Croud pleasers?

Wheel walking doesn't seem to be very appreciated by non-unicyclists; it
seems no one knows how hard it is to do. Stomach on seat seems to be a
hit and so does riding backwards; a well done simple skill seems to be
more of a crowd pleaser then a difficult skill that doesn’t look very
difficult (one footed wheel walking?) For example a 6’ side hop doesn’t
look much more difficult then a 5’ side hop, a non-unicyclist doesn’t
often seem to notice but just seems to judge how much technique/finesse
you show when you ride/hop.

Act like a unicyclist!

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One footed always seems to impress a non-rider

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Gliding and stand-up wheel walk are great, provided you can do them
reasonably well. Otherwise your list and the other tricks mentioned
should be pretty good. I would be hesitant to do seat drag unless you
have at least a 50% chance of picking the seat up again.

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You posted at 7:37 am (my time), with a 1-hour time limit. The best
advice I can give you (at about 9:20 am) is to plan ahead. At least give
us two hours? :p

The best way to make a good impression at a parade is to *entertain the
crowd*. Since floats are always going to be more visible, and bands are
always going to be more musically satisfying, acts like unicyclists need
to do something other than be looked at or listened to as they go by.
Put on a show! Comedy works best. If you have a group, jump over
someone. If you're juggling, be sure to drop one and pick it back up
while riding. Jumping rope always works. Also big, swooping turns on a
big wheel are great. If you want your picture in the paper, ride the
tallest unicycle that will fit under the wires.

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<[email hidden]>,
"Evan Byrne" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Yo,

Im leaving in 1 hour to ride in a 4th of july parade, and was wondering
what would be some good tricks to do? I was thinking seat drag, 360,
wheel walk, 180unispin and some cool mounts. Got any other ideas?

it's a bit late for my comment, but i'm always impressed by the kick-up
side mount.

backwards no-feet glide is pretty cool... :-)

..max

Juggle. 😉

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Deeply offended. Don't you know that celebrating Independence day is
offensive and hurtful to citizens* of former colonial powers. I'll sue
for injury to my feelings! It's the American way.😄

Basic rule of performance: keep it simple, do it well. Rule 2: make eye
contact - preferably with the crowd, but with yourself if all else
fails.

*OK, subjects.🙁

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Anyhow, its over, it went nicly, the thing that got people to applaud
the most was 180 unispin into seat drag. And also a giraffe mount(by
spencer)

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I was going to ride in the 4th parade here, but we stayedup real late
with fireworks and were too tired. Glad it went well.

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i just finished up my fourth of july parade too, and the one foot riding
and seat in back extended worked really well. i didnt get much for the
stomach on seat, and heard one kid shout 'hey! hes not riding his
unicycle, hes jst leaning on it and pedaling!', i was deeply offended :p
but it went well, and i got soaked by squirt guns and hoses, but i will
hopefully atleast make it onto the tv, or maybe even the newspaper! 😄

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Maybe I should have gone to that thing.....oh wait i was doing yard
work.....

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people always enjoy my back flips... j/k. i wish, if u can im sure
people would love it. other wise i dont really know

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Reading the various replies, i had a thought. <insert straight line>.

One thing that might -- m i g h t -- work for some kids is to build a
portable trials rig so they could demonstrate a few q00l trix^H^H^H^H
skills. You could make it towable, and maybe, if you were really good,
you could tow it, deploy it, do your tr^H^H skill demo, and then drag
it down the street to the next spot, all without ever dismounting. Add
a little jump rope action and ... "Wow, that guy is the Best Unicyclist
Ever".

A few pieces of wood and some old skate bogies or rollerblades etc.
and you're there.

..max

nickjb said:

*One footed always seems to impress a non-rider *

One footed impresses me!

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sounds like you had a good parade.

I was at a party and got a little bored, so I pulled my uni out of the
trunk and started playing basketball with some of the guys there. I got
a lot of [censored] for it until I snagged the ball and made a shot from the
foul line. Not that it really helps for parades, but playing basketball
just as well as people on no wheels seems to impress.

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Evan,
I'd like to use this thread in my new magazine, is that okay?

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Mikefule said:

*Deeply offended. Don't you know that celebrating Independence day is
offensive and hurtful to citizens* of former colonial powers. *

Sorry about the identity crisis over there in the former empire....
🙄

Many of the losers of our civil war are in a similar state of denial.
They're way more up-to-date then you. Their event was much later, ending
in the much more recent 1865!

(Not sure if you were bummed about 1812, or the one before that)

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well (i know the time is up ut still) get a bunch of bead necklaces like
at mardi gras, and give them only to the hott girls. thats what id do
but then again i dont know if you like girls.

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