Hello unicyclists! For those of you who like to plan early, I can't keep the secret any longer: A date and location has been selected for the 2012 version of what has been popularly known as "California Mountain Unicycle Weekend".
Date: Oct 5-7 2012
Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico!
In fact, these dates occur on Columbus Day Weekend, providing the most dedicated folks an extra day (the 8th) of ultra-fun adventure time.
Given the Western migratory pattern of this exiting annual adventure, the organizers have decided upon a name change too. This year's original muni weekend will be known as "Munifest Destiny: Albuquerque"!
Keep an eye out here for updates and links. In the coming weeks and months, our club website will provide info about accommodations, itinerary, etc. For now, suffice it to say that Albuquerque offers a fantastic network of trails, great food, and real cheap accommodations. For your convenience, here are driving times for some popular starting points:
Austin: 12 hrs
Denver: 7 hrs
Los Angeles: 12 hrs
Phoenix: 7 hrs
Salt Lake City: 11 hrs
San Francisco, Oregon, Seattle, Twin Cities, Vancouver: you guys should probably fly
Last, for our planning purposes, we ask that if you plan to come, please indicate so using the poll below. Note, I'm not asking if you merely WANT to come - I'm asking if you realistically expect that you WILL come. If you're not sure yet, ignore the poll until you are sure
You are invited to participate in the Northwest Unicycle Skills Clinic, sponsored by Panther Pride Unicycle Team (PPUT), on May 12 from 9 AM to 2 PM at North Bend Elementary (the address is below). The cost is $35 cash (no checks) per rider.
All Participants must be preregistered. We reserve the right to limit the number of participants.
Please return completed registration/waiver forms for all participants by May 3rd.
Return completed waiver forms to Coach Tepper's office or mail to:
Alan Tepper C/O North Bend Elementary School
400 East Third St
North Bend, WA 98045
The form is here: http://pput.info/documents/2012_unicycle_clinic_rider_waiver.pdf
Cash payments for all riders may be paid at registration on May 12th.
The $35 Rider Registration Fee does include lunch. Additional concessions will be available for purchase.
ALL MINOR RIDERS MUST HAVE AN ADULT ON PREMISES IN CHARGE OF THEM.
More information and pictures can be found here.
A Facebook Event page is here.
I would like to advertise the re-birth of the uni meets. They will be
held once every 2 months on the last Saturday of the month starting
with the 31st of March.
The venue is Baxter College at Kidderminster near Birmingham which
some of you may remember from BUC 9 and some uni meets in the past.
The sports hall is massive with more than enough room for one half of
the hall to be a decent size unicycle hockey or basketball space and
the other half for workshops and freestyle practice.
The event will run from 10am-6pm with entrance at £10. Any/all profit
will go into funding further uni-meets. There will be a raffle and a
few workshops that we shall run: beginners unicycling, intermediate-
advanced freestyle and mounts. We will also run a games session of
gladiators and the usual silly games and also thought about setting up
the IUF obstical course for some time trials if there are interested
participants. At future events there will likely be UUU level
testing.
We would really like these uni-meets to be a community event where
unicyclists of all ages can come and practice and share skills. We
welcome anyone who wants to run a workshop and will provide space for
hockey enthusiasts as long as someone is willing to organise the
matches on the day.
Basically these events will become what you make them. The more people
who come and are prepared to help out with organising hockey matches
or running workshops, the more everyone will get out of the day. If
not its just a nice big space to practice and meet like minded people.
In summary. Uni-meet on the 31st of March, 10am-6pm. £10. Baxter
College, Kidderminster.
Hope to see you there
Leigh and Steve.
For more info contact Steve on stevegrain@mac.com or 07970 107845
- Montreal's Skill Games Festival (temporary name)- [May 11-13 2012]
Hello fellow unicyclists,
This year, Montreal's local unicycle shop Boutique Saltimbanque and North American's Qu-Ax distributor Goudurix associates to organize a gigantic event ! Three major sport are been represented this year : Unicycle, Slacks-Line and Juggling ! It will be three days of intense activities @ school Lucien Pagé in Montréal, Québec, Canada ! The local unicycle club, Monotréal, is taking care of the unicycle part of the festival and we are organizing something BIG! The schedule will be available soon, but here is a little preview for the unicycle part of the event !
Activities :
A huge outside and inside Trial setup for the three days of the festival!
Open gym for Basketball & Hockey unicycle games
Open Gym for Flat & Freestyle
Urban Exploration (street, trial, etc ...)
Muni ride at local Mount-Royal in Montreal downtown.
etc ...
Workshops & Demonstrations:
Trial demo and workshop by Trial World Champion MAX SCHULZE
Street demo and workshop by HUGO DUGUAY
Movie Night
etc ...
Friendly competition:
Speed-trial
High and long jump contest
Best trick contest
Flaming puck !!
etc ...
In addition to all the unicycle events, Juggling and Slackline organizers promises a major events too with special guests, public show, etc... ! Full of great activities for 3 days !
Still plenty of detail to come concerning accommodation, detailed schedule, etc. ..
The Latin American Unicycle Championship and Convention (LAUCC 2012) will take place in the city of Cuenca, Ecuador from February 24-26, 2012. Over the years this event has gathered the best unicyclists from Latin America to grow the sport and inspire more people to ride.
We hope that this is the best time for the event and we'll be able to improve on our past experiences. We're committed to making the event the best it can be.
You can't miss this third edition, which will be loaded with some surprises, international first-class awards and a cozy place in a beautiful city in Latin America.
I want to thank, in a very special way, Olarf Schlote for his unconditional help in organizing this event.
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