Competition reports, shows, and unicycling adventures from Sofia.https://sofia.me/en-UShttps://sofia.me/dm-trials-was-great-fun/https://sofia.me/dm-trials-was-great-fun/Going in I didn’t really know what to expect, since I’d never been there before. But looking back it was really great! DM Trials was great fun and a very well organised event. The location is just awesome and inspirational, and the vibe was amazing.Fri, 17 Jul 2026 12:31:05 GMTDM TrialsDenmarkhttps://sofia.me/guc-2026-was-amazing/https://sofia.me/guc-2026-was-amazing/This German Unicycle Championship (GUC 2026) looked a bit different than usual this year. Instead of the competitions being spread out over two days, we got both Flatland and Street in the skatepark on Saturday, with a bunch of workshops scheduled for Friday-evening and Sunday. The whole weekend it was really, really hot.Tue, 23 Jun 2026 10:17:15 GMTConventionGUChttps://sofia.me/ufo-trials-was-a-very-nice-weekend/https://sofia.me/ufo-trials-was-a-very-nice-weekend/Team Unicycle Forever organised the first ever edition of the open Dutch trial nationals. It was part of the OnTrack in Tilburg (NL), a huge festival promoting Street Culture and Urban Sports.Tue, 16 Jun 2026 12:44:00 GMTNetherlandsTrialUFO Trialshttps://sofia.me/dutch-unicycle-track-nationals-nke/https://sofia.me/dutch-unicycle-track-nationals-nke/The Dutch Unicycle Track Nationals of 2026 were great fun. The day consisted of eight disciplines; 50m one footed, 100m, 800m, 5km, 10km unlimited, Longjump, IUF Slalom and 10m slow.  Main interest: 10K and Longjump To be honest, I really didn’t train track at all this year.Tue, 19 May 2026 10:49:57 GMT10KmNKENetherlandsTrackUncategorizedhttps://sofia.me/winter-euc-2026/https://sofia.me/winter-euc-2026/The first big event of the year is the Winter-EUC (indoor EUC). It means catching up with a lot of international friends again after the winter. I had a really good time at this edition of the Extreme Unicycle Championships.Thu, 26 Feb 2026 12:51:16 GMTEUCFlatlandStreetTrialhttps://sofia.me/gouden-sportkoers/https://sofia.me/gouden-sportkoers/On December 10 I was invited to sports-cafe in my hometown of Zwolle where local sport-heroes were celebrated. The 2025 edition of the Dutch magazine – “Gouden Sportkoers”was also launched. In the magazine I’m featured in a spread on pages 36-37.Fri, 12 Dec 2025 16:57:00 GMTMediahttps://sofia.me/member-of-the-rideone-family/https://sofia.me/member-of-the-rideone-family/Recently I joined German team RideOne. I’m really grateful for this opportunity and I hope that I will be a worthy member of the team. I’m looking forward to represent RideOne at competitions in the adult female category and to learn new things. It still feels a bit unreal to be a part of RideOne.Mon, 24 Nov 2025 12:55:53 GMTTeamlifeTraininghttps://sofia.me/my-coupe-de-france-de-monocycle-2025/https://sofia.me/my-coupe-de-france-de-monocycle-2025/Coupe de France de Monocycle (CFM) is always a great competition as it offers a lot of different unicycle disciplines. This year I competed in Trials, Street and Flat. And because we were there anyways, I also decided to join slalom, long- and high jump, uphill and cross-country.Sun, 02 Nov 2025 22:07:35 GMTFrancehttps://sofia.me/belgian-urban-unicycle-championships-2025/https://sofia.me/belgian-urban-unicycle-championships-2025/Time for the Belgian Urban Unicycle Championships 2025, or BUC 2025 as we call it. The 5th edition, so a special one. I really enjoyed seeing everyone. I had a lot of fun and the vibe was as usual amazing in the famous HAL5. I was in my zone and scored amazing results.Mon, 27 Oct 2025 16:43:29 GMTBUChttps://sofia.me/interview-at-zwolle-sport/https://sofia.me/interview-at-zwolle-sport/Really nice interview (in Dutch) in the online sports-magazine of my hometown Zwolle.Thu, 02 Oct 2025 15:48:00 GMTMediaNetherlandshttps://sofia.me/goodbye-unicycle-forever/https://sofia.me/goodbye-unicycle-forever/As some of you already know, a few weeks ago I decided to leave Unicycle Forever Team. I’ve had an amazing (almost) three years, full of learning, fun, and wonderful friendships. I’m very thankful to Roos and the team for all the help and the great times.Mon, 22 Sep 2025 14:35:16 GMTTeamlifehttps://sofia.me/awesome-guc-trials-2025/https://sofia.me/awesome-guc-trials-2025/It was my first time there and I enjoyed it a lot. The obstacles seemed really hard at first, and it really pushed me out of my comfort zone. But I ended up landing a lot more than I expected! I had some awesome GUC Trials 2025!Wed, 10 Sep 2025 13:08:36 GMTConventionGUCTrialhttps://sofia.me/uf-training-duisburg/https://sofia.me/uf-training-duisburg/This weekend we had a two-day UF training-camp in Duisburg. We got there on Friday and rode flatland together with some friends from team RideOne. We rode at a really nice spot, on the grounds of a closeddown steel-factory. I relanded my inflip and started working on some new tricks.Mon, 18 Aug 2025 18:51:41 GMTStreetTraininghttps://sofia.me/euc-hungary/https://sofia.me/euc-hungary/The Extreme Unicycle Championships (EUC) were held in Miskolc in Hungary this year. I had an amazing time and am very, very happy with my results. Overall it was super fun. Miskolc – Factory Arena The Factory Arena is an amazing location for any Urban-sport.Mon, 28 Jul 2025 10:35:00 GMTConventionCountriesEUCFlatlandHungaryMuniStreetTrialhttps://sofia.me/looking-back-at-guc-2025/https://sofia.me/looking-back-at-guc-2025/The German Unicycle Championships of 2025 were so, so nice. I learned new things in the workshops and had a lot of fun in the competitions. I also really enjoyed spending time with my friends, my teammates of Unicycle Forever and seeing so many unicyclists in one place again!Tue, 08 Jul 2025 09:52:22 GMTConventionFlatlandGUCGermanyStreethttps://sofia.me/my-first-10km-in-denmark/https://sofia.me/my-first-10km-in-denmark/Rode my first 10K race in Denmark, organised by Jægerspris Cykelartister at Jægerspris in Sjælland (Zealand or Zeeland as it’s called in Dutch). Denmark is a cool country, with awesome people, meaning that if you throw in a unicycle it almost like paradise. The weather was really lovely. In all a very cool trip.Thu, 03 Jul 2025 13:32:41 GMT10KmDenmarkhttps://sofia.me/400kms-in-24-hours-on-a-unicycle/https://sofia.me/400kms-in-24-hours-on-a-unicycle/The great Lisanne Boer unicycled 24 hours continuously to raise money for Rene Kids Centre She broke the world record for female and achieved a total distance of 412 kms. Just imagine that: unicycling over 400 kms on your trusty 36″, in one full day, without sleep. Amazing achievement by an amazing athlete.Sat, 21 Jun 2025 13:50:24 GMTNetherlandsTraininghttps://sofia.me/june-29-speeltuin-assendorp/https://sofia.me/june-29-speeltuin-assendorp/On June 29 you can enjoy performances in unique locations throughout the Netherlands. Can be in someone’s living room or garden, in a theater or at a historic location. With TaleSpinners we’ll be playing our festival-show Raw Stoked at the most beautiful playground the city of Zwolle has to offer: Speeltuin Assendorp.Wed, 04 Jun 2025 10:10:30 GMTNetherlandsPerformanceSTOKED!Theatre-Demo-Showhttps://sofia.me/dutch-unicycle-championships-2025/https://sofia.me/dutch-unicycle-championships-2025/The Dutch unicycle road championships (NKE) were a lot of fun. For the first time in years we competed on a different track. The “Pijnenburg Parcours” in Tilburg is really nice. Is part of a huge sport-park in a very green natural area with streams and such. Really nice.Sun, 01 Jun 2025 16:10:03 GMTConventionNKENetherlandsTrackhttps://sofia.me/raw-stoked-at-gouda-leeft/https://sofia.me/raw-stoked-at-gouda-leeft/With the TaleSpinners we will be playing our 30 minute festival gig Raw Stoked in the beautiful Dutch city of Gouda. Yes, that’s the city that gave the world the famous Gouda Cheese. Festival ‘Gouda Leeft’ is part of ‘De Goudse Popweek’. Saturday June 28 you will find us at:Wed, 28 May 2025 14:54:59 GMTSTOKED!TheaterworkTheatre-Demo-Showhttps://sofia.me/hammertime/https://sofia.me/hammertime/I was invited to play a halftime unicycle show during the basketbal play offs at the Landstede sportscenter in Zwolle, The Netherlands. It was an awesome experience to be able to perform Hammertime for such a big growd in a truly amazing atmosphere. Thanks Hammers and see you next season!Mon, 26 May 2025 10:51:21 GMTNetherlandsPerformanceTheatre-Demo-Showhttps://sofia.me/training-for-hammertime/https://sofia.me/training-for-hammertime/Will be performing the halftime-show on my unicycle during the basketbal play off’s in Zwolle, The Netherlands. I have named it Hammertime as a tribute to my hosts. It took quite some designing to get my show right, as the Landstede Sportcenter is pretty big. I had to include unicycle-basketball of course.Wed, 14 May 2025 10:58:07 GMTPerformanceTheatre-Demo-Showhttps://sofia.me/festival-in-winterswijk-was-cool/https://sofia.me/festival-in-winterswijk-was-cool/So, we played our first festival-show and it was quite an experience. I really mean that: we learned a lot. We had lots of fun, it was very educational and very cool. Normally in theaters We normally play theaters, meaning that we more or less have the stage for our selves.Mon, 07 Apr 2025 21:25:49 GMTNetherlandsPerformanceSTOKED!TheaterworkTheatre-Demo-Showhttps://sofia.me/introducing-talespinners/https://sofia.me/introducing-talespinners/As from today – somewhere last week actually – we will be playing our performances under the artist name ‘TaleSpinners’. We tell stories by spinning a unicycle, so it makes total sense. We even have a website for TaleSpinners, so it’s getting serious.Sun, 30 Mar 2025 10:19:13 GMTSTOKED!Theaterworkhttps://sofia.me/a-fluey-stoked/https://sofia.me/a-fluey-stoked/Played STOKED! at Theater Joseph Wresinski Cultuur Stichting in my hometown of Zwolle (NL). Had been in bed for over a week with a harsh flue and thus had little rehearsal-time. Was quite anxious because of it, but it went reasonably well.Mon, 24 Feb 2025 13:46:48 GMTDemoSTOKED!Theaterworkhttps://sofia.me/stoked-show-in-zwolle-nl-february-2/https://sofia.me/stoked-show-in-zwolle-nl-february-2/STOKED! in Zwolle (NL) 23/2. Admission is free and for Euro 5,50 you can share a (vegan) meal.Sat, 15 Feb 2025 11:10:51 GMTDemoSTOKED!Theaterworkhttps://sofia.me/st-valentines-unicycle-fun/https://sofia.me/st-valentines-unicycle-fun/Fri, 14 Feb 2025 11:50:58 GMTTraininghttps://sofia.me/cirqulinair-2025/https://sofia.me/cirqulinair-2025/Cirqulinair 2025 is a classic variety-show experienced in the city of Groningen between February 6 and March 9 2025. It mixes circus, danse and music with a good three-course meal. They offer both vegan as well as meat-options.Fri, 07 Feb 2025 14:28:43 GMTPerformancehttps://sofia.me/laucc-in-colombia/https://sofia.me/laucc-in-colombia/The Latin American Championship 2025 is coming and will be held in El Salvador. I was really looking forward to going there and saved for it, but due to theater-obligations I can’t make it. A real pity as the vibe and people there are really, really cool.Tue, 04 Feb 2025 22:13:31 GMT2024 LAUCCColombiaConventionMultihttps://sofia.me/stoked-in-gouda/https://sofia.me/stoked-in-gouda/In Gouda we played three 30 minute shows introducing the full show of STOKED! All the unicycle-tricks and lots of singing was quite intensive. But it was great fun and I learned a lot. Especially during the third show that was full of audience-interaction.Mon, 03 Feb 2025 14:32:04 GMTSTOKED!Theaterworkhttps://sofia.me/ufo-2025-unicycle-convention/https://sofia.me/ufo-2025-unicycle-convention/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.Wed, 22 Jan 2025 14:15:16 GMTConventionNetherlandsTrialUFOhttps://sofia.me/feb-2-stoked-in-gouda/https://sofia.me/feb-2-stoked-in-gouda/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.Sun, 12 Jan 2025 14:01:27 GMTSTOKED!Theaterworkhttps://sofia.me/thanks-2024/https://sofia.me/thanks-2024/2024 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.Tue, 31 Dec 2024 12:34:55 GMT2024 LAUCCBelgiumColombiaConventionDenmarkFranceGUCGermanyNKENetherlandsROCReCapSTOKED!TheaterworkUSAUnicon 21Year in reviewhttps://sofia.me/the-arrival-of-sinterklaas/https://sofia.me/the-arrival-of-sinterklaas/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.Thu, 28 Nov 2024 09:21:36 GMTNetherlandsPerformancehttps://sofia.me/stoked-at-roc-2024/https://sofia.me/stoked-at-roc-2024/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.Wed, 27 Nov 2024 09:16:22 GMTConventionROCSTOKED!https://sofia.me/face-the-future/https://sofia.me/face-the-future/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.Sun, 17 Nov 2024 20:37:40 GMTBelgiumNon-unicyclePerformancehttps://sofia.me/music-in-stoked/https://sofia.me/music-in-stoked/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.Wed, 09 Oct 2024 19:19:55 GMTSTOKED!https://sofia.me/new-theatershow-stoked/https://sofia.me/new-theatershow-stoked/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.Tue, 10 Sep 2024 17:00:13 GMTSTOKED!https://sofia.me/thanks-for-that-awesome-unicon/https://sofia.me/thanks-for-that-awesome-unicon/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.Sun, 28 Jul 2024 14:14:25 GMTUSAUnicon 21https://sofia.me/3-x-personal-best/https://sofia.me/3-x-personal-best/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.Wed, 17 Jul 2024 05:13:16 GMTUSAUnicon 21https://sofia.me/unicon-in-bemidji/https://sofia.me/unicon-in-bemidji/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.Tue, 16 Jul 2024 02:20:46 GMTUSAUnicon 21https://sofia.me/joannes-sk8-park-in-green-bay/https://sofia.me/joannes-sk8-park-in-green-bay/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.Tue, 09 Jul 2024 03:02:15 GMTUSAUnicon 21https://sofia.me/landed-my-first-ever-540-unispin-at-guc/https://sofia.me/landed-my-first-ever-540-unispin-at-guc/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!Sat, 06 Jul 2024 13:47:14 GMTGUCGermanyhttps://sofia.me/lets-talk-unicon-21-a-bit/https://sofia.me/lets-talk-unicon-21-a-bit/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.Wed, 26 Jun 2024 17:54:08 GMTConventionUSAUnicon 21https://sofia.me/my-unicycle-crash/https://sofia.me/my-unicycle-crash/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.Mon, 24 Jun 2024 19:57:29 GMTTraininghttps://sofia.me/sunny-leiden/https://sofia.me/sunny-leiden/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.Tue, 18 Jun 2024 15:45:25 GMTLeidenNetherlandsTraininghttps://sofia.me/dutch-open-unicycle-championship-2024-my-aftermovie/https://sofia.me/dutch-open-unicycle-championship-2024-my-aftermovie/The Dutch Open Unicycle Championships were a blast. I wrote a few blogs about:Wed, 05 Jun 2024 09:04:30 GMTConventionNKEhttps://sofia.me/open-dutch-unicycle-championships-2024/https://sofia.me/open-dutch-unicycle-championships-2024/Participated in the Open Dutch Championships 2024 and had a great time. Scored a lot of personal bests and had a brilliant day with my friends.  The Open Dutch Unicycle Championships (NKE) once was my first unicycle-event ever.Sun, 02 Jun 2024 19:11:20 GMTConventionNKENetherlandshttps://sofia.me/my-circustheater-act-eaters/https://sofia.me/my-circustheater-act-eaters/Took some time, but I finally made a promo for my circustheater-act Eaters. I have played the acts tenths of times. Lost count. I have played Eaters at outdoor and indoor festivals, and in theaters, churches, synagogues, schools and did even a show for TV.Fri, 10 May 2024 16:40:00 GMTEatersTheaterworkhttps://sofia.me/training-for-open-dutch-unicycling-championships-2024/https://sofia.me/training-for-open-dutch-unicycling-championships-2024/On June 1st the Open Dutch Unicycle Championships are held. And the organisation was cool enough to organize a formal training day to train 10M slow, slalom, long jump and the start of sprint. It was a great day that started with a cool warming up organised by Lindsey and Elize. And some relaxed unicycling.Wed, 08 May 2024 19:59:00 GMTConventionNKENetherlandshttps://sofia.me/rotterdam-circusstad-2024/https://sofia.me/rotterdam-circusstad-2024/The Circusstad Gala was a two hour show that really knocked my socks off. It had a great series of unbelievable acts.Tue, 07 May 2024 13:42:28 GMTPerformancehttps://sofia.me/show-for-liberation-day-in-venlo/https://sofia.me/show-for-liberation-day-in-venlo/For liberation day (May 5) we played the music-theater show Arum dem Fayer in Venlo. Before the show I practised spins and rolls on my unicycle. After the show onstage we enjoyed a liberation-meal with part of the audience.Mon, 06 May 2024 10:00:27 GMTTraininghttps://sofia.me/glorious-bodies-circumstances/https://sofia.me/glorious-bodies-circumstances/Glorious Bodies is a show by artists between 55 and 67 years old. It’s about getting older in the show the artist go through several phases. First they deny it and try to hide it. They try to avoid the limelight.Sun, 05 May 2024 13:22:21 GMTPerformancehttps://sofia.me/acrobot-daniel-simu/https://sofia.me/acrobot-daniel-simu/Acrobot is a clever act based around a programmable robot. When I mention robot you should think about a factory-robot, a machine that acts in a pre-programmed way. So it’s not (yet?) a robot with intelligence (like R2D2) or gyroscopes (like a gimbal). Acrobot starts with a high tec sales pitch.Sun, 05 May 2024 13:03:08 GMTPerformancehttps://sofia.me/circole/https://sofia.me/circole/Circ’Olé was sheer fun. It’s a lovestory with good music and some nice dans, aerial and acrobatics. Packed in a small theater everything happens right In front of you. There is a lot of audience participation and some really good showmanship. It featured flying guitars and flamingo pingpong. Awesome! Olé! More Circusstad 2024:Sun, 05 May 2024 13:01:51 GMTPerformancehttps://sofia.me/shenanigans/https://sofia.me/shenanigans/Shenanigans is a show by Henri and Batist about imagination and art in a world dominated by tech and screens. It’s highly interactive with the audience with balls flying all over the place. And a racecar literally racing through the audience. It’s a great show about the necessity of playing while growing up.Sun, 05 May 2024 12:37:42 GMTPerformancehttps://sofia.me/kathrin-wagner-i-was-told/https://sofia.me/kathrin-wagner-i-was-told/At the Rotterdam Circusstad festival I saw “I was told” by Kathrin Wagner. It was an interesting show about equality and feminism. It started slow and witty with a balance-act with one ring (to rule ‘m all, haha, just kidding). That transformed into juggling with 7, with a lot of interaction with the audience.Sun, 05 May 2024 12:36:32 GMTPerformancehttps://sofia.me/aloft-brave-space/https://sofia.me/aloft-brave-space/At Rotterdam Circusstad Festival (2024 edition) I saw a lot of acts and shows. Really, really loved the whole festival, including the Circusstad Gala. For me the best show is Brave Space by Aloft. The acting, co-operation and that intimate setting in the tent, all with the light, music and really great acrobatics.Sun, 05 May 2024 12:26:02 GMTPerformancehttps://sofia.me/workshops-for-open-dutch-unicycle-championships-2024/https://sofia.me/workshops-for-open-dutch-unicycle-championships-2024/June 1st is the 14th Open Dutch Championship Unicycle. A great event and for many Dutch unicyclists their first competition. I was honoured to host a workshop long jump for the 2024 edition of the NKE (as we informally know it).Thu, 02 May 2024 19:11:00 GMTConventionNKETrainingWorkshopshttps://sofia.me/kabaal-opens-rotterdam-circusstad-festival/https://sofia.me/kabaal-opens-rotterdam-circusstad-festival/Kabaal is the result of a pressure-cooker in which 42 circus-talents were mixed with a few expert-trainers and a director. We developed the show in 3 days and it was the opening-show of the big circus-festival Rotterdam Circusstad. We had an overloaded house with all seats taken and a lot of people standing.Thu, 02 May 2024 12:30:25 GMTPerformancehttps://sofia.me/panorame-kino-theatre-in-maasmechelen/https://sofia.me/panorame-kino-theatre-in-maasmechelen/Panorama Kino Theatre is a participation-act based on improvisation. The theatre with an audience of 20 is rotating, making the environment the scenery for whatever story the cast decides to tell. To tell the story they need actors which they will find in the surroundings.Tue, 30 Apr 2024 11:00:33 GMTPerformancehttps://sofia.me/cirque-no-problem-in-maasmechelen/https://sofia.me/cirque-no-problem-in-maasmechelen/Cirque no problem is an hilarious love-story full of interaction with the audience. You literally laugh your head off.Tue, 30 Apr 2024 09:20:22 GMTPerformancehttps://sofia.me/to-r-mansion-in-maasmechelen/https://sofia.me/to-r-mansion-in-maasmechelen/Visited ‘Cirk in het Park’ in Maasmechelen (Belgium) last weekend. Experienced a few great circus-shows, like ‘Dive Journey’ by to R mansion from Japan. With my friend Hallie I was in front-row at this unbelievably well made show.Mon, 29 Apr 2024 18:55:32 GMTPerformancehttps://sofia.me/kabaal-in-rotterdam/https://sofia.me/kabaal-in-rotterdam/The beautiful and vibrant city of Rotterdam is hosting the Circusstad Festival from May 1st through May 5. It features a lot of very famous circus-acts and street-artists, for a part free access. Circus Milico is participating in Kabaal in Rotterdam. We’ll be performing Kabaal twice on May 1st!Sun, 28 Apr 2024 20:26:44 GMTPerformancehttps://sofia.me/workshop-long-jump-training-nke/https://sofia.me/workshop-long-jump-training-nke/During the training session for the Dutch Unicycle Championships (NKE) I was asked to host a workshop long jump. So I did. It was absolutely stunning weather, which was very nice after something of 5 months of rain. I all I trained two groups of young riders (like I’m old haha).Thu, 25 Apr 2024 20:51:01 GMTConventionNKETraininghttps://sofia.me/upcoming-show-to-life/https://sofia.me/upcoming-show-to-life/Still playing my award winning 15 minute circus/theater-act Eaters in The Netherlands, but have started working on a full one hour show. The working-title is ‘To Life’ and like Eaters it will feature circus, singing and acting. I have also added some Greek Gods, because … well … why not?Tue, 16 Apr 2024 14:13:00 GMTTheaterworkTo lifehttps://sofia.me/ice-sculpture-festival-in-zwolle/https://sofia.me/ice-sculpture-festival-in-zwolle/Early January I went to the Ijsbeeldenfestival. That translates to: Ice-sculpture festival. At the festival you walk through a hall with a temperature of -10º celsius, while looking at ice sculptures displayed on both sides. Making it a one way corridor. Each year has a different theme, and this year it was myths.Fri, 12 Apr 2024 20:35:27 GMTNon-unicyclehttps://sofia.me/more-art-boxes-arrived-in-ukraine/https://sofia.me/more-art-boxes-arrived-in-ukraine/Another batch of art-boxes has arrived in Ukraine. This time in a hospital where they treat children of all ages. The kids have physical war-injuries and are in need of special care.Thu, 11 Apr 2024 14:41:25 GMTArt-Boxhttps://sofia.me/israeli-unicycle-convention/https://sofia.me/israeli-unicycle-convention/Unicycling for me is about the community. Compared to football, we are only with a few. I can’t think of anything better than unicycling with other unicyclists. The fun together, helping each other and the learning by doing. To me it’s absolutely the best thing in the world.Tue, 09 Apr 2024 08:58:07 GMTConventionhttps://sofia.me/nke-training/https://sofia.me/nke-training/Saturday April 13 is the traditional training-event for the Dutch Championship of Unicycling (NKE: Nederlands Kampioenschappen Eenwieleren). The Dutch Championship focuses on track-disciplines like the 100m, 800m, 5km and 10km. But there is also slalom, 50m 1 foot, 10m slow and long jump.Mon, 08 Apr 2024 20:03:10 GMTConventionNKEhttps://sofia.me/rtv-oost-visited-for-an-interview/https://sofia.me/rtv-oost-visited-for-an-interview/Dutch TV visited for an interview and an overview of tricks. Below is a 4.5 minute (Dutch language) item on RTV Oost, which is the big public broadcasting organisation for the Northeast of The Netherlands.Fri, 22 Mar 2024 19:25:40 GMTMediahttps://sofia.me/art-boxes-for-ukraine/https://sofia.me/art-boxes-for-ukraine/The news that Russia had invaded Ukraine hit us hard. We were busy with a series of theatershows celebrating freedom in The Netherlands. We were programmed to play on liberation-festivals and such.Fri, 23 Feb 2024 00:15:00 GMTArt-Boxhttps://sofia.me/thank-you-laucc2024/https://sofia.me/thank-you-laucc2024/What an experience! Don’t even know were to start to describe it all. I think I will do it in a few posts. Let’s start with a general wrap up. For those who don’t know it: LAUCC is the Latin-American Unicycle Championship and Convention.Wed, 24 Jan 2024 15:33:33 GMT2024 LAUCCColombiaConventionMultihttps://sofia.me/my-first-muni-experience/https://sofia.me/my-first-muni-experience/As The Netherlands is really flat we don’t have a Muni-culture. Most unicyclists from Holland follow the same path I took: you discover the unicycle in a youth-circus and if you like it you start unicycling track. I still do track and I love long distances (10+ kms).Fri, 19 Jan 2024 09:19:51 GMT2024 LAUCCColombiaConventionMunihttps://sofia.me/my-stay-in-bogota/https://sofia.me/my-stay-in-bogota/My dad and I have rented a small apartment next to La Candelaria, the vibrant heart of Bogotá. It’s beautiful, yesterday’s pictures were taken there. Our apartment is in the top of a high-rise. It’s very practical. We have a small kitchen, decent bathroom/shower and good beds.Mon, 15 Jan 2024 12:53:09 GMT2024 LAUCCConventionhttps://sofia.me/hello-colombia/https://sofia.me/hello-colombia/So here I am, 9000 kms from home in sunny Colombia. Downtown Bogotá to be more precise. This city is home to 11-and-a-half million people and is in 2024 host of the Latin American Unicycle Championship and Convention. Or the Campeonato y Convención LatinoAmericano de Monociclo as it is known in Spanish. Hello Colombia!Mon, 15 Jan 2024 00:37:57 GMT2024 LAUCCConventionhttps://sofia.me/wintercircus-leiden/https://sofia.me/wintercircus-leiden/In 2023 I played my unicycle/circus/theater-act “Eaters” on a lot of locations, ranging from festivals to theaters and from events to ages old historic places. And then I was allowed to perform my act under the big top of the Wintercircus Leiden as part of the Miloco Wintercircus. A truly unforgettable experience.Thu, 04 Jan 2024 21:02:27 GMTEatersLeidenhttps://sofia.me/bye-2023/https://sofia.me/bye-2023/Talking about awesome! Yes, that was my 2023. I made a movie with most of my highlights. Probably forgot a few, as you can’t remember (or even capture) everything. Nonetheless am I very pleased with the movie showing my year. I wish you all the best for 2024!Sat, 30 Dec 2023 20:30:03 GMTBelgiumConventionCountriesEatersGUCGermanyHungaryLeidenNKENetherlandsPerformanceROCReCapTrainingYear in reviewhttps://sofia.me/participating-in-laucc-2024/https://sofia.me/participating-in-laucc-2024/2024 will open with the South-American Unicycle Championships in Januari. I will be participating in LAUCC 2024, the Latin American competition. It will be fun and very educational. Played my theatershow “Eaters” a number of times and acted as Theater-technician during a lot of other shows.Wed, 13 Dec 2023 17:21:40 GMT2024 LAUCCConventionhttps://sofia.me/performing-in-groot-kerstcircus-in-leiden/https://sofia.me/performing-in-groot-kerstcircus-in-leiden/This December I will be performing in Groot Kerst Circus (Big Christmas Circus) in Leiden on the 30th, in the show starting at 16:00H. My act “Eaters” will be part of the Christmas-show of the Miloco Youth-circus from the city of Leiden. How cool is that?Mon, 04 Dec 2023 17:40:53 GMTEatersLeidenhttps://sofia.me/theatershow-over-the-rainbow/https://sofia.me/theatershow-over-the-rainbow/One year ago I designed my theateract ‘Eaters’. Then I decided to participate in ‘Circus got Talent’. It was a great experience. But I never expected this act to blossom like it does. What started as a 6 minute act became a standalone show of 15 minutes.Wed, 22 Nov 2023 14:14:21 GMTEatersOver the RainbowTheaterworkhttps://sofia.me/party-like-its-999/https://sofia.me/party-like-its-999/Today I went to the beautiful city of Leiden for a unicycle-training at Circus Miloco. This weekly training starts at 18.00h, but I have to travel 90 minutes to get there. To make the best of the visit we combine the unicycle-training with an educational project in the city.Tue, 14 Nov 2023 16:10:47 GMTLeidenTraininghttps://sofia.me/unicycling-in-zappsport-kantine/https://sofia.me/unicycling-in-zappsport-kantine/Dutch TV Show ZappSport Kantine was interested in Unicycling and the upcoming Unicycling World Convention and Championships in the USA.Mon, 13 Nov 2023 17:43:09 GMTEatersEducationhttps://sofia.me/2023-roc-unicycle-convention/https://sofia.me/2023-roc-unicycle-convention/One of my favourite unicycle-events is the annual ROC Convention organised by Ride One Unicycling from Solingen. It’s two days full with workshops and a lot of fun. In 2022 I landend my 180 unispin here for the first time. It was also the event I did my first drop in (thanks Ian, Jan!).Sat, 11 Nov 2023 21:53:33 GMTConventionROChttps://sofia.me/eaters-in-rotterdam/https://sofia.me/eaters-in-rotterdam/My show ‘Eaters’ was part of Festival ‘Verborgen Theater’ (hidden theater) in the City of Rotterdam. I played my act 5 times and had great fun.Sat, 09 Sep 2023 23:53:07 GMTEatersPerformancehttps://sofia.me/open-monumentendag-zwolle/https://sofia.me/open-monumentendag-zwolle/Every year in September in The Netherlands we commemorate our monuments, like special building, castles, churches, bridges, etc. In 2023 this also included non-material monuments like circus and theater. The big kickoff-event was a star-packed show in downtown Zwolle.Sat, 09 Sep 2023 22:43:25 GMTPerformancehttps://sofia.me/opening-festival-tussenland/https://sofia.me/opening-festival-tussenland/Well that was an amazing experience. I opened the big Storytelling Festival ‘Tussenland’ with my act Eaters. Tussenland features 3 days of storytellers and performance: acrobats, spoken word artists, theater-performers, etc. Some of the best acts in the world could be found at Tussenland.Sun, 28 May 2023 20:15:00 GMTEatersTheaterwork