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Volume 24 Issue 3
November 1998
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Cover Photo: Lots and lots of unicycles hanging on the fence at the track during UNICON IX in Bottrop, Germany. With over 600 unicyclists, it was difficult to find an out-of-the-way place to stash each person's unicycle.
Insert photo: Dustin Kelm, the 1998 World Champion of Individual Freestyle poses for the camera.
Photos by John Foss.
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Pictures from the Ninth International Unicycling Convention in Bottrop, Germany.
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The start of the Marathon event. The unicyclists all vied for a good starting spot and raced to the finish. Photo by John Foss.
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Uli Kirsch won 1st place in the 19-29 Freestyle competition. Photo by John Foss.
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The female unicyclist with the most World Champion titles - a total of nine in just two UNICONs. Dana Schneider (Twin City Unicycle Club [USA]) went from side saddle riding to a glide. Photo by Bill Gilbertson.
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Britta Hommen (DJK Adler 07 Bottrop [Germany]) earned 3rd place in her Jr. Expert Freestyle routine. She is doing stand-up wheel walk in this picture, but also included drag seat and other difficult skills. Photo by Bill Gilbertson.
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Ashley Wood (Twin City Unicycle Club [USA]) is the new Jr. World Freestyle Champion. Photo by Bill Gilbertson.
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Yoshime Kato and Kazuhiro Shimoyama (Toyoda Unicycling Club [Japan]) gracefully wowed the judges with moves like this one-foot spin with their free foot extended. Their winning routine in the 15-18 age group also included many variations of stand-up gliding. Photo by John Foss.
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 The Toyoda Unicycle Club had several routines prepared for UNICON IX . They performed in the Public Show, as well as competed in the Group Freestyle where they won runner-up World Champions. Photo by John Foss.
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These two-time World Champion Pairs, Andy Cotter and Dana Schneider, created a Riverdance-themed routine that was filled with a few poses, seat dragging, stand-up wheel walking, and even tandem stand-up coasting. Photo by John Foss.
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Miyuki Koyama and Daiki Izumida (Unicycle Nagisa [Japan]) performing a difficult variation of push-glide. They took 4th place in Expert pairs. Photo by Bill Gilbertson.
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With most of the Twin City Unicycle Club members unrecognizable under their zombie-like face paint, this unique routine narrowly captured the World Champion Group title for the second time with their 'Thriller' routine. Near the end of the routine, the whole line is moving backward - either doing stand-up backwards or wheel-walk backwards. Photo by John Foss.
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Julien Monney, the 1996 and 1998 Standard Skill World Champion from Switzerland spends many hours each day learning new skills, making up unusual variations, and perfecting the skills he already knows. If you're not sure if you see this picture correctly, yes, Julien is indeed sideways to the unicycle. He can idle, ride, and even seat drag while in this position. Photo by John Foss.
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At the Washington State Unicycling Records Day, unicyclists practicing going over a board to sharpen their skills both for Level testing and for MUni events.
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At the British Unicycling Convention the unicyclists ready themselves for a race. Photo by George Logie.
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Roger Davies riding carbon fibre Giraffe (6' tall) that he built.
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