Just curious- I’ve been on this forum for two years now, but the only overseas rider I’ve met is Nathan Hoover.
So, just for interest- who from this forum is going to UNICON?
For added interest perhaps also include details of what events you’re focussing on, what country you’re from, how long you’ve been riding etc.
I’ll start:
Gizmoduck- Ken Looi
Country: New Zealand, Team NZUNI
Events: 10km unlimited, racing, MUNi, and other events just for fun.
Rider since: Dec 2000
Also how are people bringing their unicycles? I’ll probably bring my Coker, 29’er and a spare 24’ wheel (to fit in my 29’er frame). I’ll just bring one pair of pedals and seat between them to save weight for travelling. Also only three pairs of cranks- 110, 125, 150 and maybe 170’s
Sarah Miller- UK team
I’ll be playing hockey, Raceing marathon, muni and maybe track. Long jump, high jump and obstacle even tho I’m not very good at them. I’ll be helping stage-manage the group free style too.
I intend to get a little sight seeing done too!
Unis- My hockey 20inch and a muni of some description, tho I’m undecided as to 26 or 29er. We only have 20kg to play with on flights from Europe to Japan, so I’ve got to be carefull about not trying to take too much.
Ryan Woessner: Minneapolis, MN, USA
Events: Everything!
My favorites are everything that has to do with Freetyle!
UNICON is full of awesome experiences that you will never forget!
Tom Daniels (and wife Karen Rabideau, who does not post)
North Bend, Washington USA
Non-competitor
I’m the Secretary / Treasurer of the International Unicycling Federation, Inc, the sanctioning body for UNICON XII. I was the Event Director for UNICON 11, so Karen and I are looking forward to being able to relax a bit and enjoy UNICON XII.
10k Unlimited, some races, MUni events. I will probably be roped into hockey, but avoid also being roped into basketball.
For those racing events I am not in, I will be the referee.
I think I will bring my new 29er and 20" Freestyle. Not sure if I need anything else. I may just try to borrow a 24" for those events in which I would need one. Mine is so beat up it’s hardly worth bringing it all the way to Japan 24" is yesterday. I hope the 29er will fit into the luggage I usually use for flying with unicycles. A detailed article about this will be in the next issue of On One Wheel from the USA Inc.
Scott and I are going. I’ll be doing the 10K and the basic races, plus
obstacle course. Scott will do all the track and field events. We haven’t
figured out what unicycles we are taking. We’re in Springfield, Oregon,
U.S.A., and thoroughly enjoyed Unicon 11, which was wonderfully close.
Scott has been riding 20+ years, and I’ve been riding 7. I ride
my 24" 7 to 8 miles three times a week for exercise. He’s Level 5 or 6,
and I’m Level 1. All five of our kids ride.
Scott and I decided three or four years ago that we would go to
Unicon XII, wherever it was, to celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary. So
we’ve been planning on going for quite a while, although it wasn’t until
Unicon 11 that we found out where we were going.
Jody
At 09:00 AM 5/24/04 -0500, you wrote:
>Just curious- I’ve been on this forum for two years now, but the only
>overseas rider I’ve met is Nathan Hoover.
>
>So, just for interest- who from this forum is going to UNICON?
>For added interest perhaps also include details of what events you’re
>focussing on, what country you’re from, how long you’ve been riding
>etc.
>
>I’ll start:
>Gizmoduck- Ken Looi
>Country: New Zealand, Team NZUNI
>Events: 10km unlimited, racing, MUNi, and other events just for fun.
>Rider since: Dec 2000
>
>Also how are people bringing their unicycles? I’ll probably bring my
>Coker, 29’er and a spare 24’ wheel (to fit in my 29’er frame). I’ll
>just bring one pair of pedals and seat between them to save weight for
>travelling. Also only three pairs of cranks- 110, 125, 150 and maybe
>170’s
>
>
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>
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>
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Unicon is one of those words you can type into Google or similar. You’ll get tons of hits if you do that. Then you’ll find it’s the International University Consortium for Executive Education. Never knew that. Or Unicon Research Corporation! Or the Unified Extended Dialect of Icon. Huh.
Actually I didn’t find a unicycling reference until the bottom of the second page of Google hits! Then you get the one we’re talking about.
The word is a breakdown of UNIcycling CONvention. It has specifically become associated with the bi-annual International Unicycling Federation’s Convention and World Championships. In short, it’s the Olympics for unicycling. www.unicon12.com
The first one of these was held in 1984 in Syracuse, NY. It was called “International Unicycling Convention.” The word UNICON was coined during preparations for the second one, which was called World UNICON II and held in Nassau County, Long Island in 1986. The rest:
III: 1987 - Tokyo, Japan
IV: 1988 - Aguadilla, Puerto Rico
V: 1990 - Hull, Quebec
VI: 1992 - Quebec City, Quebec
VII: 1994 - Minneapolis, MN
VIII: 1996 - Guildford, England
IX: 1998 - Bottrop, Germany
X: 2000 - Beijing, China
XI: 2002 - Snoqualmie Valley, WA
XII: 2004 - Tokyo, Japan
XIII: 2006 - ?
David Ramos
Country: Puerto Rico
Team: Puerto Rico All Star
Events: all of the events but SUMO, and not freestyle
Rider since: 1970
For Fun: Merengue, Salsa y Plena
My name is Debbie and I’m from Australia. I’m in San Francisco at the moment on my way (the long way around) to Japan for Unicon. There are a few Aussies going to be there.
Meanwhile if there is anyone in the San Francisco, Sacramento, Berkeley region who want to get together for muni this week, ring me on my temporary cell number 14152169791.
Lonely unicyclist,
Deb.
PS. I thought I’d find lots of unicyclists here. I have not met any serious riders yet, but I have discovered that at least Americans know what a one wheeled bike is called.
Because you are the only NZ rider rich enough (or organised enough) to go there. I’d go if someone sponsored me, but I guess it’s a bit late for that. If I had a couple of thousand dollars (for the airfare) I would probably spend it on a Coker instead.
Rowan Chivers
Country: New Zealand
Events: Browsing the forums for pictures and stories from Unicon, and riding fast through town pretending I am racing.
Rider since: 1996
