Today there was an article about me and Ben in the New Plymouth Midweek newspaper. In the tradition of media coverage it is not entirely accurate information, but it is good that we got some recognition. Greg Wynn, a media studies student interviewed me and Ben and wrote the article. We sent him a picture of a bunch of seven unicyclists down at the skate park, which was included in the paper. The picture was intended to show how unicycling is becoming more of a popular sport than before, and hopefully to encourage other people to try it out. Left to right on unicycles in the picture are : Zac, Adam, me (Rowan), Eli, Ben, Willace, and Joe.
We got together one sunday and went riding down to the skatepark, along the foreshore and through town. When conversing with a Senior Sergeant of the police the next week, she said “One of my officers was watching the town surveilance cameras the other day and he saw a huge group of unicyclists go past, and he was wondering what you would call such a gathering of unicyclists, and I told him I thought Rowan will surely know, so I am asking you…what do you call a group of unicyclist?” I didn’t know what to tell her, the subject has been debated on the forums before and there was no conclusive result. I told her “maybe a flock”, but a couple of people since then have been convinced it’s a gaggle. Maybe I should have said “it is a unison of unicyclists”, cos it has to be something original that is not already claimed by some stinky animals.