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    wobbling bear
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    So I wanted to go skiing with my uni ... but did not want to hurt other
    skiers with an out of control uni bouncing down a slope after an UPD.
    So I used a thin mountaineering rope (3 meters) to build a leash.
    I tied each end to a branch of the fork and had my hand wrapping itself
    around the middle.
    Riding with a leash is a curious experience, it does work and it gives
    you another feeling. I had the leash in the same hand that usually
    grabs the handle and, for the moment, was not confident enough to have
    one hand on the handle and another hand on the leash (but I am pretty
    sure that this will provide an interesting control on the uni).
    Only drawback: when you fall you sometime get the leash between your
    legs (nothing hurt :p ).

    as for the snow: when I arrived up in the mountain the foehn wind had
    blown the snow melted, all ski-lifts were closed 🙁

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    I dout a uni would roll very far in snow?

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    I didn't spell it wrong, you just read it wrong!

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    maybe if it was steep enough?

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    thejdw said:

    I dout a uni would roll very far in snow?

    Very far DOWN A MOUNTAIN!

    I could see that being a problem. 😄

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    I have snow MUni on my to-do list, but it's not worth buying a strong
    24" for it. I bet the feeling is great, when riding amongst skiers. Any
    comments from them?

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    Triball said:

    I have snow MUni on my to-do list, but it's not worth buying a strong
    24" for it. I bet the feeling is great, when riding amongst skiers. Any
    comments from them?

    That's what i should do for a holiday. Take my new 26"Muni snow riding.
    That would be pretty COOL. haha🙄

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    I dout a uni would roll very far in snow?

    Mostly it wouldn't. But sometimes they can get going and just head on
    down the hill. I have some experience with this...

    Pictures and videos from the 'Unicycle Bowling \"Competition\"'
    (http://tinyurl.com/332get) at NAUCC 2003

    You don't want your unicycle doing that on a crowded ski slope! In
    America, we probably wouldn't be allowed to bring them up the lift
    anyway...

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    You don't want your unicycle doing that on a crowded ski slope! In
    America, we probably wouldn't be allowed to bring them up the lift
    anyway...

    Depends who you ask. The resort management might not like it, but the
    ski bum working the lift would probably think it's cool. It's easier
    to get forgiveness than permission.

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    Pictures and videos from the 'Unicycle Bowling \"Competition\"'
    (http://tinyurl.com/332get) at NAUCC 2003

    that's a competion I could have won with my Coker!. In another thread I
    told how I UPDed from my Coker and it decided to go on: amazing
    feeling!
    the Coker continued to *roll *without me!

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    johnfoss said:

    Mostly it wouldn't. But sometimes they can get going and just head on
    down the hill. I have some experience with this...

    Pictures and videos from the 'Unicycle Bowling \"Competition\"'
    (http://tinyurl.com/332get) at NAUCC 2003

    haha that was awsome 😄

    johnfoss said:


    You don't want your unicycle doing that on a crowded ski slope!

    I've heard bad things from victims of snowboarders, could this be even
    worse?

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    I didn't spell it wrong, you just read it wrong!

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