Volume 7 No 1 (Winter 1980)
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VOLUME 7 NO. 1 QUARTERLY WINTER, 1980 ( P. O. BOX 40'534 Official Oi-stan PNICYCI n1r. SOCTr.TY OF A}-ff.!HCA, TNC. c \QRO A11 Rts.Res. aeo.rord, MI 48240 Yearly Membership S6 Inctuctes News l etters(/,) tn Card - See Blank~.20 OFFICERS ***TABLr. Or CONTf.NTS*** President Tom Mitter V. P. Roberto Tschudt UNICYC!.ISTS TN ACTION, ...... , ............ 2 & ~ S.Treas. Joyce Jones NAT!ONAL l1NICYr.t F: MEr.T !NfORMATlON ••••• • •• , • • 3 G111NNJ,,:SS CHALLENG~:RS IN THF: LANT> OF THF 11'QUNnER MEMBERS 1 RISING SUN,•••• ti•,•• t • • •, • • ,,, • 1, • 1, • • • •, • FROM TH F. CLURS ••••.•• , ••.•••• , ••• . ••••••• 6 • 8 Bernarrl Crandall UNICYCl E HOCK'F:Y •.••• , •••••••••.••••• • .• , 9 • 10 Paul & Nancy Fox UNICYCLfi: TRtCl<t BA'1<WAR05 0NF:-FOOTED ••••••• 10 Peter Han~ach ACH I F:VEMENT AWARl')S ••••• • , , • • , •• , ••• , , •••• , , • 11 Patricia Herron SUGGESTIONS ~OR AOVANClm ACHIEVEMENT TH 11 Jenack LEVELS • •.• , ... ........ , . " •••.•...•..• t 1 - t 2 Gordon Kruse LE'l'TERS FROM OUR MEMBERS .• •.••.•••.•••• 13 • 14 Steve McPeak UNI CY CL !STS IN THE NE\<IS •••••••••••••• , , •• ••• l 5 ~r. Jas. J. Moran PROPOOAL FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN r. ~iles S. Rop;ers TNTERNA~IONAL UNICYCLJNG ~F.O~RATTON •• ••• • 16 Charlotte Fox Ro2er s ON UNICYCLf.S ANn BICYCLES from 'T'Hr. Andy Rubel HENRY FORD MUSEUM, DEARBORN, MICHIGAN •••• 16 nr. Claude Shannon MEET YOUR OF'F!CERS,, •••• • • , .••• , ••.•••• 17 - tR Jim Smith COMING IN FUTURE tSSUES,., •. , ..•••••.•.. , ••• 18 Dr. Jack Yiley MI SCELJ..A..~EOUS •• , ••••• • ••••••••.•.•.•••• t 2 b. 18 ORO ER BLANK . ..... .. .... , .••.•••. •.. .••• .••. 1 Q NF:\JSLEITER roITOR MEMBF:RSHTP APPLtCA'T'J0N, • •••• .• •• • •••• , •• , •• 20 Carol Br tchford 2M,60 Lyndon Redford , MI 4A23Q CONTR IB UT ING ED I.TOR Bill .Jenack FEATURE WRITERS Steve Gordon Jack Haloern 1'ed Warle The OAI< VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL EXH IBITTONAL \ ACTIVITIES CLUB of Fa irfax, Vtr2fnta P2EI, 6 - 7 N \ISl ' 1 ABOUt ntt PICTURES ON PAG! 2 Page 3 t and 2) Btffl B<E\IELL, a member of the OAK VI EW t'LDt!NTARY SCHOOL tXHIBITJONAL ACTIVI• TI!S CLUB , de11t0nstrates her abil i ty on an ( uttlMte wheel made of a standard unicycle vheet. (These pictures are Included once again, aton~ with several others, because of the poor r eproduction In the taat laeue.) For more on thl•, read "Letters••• " 3) RANDY BARNES ls shown demonstrating one of the hlgh•fatl techniques which he learned at Paul Stader• Stunt School In Santa Monica, illT(1.15-17 CA. 4) 'nits ts another picture of Randy demonstrat tn~ his "tong-Jump" technique. Randy 0 a The KokO!IIO ROADRUNNERS wilt be the host ramps, vhtch he builds hl•setf, are con for the t9RO National ffntcycle Meet to be structed with a curve like thlst held In lokmno, Indiana. Note that the date ta August t5, 16 and 17 . The Roadrunners, f:::::::::: who det l,zht In t he unusua1, have planned This tsaue contains aeverat other articles events for Friday t hat have never before been on UNYSTAR, Randy Barnes. seen at a National Meet . Participants vttl 5 and 6) ANDY LAYN! (5) and his cousin SH!LLY be abte to attempt the tong jump, a cross LAYNE (6) spent the day tottowlng the country race, an unusual obstacle and other R!DFORD TOWNSHIP UNICYCLE CLUB'S 3rd Annual events stilt being considered by U.S.A., Inc. Hint-Meet at Greenfield Village In Dearborn, President TOM HILLER and the Roadrunners . Mich. !ach ls seen In front of the Wright 'Prlday• s events vi 1, ·also lnctude .ti basketbatt Cycle Co. building riding a 4-toot giraffe. etlmlnatlon. Eaeh Untcycte Club l s Invited The bicycle In th- .store vtndov ts 111entloned to send a team of 4-5 r,ders who vttl parti fn the article "On Unicycles and Bicycle•" cipate tn a serles of 12-mtnute basketball tn this Issue. A close took at Andy wltt ( games. The two clubs who wln the moat ga11es show hla wearing the crown and ribbon he vltl then be pitted against each other In a won llhen he vas selected "Mr. Mint-Meet." final 25-mlnute champtonshlp game . None of 7) 'nits picture of DON SHAFFER appeared on Friday' s events will be considered part of hh 1979 Christmas cards. The fotlovtng the offlctat N.U .M. results. verse was on the c,ppoalte t>a~• of the cards Saturday wtt l begfn the conventional r aces. At 1100 on Saturday alt unicyclists, Cl ubs and lndtvtduata, wttl ride In a COIIIIU• ¾l:"'./v1: fR, <-c~ G-1'.s•\.\'lii "'&\\i ntty parade through Kokomo. T O\IT of t'\'( \.E't\(;,\)' 'nloae riding ln t he Individual trick and t .) couples events wi ll perform before the judges I prior to a Sunday afternoon perfonnance. The s~ \ \ S i"t\<. 1'C) ~'t W~tt\. \ ~ top three r iders In each cateRory will again perform Sunday afternoon when they vl11 be Gt1 1'<> 'T~E Go\<::r. ranked, first, second and third. Group performances vl11 atso be held at 1 1 this time. Vi £ ~~ S ~ 1)1' tllE'L So 11'4\ Ages for races and trick riding and couple• wit 1 be1 s ~""' Ci I"'\" s ~ t-.l.€ J BO\'S 0-11, 12-15, and 16-up GIRLS 0-tt, 12-15, and 16-up 1 11. II O I 1"1 S" \'116 \\ 1 If \f 1\1.t., The Spring R>LR vlt1 contain an entry blank tt,atlng all of the events, a ttat of \' \.L 'SE "S\\.fW~~ l\\ill~. accommodations avaltabte In the area, a map ror IIC)!"e on Don, aee "Lettere ••• of Kolcoao, and a timetable for the week end. A group of artistic cycttata perform on one Tom Mitter vltl be getting together with the wheel for the Jt!DfORD TCMNSHIP U!flCYCL! CLUB Directors and Officers on Aprtt 20 and would vhen t he club toured Europe tn Juty, 1979. appreciate hearln~ fr0111 anyone with SURR••tlona for this year'• Meet before the meeting. Toa•s addT••• I• In •Meet Your Officers~ tmtCYCLI~ socn:TY CF AMERICA, INC. NEWSLETTtR - WtNTtR, 1980 ' I ., ' TV '\ \ • , ( 0 - - \ ,. .. • F, TT ':i¾ - I.,! J ~ T .. I ABOUT nfE PI CTURES ON PAGE 4t Page S 1) Vice-President ROB!RTo-TSCHUDIN WORJ,D•S TALLEST GIRAFFE I LUCHEME gets ready to give his ftancee KAREN ICRATlER a lesson· on hov to mount S!M ABRAHAMS, that "Lord of the Wh eel " a unicycle? from Surinam (Members wttt vividly r emember 2) Mobile, Alabama, will soon be a hotbed him and hls·untcycttng prowess from the of untcycttng activity If sm GRANBERRY tQ7Q N.U.M.) wttl ride a 65\ foot ~traffe and his son (seen riding his unicycle In Tokyo on March 20, t980. Thia wttl es with some foot and hand action) have tablish a new world record, exceedtn~ by their plans realized. More on this In 12 feet the ~3' 9;n ~traffe ridden by "Prom the Clubs." BR!TT SHOCICL!Y. The new giraffe ts betn~ 3) Members have asked for a better picture butlt by CARLHOS ABRAHAMS, Sem• s Father. of the Japanese MIYATA unicycle. This The1wt t l both be coming to Japan for thi s picture of MICHELLE CLINE holding the record-breaking ride. Others wttt attempt Miyata ta again included tn the K'3LR In to ride thts giant. Of course, safety the hope that the quality wtll be Im• equipment Will be used. proved. Note the protective metal bands Even tf STEVE McPEAlC does ride the 101' at the seat front and back. giraffe on a tlghtvlre as planned, the 65; 4) U. S.A,, Inc. Director, FLOYD CRANDALL, footer wltl stilt be listed as a aeJ)8rate ts seen riding his 20-foot unicycle at record In the Guinness Book, since riding the 1977 N,U.M, held In Marton, Ohio. across a tlghtwtre ta essentlatty different 5) WENDY BAHfEICR from Garden City, Mtchtgan, from riding on the ground. demonstrates some one-footed riding and rocklnR on her 4-foot P~n~utn unicycle. UNICYCLING MARATHON RECORD 6) TERESA HEMMINGER (daughter of Olrector, AL HEMMINGER) and DEBBIE JONa (daughter According to the 1980 edition of the of Sec.•Treaa. JOYC! JONES) took top hon• GulMess Book, the current 100-mfle record , ors In their age bracket in the couples ta held by FRANK R. WILLIAMS, who rode from ( competition at the 1979 N.U.M, Austin to Waco, Texas, ln 12 hrs. 50 mlna. 7) NANCY MILLER and her 16" MIYATA unicycle• JA<:r. HALPERN wttl attempt to break this which she acquired at the 1979 N,U,M. record In Japan, an event that vttt be She wt 11, undoubted ty, be seen performtng telecast ttve nationwide. with the SMILING FACES 4-H UNICYCU.: CLUB this year. TRIPLE-DE<:r.!R GIRAFF! 8) CA'fflY FOX gets an as•lat from Dad (Olrec• tor PAUL FOX) and J<»IN J!NACK (1-r) In Thia picture of a attempting to ride Japan's two•vheet uni, Hamilton unicycle built Few at the 1979 National Meet were able for two will ~Ive the to master the art of pedaling backwards to reader an Idec ot what go forvard. Many of those who attempted Japan's record-breaking the feat had to be rescued from the temts "weirdest unicycle" wlU court fence, took like. Planned to be a trlple•decker, the GUINNESS CHALLENGERS IN THE LAND OF TH! RISING construction ts turning !!m by Jack Halpern, President out to be one of many Japan Unicycling Club engineering and safety probtema. The next After a year and a half of promotional act!• Issue of the NSLR vltles by the Japan Unicycling Club (JUC), the should contain a report country ts almost "teeming" with unlcycttsta.