Team Rollercoaster Travels to Panama

Featured in Uni Magazine

Perry — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:38:33 +0000

Uni Magazine features Team Personal Rollercoaster’s Panamanian adventure. Uni Magazine was one of our trip sponsors and we’re thrilled to see the published article. If you’d like to support the magazine and see our article in print, go to Unicycle Magazine and subscribe.

Click here to download a PDF of the article. Uni Magazine

Photo by Christian Ziegler

Featured in Breathe Magazine

Perry — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:27:58 +0000

The Adventure, Endurance, and Lifestyle Magazine, Breathe published Roland’s article about Team Personal Rollercoaster’s Panamanian adventure. If you’re on the East coast, you can find Breathe at EMS.

Click here to download a PDF of the article. Camino del Muni

Photo by Christian Ziegler

Jungle Coaster (the movie) available for viewing online

Perry — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 19:50:43 +0000

Team Personal Rollercoaster documents their ocean to ocean unicycle expedition in the movie Jungle Coaster.

You can now view the movie Jungle Coaster online at http://gallery.me.com/perrywoodin#100367

The movie is just over 29 minutes long so make some popcorn and enjoy. Let us know what you think.

Jungle Coaster – The Movie

Perry — Mon, 04 May 2009 13:37:31 +0000

The movie "Jungle Coaster" will premier May 12th.

Team Personal Rollercoaster’s movie “Jungle Coaster” will premier May 12th, 2009 at the Upstate Artists Guild (UAG) in Albany, NY.

This 30 minute movie will follow the feature movie “Red Light Go.”

WHERE: UAG 247 Lark St.
WHEN: Tuesday, May 12th. Doors open 6:30pm. Show starts 7:00pm
WHY: May is Bike Month! Come out to UAG every Tuesday in the month of May for bike themed movies.

Blurb in Smithsonian News

rolandisimo — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 01:14:21 +0000

On 26 January the newsletter for the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute had an article on our trip “A novel way to appreciate the rainforest.”

Note this picture is from Camino de Cruces trailhead, not Pipeline road as the article suggests.

Jungle Guni Muni

Perry — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 20:59:27 +0000

I picked a radom clip from the helmet cam and found this little gem of Vince burning up the trail on Day 2. For the uninitiated… guni stands for geared-unicycle, and muni stands for mountain-unicycle. Vince was riding Perry’s guni muni. And riding it fast!!! See for yourself.

- Perry

A Quick Collage

Perry — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:30:21 +0000

A quick collage of shots from our trip. More individual photos to come!

Another teaser video

Perry — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:47:55 +0000

I just finished logging the helmet cam footage for the day before our junlge ride started. We spent the day exploring the Old City (Casco Viejo) and surrounding area.

Enjoy
- Perry

Thanks for the Comments

Perry — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:10:56 +0000

Just want to say thanks for all of the comments. We really enjoyed reading them and were happy to see that so many people followed our progress.

We’ve got about 20 hours of video footage and countless photos. We’ll continue to post updates as we sort through everything.

Until then… get out there and unicycle!

-Perry

Day 4 – Journey Complete

Perry — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 15:46:57 +0000

Somewhere around 7:30pm on Thursday evening, we popped a bottle of bubbly to celebrate the completion of our ocean to ocean trek. It was an emotional finish, as Panama Viejo came into view and the realization we completed something never done before, sunk in. Planet Jupiter smiled down upon us.

The day started with a long ascent that we could not ride. Thankfully, we started early and there was a cool (for Panama) breeze to keep us comfortable. Upon reaching the summit, we were treated to a gradual, but long descent that was a blast to ride. Day 4 was looking promising.

Within an hour, Perry had his first flat and after a quick patch, everyone was back up and riding. But not for long. Within minutes, Perry flatted again. Time for a new tube. Flats became the theme of the day. The trail for day 4 was fantastic, but with what seemed like a constant string of flats for Perry, Brad, and Roland, it took a long time to get out of the jungle. It finally got to the point where Perry could no longer patch his tube and had to hoof it out. Brad offered keep him company, and after hiking with the unis for about one and a half hours, the group was back together and Marcos was there for support.

Coming out of the jungle at Camino de las Cruces park

Steve, Vince, Brad, and Roland continued to ride while Marcos gave Perry a lift to a local Pizza place where the team could get some lunch and finally put in a fresh tube. No more peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. We devoured two gaint pizzas and quickly downed some large Cokes.

After lunch all 5 unis hit the hot road and battled with traffic as we made our way towards downtown Panama. Soon, we were in the thick of city traffic and the contrast between day 4 and days 1-3 was stark. The cries of howeler mokeys were replaced by engine breaking of large trucks. The soothing calls of birds replaced by the honking of horns. Smells of the jungle became a fleeting memory as we rode into the heart of Panama City.

The first half hour of riding through the city was quite fun. People whooped, hollered, gawked, and waved as we rode past. We’re certian this scene has never before played out in Panama City.

The remaining ride through the city was a chore. Traffic was intense, the exhaust was thick, and our legs were fatigued. But, the Pacific was in sight and Panama Viejo was getting closer.

Finally the ruins of Panam Viejo came into view and we made one last push to the finish. Perry essentailly collapsed from exhaustion but ralleyd to celebrate with the rest of the team as Marcos captured the moment on video. The team had completed their proposed ocean to ocean unicycle expedition through the jungles of Panama. It was time for a beer and quiet reflection. We all sat on the wall of some ruins and let the memories of the past four days sink in.

A beautiful finish.