My mom has a few, im not sure if there are any good ones, il send em to whoever wants to make a gallery for it or something…but ya, put something up so we can download them…
My favorite clip is of Jess Riegel riding into the water on the 26, along with Ben PS’s flying dismount on saturday’s technical ride.
I have quite a few videos of just walking around the group too, so unless someone was only attending on friday, I probably have you in my gallery somewhere.
The half dozen of us Santa Barbara locals usually ride with a group of 3 or 4. This time we rode with 50—truly a fantastic experience. That nobody got hurt—despite some legendary falls off cliffs—is an indicator of the skill level. Folks were bombing the rocky single tracks like there was no tomorrow. To call that group gung-ho is to call the sun “kinda warm.”
Special thanks to Eyal A., who organized the event, mostly at his own expense, and to Hans VK, who hosted, fed and housed a lot of people (and who also built most of the trails obstacles). These guys were the heart and soul of Cal. Muni Weekend.
Huge thanks to all the organizers, but especially Eyal and Hans (who let a complete stranger stay at his house). I had a great time this past weekend. Meeting old friends and making new friends was incredible. Hope to see many of you again before next year’s MUni weekend.
A personal thanks to Nathan & Beau Hoover and Scot Cooper who convinced me a few months ago that it was time to attend the CA MUni weekend after a nine year absence.
Just want to add our huge thanks to everyone elses, our hats are off to the fantastic Santa Barbara Muni Club, Eyal, Hans, Matt, John L. and of course John Foss, and everyone else who put in the hard work to make everything run so smoothly. My family and I had a truly terrific time. I was especially impressed by the general atmosphere, everyone was very friendly and supportive of newbies like ourselves. You guys are a great bunch of people! We are all hoping that we can make it again next year.
I am so jealous. sucks to living on the other side of the continent. Maybe I’ll be rich enough next year to afford a flight down and meet all the awesome people I keep talking to online. I’ll have a muni then too!
Again, jealousy runs rampant. heheheh. glad to hear it went well!
That was an awesome muni weekend. I doubt I’m the only one feeling beatup, however I don’t feel particularly sore. That Saturday advanced trail kicked ass.
Thanks to all of you who made it awesome, especially Eyal for doing excellent organizing. The shoestore at the banquet was pretty awesome, however it seems Gilby wanted a bit more selection of sizes :-p.
Is this the first muni weekend where there was a clifside retrieval of a person? I hope Trey’s doing okay.
My kudos on top of all the others about the weekend! Truly fun, fun, fun. Thanks Eyal, Hans, John, Matt, Chris, and everyone who helped set this up and make it run so smoothly. Great job!
A few memorable moments:
How long was the shuttle ride up? Well, on Friday, the van made an unscheduled stop so someone (surprisingly, not me) could water a nearby bush.
Riding down San Ysidro and hearing “I’m ok down here, really!” from the “over the edge” bushes and not seeing anyone.
How long was the shuttle ride up? Special photo op on Sunday, immediately after the van stopped, before retrieving unis even…was the ring of folks beside bushes, several on top of ridges even (!), having a pre-ride moment of relief.
Hans setting a “tempo” pace hiking up the hill Saturday, which effectively split the “peloton” apart before the ride even began. Way to go Hans!
Realizing I probably now know more uni people from around the country/world than non-uni people.
Thanks again to all who helped organize and run this neat event!
Trey!!! Falling down the cliff with no major injurius YOU CANT TEACH THAT!
Trey again…For wanting to finish the trials comp after he cuts open his face…
Trey again… for finishing hte uni ride on sunday!!!
Ben PS…Only punk to do every single trials line!
Justin A. Like the only one to take the street, everyone else had fun with it…(I was gonna try, till my legs locked on me and i couldnt even fricken ride, did anyone notice what was wrong with me? my body like seized and the pain was so bad that I got disorientated and i dont even really remember my run that much )
Evan…for doing the street comp on a bc, well done!
Id give more but im kinda bad at puttin names and faces together…sry guys if i left you out its nothin personal or I went too fast down the trails to see ya doin much…Sry but I split doin them me and the few I was with were like always some of the first done…damn I need a muni, that was hard on the 20in…
Ohh and Brian L. For havin some damned low psi. I mean DAMN your tire went flat on every lil hop…Did you need a pump or what?? I dont think il ever know why he was giving thumbs up to everyone in the banquet, I dont think even he knows…Next time we should do the comps before the muni rides… my legs were starting to lock in hte middle of the trials comp, teaches me to go as fast as i could down the saddle rock trail the same day as the comps…Well thanks a lot to everyone who put it together…Ohh and Eyal your directions werent bad, the reason some people had trouble finding some of the places was because some of the streets didnt have signs or were poorly marked, I recal you got a lot of calls and were worried about that…
It was an excellent muni weekend! Thanks to everyone who worked hard to put it on. The SB guys are all great and were genuinely intent on everyone having a fun and safe time on their trails.
During Friday’s ride I was thinking it would be forever known as the “Santa Brutal Muni Weekend”, but the next two days gave us varying terrain with both technical and fast cruising opportunities, not to mention additional flying-off-a-cliff opportunities. And, the Friday ride was one of those things that once you are through it, you are happy to have the memory of having done it. In fact, now that a few days have past I find myself wanting to go back and do it again…someday.
I had the pleasure of talking to Eyal’s parents and they are two of the nicest people you could meet. It is easy to see where Eyal got his friendly personality. And his Mom doesn’t worry about Eyal riding on those trails because he told her he knows what he can do and doesn’t attempt anything too dangerous. Yeah, I always told my Mom that too.
It was great to see many faces from previous muni weekends, and also meet many who were there for the first time. There is never enough time to talk to everyone as much as I would like. Feel free to email me at scott (at) wallisdesign.com to continue any of those unfinished conversations.
Another great time at the CA Muni weekend. Since I missed 1996 and 2001 I guess this was my 8th. Huge thanks to Eyal, Hans, John and all the other many volunteers who put on this amazing 3-day party. Whatever happens to unicycling in the future, we can be very thankful now to be part of such a community. I’m wishing Moab wasn’t so long off!
The ride Friday was really hot for the first half and quite technical. It was the most fun I’ve had doing Muni in a LONG time! The skill level of everyone sure has gone up in the last few years. It was great to have two options for the Saturday ride as Saddle Rock is only for a few elite (crazy) riders. It was fun to watch but I didn’t have a desire to ride quite a bit of it. Sunday’s ride was perfect: short enough so there was lots of time to hang out afterwards, technical enough to be a challenge, and a great bonus swimming hole halfway through.
It’s always hard to pull off big group dinners but both nights were really fun. When I saw how much swag there was Saturday I put away the items I brought to donate. Come to Moab to win a CF seat base and other stuff!
I was a little sore yesterday and even had to write Beau a note to get out of running in PE. But I feel great today. Everytime I got to one of these I’d really like to just shoot photos but I can’t as I just have to ride. Megumi and I got a few ok photos. Here’s an album with some, including 2 video clips (not as good as Catboy’s clip of Jess riding into the swimming hole though): Smugmug photo gallery.
