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P. o. t..nl\~/• Otticial Organ UNICYCLING SOcmt'Y 01' AMERJ:Cl Inc. (c)l978 ill Rts Rea. .Rearord, MI 48240 Yearly- Membership· $~ Includes 1'elnsletter (4) ID Card - See Blank Pg.18 omcms PLEASE EXCUSE ••• President Jan Lavne· the tardiness of this V.Pres. K. Skinner Issue. Because of family lttne•• your ed. s.Treas. J T~yndon MEMBERSHIP APPLICATJ

Cotff'R tBUTt R; EDI'Tt'lt Bill Jenack "HIGH RIDERS"

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Rere are three ideas for the *JIM MOYER, Director of the OAK VIEW pro1110tlon of lndtvtdual clubs. f:LEM!:NT'ARY SCHOOL EXHIBTTIONAL ACTIVITIES "'SUNNY SAYL78, NSLR for more on .~,(I(,[) RUNN~S sent a business card on this ~oup) sent the fottowln~ articles i~L wh tch api,ear s the club logo, name "Our Club has been very busy this fall and advertlslng and the word with numerous shows at various fatrs, "phone" wtth a blank fottovtng. The cai-d Wit l festtvats, and parades. Unicyclists froM not become outdated since anyone's number can the school club 111ade a T.V. appearance on be written ln. The Road RuMera also use a Washington, n.c. channel 4 on the show, Post Office box number for their address "STUFF." One of our unicyclists, JOEL (Please note that U.S.A., Inc. ls now usl~ DDfPSEY, has been featured in several- local a P. O. Box No. also. ) newsoapers jug~tln~ clubs while rldin~ a JO.foot high ~lraffe unicycle." (Joel's *Tee shirts may also be used as an advertising picture appears on p~. 1 of this NSTR . ) gl11111lck. (See JACK RALPERN•s on the Regional Meet picture pages.) ARTIE BOOGHAN wrote In the *r'RAN MOORE, vho ls In char~e of unlt'or111s t.J.A. NSLR that hls wtth the words "Free for the CHILDREN'S CLUB OP CONC, l.ARRY STEEL's dlvln~ actlvtttes, JOHN JENACK and ADAM \..' 1.\ He learned this when he was ln Europe watcht~ a group do some ONCE K.AIN AVAILABLE• " Kunetradf Rhren." "\lhen dol n~ a catwalk on a circus-bicyc le, you wtlt find It much easier If Throu~h the efforts of your Sec. -Treas., onl y one had ts on the handlebar at a time. T JOYCE JONES, the first five issues of the vas attowed to try to drive one of their circus­ U.S.A., Inc. NEWSLETTER are once again bikes on the rear wheel, It was close to im­ avattabte. She has duplicated these with possibl e unttt the instructor told me to use considerable ctar fty on both sides of the one ha nd only , In doing so, my weight was more paper, so anyone vtshlng to add these evenly distributed on the bike, and I dr ove from Issues to hi s collection wtll ftnd them one c orner of the j(yffl to the other on rrrv first almost comparable to the originals. t r y , Helftbers will find t hese issues once again ttsted on t he order blank at the end ot *Note t o ~iraffe riders• this NSLR . Costs $1.~0 ~er tssue Bv ~olnsz: t o a M.Ar. WHEEL and usln• a keyed •••••••••••••••• sprocket on their popular PENGUIN GIRAFF!:, :A lso available once IIOl:'e CYCtE COMPONENT'S, P, o. Box 4667, El Mont : are the titt le unicycle CA Q1731, has el i minated the problem alt previ­ i• : Dins and char11111 that vere ous commercial giraffe JMnuf aeturers experienced ! first introduced at the wtth sltpptn~ sprocket•. The new Magnesium i t 19745 National Unicycle ( eel • Ives t he ~traffe a neat, up-to-date t ook ~ ! Meet. Hrs. BER NAR D CRANDALL and a t the same time e li minates s poke and i • vas able t o locat e the crooked wheel problems . The new model ls ex­ •~.. ..,.•••••••••• • merchant who supplied the• pected to make i t debut at the Int ernational Cycle and JOYCE JONES now has them tn inventory Show tn N.Y, C. in Februar y , 197Q, t o ft 11 at 1 orders. Costs $2. t '5 each UN I CYCLI NG SOCIETY Or AMERI CA, HIC . ~c:vc;t a:'1'1'F.~ 1 • ?Q ~ r YOUt( 0 ICF:RS t Pa~e 6

(Each of th~ new officers were aaked first untcycte t l~ht-and-a4lalf years a~o • to submit an autobto,ra,htcal sketch only two f eet tall, but then It only coat fer the Jan. NSLR. Each indicated that $2.00. Since then I have always enjoyed WT'itfn~ about t hemselves was a very the chat ten~e of tryt n~ new and diff@rent difficult task; bu t , none•the•less, each stunts and cycles, As a ,nember of the r answeren your edltor•s request with the PONTIAC UNICYCLISTS I have traveled In enthusiastic approach that made them the fourteen states, entertatntn~ In eleven 1Q7Q leaders et U.S.A., Inc. ) of them, along with four other countries, Canada. Germany , Italy, and Auatrt a. Sine@ Presidents JAN LAYNE, 514 Defiance Ave. the Illness and death of our leader and Findlay,

Directors AL HEMMINGER, 16152 Kinloch AN OVERSIGHT • Redford, MI 48240 "Similar to other friends of unicyclists, I Your editor ne~lected to meRtlon tn the ( •ve become Involved tn the Jµ"eat circus art October, 1978, NSLR that the members of -ctd 11:rowin~ sport of unleycllng throu~h the U.S.A., Inc. atteed at the Annual Meetln~ interest of my youn~er dau~hter, TERESA. The to raise the cost of a stn~te membership s tory ~oes that one year for her birthday a from s,.oo to $6.00. Since the major cost beautiful f ive-speed Schwinn bicycle was pur­ increases to the society are for the chased as a dft. 'n,e. fol lowf~ day the prlntin~ and 111attin~ of the Ng\i(StETT!:R, dau~hter went to the bank and the~ to the add it i ona1 f amtt y members ruy st ft l be bicycle sho~ and purchased a unicycle. added at $.50 each. The membership apptl­ Needles to say, I was rather surprised and catlon on the back of this NSLR reflects unha~~Y when I returned home from work that this Increase, which .was to ~o tnto effect eventn~. The bicycle ts still in new eondf• January 1. tion, ,atherln~ ~ust, and ts for sate. The unicycle has been well used. I have not com­ • * • * * * * * * * * * * * * * • * • i, letety mastered how to ride a unicycle but ~tve it a try from tt111e to time after work from AN INVITATION • . • Tndustrtat Rtsk Insurers where I am eini,toyed In the En~tneerln~ Department." "Over the past four years I have been In contact wtth Mr. HANS BORN, who ts Directors FLOYD CRANDALL, 124 s. Josephine coach of the GERMAN ARTISTIC BICYCL~ CL1JB . Pontiac, MI 48253 Hr. Born would like to send some artistic "I received my first unicycle as a Christmas cyct lsts t.o our· National Unicycle Meet. present when I was lt year• old. Since lam "I feet that this OJ:>portuntty to share now 22 , I have been unicyctin~ for half of my Ideas and sk l1 t wt th 111eab.er s of the life. I in-aduated from Waterford Mott H!~h German club would be a rewardtn~ ex,ert• School and for the past 2 years have been VOJ"k• ence. I am hopl~ to have a eycllat from •n~ at the Fisher Sody Auto plant In Pontiac, Germany as a forebn exchan.-e student this ( ch. I have mastered att size unlcyctes and aunner. If you or your club are Interested ride one 20 feet tall . The high unicycles that in this pro~ram of taktn~ fn a forehn I ride have alt been 1!1$de by my Dad, BERNARD exchan,:e student from the German Artistic CRAND ALL. Rtdfn~ a unicycle has taken me on Cyclist Club, please contacts many miles of travel throu~h many states In Mr . Hans Born, Sec•y F.I.A.C. the United States and a tour of Austria, D-6520 Worms r.ermany and Ttaty wfth the PONTIAC UNICYCLISTS. Gaustrasse 77 I have been a member of the Pontiac l(roup EAS'T' GERMANY since lts be~inntn~ ll years a•o." or (Ed. notes Not mentioned bV Ptoyd Is the . Steve Smock fact that he has von many N.U.M. honors for his 4745 Glastonbury Ct. - Apt 164 prowess on the unicycle and has served as an Indtanapolts, Indiana l.6227" tnsptratton to many, not onty for hls ability, but also for his good sportsmanship.) Mr. Born has also written to the REDFORD TOINSHIP UNICYCLE CLUB, INC. Thirty riders ntrector s PAUt FO'C, <>~'3 E. Center St. and parents of this club vi 11 be spendln~ Marton, Otto 43302 a month this suffiffler tOUT'ln~ Austria, Ger~any, (Paut ts conttnulnJr: tn his caoactt y as Svltcerland, Italy and Liechtenstein. It DI rector. His bubbly humor and enthusiasm ts hoped that a meetln~ wlth Mr. Born and are known to many U.S.A., Inc. members. some of his cyclists will be able to be Perhai,s this quote from hi• to your editor arran~ed When the l[roup Is In Eura.e. wflt permit those who do not knov htm to feet h I s enthusiasm, "You know, I have no destre to * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * • * * ~o t o Rawalt . But if T were totd that there DID YOU KNOl? ••. that back when they was an opportunity to ride a unicycle ln a had pennx post cards (t93S-36) our BILL I 'ra~e in Hawatt, T would be on the next afr­ JENACK was part of a group cat led "Crump' s Minstrel." He had a break-a-way btke that . . ane v. oin.l!: there! " Paul's enthusiasm ls shared ~V his thr ee dauvhters , CATHY, CONNTE, became two unicycles. Re performed on this anrl CTNDY.) as well as servtn~ as the Interlocutor for the Minstrel Show. It played ln N.E. New UN ICYCLI NG SOCIITY <:F AMERICA, TNC . En~land and Canada and Bill reports, "Tt sure was fun!" NEWSLETTER t-7Q "BICYCLE PFOPLE" Dr. Roland C. Geist "ACROBATICS BOCIC" Jack Wltey 'nlis luxurious 8½ x 11" ( 165 pg deluxe book by Jack Wiley, author of fflE UNICYCLE 80\-., one of our outstanding BASIC CIRCUS SKILLS and 'I'RE TUMBLING BOOK, senior members who has has just completed a book on the lnter­ been well known in the natlonat sport of acrobatics·. Thl• ts field of cycling for the flrst comprehensive manual on this over 60 years is just sport. The book begins at the most basic coming off the presses tevet and vlth co11ptetety Illustrated and will be available material gradually progresses to more when this newsletter advanced stunts. The text explains and reaches you. In tracing dlagra11U1 routines for Individuals, ~art­ the historyo.f the bi­ nera and groups. cycle Dr. Geist amusingly tells o:f the earliest Designed not onty for the acrobatic inventors of the bicycle, the daring racers performer, the book ts atao extremely both here and a.broad, the adventurous tourists, useful for cheerleaders, coachea, judges, the famous wheelwanen, the £1.amboyant circus or apectator• who wtah to learn more perfonners, the imaginative artists, and the about thla rapidly gt"OWlng sport. enthuijiastic composers and poets who have put Thi s 1110at recent book of Jack Vttey•a cycles into songs and poems. Not onlJ' does the t• Juat off the preas. It ts a paper• author cover many of the old timers in the back containing 187 pages and may be field of unicycling such as the Ugo Ancillotti ordered fr• u.s.A., Inc. for $4.95, Troupe; Walter Nilsson., Joe Jackson, and Jack postpaid. See the order form on the tast Natirbof:t but many of the all·time greats and page of this N!VSLffl'ER. current performing cyclists such as Boy Fey., Lily Yokoi., The Kondive Troupe, Walter Shy'­ ***************** retto., The Romanos., The Volantes, Steve McPeak., ( The King Charles Troupe, and even The Marquis Chimps. In the chapter on in-ventora the book is right up to date and includes Dr. Paul Mae­ Cready and his Gossamer Condor that last year ''mE UNICYCLE BOOtr' won the coveted Kremer Prize for the first successful pedal power fiight. Excellent pho­ '!be outstanding handbook of the sport of tos of perfonneri, i n action plus Dr. Geist's Uni.qellng., which has £or ~ars been the delight.fu.l stories and comments on them make one and only source of complete infoma­ this beautiful and fanciful book a must for the tion., is now out of print and no longer &erious collector of cyclana. We are happy to available from the publisher staokpole announce that t he publisher bas granted us per­ Boolcs. Word bas al.so been received that mission to offer this book through our organi­ the publisher doen not plan to reprint. zation. I t can be ordered from the Sec•y 'l'reas. Fortunate~ the USl Inc. purchased sever­ The cost i s $16 • .50 postpaid. See order fon on al hundred copies for resale a few years last page. ago .and still has some in stock. Although the book has now become a collector's item it is still available to members., in si~e copies onlz, £or the original price7 ft.95 (see order form on last page). Since the rights to the book have DICYCLE now reverted to the author it is hoped that sometime in the future Jack Wiley Wil.1 come out with a paperback condensa­ tion similar to the reprint of his other YEOYLE popular book on Basic Circus Skills.

UNICYCLING SOCIETY OF AMERICA., INC. NEWSLETTER 1-79 1 Q7 > NAT IOOA UNICYCLE ME ET I NP

JAN LAYN E, President of U.S.A.; Inc. and Director of Smiling Faces 4-H Unicycle Club, JNDtx. TO PICTURES • R~IONAL MEETS • 1978 prepared the followtn~ letter f or the Jan. ( LRs Ptcturea No. t-5 were taken at the meet ··Oear Friend of Untcycllng, s,onsored by the SMILING FACES 4-H UNICYCLE I am wr iti ng f i rst of all to inform you that CLUB i n Findlay, Ohio. The Smi ling Faces 4-H Unicycle Club wttl be hostl ~ the Eight h National Unicycle Meet ln t) Action (by riders and jud~es) at the Findlay, Ohi o at Fi ndlay College. The Meet will ftntsh tine be Au~ust l, 4, and 5, 1Q79. 2) The large floor area of the Hancock We are trying somethi ng a little different Recreation Center permitted several t his year. We. will be stayln~ at Findlay Cettege activities to be run concurrently i n dormitories. Meats will be provided In the Individual trick riding routines ~YI cafeteria. The cost will be approximately $25.00 l) ANDY LAYNE, son ef Preatdent, Jan Layne per person for the 2 nl~ts• lodging and 6 meats. 4) DEBBIE JONES, daughter of Sec. -Treas., On Friday Nl~ht there wilt be a ~et•t~ther, Joyce Jones svlmlng and a snack. 5) TERESA HEMMINGER, daughter of Director, Saturday •Ill be races, obstacle course, At Heml~er indi vidual trick rldln~, swimming and awards. Sunday; The Untcyctln~ Society of America, Inc. annual meeting, short parade, couples, ~oups and Pictures No. 6-10 were taken at the meet awar ds, sponsored by the REDF~O TOWNSHIP UNICYCLE In case of rain these .events might be chan~ed CLUB, INC. around, but the races could be held Inside. How­ 6) And they're off •• • Gtrts, agea 12-14 7) ever, the ~ym would be very varm. A flnlshln• contestant In the "watk If you have any suggestions or comments on the wheel" race thi s year's National Unicycle Meet, please write 8) STEVE GRUDZIEN entertain• with a aon« me (514 Defiance Avenue, Findlay, Chlo 45840) or (Thia wae when the COIIPetltlon had to -~11 after 4120 week days (t-419-422-8959) as be te-.c,rartty stop,ed because ef the ,on as poss ible.II rain.) AUDREY HfflEL (sttttni behind Slncerety ·yours, Steve) ls the artist for the Redford Jan ·Layne unicyclists who produces alt of their Dtrector signs Including the ene In the back­ Smltln~ Faces 4-H Unicycle Club ~round. An added note te the above letter ls that the gym 9) A tri umphant CATHY F'OK, oldeat dau~hter floor ts a tartan or rubber surface. Jan ats.o of Di r ector, Paul Fox suggests that anyone planning on competfn~ In the 10) J !'FF and NAN LAYNE, children of Presi­ 1979 N.U.M. Join the u.s . A. , tnc. Any unlcycttst dent Jan Layne who ts not a member vttt pay an additional entry fee. (CLUB MEMBERS - ptease make sure that everyone in your club la aware of this!) The reaalnder of the ttlctures were taken In Tokyo, Japan, of the meet sponsored by ALL OF THE DETAILS OF ntE 1979 N.U. M. WILL BE the JAPAN UNICYCLING CLUB PUBLISHED IN ntE APRIL NSLR . tt) A three-wheel unicycle? Yes, and JAa. HALPERN, the rider, re,orts that * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * by the time you read this, there should be a five-wheel one In operation Al on~ wt th the monumental task of or~aniztn~ 12) Badminton , anyone? t he 1979 N. U. M., JAN LAYNE t s atso collectfn~ 13) Or perhaps you'd prefer a game of catch. Ideas on a unfcycltn,i: award system that might That's prefessfonat rider TAKESHI possibly be offered throu~h the U.S.A., Inc. YAMAMOTO on the left and JACK. HALPERN These would be r:iuttl-tevet awards <,ossfbty on the right different colored patches) for ,ro~esstvety 14) JACK with hf s son riding on his shoul­ more dlfffcutt u.nfcycltn~· sktll•. She would be ders. Jack was rfdln~ a unicycle - ,,,Y to hear from anyone (see address above) when this picture was takenf but like .. no eo8d offer su~~estlons for organlzt~ Lloyd Thnberlake• s story fn "Unlcyctt sts such a system. (This would be stmftar to In the News," the unfcyete had to be cut t hat which ts nov offere~ In karate, swf111111ln~, 15) Thank ~oodness f or trees! skat ln~, etc. ) UNtCYCU~ SOCI ETY OF AMERICA, INC. Nr'JSLETTE'R 1-79 Pasi:e JO '

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tlNTCYCtTNri sncn:ry Of AMERTCA, INC. f I REGIONAL MEETS - 1Q78 Pa~e 12 Re~fonat · meets requ ire a tot of hard description of this event1 work for the or~anizi n~ club; but, ask any "The -,:-irst Japan Unicycling Meet attracted club who has held one, there are so many an avalance of reporters and camaramen. r ewards that next year's 111eet ls usually The purpose of the meet was to promote tq beln~ rllscussed before the last unlcyctlst sport of untcvcttn~ In Japan and show to has oack ed up ht s equi t>ment and left for unicyclists the many riding techniques, home. unlcyclin~ games and some of the unusual The f irst re~lonal meet of tQ78 (that unicycles introduced in Jack Vttey•s book your editor ls aware of - if your club has and in the U,S.A,, Inc. NSLR. held a meet but no one has written an article "After an ooenfn~ speech in which I about tt for the NSLR, ~tease write lt your• explained the merits of the sport, etc,, s e 1 f and send it in l)was sponsored by the there was a unicyct Ing demonstration In S1"Tt.TNG 'F' ACES 4-H UNICYCLE CLUB. It was held which TAKESH! YA.~A"10T'o. a orofesstonal trick on April 2Q at the Hancock Recreation Center, rider did such trick as skipoln~ rope on a hu~e facility with ample space for the over his uni. I rode Japan's first and only 130 riders who attended. At this meet there three-wheeled uni (built by Yamamoto), and were ten unicyclists honored for their skill club children demonstrated their sklll ln on the wheel, boys and ~lrts In each of five rldl~ a handle-bar unit with pedals. at?e brackets. To be so honored, a rider had There were also several ~iraffes at the to be the ,otnt winner In hls/her a~e meet, and the audience was impressed at bracket. Points were awarded for the racln~ how the ~lraffe could be mounted in the and tric~•rldlng winners. open white It ts in motion. (Jack ts ptan­ Another re~ionat meet was held on Seot. 30 ntn~ on writing an article about ~traffe at the Wonderland Shoppln~ Center tn Livonia, free-mounttn~ techniques for a future NSLR.) Mlchi,;an. This event (bl 1 led as the 0 second "After the demonstration there were races annual"} was sponsored by the REDFORD TOWNSHIP of several kinds followed by verious unl­ UNICYCLE CLUB, !NC. 'White the meet was almost cycl Ing games such as t -ag and catch bat l. totally rained out in the afternoon, the over "Takeshl Yamanoto then announced the 80 unicyclists spent the wet time In the Centei,r formation of the "AlhJapan Unicycling Community Room singtn~ and being entertained by Federation," headed by unieyclin~ veteran( improffll)tu demonstratf ons. A feature of the YOSRITO SUZUKI. (Everyone was amazed to meet was a "walk the wheel" race, which was a see him rldfn~ the uni at the age of 86.} surprise to atl - fnctudtng the hosting club. The "Federation," which onJy exists on The obstacle course was like none seen at the paper, ,s supposed to unite the several N.U.M. It was a "fun" course stmttar to one unicycling clubs fn Japan. deshned by CATHY F'OX and pictured on pa~e 18 "ntls was followed by testing the skit ts of the October, t976, NSLR. (This type of of att the participants, and everyone course had been the hat l!Mrk of the PONTIAC received a certificate lndfcatln~ his UNICYCLE CLUB's Fall Round-Up, a regional 1 evel of skit 1 (divided into six grades). meet which they organized for sfx yea,rs.) "'the most Important result of this meet The JAPAN UN!CYcttm CLUB decided to join was the attention it received from the media. the fun by hotdi~ "The "lrst Japan Unicycling Some of the leading rMiazines in Japan pub­ Meet" on November 12, lens. The Ctub• s lished many photos and articles." (The President, JACK HAT.Pr.RN, wrote the fol towln~ picture below Is one of many that appeared with an article in the MAlNJCH! GRAPH. That ls 86-year•old YOSHITO SUZUKI in plaid coat.)

UNICYCLING- SOCIETY OF AMERICA, INC. NEWSLETTER t-79 \lHP r • s NEXT , WALLY WATTS? Pa~e 13 What does a youn~ man Wh o has r idden a 43" from the unlqu• poaltlon of the untcycllat, unicycle around the world do f or an encore? he observed , "What f reedom we have ls Wal ly's problem ts not determtntng vhat, but taken for ~ranted. " And about himself, ( t her whtc~ of the many exciting Ideas he ls "(I have) accomplished one of the rungs const antly constderin-"• on the ladder of my tlfe. It•s a good Of first prtortty ts to pay off a $2000 deb~ start. I'm pleased." money he had to borrov to complete hts 12,000 mt. Good tuck•• you start on that next odyssev. To do t his he ts workl~ on hts own as rung, Wattyf ff an unh olsterer , at thou~h a newspaper article quoted him as saying that he 111tght head north ••••••••••••••••••• (from hts home tn Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) to the ot l fields where the money ls better. DATES TO REM!'HBElh Of course, he's atso bultdt~ the world's largest unfcycte and ts consfdertn~ a robot or *RBBB. schedule - two (see "Letters from our Members"). And he Blue Unit ('lbts ts ts olannlng on colJectln~ all of his many mem­ the unit TOM PARISH ories of his round- the-world trip In a book ts tourln~ with. ) terttattvely entitled "One Way, One Vheet. 11 Mar. 2-4 Columbia s. Carolina He also finds the concept of man-powered Mar. 6-7 Savannah Georgia flight fasctnatln~ and ••• and • •• and • • Mar . 9-tl Asheville N. Carolina There ts no tlmtt to his tmagfnatton, and Mar. 13-18 Charlotte J'f . Carolina seemt n~ty no end to his ener~. Mar. 20-25 Knoxvltte Tennessee White u.s.A., Inc. Mmbers have followed Mar. 28- wany•s trip In considerable deta!t with each Aprl 1 Cincinnati r . 21, 1979, 2nd annual Unicycle and --uch has been satd about Watty as a person. So Circus Arts Convention sponsored by the ( .,e fottowln~ lines might be called, "Meet Unicycling Federation of Earth. There wl 11 Watlv Watts. " be workshops ln mime, clowning, , When Watly arrived at the home of your editor, etc. For more Information wrttet he was heading toward a suburb of Chicago (He DAVE H.AD\lIGER couldn't remember exactly what the name vas and 1118 Scholl Road his address book had accldentty been packed up Atmes, Iowa 50010 and sent to his home . ) to spend an evening with a family he harl met on his trip east vho had *Aug. 3, 4, and 5, 1979, National Unicycle fnvtted him to their home. (He couldn't remem­ Meet, Findlay, Otto thetr name either. ) But Wally was heading vest wtth the assurance that everything Wald work _out f fne, and thanks to RICH ILLING of Downers ·Grove, • • • • * * • * * • • * • * * • * * * Illinois, tt did. Rtch had sent your editor an article on Wa l ty•s unicycle trtp through the Members of U.S.A., Inc. wttt be ••ddened Chtca~o area and In ft were the name and hometown to learn of the death of FATHER JAMES J. of the family with whom Watty was to stay. Luck? MatAN, FoundlnR Meaber of the Untcycl l nJ Of course. But vhen someone looks for success Society of Aaertca, Inc. and founder of rather than fatture, doesn't he create his own St. Helen•• Unicycle Drill Team, Newbury, ~ood luck?

UNI CYCLING SOC I ETY CIF AMERICA, lNC . NEWSLETl'ER t-79 Page ·14 *SCOTT KELLY and BRYC E J ACOBSON both wrote "I truely enjoy the art of unicycling asktn~ specif i c questions about events In and hope to s ee lt become a natlenal past­ the National Unicycle Meet, JAN LAYNE, direc• tlae, equal to or surpassing bicycling and t or of the Smiling Faces 4-H Unicycle Club skateboarding • • • " r t t Sept. 5, 1977, (Frank) rode 100 mlles en NSLR. Gener a l informati on l s available else• his unlcyct• from Austin to Waco, Texas in where ln t his iss ue under National Unlcycle 12 hrs. 50 minutes ••• ") Meet Information. One question that both writers asked about '*ROBERTO TSCHUOIN LOCH!!M!, whose letter was vas, "What ts .the stow r ace?" Th i s Is a race accompanied by a drawing of hlm "b•l~ t hat definitely "separates the men from the htmae lf" juggling whlle riding his unicyci., boys (women from the girls)" tn unicycle rid­ wrote"The unicycle film was used for tvo ing. 'nle rider llllSt ma intain forward motion TV nevs report s . ('nits was the film made at all t imes (there can be no rocking or at the 7th N.U .M. held In Minneapolis In zt~-za~ mot i on). Th e object ts to be the 1978.) I'v• s till got SOM leftover fltm last to cross the f ini sh tine. The rider, which I'U try to do something constructive of course, mat maintain his bal ance on the with when I get the chece." He indicated whee l throughout the race. that flndl.ng a chance ln hta hectic sche­ dule t s a real problem. (Your editor••• * ANN THER ESE FERGUSON recently joined the very surprised when a neighbor, who was U. S. A., Inc. al ong vtth her four brothers vacationing· In the Green Bay area vhen the {M!KE, J IM, FRANK and EDDIE) and her stater films were used, stopped by to say that he {MAR IA). Ann wrote that att six Fergusons had seen Roberto's films of the Meet and r ide very wel l . Whi te the family's home ts recognized her and several of the Redford I n Traf ford, PA, Ann ls currently a student riders. ' Roberto, for those of you who do at Duquesne University. She wrote the fotlov­ not know hlm, has ••rved as Vice-President tn~ i nf ormation about herself, "I rode my uni• of U. S.A., lnc. and does much to further ( cycle for •carnlva4• a big event ve have each untcycltng through his TV program.) · year, I was dressed as a ctown as I rode. I always r ide on campus when the weather Is *A lett er from JAMES .CARTER Indicated that permitting. Al so, I ride a six-foot unlcycter he would be workl~ at The Young Vtc I r eceived tt as a graduation present from Theatre f or at least another year. He goes high school . " on to say "It seems that unicycling activity (Ann•s stationery was in ! ngtand ta practically nll outside of decorated vtth a frog the circus ring but t hope to be able to atte111ptlng to master the set up some sessl ons with LLOYD TIMBERLAKE 0 art of riding the uni to rectify this sad state of affairs. across a stack rope. ('nle most recent articles from Lloyd, In• In case of a slip, the ctudl~ one en an English unicycle builder, daredevil had a friend can be found ln July, 1978, NSLR pga. 12-13) on the ground below holdi ng a butterfly net. *DAVID MARINER,whose company, DM !nglneerlng, Her ptctut'e vas cut from ls the manuf acturer mentioned above, has wrappi ng paper she found become a member ef U.S . A., Inc. In hi• In the bookstore at letter he wr ites, "We have had one enquiry Duquesne. ) · t'ronu.s .A. for unicycles and one from Caftada, but Jam not sure whether these were the *A lett er from "The One W!leet Trucker, FRANK result of t he NSLR." He ts eager te help WILLIAMS, states, "I currently hold the world anyone Interested In hta unicycle•. Hts speed record ln Unicycling (refa 1979 Edition addr••• ls 7 Telford Road, Ferndown Guinness Book of World Records, Pg. l08). I Industttal Estate, Wlmborne Dorset, plan to br eak that record again during a erlp ENGLAND 8H 21 7QW. {Apri l 2- 14, 1979) travetln~ from Austin, TX to Little Rock, Ark. {525 Mt.). In 1980 I *A letter from CHARLorTE FOX ROGERS tetla ( plan to circle the United States {Fla. to Me ,, of her attempt to contact LOYD WICKER to Wash . , to Cal . and back t o f ta.) to break SMITH. She says, "When I phoned hh t he wort d lon~·dlstaftce r ecerd. church, hewever, I was t old that he no UNICYCLI NG SOCitTY

lon•er verked there and had ••ne te Geraany slmpte hot atr balloon. We took about 8 to ltve. No forwardln~ address was volun­ very llght-wel~ht drtnktn~ straws and t eered." (Charlotte, our "Los An~etes re)'orter" joined them to•ether In a frallf!work and ( td hoped to vrtte an article on Mr. S•lth. inserted candles (btrthday-calce sbe) In .tf anyone knows of hts address, please let her st f ts In certain of the straws. (A t t•ht• know. The Ro~ers• address ts, 1057 Artlngten Ave. wel•ht plastic cleaner bag) ls ironed across Los An~etes, Catt fornla 90019. Anyone attending the top to seat It. The straw fra111e ts the 1978 N. U. M. may have spotted several of taped to the opening of the bottoa of the Mr . Smith's unicycles among those beln~ ridden by ba~ ts such a way that the candles are Tll@mbers of the Smiting Faces 4-H Unicycle Club.) barely inside the ba~. The candles are then ltt after alt excess plastic ls cut *KATHY BRADY, 33262 Paseo Moltnos St., San Juan off, making the Vhote structure VERY, VERY Capostrano,CA 92675, and her nel•hbor DAVID tlght. Thts ls vi tat! A Ble ttghter ts McDONALD, 33271 Paseo Mottnos, s.J~C. 92675, the most effective way of ltghttng the are eager to begtn a unlcycte club since there structure. It ts placed on the ground ts no active club near them. They would ttke after being llt so the atr ln the bag can some ideas on how to •et started, hov to organtze, heat u~ whtle being held, flllln• the bag etc. They voutd appreciate anyonets wrltln~ to wtth hot atr. 'Dien there ts a cructat them with su~gestlons that have proved successful pause to ensure llftln~ power. The bag tn other unicycle clubs. ls launched by letting go. On a eata nl~ht It should rise straight up 200- *~rom the beautiful land of Hawatl co111ea a letter 300 feet. The effect ts magnificent and and picture (see pa~e 2) from WILLIAM COLVIN1 taunchin~ 2 or 3 ts even better. In a "Bel~ fifty years old I didn't thlnk I could tl~ht wtnd, they wttl trait each other learn to rtde a unicycle. I dld th•u•h and have ttke geese. From the ground each one looks been havln• a batt ridln~ it around the ramp. llke an eerl4[l llght ln the sky." (Matthew I am a United Atr Lines atr craft mechanic and continues to say that thts should not be I use t t to go back and forth from the shop area attempted unless there ls plenty of open ~o the atrptanes. space. The balloon could ~et caught and ( "I enjoy unicyct in~ very much and would 1 Ike cause a fire. Also Included In this letter to find out lf people stare at others the way was a detailed account of Hattoveen at they stare at me. HA!" the Brt~don home. This wilt be printed (Mr-. Cotvtn learned about U.S.A., Inc. from tn the October tssue, because tt may ~tve our FRANCIS SMITH, Seattle, Washtn~ton, Who ls uny U. S.A., Inc. members Ideas for Mktn~ a United Atr Lines fttght officer.) Hattoween a memorable occasion In their neighborhood. ) *MATnt EW BR ICDON, who or~an hed the Un t eye 1 e Association of Ontario with BRIAN MATTHT.WS, *GCRAN LUNDSTR

-A>n,e ,tay SPG TI~ERLAKE, London, En~land, wa• unicycle In picturesque Sweden, atong with featured In the children• a section of the an article on how he acquired the uni, SUNDAY OBSERVER nevs-,a,er after doing a appeared fn the Oct., 1976, NSLR. chltdren•s show at a large theatre. The article Included a picture of him on the *On December 6, 1978, an artlcte a,,eared unicycle ju~~ttn~ batts with a 15-year- ln the NEW YCRK POST telling how magfclan­ otd friend on his shoulders ju~~tln~ clubs. untcycltsts BILLY OW.ON and his uncle Unfortunately, the news,aper cut out the HARVIN MATfflOW (He'• Walter Matthau•s unicycle entirety so the full effect of the you~er brother.) totted a hold•up attempt stunt was lost to the readers. with t heir skill In making coins disappear Instead of the $200.00, the would-be robbe( *The October-Noveml>er NEWSLE'M'ER of the esca~ed with the disappearing coins (and INTERNATIONAL JUGGLERS ASSOCIATION was ft lied no dlrecttons)f with names and ,tctures of people famltlar te ' U. S.A., Inc. members. LINSEY LESLIE and ******************* LLOYD TIMBERLAKE, who are f oret~n correst,on• dents; KIT SUMMERS, JON HELD, STEVE MILLS, an• DOES ANYONE KNOW •• • ? GA~BO a,,ieared on the ,tcture pa~ess and LARRY FORSBURG was mentioned as a ,arttcbant *Did DAVID BERMAN com,tete his croaa­ in the New Haven, Conn. Oyster Featlvat country unicycle trip? Hts destination was LoS An~e 1es. *An article on the world's tar~est untcycte came to your •dltor via JONATHAN SEGLINS and *Old 808 MeINTYR! comptete hta trly, to ALICE W~NSLEY, who t s the Mother of WALLY VATrS . Vasht~ton o.c.? The article states that the ,robleu of build• in• a unicycle of that Gar~antuan size ts atovn "'Has STEVt MePEAK COJDpleted hts tOO• unicycle? 4own the project considerably. Wally ts A card dated October 25, 1978, from a new• constructing this uni wtth two axles for eaaler media photographer said that he was In , edat tn~ and two stands and a cable system las Vegas to film "Unique McPeat•s New for his own safety. When Watty was asked by (this ts hls second one) 101 foot tatl the re~orter why a man who had unicycled around unicycle. He goes on to say that Steve had the world would need such elaborate safety to get F.A.A. ap,n-oval to even stand the devices, Wally's reply was, "I ..y be unusual tht~ u~. (Hts sho, ts only 2 mtlea from out I'• not a fool f" the airport.) And that Steve was required to install an aircraft beacon! Fact? *Con~atutattonsf to TOM PARISH, who ts now travettn~ wtth the Rtn~ttn~ Brothers and *Doe• anyone have lnfor~atton about profea- ( Barnum and Battey Circus - Blue Unit (See stonat unicyclists - past or present? If DATES TO REMEMBER for the circus schedule.) so, please send .ANYTHING to your editor. Anvone seetn~ Toa will be watching him Pi ctures and wrtte-ups will be returned.

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