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Largo
Sport climber
The Big Wide Open Face
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Topic Author's Original Post - Jul 6, 2013 - 02:30pm PT
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Was going through my old hard drive and came across some photos from around 2007 when I was super involved with downhill mountain unicycling (MUNI) with the crew up at Santa Barbara, which at that time was the most active MUNI club on earth, with a ton of great trails silling down the big mountain just behind the town. "Tunnel Trail" in particular was a beast, expecially on a muni owing to the many tight turns, overall steepness of the crux secions, and massive rocks. We had to attemp Tunnel many times over several years before a couple of us finally got the red point, so to speak, and rode every inch of the thing. It still remains one of the most difficult adventure sport challenges I ever undertook. Damn, that was HARD.
Here's a few shots. Very fond memories, indeed. What a great group of folks we used to ride with!
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Cole
Trad climber
los angeles
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Absolutely nuts! I can't even ride one on flat ground, and not for lack of trying.
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
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Looks like one sport you'd be better off without balls...?
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pud
climber
Sportbikeville & Yucca brevifolia
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Looks like one sport you'd be better off without balls...?
Quite the opposite, trust me.
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snowhazed
Trad climber
Oaksterdam, CA
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Absorbing a landing- it seems next to impossible not to impact your nuts or your taint. Or your legs don't compress and you take it straight to the spine. Am I wrong?
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Keep yer chest up, weight on yer pedals & - theoretically - ya don't get sacked. I don't ride but both my kids do.
Not only don't you ride, but you don't have balls. (At least, not as far as I could ever tell). So you have no idea what it's like to look at pictures like that. Any male who sees those shots and doesn't experience a panic moment is a eunuch.
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ms55401
Trad climber
minneapolis, mn
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looks like the fast route to impotency. How can that not abuse the spunk out of one's balls?
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TwistedCrank
climber
Dingleberry Gulch, Ideeho
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How can that not abuse the spunk out of one's balls? I suppose that may be a function of the initial size of one's balls.
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goatboy smellz
climber
Nederland-GulfBreeze
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How do you go uphill without gears?
Is this just another California downhill?
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rincon
Trad climber
SoCal
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Looks like a great way to get seriously hurt!
Gee, I wonder why it hasn't caught on?
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TREED
Trad climber
Gunks
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Do those things freewheel?
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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Looks like a great way to get seriously hurt!
Gee, I wonder why it hasn't caught on?
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Can you do the TDF on one?
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MisterE
Social climber
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That right there is a peak activity of balance and control.
Props.
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Largo
Sport climber
The Big Wide Open Face
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 7, 2013 - 02:58pm PT
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You gots bike shorts on under the board shorts so your junk is held out of the way. Also, if you look a the big drop shots you'll see I have the cranks locked off horzontally so when you impact, you absorb the shock on your feet and quads, not your minerals. Plus the seat is hard foam three inches thick. We've got it worked out.
JL
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Batrock
Trad climber
Burbank
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Radical dude! I used to run the 35 mile Ssnta Barbara 9 Trails race and I believe the Tunnel Trail was part of it. I miss those trails, they were hard enough to run, I can't imagine riding them on one stinking wheel.
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goatboy smellz
climber
Nederland-GulfBreeze
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Thanks for ignoring the obvious question John.
It shows the world your more about self promotion than anything else.
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McHale's Navy
Trad climber
From Panorama City, CA
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Obvious question would be; Are you going to show us more? :>) I have not been on my uni for a few years and can use some inspiration.
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Johannsolo
climber
Soul Cal
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What about using shocks?
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shady
Trad climber
hasbeen
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Largo, are you back at it?
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Roxy
Trad climber
CA Central Coast
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That looks like fun but damn it looks crazy dangerous.
reminds me of lawn darts and the slip-N-slide from BITD.
carry on!
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