Is it really possible to idle on a moving ball like so:
only when done naked like that guy!
all things are possible, but riding on a ball, hmmm…
-felix
Yes, of course it is. When I posed for that shot I was also juggling 13 live cats and balancing a piano on my head. The video guy said that made it too busy so he cut it down to just me, nude, on the unicycle, on the globe. Geez, it was boring that way.
really?!?
Greg,
You are one of a kind!
Bruce
(at least two of the same one)
Re: Is this really possible?
Not only possible, but I believe it has been done on a giraffe one
footed, while the performer used the other foot to toss up crockery
and catch it on their forehead. Has anyone got video footage of this?
Also does anyone know the name of the performer? I believe it was a
female Chinese unicyclist but its been a while since I heard about it.
I still think the most impossible sounding unicycle trick comes from
the Swiss guy who rode an ultimate wheel using only his hands while on
a slack rope. I have seen a similar trick done live by a Chinese boy
of 10 who used a modified giraffe instead of an ultimate wheel.
Peter Bier
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Re: Is this really possible?
On 29 Jun 2002 19:07:30 -0700, peter_bier@usa.net (Peter Bier) wrote:
>I still think the most impossible sounding unicycle trick comes from
>the Swiss guy who rode an ultimate wheel using only his hands while on
>a slack rope.
I agree. But aren’t you confusing Swiss and Swedish? see
<http://www.xs4all.nl/~klaasbil/stamps.htm>
Klaas Bil
RE: Is this really possible?
> Not only possible, but I believe it has been done on a giraffe one
> footed, while the performer used the other foot to toss up crockery
> and catch it on their forehead.
Yes, that has been done. But the guy in the UnicycleSource animation is
idling back and forth in one direction, while the ball rotates constantly in
a different direction. Also, if you look at a more detailed version of the
animation, you will see that one of his feet isn’t even on a pedal, but just
pretends to be. A pretty hard trick, naked or no.
> Has anyone got video footage of this?
I’ve seen video of it at Al Hemminger’s house. My impression of this feat
was that the ball was rolling in a depression in the floor, limiting its
movement to forward and backward only. The weight of the ball, combined with
pauses in her idling motion, allowed her to keep control on top of it.
Definitely one of the most amazing unicycle feats I’ve seen.
> Also does anyone know the name of the performer?
> I believe it was a female Chinese unicyclist but
> its been a while since I heard about it.
Definitely a pro Chinese performer. I would even guess more than one rider
has mastered this trick as many acts in the Chinese circus seem to be
standardized, or at least taught to multiple students. But not more than a
tiny handful for this one.
> I still think the most impossible sounding unicycle trick comes from
> the Swiss guy who rode an ultimate wheel using only his hands while on
> a slack rope.
Reino, from Sweden. Also pictured in a past issue of On One Wheel from the
Unicycling Society of America.
Stay on top,
John Foss
President, Unicycling Society of America
President, International Unicycling Federation
jfoss@unicycling.com
Done that. But not on a ball but on such a sligthly diagonal “plate” you might find in your local playground.
The hard part is the spin, cause it need a lot of estimation of speed and grip (wich will differ from plate to plate).
Never came any further than twice the movement.
And since I did’nt plan on taking such a big prop to stages or other places I discontinue practising it.