360 unispin competion

SkierAlex said:

O a uni-spin your body stays in the same place, and inward means your
body turns the opposite way to the uni right? So yes, I would say this
is closer to a inward small spin than a uni spin. But just jump higher
and you'll land the uni spin no prob.

You're learning them without leg guards? Well you've got more guts than
me. BTW don't count on soccer shin pads for protection. You need it
round the back and further up your leg.

LOL I have KH pads under my jeans

I think Ive learned them now but I would really need a vid to tell if
they were inward small spins or 360s

My body just has this strange tendancy to rotate the opposite direction
of my spin

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Larl, inward smallspins are cooler then 360s anyway.

The hand movement is exactly the same too so if you can do inwards it
wont be long till you have 360s consistant.

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Yesterday I landed my first 180 unispin. So I'm well on my way to a 360!
I'm gonna give it a damn good go anyhow!

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Hey what's going on?
Did you all fall asleep? ;-)

Any progress? Any tips needed?

@tmoyer&MuniSano: Go for it! I want to see more people over 30 do them.

Good luck!

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YOnicycle@BJC2007 said:

Un da leg mo d polettn uffs G'sicht...

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I'm gonna land one tonight, I can feel it!

I landed on both pedals this morning a few times but fell each time
because I didn't catch the seat or something. I felt tired this
afternoon so didn't try. I need to be feeling really energetic when
doing them.

Does anyone have any tips on doing them coz I know there's probably
some obvious things that you need to do right to land them.

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SkierAlex said:

I'm gonna land one tonight, I can feel it!

I landed on both pedals this morning a few times but fell each time
because I didn't catch the seat or something. I felt tired this
afternoon so didn't try. I need to be feeling really energetic when
doing them.

Does anyone have any tips on doing them coz I know there's probably
some obvious things that you need to do right to land them.

Focus each try. If you dont go over everything you need to work on
(like throwing the seat properly, and jumping straight up instead of
away from the uni) before you jump, then you will more than likely
fall.

I learned them without the 3spin mount, but it would help you catch the
cranks, but it does nothing for the throwing of the seat.

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Worked on them for an hour yesterday, but nothing exciting to report
except for some very sore hip flexor muscles. Landing one foot on is
still the best I've done.

On the plus side, I've got 360 unispin mounts wired now.

Alex - nice job getting both feet on. You're going to stick one soon!

Anyone else getting close?

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can i join? or is it too late?

i have just started riding (well practicing) again and could do with
some competition.

how do these threads work?

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I can -almost- get the 360. I always get one foot on then fall... ugh,
its so annoying.

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beeper said:

Focus each try. If you dont go over everything you need to work on
(like throwing the seat properly, and jumping straight up instead of
away from the uni) before you jump, then you will more than likely
fall.

I learned them without the 3spin mount, but it would help you catch the
cranks, but it does nothing for the throwing of the seat.

OK thanks for the advice. I'm not doing the 360 jump mount coz it's
nothing like the real thing and probably won't help.

I'm not fully committing, that's the problem I think. The few times
I've landed on both pedals I've jumped off straight away or fallen
(because I didn't catch the seat :P). I had this problem with learning
180's too, I had the courage t0o go for the pedals, but then jumped off
straight away. Well I'm gonna practise more tonight, it's gonna feel so
good when I land them! Hopefully I land on the pedals and manage to
stay on, after that I should find them easy.

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Since this is a 360 unispin thread can I ask some advice on what you do
with your hands as part of the spin process? Do you let go and then
have to catch the seat? I've got 180 unispins down and am familiar
with the hand movements there, but it's easier since I don't have to
let go of the seat... Any advice? I finally had a chance to practice
yesterday (I'll have a lot more time after next week when I'm done with
school for the summer 🙂 ) and I couldn't figure out how to "spin" the
uni properly. It's not really a "fear" thing just a technique thing.
Btw fwiw my natural stance is left foot back and spin
counter-clockwise... Thanks.

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Grab the uni the same as you would on a 180 but let go and catch it.
Thats how i do them.

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an Alex DX32 rim is 38mm wide, so 1 centimeter more is 39mm.

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MuniSano said:

Since this is a 360 unispin thread can I ask some advice on what you do
with your hands as part of the spin process?

This is what I'm doing with my hands.
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=gFCHDO1umlM
Thanks Marcus!

MuniSano said:

Btw fwiw my natural stance is left foot back and spin
counter-clockwise... Thanks.

Hmmm - I think that's the harder direction to spin it (away from your
front foot), because you have to start with your hips and shoulders
rotated in opposite directions. I learned to do 180s in both
directions, and it took me a lot longer to learn to spin it that way.
However, now that you've started that way, it might be easier to
embrace it than to change.

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im soo getting in on this

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Isn't that funny? My stance is: left foot back and spin
counter-clockwise. I can't imagine spinning the other way (for me)
would be easier. I think I may be a bit odd that way. Another strange
thing, from watching trials videos, is that when going sif for sif
hops, again I'm left foot back, grab the seat with my right hand and
hop/jump to the left!!! In most cases, from the trials videos, it
seems like most people are sif hopping/jumping to the same side as
their front foot, I'm totally opposite!!! Yet even with that I can
sif side hop up 18" For me it all was driven from how I learned to
free-mount, you guessed it, left pedal back... (sorry for the
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Holy &^%$#@!

I got one!!!!!!!!!!

I was in the parking lot outside my daughter's karate class screaming,
"Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!"

(As if the people around there didn't think the guy on the uni was
weird enough already)

Now - getting it on video is a whole new project - and I have to travel
for work for the next three days. So........

Fair warning, Alex. 🙂 You've got until Friday. If it wasn't a fluke -
and if I can hit it again in front of the camera, I'll post it then.

Good luck!

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tmoyer said:

Holy &^%$#@!

I got one!!!!!!!!!!

I was in the parking lot outside my daughter's karate class screaming,
"Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!"

(As if the people around there didn't think the guy on the uni was
weird enough already)

Now - getting it on video is a whole new project - and I have to travel
for work for the next three days. So........

Fair warning, Alex. 🙂 You've got until Friday. If it wasn't a fluke -
and if I can hit it again in front of the camera, I'll post it then.

Good luck!

good job i almost had one today. Well i guess this means you win so the
siggy thing is all yours

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Woo! today I got both feet on the pedals and hopped a couple times
before I fell. I definitely think I can get it down pat soon.
Tomorrow I'll try and get it more refined and possibly I can record it
then 😄

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I've been so close for so long. If I land one before Friday I'll
probabky have as much trouble posting a video as you :P

I need to really be in the mood for doing them when I try them though,
got to be hyped up and energetic.

I'll get them sooner or later :P

Anyway great job tmoyer, must feel good.

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Good job tmoyer! 🙂
I'm proud of you, because you got it before the "Kids" did.:p
I'm waiting until friday...

@muniaddict: Now it's your job Terry!😉

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YOnicycle@BJC2007 said:

Un da leg mo d polettn uffs G'sicht...

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