Uni in X-Games - Page 2

I was watching Gravity Games the other day on Extreme channel, and I
love Flatland BMX. Its so cool. I think that freestyle in the gravity
games would work, as it is along the lines of Flatland.


Joe,


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I think Checkernuts summed it up pretty accurately in the above post.
Unicycling will not "stick" people to the screen like those big air or
more spectacular/speedy events.

The other big reason unicycling is not in the X-Games is money. This is
not a money sport. To some degree, those other events are there because
there are huge marketing opportunities to sell bikes, boards, blades, or
whatever equipment is being used. The market for unicycles just isn't
there.

At least not yet.


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johnfoss wrote:
> *
>
> The other big reason unicycling is not in the X-Games is money. This
> is not a money sport. To some degree, those other events are there
> because there are huge marketing opportunities to sell bikes, boards,
> blades, or whatever equipment is being used. The market for unicycles
> just isn't there.
>
> *


i agree but I just want to make the observation that their are just way
to manny bikes in the market. Now I'm sure bikests (did i just say that?
I think I did) could dog on me saying that there are way to many
unicycles. Of course now I'm on the bikers case.


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One of my friends was giving me a hard time (jokingly) around about how
unicycling is a circus thing etc. I showed them the trailer for Universe
2 and it changed his opinion. Now he sees it as more of an extreme
sport. He even tried to learn for a while, but gave up after realizing
how much practice it would take. Anyways I think that the top unicyclers
doing their best tricks would hold almost any audience.


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screw the x-games when' s unicycling gonna be in the olympics


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SpaceMan wrote:
> *more people would relize that unicycling is a real sport*


unicycling is not a sport.


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All right, Onetrack, tell us your definition of sport. It had better not
include fishing or golf!

Our definition is a little more open, I think.


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sport: an activity where large corporate sposorships, billion dollar
contracts, gambiling, are involved. A sport will attract large groups of
untalented and undedicated followers (see. poser). A sport will
necessitate the use of illegal preformance enhansing drugs, and cheating
to create an attractive outcome. participants of sporting will claim
they continue in pain and frusteration due to emence "love of the game"
though it is obvious that they are more worried about the pay(see.
sellout).


unicycling is not a sport.


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But hey, every sport has to start somewhere. We're working our way
there!


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johnfoss wrote:
> *All right, Onetrack, tell us your definition of sport. It had better
> not include fishing or golf!
> *


I do a bit of both, and you might say they're not sports, like a
beginning unicyclist trying to freemount isn't much of a sport. But once
you get better at them and more involved, they are definitely sports.
Maybe you haven't had enough exposure yet and you're still trying to
learn how to freemount your fishing rod.

David


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what would probably happen is that people would tune in thinking "ha,
this'll be funny" then they'll start watching and say "whoa, these
people are seriouse..."


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unicycling is pretty boring to watch if you dont ride. when ever i show
someone a unicycling movie i have to explain to them which tricks are
cool and which ones are not because they have no idea. after watching
u2 one girl said her favorite thing in the whole movie was dan heaton
doing the frame spin thingy while doing a crank grab (he does it on a
picnic table after a bit of coasting), which is by far the easiest trick
to perform in the movie, by my estimation.

whenever i watch a bike trials movie i always think that i should get
into bike trials because it looks a thousand times cooler.

since everyone has ridden a bike or a skateboard, they can appreciate
the skill it takes to do what people do in the x-games. since no one
has ridden a unicycle, they cannot relate to the best riders. an
onlooker would be just as impressed with a one foot sidehop as a three
foot sidehop, because to them it is the same trick.

while *I* would like to see uniing in the x-games, i cannot imagine a
non-rider wanting to watch it.

i really do not think that if it was in the x-games that many people
would pick it up. more people might buy unicycles, which would be cool,
but i would bet that very few would actually stick to it.


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I agree with muniracer totally. Unicycling is not a spectator sport and
I think people don't see past the fact you're ridng a 'one wheeled
bike'.

I have a friend whose dad owns a ramp company and has a team of 12 guys,
mainly BMX, 2 inliners, one bike trials rider and the rest
skateboarders. He says when he goes on demos, just going up and down the
ramp with a few stalls impresses the Hell out of the lay person. And get
some air and they'll think you're Gods. They're not as impressed by
flatland BMX that is much harder or trials riding.

People are impressed if I ride down a flight of stairs, but not too
bothered if I wheelwalk which I find harder.

Unicycling only works for unicyclists as a viewers sport as we can
relate to how hard things are.

I was also thinking that however many unicyclists you see at the circus
or fair or even uni vids, very very few people actually think "You know
what? I'm gonna try that!" but how many kids watch inliners, BMXers or
skateboarders and beg their parents for a new bike, skates or
skateboard?

Out of interest, after Bedford Trials demos do many people ask about
getting into uniing or buy a unicycle? I think this is one of the few
occassions when people may see unicycling as a sport rather than an
entertainers' routine.


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Well basically we're going through the same stage that the skateborders
went through in the 70's and 80's. i'm quoting Tony Hawk when i say "i
used to tell people 'Hey! I'm a proffesional skateborder.' and they
would say 'No such thing!' Now i tell people that ans they say 'Oh yeah
weren't you on the x-games?'"
i mean seriously if Kris Holm came up to someone and said "Hey I'm a
professional unicyclist I've road down volcanoes. How are you today?"
they would think he's a nut-case but if evolution is the same in
"sports" as in life then in 10 to 15 years every kid on the block will
unicycle.


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I think flatland unicycling would be good, but not any other style.


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