Yesterday I rode in a parade here in Port Orchard and it was a bunch of
fun! The morning started rainy and wet, but later it got really nice
for the parade at 6 o'clock. Before the parade I did some freestyle in
the parking lot of my dad's office and then went down and got lined up.
After I got lined up about a mile away from the office, I noticed my
tire was way low. I remembered we had a pump in my dad's car, so I rode
and glided all the way back (thank god there were a bunch of hills I
could tackle really fast by gliding) and pumped the tire. I made it
back JUST in time for the parade start, and rode off behind my dad's
friend's truck that was my main "float." I was representing the "Great
Ball Race" which is a Port Orchard Chamber of Commerce (my dad was the
prez of it last year) rund raiser where they race 3,000 plastic
McDonalds play-pit type balls down a hill and if your ball comes out
first then you win a trip to New York for two, a $6,000 mink coat, and
$2,000 spending money. So, I did the parade just fine and got more than
a few "Hey Tyler, you rule!!!" and "Woa, I know you!" comments. Because
I was one of the first sections of the parade, I got to come back to
where my parents and grandparents were and watch the rest of the parade.
During me sitting there with my uni, I saw this rather wannabe (no
offence) unicycle group all riding suns, cyclepros, and savages doing
these simple formations ride by and decided I would do a little
showoffedness. I hopped on and just "randomly" glided, 1 footed
wheelwalked, and seat on side rode by while they did nothing of that
impressive sort. One girl even rode her Savage right next to me and
whispered "showoff" at me! 😄 One person even commented that I was "by
far the best in the group" and then when I said I wasn't in the group
she was just like "oh, ok, sorry." I didn't take the attention off them
very much, though, because I know that it is a great thing that they're
doing that at their school and it's not their fault that they aren't
very good (well, it kinda is, but they just need to practice more).
Anyway, here are some pics. The first one is of me in the parade and
all the others are of before it in my dad's parking lot.
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