MUNI mention in "Sports Illustrated for Women"

Hi everyone, Just wanted to mention something that turned up recently in a
magazine. My wife received a free sample of a new publication here in the U.S.,
“Sports Illustrated for Women” (Fall '99, #3, soccer player on cover). On page
20 is a small bit of writing:

“Extrememly Extreme: If ballroom dancing belongs in the Olympics (even as a
trial sport), then we say elephant polo belongs in the X Games. The following
are five sports (and we’re NOT making these up) that we’d like to see in future
X Games. -Paula Hunt”

Number four was “Rough Terrain Unicycling - what it is: mountain biking on a
unicycle – Risks: One wheel, no handlebars, no brakes – Rewards: Getting to
sneer at those Tour de France wimps who ride on smooth, paved asphalt (with the
benefit of handlebars and brakes!)”

It’s accompanied by a little cartoon of a woman on a unicyle evading a mountain
goat on a steep slope. By the way, the other four were Open Water Solo Swimming,
Underwater Hockey, Elephant Polo, and Ultra Barefoot Marathon.

-Ben

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Re: MUNI mention in “Sports Illustrated for Women”

Benjamin Schoenberg wrote:

> Hi everyone, Just wanted to mention something that turned up recently in a
> magazine. My wife received a free sample of a new publication here in the
> U.S., “Sports Illustrated for Women” (Fall '99, #3, soccer player on cover).
> On page 20 is a small bit of writing:

snip…

> It’s accompanied by a little cartoon of a woman on a unicyle evading a
> mountain goat on a steep slope. By the way, the other four were Open Water
> Solo Swimming, Underwater Hockey, Elephant Polo, and Ultra Barefoot Marathon.

Wow! Muni at the same level as open water swimming and Octapush… We really
are doing well. I do not know about Elephant Polo, and Ultra Barefoot Marathon.
But I know some about Open Water Solo Swimming, Underwater Hockey and they have
considerably more numbers of participants than we do. Great publicity :slight_smile:

Roger

Re: MUNI mention in “Sports Illustrated for Women”

Benjamin Schoenberg (ben@user2.teleport.com) wrote:
: My wife received a free sample of a new publication here in the U.S., "Sports
: Illustrated for Women" (Fall '99, #3, soccer player on cover). On page 20 is a
: small bit of writing:

: Number four was "Rough Terrain Unicycling

Does this mag have a web page? I’m unlikley to get to see a paper copy in the UK
but would love to write to them and let them know that women can and are playing
with the big boys on munis . After all I beat a quater of my class in this years
summer polaris, and they all had two wheels.

sarah

Re: MUNI mention in “Sports Illustrated for Women”

In <r5imr7.ad.ln@vimes.u-net.com> sarah@vimes.u-net.com (Sarah Miller) writes:

>Benjamin Schoenberg (ben@user2.teleport.com) wrote:
>: My wife received a free sample of a new publication here in the U.S., "Sports
>: Illustrated for Women" (Fall '99, #3, soccer player on cover). On page 20 is
>: a small bit of writing:

>: Number four was "Rough Terrain Unicycling

>Does this mag have a web page? I’m unlikley to get to see a paper copy in the
>UK but would love to write to them and let them know that women can and are
>playing with the big boys on munis . After all I beat a quater of my class in
>this years summer polaris, and they all had two wheels.

Wow! Try http://www.siforwomen.com or email letters@siforwomen.com

-Ben

rio ggli Serious Juggling; 5022 S.E. Division St.; Portland, OR 97206 e u n
http://www.SeriousJuggling.com Ben@SeriousJuggling.com S J s g 503-233-2577
(Tel./Fax), or 1-800-JUGGLE-0 <-zero