SEM?

His name is spelled SEM. I think it's actually his middle
name, and he is named after his father, Carlho Sem Abrahams.
He was born in Suriname, South America, where for all I know
Sem is a real common name. In unicycling, it works out as
one of those names where you don't really need a last name.

Except people often get it wrong because they assume it must
be something else. This happens a lot with Foss as well. If
people don't see it written down, there's no telling how
they might repeat it back: Fost, Frost, Fosse, Floss,
Forcht, Foose to name a few...

Anyway, in 1986 or 87 Sem married Teresa Hemminger of
Redford, MI. She is now Teresa Abrahams, and they perform
together as Teresa and Sem, or Semcycle. Teresa was the first-
ever world champion of artistic unicycling for women (1984).
Sem came in second. In their performances together, they
could have easily won the Pairs Freestyle competition at
many subsequent championships, but did it in the public show
instead of competing.

In January of this year, Sem rode the world's tallest
unicycle, over 115' tall! This is probably the tallest
unicycle that will ever be ridden indoors. Challenging this
record at all will be a major technical and financial
undertaking!

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Naomi said:

is that his real name? SEM?

It is. I don't know what it derives from but I seem to
remember that Noah's three sons were named Sem, Cham
and Jafeth.

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johnfoss said:

Teresa was the first-ever world champion of artistic
unicycling for women (1984). Sem came in second.

In the Women's world championship? That's pretty impressive.

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