Uninats 2012 is less than a week away!
The Official Program is now available for download.
The timetable below is no longer being updated and may become out of date - check the program for the final word.
| Friday 9th March 2012 | ||
| Location | Time | Activity |
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South Bank Ride |
Afternoon Meet 3.45pm for 4pm departure. |
SWS Unicycling Club are the current Australian Unicycle Hockey & Unicycle Basketball champions.
Thursday nights 6:00 - 7:30pm - Freestyle skills, hockey skills, skills for new riders, & half court basketball.
Saturdays 9:00 - 10:30am - Unicycle hockey, new riders still welcome
Riverwood YMCA, Morris Iemma Indoor Sports Centre, 150 Belmore Rd North, Riverwood.
New riders welcome!
Bring plastic pedals and maybe a helmet.
Contact Ashley Curtis - abcurtis_au@yahoo.com.au - for more information. Map: [gmap markers=big red::-33.943517189122446,151.05314827000257 |zoom=16 |center=-33.94397408125662,151.0531497001648 |width=400px |height=300px |control=Small |type=Map]
Time to get those big wheels in training for the 10th International Unicycle Marathon Competition to be held on 29th April 2012 in Duesseldorf/Germany. As part of the METRO Group Marathon Duesseldorf (run on foot), each year organisers hold a separate unicycle competition, the only event of this kind in the world.
2011 saw more than 70 unicyclists from Germany and abroad taking part. In 2012, unicyclists will have the unique opportunity to ride in front of more than 400,000 excited spectators right across the city center and some suburbs of Duesseldorf, without care for traffic lights and road rules. Unicyclists from outside Germany are very welcome to take part.
The registration fee for the event will vary between 45 and 70 EUR, depending on the time of registration. Registration is due before 15th of April 2012.
For information: www.metrogroup-marathon.de
and afterwards at: www.rmsv-duesseldorf.de www.rmsv-duesseldorf.de
See also: http://www.unicyclist.com/forums/showthread.php?t=90521
Ok, so this is seriously crazy. Lutz Eichholz, a 25 year old German, has made his bid for a world record attempt of riding a unicycle over an 8.93 metre line up of beer bottles. The story was picked up by the The Sun in the UK and has some fab photos of Lutz' attempt. Great stuff!
After last year’s successful video competition the AUS is proud to announce we will be holding another competition for the 2012 edition of UniNats. The videos can cover any aspect of unicycling. We will hold a movie night at the UniNats where the videos will be judged by the audience.
The video should be no more than five minutes long and in Standard Definition format. High Definition format may not work with our equipment. To enter simply bring your movie to the competition and notify the organisers of your intention to enter.
Thank you to all the people who entered the competition. Congratulations to Tiffany for her winning design. For her efforts Tiffany has won free entry to the 2012 UniNats being held in Melbourne, 9th - 12th March.
Please feel free to post it up on your school, business, community notice boards or even a local bike shop. The more people who know about the event the better.
Click the image to see full size, or click here to download.
Welcome home to the Australian team from the Asia Pacific Unicycle Championships held in Seoul, Sth Korea this August.
This was a wonderful and huge event that has continued the tradition initiated in Singapore in 2007, bringing together teams from five Asia Pacific countries – Australia, China (Hong Kong), Japan, Korea, Singapore.
Team Australia boasted Ashley Curtis, Cris Bailiff, Matt Price, Rochelle Braaf, Ty Peters and Tynan Rollo from Sydney, George Cara from Melbourne, and David Buchanan, Rod Lambert and Tom Lambert from Canberra.
The athletics competition on the first day was an impressive sight, held in a beautiful sports stadium. With over 400 unicyclists competing, the vast majority of whom were Korean youngsters, there was a fantastic energy to the competition.
Given the number of competitors, races were mixed by gender but had designated age categories including open and masters age categories. The Australians competed in every event - the 100m, 400m, 400m relay, 30m wheel walk, 50m one footed, obstacle course and slow-board - with ability not being a criteria in some events!
Despite the hot and steamy conditions, Ashley Curtis won his 100m heat to compete in the final. He came in 4th overall (showing just how fast some young members of the Japanese team were!) in a time that set a new Australian record.
If you're interested in competing on an international stage, want to learn some new skills or just interested in meeting unicyclists from around the world, registration is open for Unicon XVI. This UNICON will be held in the beautiful Italian Alps in Brixen between 20 - 31 July 2012.
There are many events for competitors and non-competitors alike. Non-competitors can register to take part in workshops, courses and social events. Entry fees to all events, shuttle services, shows and more are included in the price of registration.
Competitors can enjoy all the advantages that non-competitors receive, as well as participating in their favourite events.
Register before the end of September 2011 to save with early bird prices. Prices are given in Euros:
Competitors
Phase 1 - 1 January 2011 to 31 July 2011 - €160
Phase 2 - 1 August 2011 to 31 December 2011 - €200
Phase 3 - 1 January 2012 to 30 April 2012 - €240
Non-Competitors
Phase 1 - 1 January 2011 – 31 July 2011 - €80
Phase 2 – 1 August 2011 - 31.12.2011 - €100
Phase 3 – 1 January 2012 – 30 April 2012 - €120
Check out this video of 'the JoltJoker' entertaining Tanzanian kids and adults alike with his unicycle - the locals had some moves of their own...JoltJoker
