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Old July 22nd 03, 11:00 AM
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gingerfreek wrote:
*there was one 12 year old japaneese boy who had reached level ten and
only started to ride at age 10!!!! apparently the youngest level
10 rider! *



I believe Spencer Johnson of TCUC was 9 years old when he passed level
10, in mid 2002.


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Old July 22nd 03, 04:32 PM
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Yeah, that video with the seat-out skills is awesome! I love all of the
stalls... especially those where he's just resting on the seat with no
contact with the wheel... stillstand coasting? Absolutely superb. And
now that I fixed my cottered 20" so I can ride it for more than 5
minutes, I wanna go try it again!


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Old July 22nd 03, 06:49 PM
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I don't know what the big deal is with these videos. I mean, they're
not doing anything hard. Let's see them do all those tricks with -two-
wheels; then I'll be impressed!


*Disclaimer* For those born with an irony deficiency, I'm joking. Okay,
flat out lying. I actually am quite impressed and extremely jealous.
Please don't hurt me for the two wheel comment.


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Old July 23rd 03, 01:02 AM
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That video clip (I only took the time to view the one easy link) is
amazing. I have never seen unicycling anywhere close to that in person,
having never attended a conference or ridden with a freestyle
specialist.

Why, my limited unicycling is so stodgy and pedestrian in comparison!


(andrea puddles off to her uni to practice some more dumpy hopping)


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Old July 23rd 03, 01:35 AM
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slugbath wrote:
*That video clip (I only took the time to view the one easy link) is
amazing. I have never seen unicycling anywhere close to that in
person, having never attended a conference or ridden with a freestyle
specialist (or even indoors, for that matter).
*


That's why you should try to attend a convention.
It's worth it. There is no substitute for seeing it done in person.

Or get yourself a copy of the video One Wheel No Limit. It's a video of
TCUC practice sessions and shows a lot of the freestyle skills. You can
get it at unicycle.com.

The Japanese girls have a very different freestyle style than US riders
and other freestyle riders. The Japanese women do a lot of spins and
standing on the crown. It's more flowing and more choreographed than
other freestyle routines. However the Japanese girls don't do a more
complete demonstration of skills in their routines like seated wheel
walking, seat on side, crank idling, hopping on wheel, and other skills.


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Old July 23rd 03, 04:41 PM
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john_childs wrote:
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However the Japanese girls don't do a more complete demonstration of
skills in their routines like seated wheel walking, seat on side,
crank idling, hopping on wheel, and other skills. *



Hmm, did you miss the Expert Women's Freestyle winner at UNICON 2002? I
know this was the exception to the norm for the Japanese riders, but
WHAT an exception. Or maybe I was just put into a trance by skills like
pausing at the top of side ride or riding backward with feet under the
pedals. And the music! Does anyone have an avi or mpeg of that? I was
unable to get my camcorder to the performance.


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Old July 23rd 03, 05:27 PM
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iunicycle wrote:
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Hmm, did you miss the Expert Women's Freestyle winner at UNICON 2002?
I know this was the exception to the norm for the Japanese riders, but
WHAT an exception. Or maybe I was just put into a trance by skills
like pausing at the top of side ride or riding backward with feet
under the pedals. And the music! Does anyone have an avi or mpeg of
that? I was unable to get my camcorder to the performance. *


No I didn't forget about the women's freestyle performance at UNICON. I
was commenting about the videos of the women's routines at
http://www.ichirin.ne.jp/video/. Those routines beautiful and flowing
and all that, but not your typical freestyle style that you'd see if you
went to a USA convention.

UNICON 2002 videos are at ftp://ftp.unicyclist.com/Unicon11/. The
video that you want is "013.avi". That was a unique routine and an
impressive demonstration of skills. The video is encoded with 'DivX'
(http://www.divx.com/divx/) so you'll need the DivX codec to play it.


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