North American Unicycle Convention & Championships

press release:

he Madison Area Sports Commission (MASC) together with Madison Unicyclists Inc. (MadUni)  encourage you to catch all the action at the 2015 North American Unicycling Convention and Championships (NAUCC) to Madison this July 25 – August 1. Watch top national competitors throw down gravity defying tricks, play floor hockey, and race in a marathon–all on one wheel!–when hundreds of U.S. and Canadian unicyclists converge in Madison for this out-of-the-box athletic event. Riders will compete in disciplines including freestyle, mountain (“muni”), track and field events, distance races, hockey, basketball and trick riding. Events will take place at multiple venues throughout the greater Madison area including Goodman Community Center, Tenney Park, the UW Arboretum, and Lake Kegonsa State Park. Entrance to all events is free for spectators. Visit uninationals2015.com for the full schedule of events.

The event was first held in Madison in 2011. The week-long championship gives area residents a front row seat to a full slate of entertaining and competitive unicycling events for top-caliber athletes, including five-time worldunicycling champ and Madisonian Scott Wilton. Madison’s large and ever-growing contingent of unicyclists, nurtured by MadUni, will be well-represented at the championship. Proceeds from the athletes' entry fees will help expand unicycling programs at local schools by funding unicycle equipment purchases, instruction, and opportunities in South Central Wisconsin for youth and other interested members of the public.

All profits from NAUCC 2015 will go to support the Madison Unicyclists, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, in order to further their youth programs in accordance with their mission statement. The Madison Unicyclists supports school programs at Sandburg Elementary, Marquette Elementary, O’Keeffe Middle School, Shorewood Elementary, the Lussier Center, and more in the coming year. New riders are welcome to join open practices at the Goodman Community Center and in Sun Prairie. See Maduni.com for more details.