There are lots of ways for avid skiers to cope with a dry winter. Some people spend more time in the gym. Others focus their effort on groomed runs covered with man-made snow. Wynn Walker bought a ...

Hans Van Koppen has heard just about every unicycle one-liner one could think of. As a member of the Santa Barbara Mountain Unicycle Club, it’s inevitable that a passer-by — or several — will fire a ...

COURTESY CHARLES HUNTER Charles Hunter, right, and James Kijek hold their unicycles aloft after hiking up a rock spire at Makapuu. COURTESY CHARLES HUNTER James Kijek, left, and Charles Hunter, hold ...

2002-11-17 04:00:00 PDT Framingham, Mass.-- Ben Plotkin-Swing holds the seat of his unicycle with one hand, extends the other for balance, hops his one-wheeler halfway up a boulder, and balances on a ...

Mountain unicyclists are a strain of mountain biker, preferring the same rough and steep terrain while ditching one wheel. They are, as The New York Times once observed, “putting an extreme twist on ...

“I said, ‘My God, I cannot button my jeans anymore!’ ” says the professional piano tuner. “It dawned on me I should start exercising.” Running, however, was out of the question – hard on the knees.

This incredible video shows a German man setting the record for the world's highest mountain descent on a unicycle. Lutz Eichholz, 28, who has spent 10 years travelling the world on his unicycle, ...

“THAT’S crazy,” a hiker says, watching a line of unicyclists make its way up a hill in Simi Valley. It’s midmorning on a recent Saturday, and after riding up an easy fire road, the cyclists spin down ...

Trekking across the world's harshest and most remote regions sounds like a tough enough challenge - but imagine doing the whole thing on a unicycle. Canadian Kris Holm has traversed the Great Wall of ...

You get a few different reactions when you’re seen riding a unicycle in the mountains. “Most of the time, you get the disbelief and the person that’s totally psyched for you,” Josh Torrans says.