stand up wheel walk

I'm in the process of learning this skill. I could use some help too,
but here's what I've found out about this skill. First off, you need a
unicycle with a good sized square fork and a fairly large saddle which
you can grip well with your knees. Now find something or someone to hold
onto. Put one foot on the fork and the other on the fork and the wheel.
Hold the seat with one hand, and your support with the other, and stand
up. Now slip the driver foot down so that it's only touching the wheel,
not the fork, and start making little pushes with it while holding onto
the wall. When you are comfortable with this motion, let go of the wall,
(or other support) and try to move by yourself. My record away from the
wall is about twelve pushes, so I'm still pretty pathetic at this skill.
Might help if I had a 20" instead of a 24." Anyway, the main thing I
have found is that as with regular wheel walk, you should lean back
slightly farther than feels comfortable. Also make sure you are learning
stand-up wheel walk, not hunchback wheel walk.

Any one who's really good at this skill, please reply.

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hey guys,
first of all, you are right it will help to use a 20 inch instead of a
24 inch unicycle if you can. you are also right that you are going to
want to stand up straight when doing it. clarification on the frame,
you will want to make sure it is flat and not slanted diagonally like
some are, if it's slanted your foot will not stay on the frame. it will
help to have a wall and maybe someone on the other side of you as well
when you first start to get the feel of it. keep your one foot on the
frame and the other on the wheel and push forwards on the wheel. i
can't think of much more than that at the moment but if i think of more,
i'll let you know!
good luck! it's a cool skill to learn!
lindsey

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Okay, sorry to dig up an old thread, but I have just gotten the hang of
stand-up wheel walk, and would like to correct the advice I gave above.
You do not make little pushes with your foot. Rather, you stick your
foot against the frame on the wheel, and kick the wheel forward, not so
much with your foot as with your whole body. Then you lighten up the
pressure and glide a little ways. The main function of the foot is to
get you started, and to get a grip on the wheel. You don't actually do
much with it except change pressure. Doing it this way, I am also a lot
faster, and so I don't have to worry much about sideways balance
anymore.

Thought I'd write this up while it was fresh in my mind,
Jonathan

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I kind of disagree with jsm, me and my friend have just learn this
skill, both with about max 20 pushes, but we both have different styles,
i just use my foot to push on the tyre, whereas he uses his whole body
to give himself momentum and just varies his foot pressure (like jsm
said) and its true he goes alot faster, but he's also nowhere near as
smooth as me. i stick my pushing foot under my crown foot by tipping my
crown foot's heel down low and the toe high, allowing room for my other
foot, then just push. this way ive done really smooth ones, that might
be considered more artistic, and i think i have a bit more controll.

i find leaning back helps alot as well, and i think it'll also help with
stand up glide when i get to that stage.

i think its a matter of opinion either way, both ways are cool, i just
prefer my method, anyone whos learning should just try lots of things
and see what suits them.

iain

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