Local family shoots and scores, on their unicycles
A ball spins across the pavement as a few boys scramble to retrieve a beat up hockey net, and get it out of the way of an oncoming car. A game of street hockey is a common sight during warm weather, but the Smith family puts their own twist on it.
Rather than running around playing the game, the Smiths play street hockey while riding atop their unicycles.
When the weather allows, Patrick, Christopher and their father Greg Smith will often set out a hockey net in the middle of the street. They then head back to their house to retrieve helmets, hockey sticks, and their signature unicycles.
The Smiths are well known in the neighbourhood for their ability to make riding a unicycle seem like the easiest thing in the world. Greg began teaching his children how to ride a unicycle a few years ago, and they quickly picked up the skill.
Greg Smith rides his unicycle around the block with his son and daughter.
Photo by: Arielle Berze
He even taught his wife to ride one. Although she still hasn’t quite picked up the ability to ride on a one-wheeled, no-handled unicycle, Ingrid Smith enjoys seeing her family ride around the block.
aberze@cjournal.ca
{igallery id=4781|cid=11|pid=1|type=category|children=0|showmenu=0|tags=|limit=0}
Republish this article
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
We would love for you to republish our student work!
Just scroll down to copy and paste the code of our article into your CMS. The codes for images, graphics and other embeddable elements may not transfer exactly as they appear on our site. It's free! We only ask that you follow some simple guidelines when doing so:-
You've gotta credit us. In the byline, we prefer “Author Name, Calgary Journal.” At the top of the story, include a line that reads: “This story was originally published by the Calgary Journal.”
-
If you’re republishing online, you must link to the URL of the original story on calgaryjournal.ca.
-
You can’t edit our material, except to reflect relative changes in time, location and editorial style. (For example, “yesterday” can be changed to “last week,” and “Abbotsford, B.C.” to “Abbotsford” or “here.”)
-
You cannot republish our photographs or illustrations without specific permission. Please contact managing damclean@mtroyal.ca for more information.
-
Any website our stories appear on must include a prominent way to contact you.
-
If you share the story on social media, we’d appreciate a shout-out @CalgaryJournal (Facebook, Twitter and Instagram)
- If we send a request to change or remove Calgary Journal content on your site, you must agree to do so immediately.
This policy was adapted from ProPublica and Wisconsin Watch.
If you have any other questions, contact our managing editor Archie McLean at damclean@mtroyal.ca