X-Games

[brendon557]

How would you guys feel if they put unicycling in the X Games. I would say yes I think it would be awsume.

There could be 3 differnt types Trials, street, and Muni which means Mountanin unyclcling im not sure if you could do that in the x games thoiugh so 2 i guess

What do you think

[ivan]

This has been discussed sooooo many times.

Main points:
-Yeah, it'd be pretty cool
-Unicycles are too slow and don't get big air - not gonna happen

[Hazmat]

This has been discussed sooooo many times.

Main points:
-Yeah, it'd be pretty cool
-Unicycles are too slow and don't get big air - not gonna happen
1) SO very true.
2) I think it would be considering some tricks that are done on Unicycles can't be attempted on BMX/MTB
3) Unless you do 360d+ unispins. :D :D

[skrobo]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=KBvCrSjpx9I
or big enough falls

[forrestunifreak]

Arrg.


I've been watching the whole thing.




But somehow I manage to miss the BMX park EVERY YEAR. The one event I like best.
Bummer. And rally car is on today. Rally cars are lame.

[zfreak220]

we need to harvest bryan stevens's DNA so that we have enough people to have a big air BC wheeling contest.

[mafiamike]

Extreme unicycling isn't extreme at all. After watching the videos from Fluck, you can bet no one out side of unicycling would want to watch the contest...hell, I couldn't even stand to watch the contest.

If trials biking ever made it into the X-games, unicycle trials might have a chance...but even trials biking isn't very "X-treme," not enough for the X-Games atleast.

[ivan]

Extreme unicycling isn't extreme at all. After watching the videos from Fluck, you can bet no one out side of unicycling would want to watch the contest...hell, I couldn't even stand to watch the contest.

If you mean the street comp, then I'm with you all the way. I was actually there, I was slightly drunk, I was tired and had nothing better to do and I still found it rather boring.

It'd be much better if they actually landed the tricks they were attempting and din't try them three times in a row...

[monkeygunner]

Arrg.


I've been watching the whole thing.




But somehow I manage to miss the BMX park EVERY YEAR. The one event I like best.
Bummer. And rally car is on today. Rally cars are lame.
what time is rally cars

[MuniAddict]

Muni is definitely an "extreme" sport--when it's done correctly. So is trials and some street. As long as you're pushing the limits of what can be done on a uni/MUni, that's "extreme". Also, I consider big, high-risk stuff like 6+ foot drops and gaps, as well as hopping *up* a super tall stack of pallets "extreme".

The general public would not only consider these examples *VERY* extreme, but probably they would think it MUCH more impressive than anything done on a bike, with the possible exception of a 100' ramp jump!:) I would wager that if you had a large crowd of average folks, young & old(er), the majority (by far, if not ALL) would be watching a guy doing extreme trials and street stuff on a uni, vs a guy doing equally extreme stuff on a skateboard, bmx or rollerblade etc., no question.

Even if a large portion of that crowd were skateboard/bmx fans, they'd *still* be watching the Uni stuff, if for anything else because it's so unique, awesome and a breath of much needed fresh air for the X-games! That fact alone would be proof that the UNI belongs in the x-games.

Btw, this should have been posted in rsu. :)

[CKCrowe]

I heard something about them trying it a couple years ago but not enough people watched, idk if thats true, but in the future when unicycling has had enough time to develope it could have a chance. In trails or muni, idk about street, unless it was big street.

[dudewithasock]

Muni is definitely an "extreme" sport--when it's done correctly. So is trials and some street. As long as you're pushing the limits of what can be done on a uni/MUni, that's "extreme". Also, I consider big, high-risk stuff like 6+ foot drops and gaps, as well as hopping *up* a super tall stack of pallets "extreme".

The general public would not only consider these examples *VERY* extreme, but probably they would think it MUCH more impressive than anything done on a bike, with the possible exception of a 100' ramp jump!:) I would wager that if you had a large crowd of average folks, young & old(er), the majority (by far, if not ALL) would be watching a guy doing extreme trials and street stuff on a uni, vs a guy doing equally extreme stuff on a skateboard, bmx or rollerblade etc., no question.

Even if a large portion of that crowd were skateboard/bmx fans, they'd *still* be watching the Uni stuff, if for anything else because it's so unique, awesome and a breath of much needed fresh air for the X-games! That fact alone would be proof that the UNI belongs in the x-games.

Btw, this should have been posted in rsu. :)

While I like your enthusiasm, Terry, I still doubt that people would rather watch "extreme" unicycling as it is now than top-notch BMX or skateboarding as it is now.

This isn't to say that unicycling as it is now doesn't have some potential - but the only real areas I can see making it into the x-games is street and trials, and they're gonna have to get a lot bigger to catch the general public's attention (i.e. grinding a 20-set rail or gapping 7-8 feet consistently). It's possible, but will take time to be seen as a reality.

[wickedbob]

Bike trials is very "extreme" How is gapping 5ft or whatever to a rail not extreme? I think it is even more "extreme" than a lot of the sports they have. There are just not enough people riding who are able to do the more "extreme" stuff just like uni. I think people would love it even if we didn't have as much air time. I know all the kids at the skate park were impressed when I dropped into a 6-7ft half pipe. Also when I kind of grinded.

[kington99]

How is gapping 5ft or whatever to a rail not extreme?

When compared to people gapping 100 feet on motorbikes.

[ivan]

When compared to people gapping 100 feet on motorbikes.
And doing double backflips while they're at it.

[wickedbob]

OK I meant compared to bmx and shit not motocross....

[ivan]

Bmx get giant air time compared to unis, they can do all sorts of shit in half pipes and they are way more consisten, from what I've seen. Good bmx rider can go busting tricks for ages without missing anything, top uni riders UPD on every third one(if you've seen Fluck street comp you'll know). If you want to put on some kind of extreme show having all these UPDs all the time just won't cut it: they're boring to watch. You need more consistency, more speed and more showy tricks.

[wickedbob]

Well being a pro uni rider at this point in time isn't huge considering the sport itself is new and young. With time we shall grow along with our sport bmx has had years and years to do such.

[markf]

the x games dropped inline skating because it was too boring. unicycling has no chance. while it may be "extreme", it doesn't come across that way on camera unless you do it.

[MuniAddict]

When compared to people gapping 100 feet on motorbikes.:)

[dudewithasock]

:)

Terry, I'm sorry to say, but in this case, it's not like that at all. With an event like the X-games, which is all about crowd pleasing, it doesn't matter what contraption people are jumping on, if it's not big, then people will find it boring.

[MuniAddict]

Terry, I'm sorry to say, but in this case, it's not like that at all. With an event like the X-games, which is all about crowd pleasing, it doesn't matter what contraption people are jumping on, if it's not big, then people will find it boring.Ok, that's your *opinion*, and that's fine.:) And "big" is relative. X games has skateboarding, but that's not as "big" as motocross backflips and the speed involved. So doing "big" stuff in uni would be within the scope of that particular category.

I only can tell you that when people see me bombing it down a trail or jumping off a tall structure, they are way more impressed than seeing a mtb-er coming down the hill at a blazing speed, or doing a huge jump on a ramp. They've seen that countless times and it's the same old same old! *Same* thing about skateboarding.

It's been done to death! Indeed, even those very mtb-ers are impressed with extreme Uni and think it's awseome. Many times I've been asked why extreme uni isn't included (yet) in the X-games. I say, just give it time.

[wickedbob]

Ok how about this fuck the X-games we need our own event for bike trials/street/ uni trials street balh blah blah. *Looks around the room* Any body rich here?

[MuniAddict]

Ok how about this fuck the X-games we need our own event for bike trials/street/ uni trials street balh blah blah. *Looks around the room* Any body rich here?Haha howabout the "U"-games? Specifically for UNI! All extreme categories for MUni, Trials, Street, Flatland.

[wickedbob]

Cool, but I think trials biking needs to be in it to get some exposure too. Both are amazing and over looked. We also share a good bit of products =p.

[MuniAddict]

Cool, but I think trials biking needs to be in it to get some exposure too. Both are amazing and over looked. We also share a good bit of products =p.Ok, X-trials for Uni & bike trials.

[wickedbob]

That is sweet. We need to do it. Btw I like the new avi it is awesome!

[MuniAddict]

That is sweet. We need to do it. Btw I like the new avi it is awesome!"avi"? Isn't that a video format? Or did you mean avatar?

[wickedbob]

"avi"? Isn't that a video format? Or did you mean avatar?

I meant avatar jeeze you really are a unicycling geezer:p ;) :D .

[kington99]

Ok, that's your *opinion*, and that's fine.:) And "big" is relative. X games has skateboarding, but that's not as "big" as motocross backflips and the speed involved. So doing "big" stuff in uni would be within the scope of that particular category.



Watch this video (http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/30623/), then tell me that skateboarding is not 'big' nor involves high speeds. Yes big is relative, but I just don't feel that uniing gives the same adrenaline rush just to watch as other x games sports. I was present for the entirity of the street and trials comps at unicon, infact i was a trials judge, and despite being that close to the world's top riders, and being an enthusiastic unicyclist myself, it didn't have nearly the wow factor of watching the x games events, despite me being relatively uninterested in those sports. Maybe in a few years when street has developed more we may be getting there, but street comps at the moment certainly aren't going to engage the genreal public. The repeatedly failed tricks, walking-backwards-with-the-uni-to-line-the-cranks-up routine and genreal lack of flow aren't good, but of course with there being I think only two international competitions to date it is in its infancy, and I have high hopes.


Also look at the crowd, do they appear to be the kind of people open to new ideas (yes I'm stereotyping a little)? This forum is littered with accounts of unicyclists being abused by skaters, in skate parks or out on the street. Doesn't matter how cool something is, if meatheads don't go to watch it or see it on TV because they think it's 'gay' then it doesn't stand a chance.

[MuniAddict]

Watch this video (http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/30623/), then tell me that skateboarding is not 'big' nor involves high speeds. Yes big is relative, but I just don't feel that uniing gives the same adrenaline rush just to watch as other x games sports. I was present for the entirity of the street and trials comps at unicon, infact i was a trials judge, and despite being that close to the world's top riders, and being an enthusiastic unicyclist myself, it didn't have nearly the wow factor of watching the x games events, despite me being relatively uninterested in those sports. Maybe in a few years when street has developed more we may be getting there, but street comps at the moment certainly aren't going to engage the genreal public. The repeatedly failed tricks, walking-backwards-with-the-uni-to-line-the-cranks-up routine and genreal lack of flow aren't good, but of course with there being I think only two international competitions to date it is in its infancy, and I have high hopes.


Also look at the crowd, do they appear to be the kind of people open to new ideas (yes I'm stereotyping a little)? This forum is littered with accounts of unicyclists being abused by skaters, in skate parks or out on the street. Doesn't matter how cool something is, if meatheads don't go to watch it or see it on TV because they think it's 'gay' then it doesn't stand a chance.Again, it doesn't have to be "big" to be "extremely" entertaining. Yeah, some skateboarders are jerks, but so are some bikers, unicyclists, chess players, whatever. My experience with other people who I encounter while riding is almost always positive, and they seem to really appreciate the "uni-queness" of the sport. Watch my next video for a fun little segment I call, "what would you rather watch". :D