no but matt was playing hockey at the time
Re: Stilt Unicycling
Nothing like keeping it nice and easy by using a small wheel! That should be quite a challenge. That Coker is going to want a spotter!
I have an old picture of Frank Birdsall riding a 24" Miyata with about six seatpost extenders, wearing a pair of painter’s stilts. I don’t think I ever scanned it though.
Strap-on stilts can be pretty dangerous. Unlike a unicycle, where you can jump off and almost always land on your feet, on strap-on stills your feet are stuck there. If you lose your balance you’re going to fall, hard. According to my friend who walked many sizes of stilts at Ringling Clown College, the optimal way to fall (if there’s no-one soft to land on) is to try to go down on your side, and slap out like you would do in martial arts. This is probably best done with practice! If you fall forward you’re almost guaranteed to do some kind of damage to your wrists (or face).
Glad he’s okay, more or less. Lesson learned, always be aware of your surroundings when on the strap-on stilts!
Glad to hear nothing broken!
Kevin, Thats a cool pic!
I’ve never actually spoken to you properly, I dont think. But your son is geeting so good and confident on his uni!
I was the one dancing with him at BUC. Is it your daughter also who rides?
Joe,
Joe
I don’t think we’ve spoken. Were you the one with short hair who kept having to jump off the Uni to reach down to the kids hands when you went round in circles? If so I have it all on video 
I should compress it and load to the gallery sometime soon.
Yes both of mine were riding 16" & 18" red Uni’s, they really enjoyed the late night hockey on Saturday which is definitely improving their confidence.
Keith
Hi Keith,
Thanks to your kids my sam has eventually got interested in unicycling. (I thinkd it was your son’s sheer disbelief that sam didn’t have a unicycle).
I think by next year all three of us will be riding - me, my hubby & sam. Sam & hubby have both got unicycles now.
Cathy
Aye keith, that was me (short hair with blonde bits in).
Haha, I’d like to see a video of it. I dont remember much of that night 
All my photos came out blurry too… it was great laugh! 
Btw, do your kids have ‘normal’ bikes?
Joe,
Joe,
I have posted the videos to http://gallery.unicyclist.com/KEGs-1st-Album, your on the 2nd one, I think Gingerfreak is in both. I took about 4 photos and a few short videos on the camera. Hope you have Broadband as they are fairly large files. No idea why your photos were blurry, my solution was to stop using the camera!
Yes they both have bikes although Danny rarely rides it, he always wants to use the Uni. Toni uses hers a bit more, probably a few times this year.
Keith
Thats great mate, cheers. haha,
Joe,
I got a pair, and they are fun. Almost as much attention as the Uni. I had a huge gallery at the Varsity after the July 4th Parade(Which I rode a Uni). I ran through the parking deck trying to get some good bounces and the crowd was well pleased.
sorry unicyclists dont get hurt
Here’s a pic from the COMPLETE BOOK OF UNICYCLING by Jack Wiley of an early unicycle that had posts attached to the pedals.
He’s writes an interesting discussion of the evolution of the Uni from the penny-farthing.
Whoops!
Here’s the pic.
Blake
Stilt Unicycling
All,
I’m proud to announce that two out of three who attempted to ride my stretched unicycle (5ft 5" high, no chain & a 12" wheel) while wearing stilts were successful. Work is still required to perfect safe unicycle mounting and dismounting techniques while on stilts but it’s just a matter of practice. Sadly, I was the third member to attempt and I didn’t have the requisite skills to go solo on my first attempt. Next attempt will use the same seat post with a 20" wheel and higher stilt settings. Follow-on attempts will go to the max with a 36" coker, a 36" seat post and my stilts at maximum elevation. Photos to follow.
The strap-on durastilts are not dangerous as long as you don’t fall. Your speaking to on expert on this, because I am a drywaller by trade and I walk on these stilts all day every day for the past 20 years. I have fallen a couple times on the short ones, but never on the tall ones. You will get hurt if you fall on those!! I hope that guys wrist’s are OK but alot of times the wrist’s take the brunt of the impact.
Did you know that 2 sets of those stilts can be bolted together to make 6 foot tall stilts? There is a crew of mexican finishers that do that but to me it seems crazy, if you fall of those you could die!!
Of course, they think I am crazy because I routinely walk out on scaffolding planks over high stairways on my stilts. OSHA would love that, huh?
i would never feel safe on any stilts that were strapped to my legs, just seems dangerous to have no hope of landing on your feet. i’ve got a set of home made wood stilts that put me about three feet up. they’re basically just long poles with some blocks bolted on for standing. i like them because when i lose my balance i just jump down, they don’t even hit the ground most of the time.