Re: World's highest unicycle drop??



Sounds like you need to define your criteria for highest drop. Kris Holm
dropped 14' or so onto sloped ground (fairly soft, I think). But he rode
away. Do you have to ride away?

So you could look at records for highest drop to:
pavement
sand
level dirt
sloped dirt
sloped pavement
water

etc.


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Karl Thompson did a huge drop of the edge of a cliff into Lake Powell (I
think). It had to be at least 40 feet.

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Here is a slightly more detailed description of Kris' drop from another
thread:

Largest drop landed successfully: Kris Holm, 5 metres onto sand (16.5').
4.26 (14') metres onto a trail (Lobotomizer drop, North Shore).


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peter.bier wrote:
> *Here is a slightly more detailed description of Kris' drop from
> another thread:
>
> Largest drop landed successfully: Kris Holm, 5 metres onto sand
> (16.5'). 4.26 (14') metres onto a trail (Lobotomizer drop, North
> Shore). *


was that in U2?


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We should define terms. It seems to me that measuring unsuccessful drops
like Yoggi's in Japan is not very interesting. Even though watching
someone nearly make a 4m drop is very impressive, it's SUCCESS (riding
away) that counts.

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> Given the amount of stress it places on the vertebrae at landing, I'll
> consider this as highly dangerous...



Maybe the clue is to wear a helmet and use the tire as an airbag :D


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I have dropped 2-3 meters to sloped mud and landed it easly, I only
thought how high drops someone has courage to take and (of course) land
(to sloped mud). Bought a KH24 yesterday and are going to try breaking
my own record at dropping. That's the meaning of unicycling anyway,
ride as hard as you can and have fun... Next time ride even harder and
make it funnier :p


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I believe there was a guy (or two) that dropped out of an airplane with
a uni strapped to him and he landed it (with a parachute of course) so
that'd be the highest drop onto grass.

My friend jumped off a bridge into a river about 30-40 feet high with a
uni tied to him and there's a video somewhere of it. It was pretty cool.


I saw Yoggi from France attempt to do about a 13 foot drop (give or take
a foot) onto a tire thingy, but after 4 attempts he bent his crank and
wheel, but it was very impressive and fun to watch. I took some pictures
and here is one of them.


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