My unicycle is spinning the 540 unispin, but then I make an error with the placement of my feet. My left foot lands on the crank just fine, but my dumb right foot totally misses it. But it isn’t over yet. In that same movement I kick my right leg kicks backwards while I lean […]
On February 2 we will be performing STOKED! as part of Festival Gluren bij de Buren at De Bernhardhof in Gouda. At this accessible location we will be playing three 30-minute shows, all in English, free admission. Start-times: See you there!! More information via this link.
2024 was an awesome unicycle year. Learned a lot. Met incredible people. Did muni for the first time ever, at Laucc in Colombia of all place. What an experience that was! Had some great personal bests. High jump over bar at CFM in France: 60cm. In the USA (Unicon) I longjumped 140cm on platform, looped
Sinterklaas is a traditional celebration in the Dutch speaking world. It brings warmth, gifts and candy. The arrival of Sinterklaas is all over the country a big thing. I assisted Sinterklaas a couple of days. In this video about the arrival of Sinterklaaas in Amstelveen I explain a little bit more about the celebration: This
STOKED! Is a music-theatershow about Esther who has one passion: the unicycle. It’s non-biographical, with the exception of the unicycle-part. LOL. I play Esther, while professional actress Ksenia Marasanova plays other parts, like Esther’s mother and all kinds of people Esther encounters on the street. We are currently showcasing a 30-minute short while the full
Hans Klok is one of the best illusionists in the world. His stage-presence and energy-levels are just awesome. His last show is called ‘Face the Future’ and is nothing short of mind-blowing (and really funny). I experienced the show in Capitole in Gent. Mind-blowing The opening is wild. It’s dynamic and fast, with stunning props,
For the new musical theater performance STOKED! we wrote everything ourselves. That includes the music and all the songs. And by “we” I’m talking about a broad team of creators: songwriters, composer, musicians, arranger, etc. It’s a super interesting process, which usually starts with lyrics. That has a place in the story, with characters, moment
My first truly English spoken and sung show about stuff every teenager deals with. STOKED! is a music theater show with a lot of circus and unicycling, and all original music. Duration is 60 minutes. I perform together with actress/singer Ksenia Marasanova who has played over 150 solo-shows during the past years alone. She is
Many thanks for this great Unicon: to the Unicon 21 team, all those Volunteers, the sponsors, the city of Bemidji, the county of Beltrami and everyone that attended and competed. I had an absolute fabulous couple of weeks. Many people that I knew through social media I met in real life and made a lot
Have an amazing first quarter of the unicycle worldchampionships in the USA. So far I scored three personal bests, resulting in three medals: 2 x Silver, 1 x Bronze. 10K roadrace unlimited: Silver In the 10K unlimited I raced un-geared to 27:27. That’s almost half a minute faster than my old personal best which I