2013 Unicycle Season Riding on One Wheel
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A few 2013 upcoming unicycle events are upon us. In addition to our local happenings like our twice per month unicycle club meetings, there are major events that are scheduled to occur. Check out the events highlighted on our Calendar page and make your plans to attend. I wish you all a healthy and fun unicycle season.
First we have the 15th annual Long Beach Island Unithon scheduled for Saturday June 1, 2013. It is a 19 mile unicycle ride across Long Beach Island New Jersey from the southern end of the island to the northern end. After all of the damage done by Super storm Sandy, the organizers are really hoping to get a lot of people to come out and support this event. Details and directions to Long Beach Island can be found on the LBI event website.
Next up is the North American Unicycle Convention and Championships (NAUCC). NAUCC for this year is scheduled for July 21-27 2013 in Butler County, Pensylvania. This year’s event is being hosted by The Butler Wobble in conjunction with the Unicycle Society of America (USA). Riders will be competing in a number of events including races, freestyle competitions, track and fields events, hockey and basketball. New this year will be an event called Coker MUniCross just for those that like to ride 36 inch wheels off road. Specific event details and registration and be found on the NAUCC 2013 event website.
The final regional unicycle event of the Summer will be the Fourth annual New York City Unicycle Festival. The three day event will take place August 31st-September 1st. Culminating with a ride across the Brooklyn bridge in celebration of Brooklyn Unicycle day. The ride will continue onto Coney Island amusement park. This will be followed by two days of unicycling activities taking place on Governors Island. The event is being put together by the Bindlestiff Family Cirkus. Please note that The New York Unicycle club's meeting for the first Sunday in September will take place at the festival. Details about the event can be found on the event website.
- Ken Springle @ May 19, 2013
Best of 2012 Photos
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Check out some of what I have chosen to be this past year's best photographs that are in this Slideshow from our Flickr page.
For this year I chose a photograph of myself. I find this choice to be ironic since I am the one who is usually behind the camera rather than out in front of it. In this photo I am riding my 36 inch unicycle on the day I received it. I had spent years flip flopping on the idea of having my very own 36 inch unicycle. For more than ten years I have been taking short rides on every 36 inch that someone brought to a meeting. I would like to thank Renie Cohen of Just One Wheel for taking this photo and allowing me to add it to our collection.
The photographs that are in this slideshow are just a small portion of the photos that were taken this past year. Since I really do not always concentrate on taking photos at every meeting, I am always amazed at how many I have taken by the end of the year. Each year it is so tough to reduce such a huge amount of photographs down to less than 150 of the best photos taken. I attempt to include the best photos of just about everyone that has attended a meeting or event throughout the year. I also make an effort to give the viewer a sense of the breadth of events that have taken place. If you would like to see all the photos from 2012. You will find them all gathered on the 2012 collection page.You can click on each set and then click on the word "Slideshow"
Throughout 2012 I have witnessed the popularity of unicycling continue to rise. The participation at the unicycle festival this year was again tremendous. I hope this year turns out even better.
- Ken Springle @ January 26, 2013
2012 Unicycle Season
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We have had a pretty incredible unicycle season this year. There have been many well attended meetings and events. The 2012 NYC Unicycle Festival was quite a success. Our sport continues to grow in popularity and to advance technically. We have just about a full year of photographs on our NYUC Flickr site.
There was an amazing amount of participation at this year's festival. Click on the above photo to see a slideshow of the few photos that I took at this year's three day festival. We had more than 160 unicyclist cross the Brooklyn Bridge on Brooklyn Unicycle day. The two days on Governors Island were well attended with so much going one it was hard to take it all in. This year I was really trying to enjoy the festival instead of taking a lot of photos. I guess I will just have to do better job at taking photos and event reporting next year.
Keep riding and advocating for our sport.
- Ken Springle @ November 22, 2012
2012 NYC Unicycle Festival
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- Ken Springle @ August 20, 2012
Unicyclist Exonerated
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As reported in the New York Post, Isaih Rosemond appeared before Manhattan Judge John Delury who dismissed the ticket after having to read up on the the statute involved. The judge reportedly offered Isaih an adjournment in contemplation of dismissal, or ACD. Upon learning that the accepting the ACD meant that he would have to stay out of trouble for six months in order for the ticket to be dismissed, Isaih refused to accept the ACD asking for a jury trial instead. The judge being faced with this request actually read the law involved and determined that a unicycle is not described in the law. There is a more thorough article with deeper analysis regarding Isaih's trip to court written in the Simple Justice Blog.
- Ken Springle @ August 14, 2012
Again We Have To Fight For The Right To Ride.
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Isaih Rosmond is pictured above showing the summons that he received from a NYPD police officer for riding his unicycle on the sidewalk on his way to school in Brooklyn. Upon being stopped by the police Isaih pull out his smart phone and looked up the necessary information to prove that it is not illegal to ride a unicycle on the the sidewalk. The police officer ignored him and continued to write and issue the summons. In this article in the Courrier Life Brooklyn Daily, Kyle Petersen, The Brooklyn Juggler is chronicled as having reached out to Isiah to offer advice based upon his own experience in having to fight multiple violations issued by the NYPD. If you are unfamiliar with Kyles cases, check my previous postings regarding his summons and lawsuit against the City of New York. My advice is to immediately let the officer know that there is no law in the state that mentions or even describes a unicycle.
- Ken Springle @ June 29, 2012
2012 Unicyle Season Happening Now.
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2012 upcoming unicycle events are upon us. In addition to local happenings like our unicycle club meetings, there are major events that are scheduled to occur. Check out the events highlighted on our Calendar page and make your plans to attend.
- Ken Springle @ May 13, 2012
Backpedaling Unicycle Debut
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Making it's New York Unicycle Club debut at the first Sunday of March meeting is the backpedaling unicycle invented and built by Tom Miller of the Unicycle Factory. Tom Miller is the creator of the "Crab cycle" a unicycle that rolls sideways as you pedal and the side by side double wheeler, put together this new one of a kind unicycle that requires you to pedal backward in order to go forward.
As you can see in the above video, the unicycle operates much like a double wheel unicycle where one wheel rests on top of the other with the top wheel driving the second. The major difference with this new unicycle is that you are riding a lot closer to the ground with only one wheel required. Having extensive experience mounting and riding his own double wheel unicycle, David was able to ride this unicycle immediately . This latest unicycle joins his exclusive collection of Tom Miller unicycles pictured below.
No one else at the meeting demonstrated an ability to ride the new backpedaling unicycle. However, all attendees of the club meeting had a good time riding and hanging out. Check out the slide show of all of the photos taken at the March meetings.
- Ken Springle @ March 5, 2012
NYUC Rolls On Just One Wheel
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- Ken Springle @ February 22, 2012
Best Photos of 2011 Is Presented.
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For the 2011 unicycle year I have chosen over 130 photographs taken at unicycle club meetings and other unicycling events. This year I am featuring The Brooklyn Juggler, Kyle Petersen. 2011 had been quite a year for Kyle. From his law suit against the city of New York, to appearing on the David Letterman and Colbert Report television shows, to entertaining us with his Unicycle Action News reports posted on Facebook and YouTube. Kyle Petersen has brought much positive attention to the sport of unicycling and to the New York Unicycle club.
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I also have to highlight Ziggy Cohen, who also has had an incredible year of 2011 unicycling. At four years of age he is one of the youngest unicycle riders ever. He appeared in video that has been broadcast locally as featured on Long Island's TV55 and also nationally including the Cobert Report and the Wendy Williams show. His mom and dad, Adam and Renie, have recently opened the first of it's kind facility called Just One Wheel. If you were not aware, take a look at my earlier post about the new Just One Wheel facility a business that is dedicated to the sport of balance.
Take the time to look at the slideshow of the Best of 2011 photos on our Flickr.com photostream.
- Ken Springle @ February 7, 2012