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Dustin Kelm is a professional world champion and world record setting unicyclist, performing the UniShow around the world. He has performed and competed throughout North, South and Central America, Europe, Asia, Africa and the Caribbean. Dustin is a three time Unicycling Society of America expert freestyle national champion, a Unicycling Society of America mountain unicycling national champion and a UNICON freestyle World Champion.
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- ↑ "The 2011 Unicycle Festival Report". newyorkunicycle.com.
- ↑ "Unicycle Basketball Arrives at Santa Cruz". cityonahillpress.com. 4 March 2010.
- ↑ "World Champion Unicyclist!". javier-ruiz.com.
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