socommk23 wrote:So basically flying a kite while on a unicycle? Why? The kite is not providing any motive force.
Hi socommk23,
no not flying a kite while on a unicycle but being pulled by a kite on a unicycle as on a mountainboard, buggy, snowboard, TT or other vehicles.
Don't be bewildered because the pedals are always turning, there is just no free-wheeling on a unicycle, but the force is delivered by the kite if you want, the legs are just moving free without force and just do a low force job for stability not for propulsion. But the advantage of a municycle is, that you always have the possibility to use your own leg propulsion if you want or it is needed, because kite force is to low or the wind is even to low to keep the kite up. In these moments you just can start to pedal and keep the kite up for miles instead of crashing the kite into a tree.
So when you are munikiting you can nearly go everywhere on nearly every terrain, as you have the the low rolling resistance as on a buggy, the low weight of a mountainboard (so good for jumping) extended with your own propulsion. And if there is absolutely no wind, just pack the kite into backpack and go on municycling. The joy is the easiness.
What impressed me after 20 years of testing new or young sports as for example:
downhill mountain boarding 1997, wind and kite skating 1998, ice kiting and skating 1999, snow surfing, etc.
As I know pretty well how new sport look and feel in the first hours (just check Robby Naish and Co kiting in 1997, they where not even able to go upwind)
I was so impressed how perfect fitting and balanced munikiting felt in the very first two hours you see on the video, therefore I am sure there is some potential.
There is nearly no place in the world you can't reach with a unicycle, maybe combined with a kite can bring you even further?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbkL5fNgwpg
@Hardwater Kiter: Never give up
, it is worth the effort, even if it is just your new shopping car, as I used for a while.