UNICON 2020 Location Leaked

onebadjesus · July 10, 2018, 5:30pm

I heard the next location!
Ready for it…
Orcas Island, WA, USA
It’s going to be there.

Vertigo · July 11, 2018, 5:28pm

Let’s do it!

Eric_aus_Chemnitz · July 12, 2018, 1:30pm

Has there been any decision yet? I’ve also heared about Brixen in Switzerland and Erfurt in Germany.

johnfoss · July 13, 2018, 10:00am

Please tell us more about your upcoming convention!

Wow, a new user account created just to post a comment. I haven’t seen that in a long time!

Somebody mentioned Germany to me, but that’s all I know. If it’s there, it’s going to be huge. Germany is probably the biggest unicycling country in Europe, and kind of in the middle of all the other uni countries, so it should draw a whopping crowd!

Wherever it is, I’ll be there. Now that I’m back from NAUCC, I’m starting to prepare for Unicon 19 in Ansan, South Korea!

BTW, I tried to look up Brixen in Switzerland. Google Maps says it’s still in Italy, where Unicon 16 was… (and I’d go to another Unicon there anytime)

Onewheelhenni · July 14, 2018, 12:29pm

Please let it be in Germany. Would be the best thing that could happen for me, because I‘m still in the „getting better phase“ and that would definitely set an interesting goal. I was a spectator at the EUC in Sittard-Geleen last year and if I hadn’t been hooked already that would have done the job.

johnfoss · July 15, 2018, 9:12pm

Sign up for the forums, or Unicon?

Life is like a box of chocolates. If you let your friends each have one, you’ll be left with all the “yukky” ones.

Eric_aus_Chemnitz · July 17, 2018, 1:21pm

Oops, yes, that’s where i meant.

emile · July 17, 2018, 8:04pm

If you would like to host Unicon in 2020, I suggest you get in contact with the IUF at www.unicycling.org. As of now, nobody on the board committee of the IUF is aware of anything you’re talking about here.

That would have been EC unicycling*. EUC is Extreme Unicycling Championships and has been happening for over 10 years now.

Setonix · July 18, 2018, 5:31am

Aren’t all unicyclists in the getting better phase all of their lives? Im in my 3rd year of getting better phase

Onewheelhenni · July 18, 2018, 12:45pm

Ok, you got me there. I mean of course the „quickly-getting-better-at-the-beginning-of-a-wonderful-unicycling-career-phase“.

onebadjesus · August 1, 2018, 12:27pm

Yeah I’m in my 29th year of getting better. You should check out Orcas. I’m trying to set up some smaller group rides here. MT. Constitution is 2409…

napalm · August 12, 2018, 4:36am

Soooo… now that UNICON is over, anyone have any details as to where the next one will be held?

bouin-bouin · August 12, 2018, 6:38am

May be Brixen again (information from our french federation) !

YONO · August 12, 2018, 8:01am

Brixen, Italy is what I heard…

johnfoss · August 12, 2018, 4:27pm

At Unicon 11 we had a group uni ride on Bainbridge Island. I know that’s not Orcas, but close. It was a really nice experience, including the ferry to get there, and nice to do some non-competitive events at any uni convention. I hope we can do more at future conventions, and will try to help with this process.

According to the IUF Board, at the IUF Meeting in Ansan (which was attended by maybe 25 people?), they are working with an organizing team in Brixen/Bressanone, Italy. It’s not all worked out yet. There was also work on a location in Germany, but that couldn’t be worked out. Hosting an event like Unicon is like putting on a mini-Olympics with a tiny budget. It can be extremely hard to line up sufficient facilities for all of the different events. Not only do large unicycle conventions require a huge amount of volunteer help, orgainzing them involves a ton of work.

I hope Brixen will work out for two reasons:
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I loved Italy in 2012 and would happily return anytime, even to exactly the same facilities. The town was great, has fabulous mountains all around, and the 2012 organizers did an amazing job.

If it doesn't we don't have a Unicon 20 [/LIST] While your Unicon registration may seem a little expensive, that money is easily soaked up by all the million little things that need to be lined up and ready for such an event to take place. If you're in a position to help the IUF work on future convention locations, please do!

We await official word…

emile · August 17, 2018, 6:26pm

Official information from the IUF meeting at Unicon; the only bid the IUF has is Brixen Italy. The IUF is currently finalizing terms with Brixen.

Once it is final, there will be an announcement.

emile · September 6, 2018, 9:46am

From the IUF blog and Facebook page.

"IUF":

This is an update for the unicycling community on the current status of the proposed Unicon 2020 location in Brixen, Italy. As of September 1, 2018, the location for Unicon 2020 is still not finalized. The board is providing this update in order to increase the transparency of its internal actions.

At the IUF meeting at Unicon19 in Ansan, South Korea, the board members present—Jim Sowers, Ken Looi, Emile Mathieu, and Jenni Rinker—announced the IUF had originally received several bids but at present had only one viable bid for a Unicon 2020 location. This bid was made for Brixen/Bressanone, in Italy.

Over the years, the number of disciplines and competitions that constitute Unicon has grown substantially. Likewise, the demands on the hosts have also increased. As we have learned from mistakes and shortcoming in past Unicons, and given the importance of insuring a quality event that is a “world championship”, the IUF has formalized the requirements for hosting a Unicon. The IUF also has put in place a requirement that it is able to provide input to the event and that the hosts will be accountable to the IUF. The objective of this requirement is to ensure that Unicon does, in fact, meet the quality expectations of the participants.

Because we have added these requirements, the process for negotiating and finalizing an understanding between the hosts and IUF is moving more slowly than it has in the past. There is a cost to trying to raise the standard.

The IUF board has met weekly since Unicon19 and is working diligently to finalize an agreement with the proposed hosts that will ensure the quality of Unicon 2020. It is our hope that these discussions will be resolved quickly, but we cannot give an exact timeline as to when a final decision will be in place. We will post further updates on the status of Unicon 2020 as it develops.

m1les · September 15, 2018, 6:04pm

Spicy!

emile · September 18, 2018, 4:42pm

There has been an update since;

thieum · November 8, 2018, 4:45am

Have you guys ever heard of Grenoble, France ?