Dan's not 100% quit. For sure. But... very rarely rides.
-Longish story ahead, be warned.-
I had to make a long-distance phonecall to him several months ago, back
when I was still sorting out who to test my Triton frames for me. So
for Isaac not to pay in money his Triton (even though it was at a
heavily discounted price), we came to the agreement we should swap it
for his then-owned "The Ti". Since that old ti uni was originally
Dan's, I was told that I needed to get his 'blessing' or permission
that it was OK for it to be passed down to me.
So I phone him, turns out he doesn't really care about that old frame
anymore as it's not his responsibility as Zack apparently broke their
agreement after Defect and just sold it on instead of returning it to
Dan. (Yep, that red wheeled uni that Zack rides in Defect was on loan
to him from Dan).
During that same conversation, I asked him about other things too..
He's not quit, but it's just his injuries and other things in life that
have kept him at bay. He still rides on occasion, but everything is
under wraps. Who knows, perhaps something exciting is going to happen
next year. 🙄
Regarding that Koxx promodel based on him... he said that years ago him
and Koxx had some agreement going and they offered to make him a custom
promodel. Dan didn't seem all that stoked or excited about it, and
didn't really even know that it was ever going to be released. At the
time of speaking to him, he said he didn't even know what it looked
like, and he asks: "how is it? do you like it?". I found it quite
amusing how Dan hadn't even seen or bothered to care about a unicycle
named made after him.
Overall, unicycling does not seem his main passion in life. He has
stated he sees BMX as his favourite extreme sport. I'm not sure if it's
a matter of motivation or nagging injuries that are keeping him
low-profile right now. I hope it's the former, because motivation can
always be regained at some point, whereas chronic injuries will prevent
anyone from riding no matter how great their motivation.
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