uni buddies you can get ahold of! Bring cameras and camcorders! I will also have some Trials Bikers (2 wheeled unicyclists ) who will compete in their own category/ies. It will be a good time to meet all of them as well.
Please post if you can make it, age, name, and category.
The date is not fixed, We can change it if it means we’ll have a better turn out.
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- another unicyclist that can vouche that your not a douche bag and won’t come and destroy the property when we’re finished.
Depending on who comes, and what trials-kings come, I will have to add a pro category: 1- inch skinnies, 7+ gaps, killer rocks, and an invisible string:) . I will make a sweet moving barrel section across our 30ft wide river.
Daniel Cormeau