1994 off-balance elf with goodies. Great detail!
Mouse on peppermint wheel, juggling candy canes
Alien bear on peppermint wheel (okay, it's a stretch whether this is a unicycle)
Curious George
Clown in glass bell
Crayola juggling clown
1992 Precious Moments balancing act with puppy and kitten. Great detail on this one also.
Coca-Cola polar bear (only about 1" high)
Another mouse on a peppermint wheel, this one juggling wrapped candies
One-footing bear with candy canes
Yet another unicycling mouse, this one "fake" juggling 5 balls on a thimble
Christmas-decorated unicycle ornament from Cafepress.com. My only MUni ornament!
It's a tandem. That's one wheel each!
Hand-painted crushed soda can ornament with a unicycle under the Christmas tree. Artist: Melanie Bazile.
Metal music box, about 1' high; Santa rotates while music plays
Tiny unicycling mice/monkeys made of porcelain, each about 1.5" high
Ceramic bear, about 5" high
Part of a collectible set, this unicyclist can be fit together with other pieces of a children's circus
Pixie Kitchen unicyclist, from an old restaurant along the Oregon coast (bought on eBay, like many of the others)
Special ceramic plaque for helping the hosts of Unicon IV in Puerto Rico, 1988
Handlebar wheel guy from Cirque du Soleil
Halloween unicycling mummy, rotating music box from Hallmark
Pewter statue with balloons, about 9" high
Pewter juggling boy with dog, about 3" high. his arms move
Special dinosaur statue for helping the hosts of the 1991 USA Convention in Chariton, Iowa. A local artist made similar statues you could buy there.
Ron Lee bear, 1999
Black kids on unicycles, plastic, about 2.5" high
Tom Miller made all the trophies for his 1980 National Unicycle Meet, the first I ever attended. It actually balances on the pedestal. This was for first place in the "Trick Riding, Chain Drive" category. Uh oh, my backdrop is too small for this one and my "photo studio" is revealed!
His and hers unicycles, decorated for their appearance on our wedding cake on July 1, 2000
The same statue-guy has been used on Japanese unicycling trophies for many years. The figure comes from an old photo of Jack Halpern. This was for the Guinness 100m race at Unicon III in 1987.
Miyata also donated additional trophies in 1980, so I got this one as well
A trophy for 15th place? You betcha. My first artistic bicycling competition, 1982 in Weisbaden, Germany. 15th out of 17! In the WORLD, that is. This is only possible by limiting the # of competitors from the "good" countries. 17th place went to Peter Rosendahl.
Custom piece of ceramic tile from the Hong Kong Eagles and Steve Dressler, 1998
Crazy snowman with tiny-wheeled unicycle. his feet are brushes!
Crazy Santa with tiny-wheeled unicycle
A bigger model of the crazy Santa with tiny wheel
"Cool Yule" handmade ornament from John and Woody Hooten, 1995
This Santa is about 6" high
A case of Uni Bars! This was sent to me by Dustin Kelm. The language on the box is Thai. "Super Jumbo" isn't very big by American standards...
"Stay On Top" - Custom M&Ms I got for Christmas in 2006!
"Uni-Cyclone" - Custom M&Ms I got for Christmas in 2006!
Custom M&Ms I got for Christmas in 2006!
My old Uni-Cyclone satin jacket, made by the Edwards/Ruble families of Chariton, Iowa circa 1993
My new (2006) Uni-Cyclone jacket, with anatomically-correct rendition of my Wilder MUni!
My (very) old patch-and-pin jacket, circa 1981! Back then, the USA Skill Levels only went to 4. Other patches: 1985 National Unicycle Meet, National Circus Project, March of Dimes Superide, Hong Kong Cycling Association, International Jugglers Association.
The unicyclist started life with a "front" wheel...
National Circus Project (where I used to work) patch with various pins
Some of the pins: Soviet Circus (1990), Canada, Worms, Germany, Juaniba Circus Club, Latvia, Iggelheim cycling club, Germany, Unicycling Society of America, IJA, R.V. Oberaussem, Germany, Japan
Uni Bar box and bar
Uni Bar, a very lightweight, airy, chocolate-coated stack of wafers
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