Most sports have their own ecosystems built around them: teams, tournaments, talent, training programs, and gear, lots of gear. Unicycling is a little bit different. It’s looser, more accommodating, and welcoming to all. It takes just as much athleticism and grit as any other sport might, but most of the students who joined Cal Poly’s Unicycling Club were newish to the sport when they arrived at adulthood and decided they couldn’t get enough of the sport or the people who gravitate toward it. That’s our main story in this summer’s issue of Get Outside, but we’ve got other fun too—including a mural trail through the city of Lompoc, a vineyard named after a tiny flower, one man’s 400-mile journey through Los Padres National Forest, spearfishing, judging a survival kit’s worth, and more.
—Camillia Lanham, Editor
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This article appears in Get Outside – Summer/Fall 2025.