>> >Nicole:
>> > ... Barrel Racing really isn't that hard.
>> >You should try it some time. Did you say you had a horse?
>> >I can't remember.
>> klaatu:
>> don't have one.
>> i'd like to, but haven't enough space to keep one right;
>> it would be like tying a dog on a short leash.
>> would love to try barrel-racing,
>> even if i never get good enough for competition.
>>
>> surfing and snow-boarding also
>> depend much on balance and timing,
>> but i'm 200 miles from surf,
>> and at least 600 from usable snow.
>> <sigh>
>>
>> oh well, at least i've got a unicycle.
>> <tries to imagine barrel-racing unicycles>
>>
>> hmmph !
>> no good.
>> maybe motorized unicycles would work . . . .
>Nicole:
>I work at a camp in the summer
>and their are some guys who ride unicycles around the barrels
>trying to be funny.
klaatu:
when one's beginning unicycling, turns are hard;
seems like barrels would be good practice
(and of course, a way to show off, if one's good)
i'm not good enough yet to show off,
so for me it'd be just practice.
>Nicole:
>I think it would be fun to snowboard
>but have never got the chance to try it.
>THey are building a fake slope where I live so maybe I can try it.
klaatu:
would love to try it.
i hear sky-boarding is cool too.
there was a guy who did some adverts on one,
swooping all about in the air at 12,000 feet;
figure-eights, tail-spins ...
he was inventing new things all the time,
but he hammered in, one day, so that's that.
advantage of skyboarding;
nobody leaves ruts,
so everybody gets the same ride;
disadvantage: too expensive,
and one spends so much time getting there.
it's not really much more dangerous than snow-boarding, tho.
if they build a fake slope near you, and use fake snow,
you have advantage of a good surface all the time.
are they going to do it *soon*?
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