Fame & fortune, or a newspaper article, at least.

[TonyMelton]

I was interviewed by the East & Bays Courier about 6 weeks ago, just
after the Australian UniNats. The article has finally appeared 'online'
(http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2746071a11,00.html) today and may
be in today's issue of the paper. The photographer made me do 'hands in
the air' to get the shot he wanted. Not too bad an article, I guess.
Brief, but.



tony

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[harper]

Cool article, Tony. Tell them I have a nice shot of you pounding on a
crank with a rock if they're going for the real macho he man angle.


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[TonyMelton]

That's great Greg! I'll also give them a copy of your 'Bathing Beauty
with unicycle' photo at the same time...


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[pete66]

Good work tony! How many kiwis do you reckon will be wanting to go to
Japan? Surely we'd be able to hook up some sponsorship deal (XSTV?) to
help get a few of us over there?


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[muniracer]

TonyMelton wrote:
> *That's great Greg! I'll also give them a copy of your 'Bathing Beauty
> with unicycle' photo at the same time... *


and how can I get MY hands on this photo?

:D


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[TonyMelton]

pete66 wrote:
> *Good work tony! How many kiwis do you reckon will be wanting to go to
> Japan? Surely we'd be able to hook up some sponsorship deal (XSTV?)
> to help get a few of us over there? *


I'm hoping for 4 Kiwis to go to UNICON next year. That way we can double
the size of the previous New Zillin team.

Yep, sponsorship would be great!


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[James_Potter]

Cool article, and congrats on winning.
The most entertaining thing I found on that page was over to the left:
World News....Sports....Business....Lord of the Rings....Politics....

What is wrong with that picture?


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[Rowan]

> -Originally in the News-
> *six winning medals for the obstacle course, the 800 metre and 400
> metre races, the off road race, the 10 kilometre marathon and the 100
> metre relay.
>
> Mt Melton's next goal is to establish an official New Zealand unicycle
> sporting organisation*

10 kilometer marathon? Surely unicyclists could handle a 26 mile (41.3k)
race if people do it on foot in regular marathons. Ken did 160k at
Taupo. Still 10k is still a pretty long race but I would call it an
endurance event rather than a marathon. Nice work in beating those
Aussies in six events Tony. When will you announce the establishment of
your official New Zealand unicycle sporting organisation?


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[keaner]

Looks like your racing against yourself ?

Who did you beat?

How many riders were there?

Is that a 20"?

Where's your helmet?

K


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[joona]

muniracer wrote:
> *
>
> and how can I get MY hands on this photo?
>
> :D *


'_Not_for_the_minors_or_faint_of_heart_' (http://tinyurl.com/xicy) It's
THE picture!!! Of Harper!! Don't look!!


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[Rowan]

TonyMelton wrote:
> *I'm hoping for 4 Kiwis to go to UNICON next year. That way we can
> double the size of the previous New Zillin team.
>
> Yep, sponsorship would be great!*
So, you are going to get Me, You, Ben, and Ken sponsored to go eh? Peter
and Steve will have to sit this one out. Peter didn't even compete in
the NZUni 100m or 400m races, I wonder if he is as fast as Tony. I had
the advantage of 7mm shorter cranks than Tony (145mm vs 152mm) and won
via manipulation of the open entry rules.

Keaner, Tony is riding his Custom 20x2.5" TUni (if I am not mistaken),
and that looks like a pose shot after he'd won the races and come home,
rather than a race against himself.

Tony, what unicycles were you riding in the race events? Was there
restrictions on wheelsize or crank length?TonyMelton wrote:
> *Muniracer - I'm sure someone here can provide a link to that infamous
> photo. I dare you to! Come on people, don't be shy.*
No, not 'the photo'
(http://www.unicyclist.com/gallery/faces/aam?full=1)!
http://www.addis-welt.de/smilie/smilie/schild/Why.gif][/url]

[i]
> -Originally posted by James_Potter-
> *The most entertaining thing I found on that page was over to the
> left:
> World News....Sports....Business....Lord of the Rings....Politics....
>
>
> What is wrong with that picture?*
[image: http://www.addis-welt.de/smilie/smilie/lord/gandolf.gif] Lord of
the Rings should have been at the top of the list, way above sports,
business and world news. At least politics was kicked to the end of the
line as the least important news.


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[GizmoDuck]

Nice article Tony!

Well done- where are the Aussie Uninats results just out of interest?

Ken :)


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[TonyMelton]

Yes, in the photo I am riding my custom made tuni, in Auckland (not
Canberra).

Keaner - there were 60 riders at the 2003 UniNats. My main racing
competition was Simon Wells of Queensland. He won the 100m, 400m, and
numerous other events. Alex Toms set an Australian high jump record of
72cm and a long jump record of 1.90m. He says hes Australia's best
mountain and trials unicyclist, but I still beat him by minutes in the
MUni race and Peter Bier's long jump at UNICON XI (1.98m) is bigger than
his; but we'll forgive him, poor Ozzie! :D Here's his 'site'
(http://tinyurl.com/xmw9)

Ken - the UniNats results haven't been officially published yet. I have
a copy of preliminary results if yr interested.

Rowan - normal IUF rules applied for racing - 24" wheel (diameter no
bigger than 24 1/3" ie no Gazzaloddis) and 125mm cranks. (I used my MUni
with a racing tyre on). Any size wheel and cranks are OK for the MUni
race and high and long jumps. There was an 'unlimited' class for the
marathon for Cokers, 26", 28" and 29ers.


Tony

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