Expect to see the film crew from Mentor Pictures busily capturing the sights and sounds of what might be the most intriguing international sports event in 2008; Ride The Lobster, a 800km 5-day unicycle race stretching the full length of Nova Scotia, Canada, 16-20th June 2008.
Mentor Pictures film “(One)-der Women” plans to focus on this event from a female perspective, following the all-female Team No. 03 Team Venus from the USA. This documentary trailer features members of Team Venus, and also Beth Amiro, member of the Nova Scotian entry in Ride The Lobster, Team No. 36 The Nova Scotia High Rollers.
Ride the Lobster – who would have thought it would be the catch phrase for June 2008!
On behalf of the Council for the Town of Annapolis Royal, I would like to welcome all participants in this event to our historic Town, which marks the end of one stage of your race and the beginning of the next. Your time among us is short but I hope you have an opportunity to take in some of the natural beauty through which you are riding. We have much to offer in this area but you will have to come back again to savor it all and we hope you do so.
May your Ride the Lobster be a trip of a lifetime!
Can a millimetre make a difference in the international 800km 5-day unicycle race, Ride The Lobster, set for 16-20 June 2008, in Nova Scotia, Canada? It just might, according to tests by Kyle deMilner, a member of Team No.86 Team Unicycle Max, the only all-family team in this event, as he reports his findings in a newly-created blog.
Visit the Team Unicycle Max Blog, to learn about hubs, cranks, 36″ers, training or lack thereof, and the crustacean-shaped Canadian providence called Nova Scotia, and perhaps adopt this team when the bets are placed.
If you know of other Ride The Lobster Team Blogs email a note to First Wheel to post the reference to the RTL Wiki website page donated by SocialText of Palo Alto , California.
Truro is featured in Stages 3 and 4 of Ride The Lobster, the 800km 5-day unicycle race set for 16-20June2008 in Nova Scotia, Canada. Members of Hub Cycle in Truro are working hard with Cyclesmith of Halifax-Dartmouth and local town and regional organizers to make sure this unicycle criterium is a memorable event.
The Chronicle Herald newspaper reports that surfer-instructor and fully-trained stuntwoman Beth Amiro has joined with fellow Nova Scotians, Stephen Plumridge and Eric Morneau of Cape Breton, to form the only Atlantic Canadian Team entering the 5-day, 800km international unicycle race, Ride The Lobster.
Luke Corrigan writes that Beth Amiro was inspired by watching buskers Variety in Motion and was smitten with unicycling when she was asked to join in on one of their acts. Her biggest challenge, says Corrigan, was to meet the qualification deadline with so much snow and ice still around. Nova Scotians, no doubt, will be cheering the High Rollers along as they whisk by the rural towns and schools along the way, from Yarmouth in the south to Baddeck in the north.
NOTE: Beth Amiro was also featured on CTV’s Live at Five last year when she first heard about Ride The Lobster.
Eat our dust! That’s what the Westcoast Cokers want others to do while they compete in the 800km, 5-day unicycle race set for Nova Scotia, Canada, this 16-20th June 2008.
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Filmed mainly from John Bain’s 29-inch unicycle, he follows teammates, Jim Dugue and Jamey Mossengren, riding 36-inch cokers during a Ride The Lobster training run near Huntington Beach, California, USA. This video clip provides an early ‘Ride The Lobster’ experience. Just add about 30 more teams to this picture.
Perhaps there are some unicyclists out there coming to this event that would be keen to act as filmmakers for the two documentary crews filming this event. If you’re interested contact Sherry Devanney of Mentor Pictures with an offer of filming support. They will probably tell the film crew from Westcoast Cokers to add a wind-screen to their camera microphone next time.
PS Did you hear the duck-squawking from John Bain’s pedals?
Having mastered the steep hills around his home town of Ben Lomond and having developed superior balancing skills that took 1 1/2 years to accomplish, Kevin now feels he has an edge over other riders competing in Ride The Lobster — the 800km 5-day unicycle race set for 16-20 June 2008 in Nova Scotia, Canada — especially when it comes to steeper terrain. He no doubt will enjoy meeting, in Nova Scotia, the unicyclist that inspired him on his one-wheel journey, unicycling genius Kris Holm of Vancouver, British Columbia.
On Saturday night the 21st of June, Garnet Rogers will be playing at the Masonic Hall in the centre of Baddeck. He’s one of Canada’s foremost folk musicians.
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Born in Ontario to parents of Nova Scotian descent, and younger brother of the late (and more famous) Stan Rogers, for whom he wrote music, arranged and produced, and with whom he performed for over a decade.
It’s a small venue and the 120 seats will surely sell out, so it would be wise to get your tickets soon. You can contact Tim Brooks at +1-902-295-3124 or via email at timbrooks@hotmail.com, or Megan at +1-902-295-1468. Tickets are only $20 each (they’ll be $25 at
the door, if any are left). This concert could be an excellent way to finish up your tour of Nova Scotia or kick off your travels in Cape Breton.
Teresa Graham, staff writer with the Albany, New York, Times Union, followed Steve Relles, Perry Woodin and Roland Kays, as they prepared for the 800km 5-day unicycle event, Ride The Lobster. Times Union photographer, Michael P. Farrell, captured the excitement of these three with a couple of photographs. Relles and Kays will join Montréaler Vince LeMay on one team, while Woodin forms part of a Vermont team.
Teresa Graham can be reached at Teresa Graham can be reached in Albany at 454-5482 or by e-mail at tgraham@timesunion.com
“I knew my wife, a veterinary nurse, would take care of me if I acted like a wounded animal”, so writes Kyle deMilner after taking a spill on Day 1 of his qualifying unicycle ride for Ride The Lobster at Valley Forge.
But he made it, despite the added pain of steep grades, some head winds, saddle soreness and muscle fatigue. Though his GPS was not working his iPod was used to do some data entry and number crunching. Ingenious!
Day 2 started out tough. First, he had to get out of bed. Once out, he unicycled in incessant rain. His next mistake was to phone kid brother Max for sympathy — the same brother that unicycled six New England States in almost a month of rain, unicycleMax. After riding for one hour in that rain his “respect for that kid multiplied by a thousand”. Day 2 was lonely and cruel, but again he made it, making it “the hardest, most physically demanding thing I’ve ever done”. Kyle felt great for accomplishing this challenge and “looks forward to riding the lobster even more than ever”.
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Expect to see the film crew from Mentor Pictures busily capturing the sights and sounds of what might be the most intriguing international sports event in 2008; Ride The Lobster, a 800km 5-day unicycle race stretching the full length of Nova Scotia, Canada, 16-20th June 2008.
