It’s the ultimate marriage… unicycles and cameras! Who would have thought that photography can be 6.5 times better if you do it WHILE riding the SBU (Self Balancing Unicycle). For those of you who don’t know what an SBU is… GET WITH IT!!! Daniel Wood, who started Focus Designs created this unicycle that balances on its own. No joke. It works similarly to the Segway by Deka but is much more inefficient. Segways require two wheels and at Focus Designs, we feel that in this green society you can’t be wasting your time with two wheels when really all you need is one.  Also, Adam Savage of Mythbusters (Twitter: @donttrythis) will be riding one of the SBU’s in some episodes that will air sometime soon!  It is my understanding that Adam will ride the SBU in an episode dealing with cars and busting the myth of being able to fling someone off of the top, and another episode called Bullets: Dropped Versus Fired.  We look foreward to seeing this soon!  Go Adam!

Anyways,  I followed Daniel with my unicycle and my Canon 5d mk II.  Good thing I did not fall! Here are the pictures…

And how often do you see an electric self balancing unicycle, a dude on a clown bike, and another dude riding a bike with a broken arm? Haha.

Somebody has a fan club!

Smoked by the SBU!

For more info on the SBU check out Focus Designs’ website at: Http://www.focusdesigns.com and drop Daniel and email telling him how awesome his invention is and that you want one. If you beg he may let you test drive one!

Just check it out:

And here is me learning to ride one:

Oh and did I fail to mention that both of these videos were done by Jordan Thompson of Valeo Visual.  He’s the MAN for video… seriously.  He’s won countless awards (well you can probably count them) from the 24 Hour Film Festival (Apple), winner of the National Collegiate Speed Film Competition, Featured in Seattle Times and in the Seattle International Film Festival… Oh and not to mention a Telly Award under his belt!  He’s got skeeelz.