Comments on: Holy crap.

Holy crap.

loquacious — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 10:21:48 -0800

Hardcore unicycle, "trial" style. Wasn't this the punchline to a joke once? (YouTube, of course.)

By: argybarg

argybarg — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 10:39:43 -0800

Love the use of "Smells Like Teen Spirit," which must be what all those EXTREME kids are listening to these days. So it's impressive in a way, but it mostly looks like a guy bouncing around on a unicycle tire. Pretty silly.

By: crunchland

crunchland — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 10:40:13 -0800

Interesting, but I suspect the outtakes would have been moreso.

By: wumpus

wumpus — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 10:42:06 -0800

something about having to grab fearfully at your crotch in 99% of the tricks you can to on a unicycle makes me think this is an extreme sport that's not going to catch on quickly.

By: wumpus

wumpus — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 10:44:40 -0800

not to mention having to wave your arms around like a retarded windmill while you pedal.

By: caddis

caddis — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 10:47:55 -0800

nice

By: jonson

jonson — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 10:55:21 -0800

If I were this guy I would never let myself be filmed, but rather spend my days moving from small town to small town, hanging out near the local unicycle store & hustling the rubes for bar bets.

By: loquacious

loquacious — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 11:17:48 -0800

Love the use of "Smells Like Teen Spirit," Hah, awesome. That's what I get for browsing YouTube with the sound muted.

By: The Deej

The Deej — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 11:58:36 -0800

Take that, you fixed-gear pansies!!!!!

By: cortex

cortex — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 12:08:45 -0800

Haughey could take him.

By: Gungho

Gungho — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 12:13:45 -0800

Well that was a waste of 4 minutes. I kept waiting for the seat to come off and the tube...well you know.

By: cccorlew

cccorlew — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 12:16:23 -0800

How can that be possible? It seems almost superhuman. If I could do that... well, I'd do something else. But still, amazing.

By: pracowity

pracowity — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 12:31:35 -0800

I can't even hop around on my feet as well as he hops around on a silly wheel, but, then again, I don't spend hours and hours practicing hopping from rock to rock. That guy must live in a land of very little to do.

By: grimcity

grimcity — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 13:06:00 -0800

I'm really impressed with his skill, but as a skateboarder, I automatcally cringe when I see "XTREME" used in seriousness... by anyone. Thanks ESPN!

By: craven_morhead

craven_morhead — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 13:15:25 -0800

A unicycle IS a fixed gear, Deej.

By: dobbs

dobbs — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 13:25:59 -0800

I thought that was pretty week. Just a guy bouncing around on a tire, for the most part. He's got nothing on these guys.

By: The God Complex

The God Complex — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 13:43:15 -0800

I thought that was pretty week. Just a guy bouncing around on a tire, for the most part. He's got nothing on these guys. Not sure if it's the same guy, but they were talking on the radio the other day about some guy that does the Grouse Grind and a bunch of other stuff on his unicycle, including fifteen foot drops. Pretty crazy stuff.

By: Ethereal Bligh

Ethereal Bligh — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 14:08:57 -0800

That pretty much didn't impress me much at all. He's probably a pioneer at what he's doing, but nothing he does he does with any fluidity and grace. Someone much more talented could use that unicycle to do stuff that is both amazing and beautiful. I'd like to see that.

By: The Deej

The Deej — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 14:09:53 -0800

Ya, ya, craven, I shoulda qualified it as 2-wheeled, fix wheel pansies. I'll stick to my fixed-wheel: a tricycle.

By: The Deej

The Deej — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 14:11:24 -0800

** Grrr, replace fix wheel above with fixed-gear. Bad day to quit percoset.

By: KevinSkomsvold

KevinSkomsvold — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 14:15:50 -0800

It's insane, that guy's taint'

By: Tube

Tube — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 15:03:12 -0800

something about having to grab fearfully at your crotch in 99% of the tricks you can to on a unicycle makes me think this is an extreme sport that's not going to catch on quickly. It might work well as a way to promote the Nutty Buddy.

By: effugas

effugas — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 15:17:59 -0800

Metafilter: Grabbing fearfully at your crotch

By: rider

rider — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 16:04:30 -0800

Kris Holm pretty much started the sport. I think most of the footage is from about 2000, as per the Norco colours. The sport has progressed since then. The 'extreme cycling' side of things seems to have died down a bit though, not as cool as it used to be.

By: JeffL

JeffL — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 16:26:27 -0800

That was fun to watch, but I think that this is a more impressive accomplishment on a unicycle. I did a coast-to-coast bike ride this summer, and kept hearing about this woman - she seemed to stay a few weeks ahead of me. The first few times the locals told me about her, I thought they were yanking my chain...

By: bpm140

bpm140 — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 17:02:34 -0800

All I'm sayin' is replace Smells Like Teen Spirit with the theme from Benny Hill and this is revealed for what it really is: Man bounces on crate. Man bounces on rock. Man bounces on wall...

By: rider

rider — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 18:43:04 -0800

Oh yeah, Kris Holm and unicycling was mentioned before.

By: antifuse

antifuse — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 06:49:46 -0800

While I guess this is a serious amount of skill, I still find myself unimpressed. Maybe because people on unicycles, pretty much without fail, look kind of silly. I only watched a part of it, but I presume he doesn't go into a halfpipe? Now THAT would impress me! :)

By: Mister_A

Mister_A — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 09:14:44 -0800

I think it's supposed to be slightly silly, you dopes. I had a guy from Calgary named Paul stay at my house in Philly for the messenger world championships (CMWC) in 2000. He rode a uni in the race, plus he was drinking a lot; it was pretty rad, in a goofy self-effacing sorta way.

By: Four Flavors

Four Flavors — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 15:02:56 -0800

the Mountain Uni guys are up on YouTube now as well.

By: fixedgear

fixedgear — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 07:17:52 -0800

Missed the FGG thread that The Deej mentioned (I was outta town) so here's a link. Oh yeah, one unicycle that I can't ride (yet).

By: Durhey

Durhey — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 10:37:41 -0800

Man, what a load of haters. Skating, BMX, motocross, those are all sports for folks without the testicular fortitude to handle unicycle. Seriously, unicyling is tough on the old family jewels, but after a couple years of practice unicyclists have balls of tempered steel... or paste.