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unicycling-a future sport?
the future is now and you better not quit making it justin, cos i'm sure not going to despite my not being so great just now -- epistolize affirmation: i will hit tricks in a heavy stylee, quit prehoppin and flow freely organise my thughts into lines and WORK "I lli T! eratepeoplegetthefulleffectofalphabetsoup?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ epistolize's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/11876 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/58789 |
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unicycling-a future sport?
unicycling is at a good size right now. i like the feeling of intimacy among other riders, and also the safety of bringing a unicycle anywhere. since not many ride it, it probally won't get stolen. and even if it does get stolen, the market for unicycles is so small that it would be easy to track down. extreme unicycling is like bike trials riding. people think your crazy, but also awesome at the same time. if we grew to the size of bike trials i'd be happy. -- zfreak220 iridemymuni wrote: i think everybody agrees when i say you lucky son of a bitch howdigetsogood wrote: man i used to think scooters were totally lame, but after that 'video' (http://www.unicyclist.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=57071), oh wait nevermind i still do. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ zfreak220's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/11948 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/58789 |
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unicycling-a future sport?
tholub wrote: Let's be realistic here; unicycling just isn't that impressive to watch. We will never have anything like the half-pipe that drives the spectator popularity of skateboarding, or the dirt jumps that drive the popularity of BMX. For us, big air is an 8-set; that doesn't play on ESPN2. Ride because it's fun! I hate to break it to you, but it was the popularity of street skating that made skateboarding what it is today. Yes, half pipes are extreme and unicycling doesn't have that element in it, but within the skating community vert skating is practically dead and buried. You hear it all the time, that there are no vert skaters coming in because all the kids are skating street. So for me that arguement means nothing as far as unicycling is concerned. Ride because it's fun, ofcourse, I think that's why we all started and ofcourse why we keep going, but what's wrong with having ambition and a goal at the end of it. Unicycling is what you make it and if you don't wanna be a star then you shouldn't have to be but that doesn't mean we are gonna stop trying. Damn right justin, Get big or die trying! Jason -- KlownLife One hop is a gift, two hops...now you're just taking the ****! unifreak7 wrote: To me believing in yourself not only helps if your going really big. If there's no fear, (tech stuff), it doesn't really matter, It's just what the body does. -Shaun Johanneson ------------------------------------------------------------------------ KlownLife's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/5196 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/58789 |
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KlownLife wrote: I hate to break it to you, but it was the popularity of street skating that made skateboarding what it is today. Yes, half pipes are extreme and unicycling doesn't have that element in it, but within the skating community vert skating is practically dead and buried. You hear it all the time, that there are no vert skaters coming in because all the kids are skating street. So for me that arguement means nothing as far as unicycling is concerned. Ride because it's fun, ofcourse, I think that's why we all started and ofcourse why we keep going, but what's wrong with having ambition and a goal at the end of it. In the amount of time it takes to learn how to ride a unicycle, someone could already be doing ollies up curbs. By the time the new unicyclist can hop up a curb, the skateboarder could have three or four tricks down and be connecting them on the street. It's a big barrier to entry. Not to mention the fact that it's easy to pose with a skateboard, and stupid to pose with a unicycle. Lots of people go out and buy boards just because they look cool; you have to be really good on a unicycle before it can even begin to look cool (and even then, people will ask if you're a clown). I think it would be really cool to see unicycling in the X Games or whatever, but it just doesn't seem likely. -- tholub ------------------------------------------------------------------------ tholub's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/804 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/58789 |
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tholub wrote: In the amount of time it takes to learn how to ride a unicycle, someone could already be doing ollies up curbs. By the time the new unicyclist can hop up a curb, the skateboarder could have three or four tricks down and be connecting them on the street. It's a big barrier to entry. I think it would be really cool to see unicycling in the X Games or whatever, but it just doesn't seem likely. I'm inclined to agree, as an example riding this weekend with some mates in an MTB park, I can jump on a mates bike and take it down the track much faster than I can a uni, and with more air, even tho i've been riding muni for years, and this is only the second time I've riden a bike on a dirt track. -- kington99 Dave - what a thoroughly post-modern subversion of the cycling genre - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ kington99's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/9417 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/58789 |
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believe me, if i could ride my unicycle for a living, i wouldn't be getting a degree in college. but, then again, i'd be obligated to ride. more than getting large by far, i would like it to remain strong. the unicycling community prides itself because it's so tight knit. the social/networking structure that unicycling has, isn't seen in big sports like skateboarding, and bmx for example. -- TrialsUni If you can do it easier seat-in, don't go seat-out [-my new trials mantra, influenced from trials discussions with Sponge on MSN Messenger-] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TrialsUni's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/7986 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/58789 |
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If unicycling got as big as skateboarding, i might have to concider quiting. One of the gratest aspects of uniing is that it is an unconventional sport, and the people who do participate can get excited when they see someone else on a unicycle. There is no way that the sport can't grow, but it more than likely won't become a mainstream activity. As for people being posers, it is the easiest thing in skateboarding (mom buys you a setup, a pair of DC's, and a West 49 t-shirt, then you go stand around the local skatepark looking cool) but on a unicycle, it doesn't work. You can't stand in the corner with your Bedford getup and a KH 20 and expect people to show you respect unless you can actually ride the thing! I think that 30% of skaters in my area are posers, and if 30% of skating's market disappeared, it would not be nearly as large of an empire as it is now. Anyway ride hard, ride on! -- uni_jim Beware of the pixies! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ uni_jim's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/13559 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/58789 |
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Everyone's talking about this big influx of noobies that suddenly hit the forums/join the sport and wreck everything. That's already happening, but it's a gradual change and occurs over a couple of years so you hardly notice it. As for the time that it takes you to learn everything on a unicycle, that's just part of why the sport is so unique and fun. If unicycling was to be a part of the x-games i think this would bring a lot of people in, but it'd change the culture of it. Freestlye would be forgotten and everything would just be about the extreem-ness of it. -- one wheely Why stroll...when you can roll? I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy every moment of it! BillyTheMountain wrote: End Bike Supremacy! Refuse to be marginalized!! If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem! *Power to the Unicyclists!! Right on!!* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ one wheely's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/11955 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/58789 |
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If everyone unicycled, we'd probably take up bicycling. I think it should stay a nitch sport. But it would be cool to see uni in X Games -- phthoruth ------------------------------------------------------------------------ phthoruth's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/11491 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/58789 |
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one wheely wrote: Everyone's talking about this big influx of noobies that suddenly hit the forums/join the sport and wreck everything. That's already happening, but it's a gradual change and occurs over a couple of years so you hardly notice it. As for the time that it takes you to learn everything on a unicycle, that's just part of why the sport is so unique and fun. If unicycling was to be a part of the x-games i think this would bring a lot of people in, but it'd change the culture of it. Freestlye would be forgotten and everything would just be about the extreem-ness of it. I have only been riding for just over a year and am fairly new to the forums so you could count me in the influx of noobies, I hope we aren’t wreaking everything But seriously I think that the sport is growing because of some key people and organizations like UDC, Kris Holm, John Foss, Daren Bedford, and anyone else who are making unicycles either more visible or available to the public. I agree that the x-games would be a huge boost to the popularity of unicycling initially but unless becomes a standard event it probably wont have much of a lasting effect. I believe that unicycling is here to stay due to its long history and loose conection with biking and we all know that bikes will never be a thing of the past (or at least we can hope!). Unicycling is definitely getting more popular but I don’t think it will ever be mainstream. -- saskatchewanian “Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.” - Dr. Seuss ------------------------------------------------------------------------ saskatchewanian's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/14180 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/58789 |
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