Re: why is it called a side hop?

Sorry, guys, but you'll just have to wait until my all-girls EXtreme
Unicycling movie comes out to see awesome stuff like that.....hehe or
well at least wait until the trailer, k?


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A side hop comes to us from Bike Trials. In Bike trials a side hop is
used by riders who approach an object by riding parallel to it then
stopping and jumping up and to the side. This is in contrast to a bunny
hop where you are hopping forward.

The technique on a bike has nothing to do with distance you can hop to
the side, rather how high you can jump to the side. Check out
Biketrials.com to see a video of this.

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Checkernuts wrote:
> *A side hop comes to us from Bike Trials. In Bike trials a side hop is
> used by riders who approach an object by riding parallel to it then
> stopping and jumping up and to the side. This is in contrast to a
> bunny hop where you are hopping forward.
> *


Yup, thats why it's called a side hop. the term bunny hop usually isn't
used in unicycling, though. It's either a side hop or a rolling hop. You
can also hop forward on to something from a stillstand, but I don't know
of a name for that.

To clarify further, hopping laterally for distance in a trials line is
called a gap. Hopping for distance on flat ground is called a long
jump.

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I usually call a static front hop simply a front hop.


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