Who's your favorite rider?

AccordNSX · February 27, 2003, 9:53pm

I think Dan Heaton is the coolest all around rider.

harper · February 27, 2003, 10:19pm

I’m my favorite rider. I like watching talented people ride but it’s never as fun as riding myself, even with a tenth the skill. Someone could take that out of context and make a great signature file.

AccordNSX · February 27, 2003, 10:29pm

AccordNSX · February 27, 2003, 10:31pm

Yeah, but being in a state where you could not ride, ex; broken neck. Which rider could you be contempt watching for the rest of your life if you were to never see another unicyclist?

harper · February 27, 2003, 11:19pm

I suppose if I couldn’t ride, I would be in contempt of EVERY rider. But I would be CONTENT to watch the Japanese ballerina.

andrew_carter · February 27, 2003, 11:59pm

I haven’t really seen any videos or anything with Dan in them, so I don’t know what he’s like but I have seen Kris riding (on videos). I’m sure a lot of people will say this but I like watching him mountain unicycling in particular because he rides heaps of the stuff that I’ve always loved to ride on my bike (but not as hard stuff) and wish I could ride on my unicycle. I love wathcing all that northshore riding.

Having said this, I do realise that there’s a whole bunch of really talented riders out there and I enjoy watcing all of them unicycling.

Andrew

U-Turn · February 28, 2003, 6:54am

Ya gotta see UniVerse, then! But I also like One Wheel No Limit. The skills are shown there in a low-key way, but just as impressive, if not more so.

Chilli · February 28, 2003, 9:03am

hi,
my favorite rider is Julien Monney ! He’s a freestyle skill champion. Tomorrow I’ll meet him again at a convention in Belgium. He’s not only a good , very very good rider, but he’s also friendly and helps you when you need it !
He has a nice style of riding. Unique !!!
greets

johnfoss · February 28, 2003, 9:20am

As someone who acts as a referee and a judge, to be good at those it’s not right to play favorites. I’m a person who doesn’t try to find my favorite this or that. Without variety, all of it would get dull after a while.

That puts a better face on the question, but still leaves me preferring to name my favorites in various riding categories (in no order):

Kris Holm: MUni and Trials
Dan Heaton: Freestyle & Trials combination
Beau Hoover: Reminding me it’s all about fun
Lars Lottrup: Sumo meister
Puerto Rico All Stars: Basketball
Dana Schneider: Best ever at Standard Skill
Katzuhiro Shimoyoza (sp?): Best dance-Freestyler ever
Josue Barreto: Best Open-Xer
Peter Rosendahl: Great pro performer
Marc haelfiger (sp?): Most serious track racer
Mel Hall: Famous performer from the 40’s; never saw him
Colin Schworer: Creative freestyler and slowest backwards
Zach Vaughn: Creative Open-X and great jumps
Julien Monney: the Michelangelo of Freestyle
Toyoda Unicycle Club: best Group Freestyle
Christian Hoverath: amazing all-around unicycle athlete

That’s a partial list, but I know I’ve done a terrible job of picking a favorite…

MARK_EGELAND · February 28, 2003, 9:23am

Favorite Rider

My top three (not in any order):

Bruce Bundy- A great mountain cyclist who rides with a lot of passion. A good climber and can ride just about anything.

George Peck- Talk about Old School and a true Pioneer of Mountain Unicycling.

Casey Drummond- Great young rider who will be awesome in the future. And he is from the East Coast!