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
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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
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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
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Here I’m with thousands of unicyclists in Bemidji for the start of Unicon21. We just experienced the impressive openingsceremony for the Worldchampionships of Unicycling. We paraded with our Uni’s through town and had spontaneous meet and greets. This Unicon in Bemidji is the 21st time the Worldchampionships are held. But it’s my first and will
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On our way to the world championship of unicycling in Bemidji, we stayed a few days in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The city is almost as big as my homecity in The Netherlands and just as peaceful and green. It’s a lovely place. At home we have a good skatepark, but Green Bay has a truly
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The German Unicycle Championship of 2024 was great. Eh no … it was beyond great. Had a fantastic time with my friends, completed the tricks I wanted in the competition and – DRUMROLL – landed my first ever 540 Unispin at GUC! The absolutely fantastic atmosphere at every event organised by RideOne always brings the
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Unicon 21 is still a few weeks away, but as we have a some challenges ahead I’m preparing a few things in advance to avoid last minute surprises. Luggage of course is a big thing, just as getting there. Getting my stuff to the USA The first challenge is how to get my stuff over
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Here I am overthinking my unicycle crash. It happened while I was still warming up. I didn’t do any strange or tricky stunts. I was just cycling a bit, but somehow I managed to fall. Didn’t really hurt myself but such an expected crash always comes as a shock. It took me a few minutes
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Yes folks, after months of rain we suddenly had a dry and windless day. It was quite a shock as I didn’t recognise the sun at first too. But that gold stain in the sky made it possible to train on the streets of Leiden with my friend Julia. We practiced some jumps and flips.