Cal Muni Weekend

It was great to meet a lot more of the faces behind the avatars this
last weekend. I had a great time hanging out with everyone and sharing
some fun and laughter. A special thanks to all those who flew out to
make the event!

Can I say that I felt like a total ROCK STAR this weekend? Having the
many videographers and photographers at every turn in the trail and
hearing the camera shutter clicking off dozens of pics every time I
took a big drop was something new for me. Getting LOADS of good food,
drink and free schwag at the banquet was an extra treat. Kudos to the
SB team! This weekend raised the bar for future events!

Even More Highlights:
Drew's (Changinglinks) antics beside the campfire... this kid is a
total ham!

Kicking the hackey-sack in near darkness after Friday's dinner,
watching it fly into the adjacent window, out into the street, or into
the dinner crowd.

Saturday's super-sweet trials course. Great obstacles and even better
competition... everyone was having a blast. My first comp. ever!

"Sliding down" the Sunday trail... it could've been snow on some of
those sections for all I knew :p

S_Wallis said:

During Friday’s ride I was thinking it would be forever known as the
“Santa Brutal Muni Weekend”

You and me both. The trail was relentless, but for some odd reason I
got more bumps and bruises from Sunday's ride.... probably because I
rode a lot more of the trail, as opposed to dismount, push, mount,
fall, repeat. 🙂

caw89 said:

Ben PS...Only punk to do every single trials line!

...after saying a few times "I'm just not feeling the trials today" 😄

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Thank you to everyone who organized and participated in CALMUni weekend,
I had a blast! I never really understood why everyone was soo hooked
on MUni until I tried it this weeked for my first time. After you
almost die and survive there is no going back! Not to mention Sunday's
much cooler ride where I went from riding 1 % on Friday to maybe 40% of
the ride on Sunday! Special thanks to Morgan and the sweepers for all
the encouragment and fun times going down the trails.

I uploaded some pictures into the gallery (I'm not sure if this is the
address or not) of the trials event and a couple photos taken at the
end of Sudays trail...enjoy!
http://tinyurl.com/8lyle

-sara
the crazy girl who took a 20" inch torker down the trails

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rockuni said:

-sara
the crazy girl who took a 20" inch torker down the trails

Ohh ya...And your torker didnt even have a trials tire...Wasnt that
first half a pain in the rear on a 20...you had to pedal soo fast~!

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Sounds like you all had an awesome time- really sucks to not have been
able to come this year. Next year!!!

Kris.

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danger_uni said:

Sounds like you all had an awesome time- really sucks to not have been
able to come this year. Next year!!!

Kris.

We sure missed you Kris. I joked about you not having your priorities
straight, but you certainly do. I hope to see you at the next one.

Scott

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I gotta say, riding with such a large group was absolutely awesome. It
was great to be able to meet everyone in person! (Texas group
included.)

Obviously, newsgroup banter doesn't even hold a candle to being there.
It takes some real skill to navigate those trails, and the overall
skill of the group was incredible. Making fun of mountain bikers for
hike-a-biking the rock gardens on San Ysidro was priceless.

Big thanks to the hosts, and everyone who helped out! I hope Eyal's
neck is healing, though as of Sunday afternoon it looked like he was
well taken care of:

http://tinyurl.com/cmbaa

Morgan had the best time too. By the end, her riding ability had grown
visibly! She keeps saying she'll start reading RSU, but the life of a
Caltech graduate student is rather hectic.

Lest we forget, I feel obligated to remind everyone about a certain
citation issued (wasn't me) at the campground for showering naked in
public. This is the stuff legends are made of.

Alright, who's up for round 2 of Fat-Tire enhanced *EXTREME* Jenga?
Gilby?

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Wow two wheels, is that hard to ride?
Hey you put another wheel on your unicycle..wierd...How novelty....
YOU RODE THAT ON THE TRAIL!?

Who was saying all these to the mountain bikers....It was HILLARIUS!!!
one of the funniest things Ive ever heard!

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A few of my memorable moments:

As I was saying goodbye to Eyal on Sunday, Matt (myocardial) came
flying off the end of the trail on his bike, crashed and slid into the
middle of the street where we were standing. I am touched that he
would make such an effort to get there before I left.🙂 Thanks for the
trail sweeping work you guys did.

I got to meet Andy Cotter and that hard working Pres of the U.S.A.,
Connie Cotter!

Jason's (maestro8) street routine was very entertaining, especially
after Drew proclaimed him to be the "Napolean Dynamite of street".

The two local videos we watched at the banquet were excellent. John
Long along with the others really provided good interview comments, and
it was a chance to see the locals ride if you didn't get to on the
trail. Please let us know if either of those videos become available
somehow.

Speaking of people we missed, there were many. John Childs, Greg
Harper, Tom Blackwood, Ryan Atkins, Jagur, Carl Hoyer, John Hooten …
okay I am not going to be able to name them all here but their absence
was noticed and I hope they make it next year. Real life dictates
that we can't all be at every event, but that gives us a chance to talk
about those that aren't there anyway.
It is great that there was still a big turnout with many great new
riders and personalities. The sport is growing, and continuing to
attract new people that are cool to be around.

entropy said:

Lest we forget, I feel obligated to remind everyone about a certain
citation issued (wasn't me) at the campground for showering naked in
public. This is the stuff legends are made of.

As for the shower incident, I wasn’t even there at the time, but
somehow my name got attached to the rumor. I wondered why people were
looking at me funny at the dinner on Friday night until Scot Cooper ask
me about it. IT WASN'T ME!

Anxiously awaiting the photos from John Foss and the other pros,
Scott

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IT WAS ALL GOOD.
It was a fun time. The trails were technical enough for me. I loved
the vans taking us to the top. This Muni weekend is a great model for
other Muni fest.
BIg mahalo to the Santa Barbara club and mahalo to the people that
showed up to have a good time. aloha, Dani

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S_Wallis said:

As for the shower incident, I wasn’t even there at the time, but
somehow my name got attached to the rumor. I wondered why people were
looking at me funny at the dinner on Friday night until Scot Cooper ask
me about it. IT WASN'T ME!

Sorry, I'm responsible for that false rumor. I got names and faces
completely mixed up. 🙁

I think what happened is pretty clear now anyway (to those who
attended! 😄 )

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I never heard about this?

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I had a blast! I just want to thank everyone for making it happen and
having it be such a great year. --corbin

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I was either too busy riding or too tired to take a whole lot of photos,
but 'my gallery is now up.' (http://tinyurl.com/9ps8r)

It was a great weekend. The top half of the trail on Friday was really
technical and really hot; I felt tired, like I was dealing with
altitude the whole time. After we made it into the canyon the riding
got really nice, the switchbacks near the bottom were a blast.
Saturday's "easy" hike and ride (still quite technical, but mostly
rollable as opposed to natural trials) was a lot of fun, and Sunday's
ride was solid fun pretty much all the way down, with just a couple of
walking sections (for me).

Of course, on Sunday I got to ride my brand new KH XC, won in the
raffle at the Saturday banquet. Definitely a highlight of the weekend
for me! Thanks to KH for the donation, and to Eyal for pulling my
ticket. The thing weighs a whole lot less than my Yuni 26x3" with
Profiles, and I just sold my only real XC uni (29x2.1 with 150s and a
NanoRaptor; I replaced it with a Big Apple 29er with 125s, more of a
road machine). It'll be great on most of the trails around the Bay
Area, and now I'll have a MUni to loan out for the group rides around
Berkeley and Oakland.

This is always a great group of people to ride and hang around with;
I'm sure my joints will again be functioning properly by the time we
get to Moab. See you all then!

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At Saturday nights group dinner someone downloaded a stack of digital
stills that were then projected on the screen as a running slide show.
Those were some impressive shots, and I hope whoever took them will
post them.

Thanks,
JL

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Speaking of which, John, can you provide a link to the site where all
those photographers posted their pictures? I'm wondering how those came
out, it seemed like their flashes went off during some excellent falls.

The nudity thing was simple: Someone, he can name himself, took a
shower outdoors at the campsite and showed his bare rear. Someone
didn't like that, namely the ranger...

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Hey, y'all! I was trying to hold out on any comments until I could
furnish some photos for you guys, but I cracked under the pressure. I
believe Glenn, the slideshow guy, will supply me with the slideshow
photos soon. I am also expecting the Brooks photographers to send me a
link when their stuff is up. But I'm sorry I don't have anything for
you yet.

While I'm here, I'll take the opportunity to say THANKS from the SB Uni
Club for all the positive feedback! I had an absolute blast. It was
so great to see old friends again and make so many new ones. I only
wish you were here a few more days because there are lots more great
trails we could have ridden.

It looks like no one has published a chronology of the agenda yet, so
here I go:

Thursday night - early arrivals BBQd at the great Hans' house.

Friday morning
- registration at Amtrak lot (people were too shy to bust out their
unis)
- shuttled to upper Cold Springs Trailhead
- John gave intro speech
- after dropping in, people disbursed fast, with Beau & others paving
the way and Matt and Chris sweeping up the back
- Eyal & Matt try to look cool sporting their flashy cb radios.
Friday night - muni weekend riders take over the Beachbreak Cafe. I
ate 2 dinners 🙂

Saturday morning - registration (people finally bold enough to bust out
unis)
- ride option: Saddle Rock or McNenamy.
Saturday afternoon - Uni Comp at Summerland Preserve

Comp Winners: 22 points possible
Trials Experts

Ben Plotkin-Swing 22
Bevan Gerber-Siff 20
Brian Cameron 19
Jess Reigel 18
Erik Doane 18
Jeff (sorry, which one?) 17
Justin Abbott 17
Cody Williams 16
Jason Heimann 12
Jake Sprague 12
Corbin Dunn 12
Brian Lundgren 9

Trials - non Expert
Brian Maw 11
Beau Hoover 10
Colin Daw 9
Scott Bond 8
Evan Byrne 7
Trey Miller 7
Rod Wylie 5
Matt Aaron 3
Kyle Johnson 3

Street Freestyle
1 - Justin Abbott
2 - Brian Lundgren
3 - Evan Byrne
4 - Bevan Gerber-Siff
5 - Jess Riegel
6 - Cody Williams
7 - Jason Heimamm
8 - Eric Doane
9 - Corbin Dunn

Saturday eve - banquet at Chase Palm Park Center.
Premiere of Dorothy Littlejohn's One on One.
Premiere of Brooks students' Uni documentary
Premiere of Dan Heaton's Defect

Mass giveaway, sponsored by:
Simple
Horny Toad
Santa Barbara Outfitters
Unicycle.com
Kris Holm
Bedford
Velo Pro
Don't forget, Fat Tire Ale courtesy of New Belgium

Tom Holub wins the new KH Cross Country muni.

Sunday morn - shuttle to San Ysidro trail
- people swim in swimming hole
- Jess uni's off a rock into the water
- Trey (aka Stitches) attempts death-defying acrobatics off the side of
a 25 ft cliff
- ride ends when Matt skids out of a turn onto the asphault
- Andy does Shiatzu on my strained neck at a burger joint in
Summerland
- the end

So much I left out.

Now fess up, naked shower man - who are you??? 🙂

-Eyal

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Well, I have no intention of outing anyone, however I can give some
hints: He doesn't post on here, and this was his first muni weekend for
a while, I beliee since 1998.

You sure there were 22 possible lines? Maybe I didn't see one... Meh,
whatever, it was still a blast.

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gerblefranklin - I looked up your Trials card (somehow I ended up taking
the silly things home) and you missed number 5 and 15 of the trials
lines.

#5 was next to #4 - both started with a skinny log, but #4 was easy as
you just had to ride to the end. For #5, you had to gap from the end of
#4 to the second log and ride to the end of that log. These were on the
far right of the whole course.

#15 was next to #14 and used much of the same equipment. My notes don't
explain it very well, but it had something to do with black boxes &
ramps. Josh was judging these two sections and could possibly explain
them better. Or possibly Ben PS may remember the two lines.

One of my favorite lines to watch was the log with the notches cut into
it ... once people figured out that a 24" or larger wheel was the
unicycle of choice for that obstacle, it became a possible line, rather
than (almost) impossible. My other favorite used the concrete wall.

Connie

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Yup, they're actually online less than a week after the event! In fact,
I actually uploaded them on Tuesday. I only just got them linked in my
web site today though. Go straight there:
http://unicycling.smugmug.com/gallery/894030

Remember, if you see something you like you can order prints from
Smugmug. Help me pay for my photography addiction.

I'm working on adding my camera's video clips as well. Still trying to
work out a conversion solution. The guys at Smugmug are helping, but
something is going wrong with their recommended software. Remember I'm
using a Mac. Any suggestions? Smugmug only uses MPEG-1 for maximum
compatibility. My camera shoots .avi.

Hey, back to the photography addiction. I think it may have just paid
off! A few months back I entered a photo competition at the Kodak
EasyShare Gallery (formerly Ofoto) for pictures with a Summer theme. I
chose summer unicycling of course, a shot from NAUCC last summer:
http://unicycling.smugmug.com/gallery/214466/5/8808448
Looks like I won the grand prize, a trip to Cozumel, Mexico for up to 4
people and 5K spending money (less a hefty tax penalty). Wow! Now I'm
waiting for the paperwork to get handled to make sure it's really
true...

caw89 said:

Wow two wheels, is that hard to ride?

Yes, I probably said that at least once during the weekend...

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Hey, Connie, I guess I did miss a line... I knew I didn't do the log gap
line. By the time I got to it there were only a few minutes left to the
comp and there were some other lines I felt like doing more... As for
#15, I don't know what that one was, but whatever. It was still a fun
course.

As for the notched log one, by the time I noticed a 24" wheel was
better I couldn't get my muni to act right. I was too accustomed tot he
trials wheel. In the end I pedalgrabbed the third notch and then went
directly to pedal on the box. It was easier than dealing with precision
on my tire...

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