Some people have given unicycling a bad name too. But since unicycling
doesn't even have a name, yet, it doesn't have much effect. But any
time you destroy public (or private) property with unicycles, and
people know about it, it damages the reputation of the sport.
Part of not wanting it to grow is plain selfishness. People don't want
to share. Sharing would mean spreading the joy out to more and more
people, to a point where the joy might get diluted.
Also unicycling would be less "special." How can you impress people by
unicycling if one in ten people can do it? But that works both ways.
The more people that have learned to ride (or given it a serious try),
the better they will appreciate *good* unicycling. So if you want to
show off, the difference is that you'll have to be good. I never seem
to see *good* skateboarders out there. Most of them hardly land
anything. But then again I'm not paying that much attention.
Yes, as the sport grows it will bring more diversity, more posers, more
newbies, more mis-information and more "common-ness." But at the same
time it will bring more and better unicycles, that will probably be
cheaper. Also there will be more opportunities for unicyclists to get
together at festivals or other events where they can have the same fun
a small number of us currently have at the big conventions, MUni
Weekends and other scattered events we do.
NOTE: Normally I don't respond to (or read) threads with useless
subject lines. But I liked this one. Please try to put the question or
"point" of your post in the subject.
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johnfoss
John Foss, the Uni-Cyclone
"jfoss" at "unicycling.com" -- www.unicycling.com
"Read the rules!" -- 'IUF Rulebook'
(http://www.unicycling.org/iuf/rulebook/) -- 'USA Rulebook'
(http://www.unicycling.org/usa/competition/)
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