Dan has been coming to Bondi for over 20 years. And every year he brings his unicycle. He is pretty hot stuff on the unicycle -- here he is in front of one of Carol's gardens, making great time. Starting is a bit tricky. While it is possible to just hop on, back pedal, and go, it is a lot easier to start with your back to a building, giving some support. Stopping is also a bit of a challenge, and requires good balance! He has the deer totally baffled: they have no idea what to make of this, and aren't sure what to do, usually opting to simply walk away from him.
He's working on juggling, too... but at the moment is finding three balls in the air to be about his limit. He's working on five.
When asked if he's going to juggle while riding the unicycle, we were informed that the problem is that you have to go where the unicycle is going -- steering is evidently a bit of an issue -- and that is often not where the balls are going...
But we're hoping one day it will all come together!
In the meantime, we say, RIDE ON, DAN, RIDE ON!
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