Combatting misconceptions...

andrew_carter said:

*I need some ideas for the start of our movie. I want to
have some text at the start informing non-unicyclists
about certain things. At the moment I have:

"All non-unicyclists please note...

'MUni' stands for mountain unicycling ...and we DO NOT
land drops sitting down." *

explaining the 2nd statement to non-unicyclists may be
problematic ...

non-unicyclists don't know unicyclists' "land"

non-unicyclists don't know unicyclists' "drop"

non-unicyclists may not realize that one can sit on a uni

non-unicyclists may not realize that one can stand on a uni

and sometimes, in a video of a seat-in drop it may appear
that the landing _is_ made sitting down, because the
transition from legs-extended (standing) to seat is so fast
it may happen between video frames. I.e. the first frame
that shows the wheel on the ground may also show the butt
on the seat.

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They'll soon realise all these things as soon as they watch
the rest of the video though, and if they didn't know them
to start with, it will whet their appetites

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Maybe change it to MUni stands for Mountain UNIcycling...
And we DO NOT land sitting down. If you want to make
absolutely sure everyone understand what you mean, show a
2sec clip of a drop.

Quoted message said:

Any other things I should add?

"No balls where harmed during the making of this film"

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Borges said:

*"No balls where harmed during the making of this film" *

or "No balls where -permanently injured- during the making
of this film"
:|

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I unicycle and my shoes r the right size??? Ben

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Construction workers stopped to watch me ride today . . .

one started with "You lost some 'wheels'" (?!) and continued
with "that hurts my balls just looking at it"

non-riders don't know that we don't sit on our balls they
don't know that they could probably learn to ride if they
tried enough they don't know that we don't like the
redundant comments they don't know that unicycling is a
SPORT enjoyed by non-entertainers they don't seem to know
how we stop, slow down or "ride that thing" they don't know
that it is SAFER than most other sports

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duaner said:

*or "No balls where -permanently injured- during the
making of this film" :| *

That's good, especially if you add "Except here." and show a
great, painful outtake. You can follow it up with something
about "This is not the recommended method."

Yes there's lots you can say to your audience. But show them
first. You could even do a dialogue with a bystanding non-
rider, or imaginary one. Then you could tackle the common
questions one by one, such as "You can't ride those uphill,
can you?" and show it. Make sure you include something about
how people *can* learn to ride. The first thing toward doing
it is not closing yourself off from it. It amazes me how
people do that. It's okay to not be interested, but to be
absolutely convinced it's impossible for you to do is not
the same thing.

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Yeah, I tell people when they ask me if it's hard, that it's
hard at first, but you gotta practice. I've had my unicycle
out at the youth center and of course a bunch of kids wanna
ride it, so we juggle my 20 inch and 24" with my three
different sized seats and posts between them, and kids try
to ride while two more hold them, it's hectic, but fun.
Noones really ridden by themselves, but I don't expect it, I
think some of them do, although I know if they had more then
one or two tries they'd get it eventually. But I think it's
helping me at least by trying to teach them, plus it's fun
when they say, " can you ride that?" and want to see me,
even if I can only ride forward, hop, and idle for a second.

Andrew

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KJ-52 said:

*Yeah, I tell people when they ask me if it's hard, that
it's hard at first, but you gotta practice.*

I often remind people that it was hard to _learn_ to
ride a b*ke.

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duaner said:

*

I often remind people that it was hard to _learn_ to ride
a b*ke. *

I prefer the line that I heard from someone here on RSU when
I'm asked if it's hard to learn to uni.

I reply with "It's hard to learn, but easy to do" 😄

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sorry to put the brakes on but how many non unicyclists do
you think are going to buy this video anyway?? i mean do you
buy skateboarding videos? Ben

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non-unicyclists may not buy it, but I know that when I
buy a new uni movie, I show it to all of my non-
unicycling friends.

john

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Quoted message said:

non-unicyclists may not buy it, but I know that when I buy
a new uni movie, I show it to all of my non-unicycling
friends.

Yes, that was my reasoning. Of course I don't expect any non-
unicyclist to go out and buy it!

Andrew

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thinuniking said:

*sorry to put the brakes on but how many non unicyclists
do you think are going to buy this video anyway?? i mean
do you buy skateboarding videos? Ben *

No but I download them...

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Quoted message said:

non-unicyclists may not buy it, but I know that when I buy
a new uni movie, I show it to all of my non-unicycling
friends.

andrew_carter said:

*Yes, that was my reasoning. Of course I don't expect any
non-unicyclist to go out and buy it!

Andrew *

Then, why bother combating prejudice here? Your friends
know you well enough to know that if landing a drop felt
like being kicked in the crotch you probably wouldn't do
it. Right?

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I just reckon that somewhere along the way non-unicyclists
(most likely friends and family of unicyclists) that don't
know these things will probably see the movie. It's not like
there's any harm done in adding these few lines. A few of
the titles have the word 'MUni' in them and I thought that
that at least could use some explaining.

There will be links to the movie (available for download) on
www.unicycles.com.au and there may be some not-yet-
unicyclists watching bits and pieces at some stage. I think
it would help for them to know these things.

Andrew

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We have watched UNiVERsE 2 in two of my classes at
school. Not all of them know me or what andrew_carter was
talking about.

john

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