



#4: Giraffe unicycle coasting, in a headstand

This rider is a professional. If you are thinking of trying this trick, first get "professional" help. Pictured is Kip Vennix of Livonia, MI in 1980, and this picture was taken about 100' away from our #2 "Thing"! (OOW XVIII/2, Spring 1992 -- UNICYCLING 6/2) Hey. Who said he was hanging from a tree branch?



#5: Riding where you definitely shouldn't!

Intrepid unicyclist Bradley Bradley (no kidding) is posing atop a high pole in Washington Square Park in Manhattan. This picture was taken on May 25, 1986. Bradley, Ken Fuchs and your editor had just participated in Hands Across America, where we held hands with hundreds of thousands of people all the way across the country. Of course we did it while on unicycles (we were not the only unicyclists involved). Bradley was the same guy a couple of issues back trying to stop the car with his unicycle in the snow . . . (OOW XVIII/3, Summer 1992 -- UNICYCLING 6/3)

#6: Riding on top of the swing-set

Bill Karbo supplied a picture of this, which appeared in On One Wheel. If someone can send me this picture, or a scan of it, I'd like to add it here. #7: Sammy Hellwig: Unicycle Para-Sailing

"In 1991 I stayed in a holiday club in Djerba, Tunisia. I flew sitting on my unicycle with my parachute behind a speedboat. I never felt it so easy to turn my pedals . . . We timed my landing close to the swimming pool. It was perfect, and I could ride on without any step on the ground. But my big parachute, 60 sq. yards, floated down on the people laying in the sun chairs. The people were shocked when the parachute came down and gave a big shade. The guests from the hotel were very embarrassed and did not enjoy it. The hotel director gave me friendly advice to change hotels . . . This is one thing you don't have to do on a unicycle -- but I enjoy things not to do." Sammy (Photo courtesy Sammy Hellwig) (OOW 19/2, Spring 1993 -- UNICYCLING 7/2)



#8: David Ramos; Giraffe scuba diving

1986: Crash Boat Beach, near Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. The unicycle is a poor means of underwater transportation, because of the lack of traction due to rider buoyancy. Also, flippers can make pedaling slightly difficult. However, this might be a good method for learning to ride, because falls are virtually eliminated! David Ramos was an early member of the unicycle club in Isabela, and a rider on the undefeated Puerto Rico All Stars unicycle basketball team at UNICONs I-IV (UNICON IV was only a few miles from where this picture was taken). David now lives in Lancaster, PA. (Photo courtesy David Ramos) (OOW 19/3, Summer 1993 -- UNICYCLING 7/3)



#9: Getting stuck in the battlements when riding on the edge of the Great Wall

August 1993. At the Great Wall Marathon event in China, Stephen Dressler, an American living in Hong Kong, was celebrating. What you can't see here is the 40' (13 meter) vertical drop behind him. That's why this is a thing not to do, while riding on the actual wall is fairly safe. It seems fitting that Steve, the first man known to unicycle on the Great Wall back in 1986, should be showing us this thing not to do. (OOW 19/4, Winter 1993 -- UNICYCLING 7/4)



# 10: Riding in Tiananmen Square

Jack Halpern and John Foss, August 17, 1993. What better place could there be for an American and an Israeli to take a unicycle ride than where freedom was "killed" in 1989? Fortunately, Great Wall Marathon host Zhao Yanyang saved them from the police and prevented their arrest. Tiananmen (meaning "Gate of Heavenly Peace") is the largest public square in the world, covering 98 acres! The intrepid unicyclists rode for only about 20 seconds before they were stopped by police. Photo by Steve Dressler.