Is there one living person who is generally accepted as the icon of unicycling?
Is it Steve McPeak? I read about him in Jack Wileys book. Is Steve still
performing? And what about Jack Wiley, what does he do now? I’d be curious in
reading about what unicyclists you admire and why.
-Rick Bissell
Re: Uni Gods
In my uni-religion its
John Foss, Dana Schneider and Sem and Teresa Abrams.
Interestingly, my teen age daughter’s uni-religion only includes Dustin
Kelm…
>In message “Uni Gods”, Rick Bissell wrote…
> >Is there one living person who is generally accepted as the icon of
> >unicycling? Is it Steve McPeak? I read about him in Jack Wileys
book. Is
> >Steve still performing? And what about Jack Wiley, what does he do
now?
> >I’d be curious in reading about what unicyclists you admire and why.
> >
> >-Rick Bissell
>
>Your God’s are out of date or you’re following the wrong religion 
There are other
>Gods and I’ll mention just a few: John Foss, Yuichiro Kato, Jose Roman,
Dana
>Schneider, Dustin Kelm, Julien Money… The last one is probably the
most skilled
>unicyclist on the planet today.
>
>
>Regards, Jack Halpern Kanji Dictionary Publishing Society, http://www.kanji.org
>Voice: +81-048-481-3103 Fax: +81-048-479-1323
>
>
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Re: Uni Gods
At 08:26 AM 11/03/1998 -0500, Rick Bissell wrote:
>Is there one living person who is generally accepted as the icon of unicycling?
>Is it Steve McPeak?
No way. The best Artistic Unicyclist Today probably is Julien Monney. He credits
Jose Roman as his early idol and mentor (from a videotape). Last year, Julien
spent a month with us in Puerto Rico, before UNICON IX. Although Julien still
idolizes Jose, I saw them side by side, and I have no doubt that Julien is past
Jose. Jose is a 4 times World Champ, and came out with many of the skills which
are popular Today, including the standup (WheelWalk, Gliding, Coasting). Jose
first showed them back in 1990, at the NUM at Findlay, Ohio. Both Jose and
Javier Ruiz performed them in their routine for UNICON V in Hull, Canada in
1991. I had a rule here, when I had all the young talent (Jose, Javier, Josue,
Carlos, etc.) that whoever came out with a new skill would show it first in
international competition, then it was public domain. Javier Ruiz is a three
times World Champion (and 5 second places)He came out with a few of the skills
in our RuleBook. We must also remember Sem. Until he had to go out and earn a
living, he was in a class by himself. I know that he performs, but he must
narrow down in a few skills. At that time we had a very talented rider called
Daniel Dumeng. Daniel always credited Sem as the best of the world. But we must
remember that unicycling is not only Artistic. There is racing, there are team
sports, there is MUNI, etc. Then, there is the off the uni contributions.
Taken all in consideration, in my opinion, our icon must be John Foss, the only
double digit World Champion.
Comparing Steve to any of the aforementioned is like comparing a GlobeTrotter to
Michael Jordan. Maybe they are good, but not in the same league.
Alberto Ruiz
Alberto Ruiz ruizb@coqui.net
Re: Uni Gods
Greetings
In message “Uni Gods”, Rick Bissell wrote…
>Is there one living person who is generally accepted as the icon of
>unicycling? Is it Steve McPeak? I read about him in Jack Wileys book. Is Steve
>still performing? And what about Jack Wiley, what does he do now? I’d be
>curious in reading about what unicyclists you admire and why.
>
>-Rick Bissell
Your God’s are out of date or you’re following the wrong religion There are
other Gods and I’ll mention just a few: John Foss, Yuichiro Kato, Jose Roman,
Dana Schneider, Dustin Kelm, Julien Money… The last one is probably the most
skilled unicyclist on the planet today.
Regards, Jack Halpern Kanji Dictionary Publishing Society, http://www.kanji.org
Voice: +81-048-481-3103 Fax: +81-048-479-1323
Re: Uni Gods
Greetings
In message “Re: Uni Gods”, Rick Bissell wrote…
>Hi Jack,
>
>You wrote:
>>Julien Money… The last one is probably the most skilled unicyclist on the
>>planet today.
>
>Why?
He is the male world champion, for starters. But he is above and beyond “merely”
being a world champion. He is so smooth, so good, so devoted, so natural –
totally amazing, and he certainly deserves to be called a “Uni God”
>Are there any videos available that contain performances by these people?
Many people have videos of Unicon IX and Unicon VIII.
>As a beginner, I would find it very interesting and inspiring to be able to
>see some really skilled unicyclists in action. It isn’t likely that I’ll
be
>able to go to a convention in the near future.
>
>I’ve seen some videos for sale on the USA web page. I was thinking that
the
>one that contains the 10 skill levels might be a good one to purchase for
>reference in learning new tricks. Would you agree?
>
>Any advice would be greatly appeciated.
>
>Best regards,
>
>-Rick Bissell
>
>
>
Regards, Jack Halpern Kanji Dictionary Publishing Society, http://www.kanji.org
Voice: +81-048-481-3103 Fax: +81-048-479-1323
Re: Uni Gods
Jack Halpern wrote:
> Greetings
>
> In message “Re: Uni Gods”, Rick Bissell wrote…
> >Hi Jack,
> >
> >You wrote:
> >>Julien Money… The last one is probably the most skilled unicyclist on
> >>the planet today.
> >
> >Why?
>
> He is the male world champion, for starters. But he is above and beyond
> “merely” being a world champion. He is so smooth, so good, so devoted, so
> natural – totally amazing, and he certainly deserves to be called a “Uni God”
I would totally agree that he is amazing - stand-up coasting is a basic
skill for him!
Ahhhhhhhh
Roger
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Re: Uni “Gods”
If you think about all impossible skills, even Julien says “its possible”- or he
is just training o practicing the figur… What a shame, if most of the
unicyclists imitate one person. He sets new frontiers, but for everyone:
Innovate, dont imitate! (I wish I could follow these words.)
Claus
> Jack Halpern wrote:
…
> > >You wrote:
> > >>Julien Money… The last one is probably the most skilled unicyclist on
> > >>the planet today.
> > >
> > >Why?
> >
> > He is the male world champion, for starters. But he is above and beyond
> > “merely” being a world champion. He is so smooth, so good, so devoted,
> > so natural – totally amazing, and he certainly deserves to be called a
> > “Uni God”
>
> I would totally agree that he is amazing - stand-up coasting is a basic skill
> for him!
>
> Ahhhhhhhh
>
> Roger
>
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