How to learn how to glide?Gliding on flat?

i can do it from only a l ft ww i havent tried while riding getting into
it, so first just do what i did. jsut go from a 1 ft ww. and i started
on a huge hill and can never go anywhere on flats. if u keep with it -
it wont take that long- took me three weeks

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The problem is the hills are snowy and I want to practice NOW!
Itll probally take me forever though........

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It would probably be easiest to practice your one-footed wheel walking
some more, so that you are very comfortable with it, then when the snow
melts, go out on the hill, 1ftww down it, relax the pressure, and start
gliding. As you practice one-footed wheel walk flatland, try to go
really fast, then lighten the pressure and lean back. You should be able
to glide a little ways at least. You can also ride one-footed with your
non-gliding foot, put your gliding foot on the wheel, then transfer your
one-footed riding foot to the fork and see how far you can get. This may
not work if your one-footed foot and your gliding foot are the same.

Alternitively, get a friend with a lot of patience, and do some
pull-gliding. I haven't done pull-gliding myself, so I don't have any
tips on it, but I get the impression it's fairly easy, from what I've
seen of it.

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jsm said:

* You can also ride one-footed with your non-gliding foot, put your
gliding foot on the wheel, then transfer your one-footed riding foot
to the fork and see how far you can get. This may not work if your
one-footed foot and your gliding foot are the same.
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They are,but i can 1 foot okay with the other foot,so ill try it.

I guess ill just have to wait till the snow melts.🙁 I will try
pullgliding too,I forgot about that.

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Oh,and,how do i put my feet?Do you just put one foot one the frame,the
other in front on the tire?

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yea and dont let the foot thats resting on the frame touch the tire or
youll lose control- i learned that after a week in

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One foot should rest solidly on the frame. (Although you can leave it
out and glide leg extended later on.) You have two choices for the other
foot; either rest it on the tire only, or set it overlapping the frame
and the tire. The former is easier, and probably slightly better for
downhill gliding, while the latter is better for freestyle, because it
helps prepare you for coasting, since you can't move your foot as much,
and so you usually use at least some coasting reflexes. It's also better
because that's how your foot has to be positioned for stand-up glide.

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Well never mind.I can glide now!!!
After about 35 minutes of practice,i can go 7-8 full revs of the
wheel.(Igot it on tape and counted the revs)!!!
The hill i did it on was dirt,and because of the snow it was wet,I think
that helped.I also can go a couple feet on flat!!!Im excited.
The gravel was a bit annoying though.

And just last week i couldnt even 1 foot ww!

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Wow! Congratulations. 😄

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Thanks.

Next thing,ill have to learn it on my big heavy Muni.Before ya know
it,Ill be whizzing by at top speed.

Oh,and,pull gliding doesnt really work to well for me,the puller person
goes too slow or i fall on him or somthing,i think its easier to just
ride fast and glide from there.

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Wow, that is seriously inspirational to me because I recently learned
one footed WW. I tried it on a hill and I kind of got a feel for it,
but I am far from learning it completely. I can only go about 2 feet
while gliding before the uni slips out from under me. O, forrest, post
a pic!

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Cant,know.Its dark.I might tomorow.

It was musketman who inspired me,last week.I couldnt even 1 foot ww
then,man i still cant get over that.

Suprisingly,learning gliding is soooo much easier than ww1foot.For me at
least.Normally it takes me forever to learn somthing.

I would post video,but its an old(like 1990's) video camera,and i have
no way to put it on a computer.

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tylercox said:

* O, forrest, post a pic! *

Now,I cant find the dig camera!I think my dad has it.

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forrestunifreak said:

*Thanks.

Next thing,ill have to learn it on my big heavy Muni.Before ya know
it,Ill be whizzing by at top speed.

Oh,and,pull gliding doesnt really work to well for me,the puller
person goes too slow or i fall on him or somthing,i think its easier
to just ride fast and glide from there. *

Gliding on a muni is way harder than on a 20 incher. On the Muni your
legs are jacked up high, and getting your feet in position is also
harder. I learned to ww on a 20 incher, then learnd on a Muni.

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*Gliding on a muni is way harder than on a 20 incher. On the Muni your
legs are jacked up high, and getting your feet in position is also
harder. I learned to ww on a 20 incher, then learnd on a Muni.

JL *

I can do it a tad bit,but the wide tire makes me fall over sidways.

PracticePracticePractice

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Well,so much for that.I just beat my old dicstance record,that i did on
my 20",by a good 10 feet on my Muni!

This brings my record up to,maybe 50 feet.I steped it off.Estimate.

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That's odd that 1 ft ww was so hard for you. Were you very good at
normal ww when you learned to 1 ft ww? Anyway, gliding is definitely my
next goal.... *goes and practices*

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Iwas pretty good at normal ww,I learned it almost a year ago,then just
recently(sunday)stuck with 1 foot ww enough to learn it.Id been
practicing off and on for about a month or more.I practiced like all
day,too.
Gliding was so easy to learn.I dont know why.

I can glide on flat okay now too,to do it I get going,then take my
gliding foot complelty off the wheel for a couple seconds,when i start
to fall i put it back on,maybe give the wheel a kick or two,then do it
again.
Its alot of fun.

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Found it.

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