Evolution of Balance Award 2009

General
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Hi All,

I’m happy to announce the second annual Evolution of Balance Award!

For those of you not familiar with it, this grant is awarded to a team proposing a difficult, creative, and remote mountain unicycling adventure somewhere in the world. The intent is to give back to the sport in a way that helps support adventurous riding.

The grant includes:
CAD$1700
One KH unicycle (singlespeed)
One set of KH gloves and pads
Up to three additional KH unicycles at wholesale cost.

Sincere thanks to Unicycle.com for sponsoring award shipping costs, the Hoover family for their donation towards the cash award, and UNI for sponsoring the magazine award announcement.

The 2008 EOB award winners were Steve Relles, Roland Kays, Perry Woodin, and Brad Stratton from Albany, NY, and Vince LeMay from Montreal, Quebec. They are just about to leave on their trip to Panama to ride jungle trails from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.

2009 applications are due March 31, 2009 and the award will be announced April 30, 2009.

Click here for more details and to download an application.

Please forward this link to anyone you think might be interested!

Kris

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Congratulations and Godspeed to all those going on the Panama trip. I’ll see if I can think of something just as good.
PM me if you want to collaborate and plan something together.

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I could do a Steve and go to the Himalayas lol… but I can’t :frowning:

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Sure you can! =).

Seriously: if you know people who aren’t on the newsgroup but who would be interested in applying, please forward the link. Last year I had incredible response from interested riders worldwide, and hopefully this time will be the same.

Kris

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Yeah, we’re leaving for the Panama expedition Jan-10-2009. I’m pretty keyed up about it.

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All the best Steve, yo.

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Hmm, maybe us bay area riders could plan a trip. That would be cool. :sunglasses: Are you seeing this Corbin and Tom.

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'09 is already packed for me, and may drain all funds for a while. but, i would love an adventure. I’m planning on having some muni-adventures in Africa and Madagascar next year. (2 months!)

corbin

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Why not go all out and plan a MUni adventure that spans the entire globe! Around the world in 80 months! :wink: Seriously, I wish you guys all the best and hope to see a video compilation of your amazing adventure! :smiley:

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I too am looking forward to seeing some pics and videos when it is over. Be safe. How long of a ride and how much time are you taking to do it?

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My idea is to ride from the summit of Mauna Kea to the coast. Anyone want to get together and ride down the tallest* mountain in the world?

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It’s probably 4 days of riding. Two water x-ings, one dirt road, some existing trails, and some parts that may need some hacking to get through.

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Lol, if you had described it that way in your original submission, you probably would not have won! :stuck_out_tongue: I suspect that it’s quite more colorful and challenging in actual reality! I’ll bet it’s going to be epic! :slight_smile:

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It is the tallest mountain in the world but half of it is under water:D

That would be a long ride for me, but I’ll show up for that.:slight_smile:
It’s a scary road at parts. There’s snow up there now.

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I am looking forward to the write to see the gear taken and what you found worked well and did not. Keep us posted.

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A great mountain adventure isn’t just about the descent, it’s more so about the ascent and the sacrifices that were made to reach the summit.

I have always been drawn towards Hawaii and your idea sounds intriguing, but I’ think there are some obstacles to overcome. Hawaii is relatively easy to get to and has a tourist reputation. For example, Hawaii doesn’t have the same allure as South America does when it comes to the idea of adventure.

The next question is is riding even allowed on Mauna Kea?

That being said PM me. I’d love to take a closer look at this.

Carl

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We did, and we did.

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Yeah right, lol! :roll_eyes: And the actual pitch for the movie “Dark Knight” was, "We need 350 million for a movie about a weird guy in clown makeup. :stuck_out_tongue:

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Ran out of time to add… Could you post your original pitched submission? I’m sure everyone would be interested in reading it. :slight_smile:

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Whatever you say…“lol”-boy.

The proposal is a huge pdf-file with maps and photographs.

Kris - can you post it on your website somewhere? If not, I’ll see if we can post it somewhere.