Kudos to Tomcopeland and James. My rule of thumb is that I will not
break or damage things that are not mine, and also that I will not leave
a mark. Same as going into a national park or other public space, since
it's for everyone and not just me, this should be the approach. Lately
I've taken to photographing obvious areas of skateboard/inline skate
damage, to show to people when they don't understand what I'm talking
about.

My most embarrassing damage was a hole in a wall. And this was recently!
For a while we were doing unicycle club meetings in a storefront
activities center formerly used by Joe's Joint, a part of my wife's
company, STEP (http://www.stepsite.com/joes.htm). I was warning Jacquie,
who was riding along the wall, to be careful when approaching the far
wall. "If the unicycle slips out, like this..." and it made a big hole
in the thin sheetrock. Big laughs, and so much for my warning about how
it hurts if you're still on the seat when the wheel hits the wall!

My friends and I made gouges in the wooden bleachers at SUNY Purchase
(New York) University at the 1983 IJA Festival. We were jumping up and
down, with spikey metal pedals. A prime example of what one should not
do. I have since learned my lesson.

I'm sure there have been many others, but those are the ones that come
to mind.


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John Foss
the Uni-Cyclone
www.unicycling.com
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"Where's my unicycle?" -- Andy Cotter
spoken one right after the other, mostly to themselves, at NAUCC 2003

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