i entered a competition called
'invent a new extreme sport competition' by planet x and the X games.

i based it all on extreme unicycling. i sent in a letter explaining the
sport and a demo tape of us.

yesterday i found out that i won the competition. the prize is:

$5000
we (3 of us) get to go on tour, and do demos at all the capital city
shows around australia.
i get a special feature on Fox and on national television, where they
announce the winners and explain the sport and what we do.

and we get a sunglass sponsorship from Bolle.

yeah im f**kin stoked i won,

but imagine what this will do for unicycling in australia.

im wanting to fix up all my unis, and get a fisheye lensed camera with
the money. (maybe get some custom paintjobs for our unis too)

'heres the link to the competition'
(http://www.planetx.net.au/?cont=win&win_id=10)


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wow! congratulations!!!

keep us updated on the tour.


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Wow... that's huge!!! Congratulations! I have been refining a pretty
extreme unicycle sport myself (of course, involving Cokers... as well as
other types of uni's) but I haven't worked it out completely just yet...
you could say it's in the formative stages. I am totally psyched for you
and for the exposure it will generate for the sport... that is an
awesome accomplishment for yourself and for unicycling! Now that you've
won... can you tell us a little bit about the sport you developed...
like an overview, rules, etc.? Is it a team or an individual sport? I'd
like to hear as much about it as you can tell us. Will they air this in
the United States? Let them know that unicycling is a global phenomenon,
experiencing major growth and maybe they will air it elsewhere...
especially in English speaking countries. If it doesn't air in the US,
perhaps you can post some footage. I'd be willing to pay for a copy on
tape or DVD if it is available from you or the network. Great job!!!


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THAT IS SO COOL! i always wanted to see unicycling in the x-games
Awesome!!!


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thats awesome, but you didnt invent it


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i dont think he is claiming to have invented extreme unicycling. he
said that he based his competition idea on extreme unicycling. so
essentially he made up a competition done on a unicycle.


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ya but thats not the contest....

the contest is "invent" a new extreme sport. Everyone is entitled to the
prize then aahhha. But if i entered and won, i wouldnt care what anyone
else has to think. Plus its only for aussies

justin


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seeing theres only about 10 people in australia who ride... yeah, i
invented it here, mostly.

the main thing that made me win over other really creative ideas is the
set-up costs are relatively low compare to say, base jumping.

its still a new sport, and obviously not one the planet X dudes have
seen before in australia.

probably not gonna be shown in the states. but who knows


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Far out Alex! That's awesome!:cool: :D

How will the 'new' sport be judged? How will the competition be run?
Now that you've won are you allowed to post your entry's details here?
It will be interesting to see how it compares to discussions of John
Foss' ideas on how to organise a unicycle street/street freestyle
comp.



+()|\|>-


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SO I guess that pretty much means I'm not getting sponsored...sigh...
(or does this have nothing to do with the team sponsoring gig?)

Anyways....very cool...I am now VERY VERY jealous.


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So...does this make you team planet X riders?


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dud fish eyes are usles get me a summit, please , pretty please!


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i think people didnt understand my post.

i won a competition that was asked of you to invent a new extreme sport.
not anything about an extreme sport competition.
although if/when the sport takes off now, i know how to make a street
comp.

i know i didnt invent the sport, and i never claimed that i did even in
the letter that i sent them. i told them we are the pioneers of the
sport in australia.

obviously they think it might take off as a sport anyone can get into...
relitavely cheap to start, and definitely hybrid and unique.

i reckon we have to be part of the X team (sounds cool), otherwise we
wouldnt be demonstrating uni at shows. maybe get a t-shirt of
something...

the best thing about it will be that these guys are willing to plug my
DVD as well.

edit: fisheyes are mad. eveything looks bigger. plus i need a 3CCD
camera. i use a sony handycam at the moment


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That is so cool. Congratulations!

Who are the three who get to do the demos?

You might want to contact Kris Holm and Ryan Atkins, and others who have
done public demos to find out some ideas on what to do, what not to do,
and other advice.

Have fun with it.


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WOW that's so huge! Congratulations, that is so awesome. You must be
stoked to be touring Australia unicycling! That'd be awesome. This is
insane!
A few NZ unicylists are doing a demo/comp at the X-AIR games in
wellington (www.xair.co.nz) but thats just two days and only in welly.
what your dong is huge. Again congratulations.


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the 3 riders are:

me
Luke Hilderbraat
and Dan Cowling.

we are all in ONE WHEEL ADDICTION. just so you know

we have done public demos before.

but because i focused around MUni and Street Unicycling. (ie handrails)
i might need to get some grinding objects and street style stuff to
ride.

We might even be able to use the skatepark where they do the skateboard
comps etc. that would be awesome. i know theres a 12ft half pipe there
on sunday i wanna drop in on. never done before so its gonna be huge!!!


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Rock out. That's intense. You should have a ton of fun with that, and
you're going to keep us updated!


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Congrats! Sounds like a dream come true! Tell us if you find any "uni
groupies"... we wanna hear the gory details ;)

One comp. at a time, the Muni Militia will invade the world of popular
sports.... BWAHAHAHAHA!!!


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i got a call this morning and the dude from planet x asked me if i
wanted to be on the sponsorship team. i think it involves photo shoots,
more tv segments and 4 bundles of clothes a year.

just an update...


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pioneers of the sport in oz? 10 riders? what a load of codswallop.
Theres been groups of us riding for years now. I know guys from brissy,
melbourne, darwin, armidale, coffs, byron bay - all over the place - who
ride muni. some fo them pretty hardcore.

Congratulations on getting the gig.

One piece of advice - get a freewheeling hub, brake, and learn how to
jump off ramps/dirt.
Looks awesome.


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tomsey wrote:
> *seeing theres only about 10 people in australia who ride... yeah, i
> invented it here, mostly.*

I think best you could really claim is "I copied it, and maybe
introduced it here, mostly."

I find the 10 hard to believe, although I don't doubt you're in the
upper percentiles in skill level.

In any case, congrats on the gig. You seem to have a real talent for
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Wow, way to go! That's huge exposure for Unicycling in Australia. We'd
love to see photos/videos etc of your tour. Congratulations!

---Nathan


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That's awesome Tomsey- great exposure for unicycling in Oz. Well
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theres only 2 guys in australia so far that can grind handrails.
-we pioneered street in australia.

MUni isnt the angle i was focusing on. its cool an all. but to appeal to
mass audiences street is the way to go, and i do it more.

> pioneers of the sport in oz? 10 riders? what a load of codswallop.


if you dont come to uninats, you arent on the map. and i've met most
riders in australia.

besides. ive bin riding for at least 5 years now too. i remember when we
rode muni on stock 20"s.


why am i constantly justifying my actions?

anyways check it out here

they have my pics and stuff on their page

http://www.planetx.net.au/?cont=win&win_id=10


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That's one more fact for my laughing friends. as far as I know, soccer
and handball are not extremesports, but apparently unicycling is!


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SWEET! Thats awesome! Congrats on winning. Do you know ne of the other
sports that uni beat out?? Damn, im excited and i didnt even win. Just
excited for the sport bein pushed foward even more. I think its
everyones dream for uni to appear in the xgames...one step closer now.
Congrats again.


Begun


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Quote from 'Planet X' page link above ...

> WE HAVE A WINNER OF THE BOLLE DIRTY 8 PLANET X *INVENT A NEW XTREME
> SPORT COMPETITION*


Just a new competition. No claim of inventing a new sport.

Give him a break.
(your just jealous,,, cuz $5000 is ALOT of money,,, and likely to raise
more with his new sponsorship)

Thumbs up to you 'tomsey'.

Be sure to wear safety gear to keep your health, and to promote the
right way to ride.
(save any of your old gear for 'charity'. Don't forget those less
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> You seem to have a real talent for self-promotion.



ahahahahaaha



...congrats on the contest. sounds like a dream come true!


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"One piece of advice - get a freewheeling hub, brake, and learn how to
jump off ramps/dirt. Looks awesome."

Samuel... based on your comment, I assume you have seen this done. How
high were the ramps that you've seen people on this type of uni jump
off? How much air did they get? Did they land them and ride/coast away
without falling? Do you have any photos and/or video of this being done?
Sounds amazing... but it seems like it would be quite difficult to get a
substantial amount of air and then stick the landing and ride away from
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Oh course there are more than 10 riders in Australia, what he means is
there are about 10 riders in Australia who are actually good and ride a
decent amount.

Anyway, well done Tomsey. Make sure you send me an e-mail if you're
coming round to Perth!


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Tom,

Huge congrats- that's awesome. I know it takes a lot of hard work and
motivation, completely additional to the riding part, to pull off
something like this. Sounds like you're going to be in a great position
to promote the sport and have a lot of fun while you're at it- hope it
works out great for you.

Kris Holm.


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danger_uni wrote:
> *Tom,
>
> Huge congrats- that's awesome. I know it takes a lot of hard work
> and motivation, completely additional to the riding part, to pull off
> something like this. Sounds like you're going to be in a great
> position to promote the sport and have a lot of fun while you're at
> it- hope it works out great for you.
>
> Kris Holm. *


thanks kris,

although my name is alex.

tomsey is my nickname for all the people to lazy to say alex.


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tomsey wrote:
> *thanks kris,
>
> although my name is alex.
>
> tomsey is my nickname for all the people to lazy to say alex. *


Sorry, I guess I don't speak Australian very well!


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So is it actually going to be in the games or what, and if so whos gonna
be riding in it?


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wow kris holm aswered this thread man thats so cool :cool:


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drewation wrote:
> *wow kris holm aswered this thread man thats so cool :cool: *


:D


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no its not going to be in the games

theres not enough contestants for that. we are just demoing at the major
events.

i did the demo/ media thing today, along with a lot of pointless
questions about how i got into unicycling and is it hard etc.

i did an interview with sports tonight (a sport program after the news
each night) and i ended up with 3 attempts at dropping in on the 12ft
vert ramp.

i got really close the second time and nailed myself on the last.
then i found out on of my profile cranks looked like a banana.


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i will upload the video probably when i can find a source to do it


i tried shared media but it didnt work


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Yeah I changed the password of that account because I didn't appreciate
it being misused. Email it to that account from another and I'll put it
in an album for you.

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andrew_carter wrote:
> *Email it to that account from another and I'll put it in an album for
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http://tinyurl.com/4dk27


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sorry andrew,

there it is


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Very excellent work...Alex. :)


That surely wasn't what I had in mind when I read "dropping in." More
like dropping. You are just being awesome and doing a 12 foot drop. I'm
thoroughly impessed. You were so close the second time, and I bet if you
didn't destroy yourself so hard you would have been up there again.

Also, mad props go to you for the Planet X thing. MAD props. It's so
great to see our awesome riders getting more mainstream. This is one of
the biggest steps we have taken so far towards being a sport that people
see as "real." I wish you the best of luck and hope you will continue
being extremely awesome.

Any chance we can get a pic of the banana?


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Nice work!

Haven't been checking the forums lately so im a bit late i guess.

> we (3 of us) get to go on tour, and do demos at all the capital city
> shows around australia.


You had better come to perth! There isn't much unicycle action around
except for me and robbie but it will be great to meet other unicyclists,
especially good ones. I ride freestyle so i don't really fit in with the
whole "extreme" thing but im not too bad at it (i think anyway). Anyway
the whole thing will be pretty good for unicycling in Australia. I'll
make sure to watch it on TV

Come to perth...please....


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There goes modest nick again. He's actually awesome, so don't believe
anything he says. But I guess we are the only 2 that really unicycle
much in state, the problem is I right a reasonable amount but I still
suck. I'm working on it though.


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I bent a rim a little while back dropping in on a 7 foot pipe the way
you did there. I have never tried a 12 foot pipe with that much vert,
but to me it seemed the higher up on the transition that you can hit the
easier it was to roll the landing. Hopefully you'll get that drop in
eventually.


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Robbie wrote:
> *There goes modest nick again. He's actually awesome, so don't believe
> anything he says. But I guess we are the only 2 that really unicycle
> much in state, the problem is I right a reasonable amount but I still
> suck. I'm working on it though. *


I was in Perth earlier this week- didn't get much chance to ride with a
bad flu', but I did unicycle around Rottnest Is which was cool. Bit of
a plod on a 24" MUni though.

Up for some riding next time I'm in Perth?

Ken


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Quote:
theres only 2 guys in australia so far that can grind handrails.
-we pioneered street in australia.

Depends on the height - but Ive been grinding now for a good while.
taught myself at a local skate park.
I can grind things if they are say a foot off the ground but any higher
I dont have the jump height/balls.


Ok guys, take a bit of stock here. Sure, you're good - I'm not arguing
that at all - that 12 ft drop is aesome, wish I had the balls to do
that.

You guys are much better riders than I would ever hope to be, thats for
sure, but...

Please stop being so arrogant. It's not very becoming. Hell, its not the
aussie way.

Quote:

"if you dont come to uninats, you arent on the map. and i've met most
riders in australia. "

I would love to come to uninats - distance, cost, and clashes with work
and uni timetables have always been a problem. I love my riding but no
way am I going to spend a bucketload to go to darwin to ride.

Also, your selling australian uni and muni short - there are a lot more
of us than you realise - many who have never heard of uninats,
unicyclist.com, or you.
I live in a small town and know of at least 13 people who ride unicycles
reguarly, 3 of us ride muni. One awesome guy has a whole family involved
(he just bought his daughter a 20" off me)and recently rode in a
national 4X MTB comp., clearing all the jumps and getting air off a
few.

I keep meeting new people who ride - a lot of days I'll be out riding
and someone will come up and have a go. I was at a skatepark a month or
so ago and this 16 year old kid came up and managed to grind my 24 on a
bar with a 180 twist off the end.

You are a damn good rider, but dont start shooting your mouth off about
how you pioneered muni in australia. If anyone should get props for
increasing exposure and being commited to the sport, it should be
Andrew.

anyhow im off for a ride. Have a great xmas, new year and dont fall off
too much...

cheers
sam


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damn dude what is your problem...

if you wanted in then why didnt you enter the competition?

you sound like you have bin doing it way longer than we have

possibly poineered it.

if they havent heard of me, or us... why dont you tell em to watch
sports tonight 11:00pm tonight

and ive bin riding muni for 3 years b4 andrew started


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