Now let's take a brief look at IUF: International Unicycling Federation of unicycle. In fact, it is more appropriate to translate IUF into an international unicycle federation than to translate IUF into an international unicycle federation.
As early as in 1980, joined the Japanese nationality, Jack Halpern visited outside Japan some unicycle sports atmosphere better state, and then he have an idea, to propose the creation of a International unicycle sports Federation (International Unicycling Federation, namely IUF). Later in June 1, 1982, an international unicycling federation was established in Japan -- it is IUF, has since IUF as a company legal person independent operation, it is much more than for the sport system and the rules of the game, and also for the global international unicycle between sports promotion play a role of the unlimited. To put it bluntly, IUF is the Olympic organizing committee of the unicycle.
Despite the slow start and the handful of countries willing to join the IUF, who would have thought it could take a landmark step in hosting an international conference?
In 1983, after the Unicycling Society of America (USA) held an international unicycle meeting in Syracuse, New York, the decision to hold a unicycle international conference was finally decided. The reason is that there were unicycle athletes from as many as nine countries at the meeting, and the time was ripe. Conference JeanPaul Jenack is the son of the American association of unicycle founder Bill Jenack, he found a group of people who have the ability to achieve this goal, unveiled the proposal in front of these people and successful landing the cultivating goal together. Such a unicycle international convention, such as Unicon, was born. At the beginning of the period, there are members of the organization: JeanPaul Jenack, Meryl Schaffer, Al Hemminger and host Ken Fuchs.
In 1984, in Syracuse, New York, the first international unicycle conference, Unicon, and the World Unicycling Championship, which was held in the general assembly, were born.
