Re: Street Tricks

PopeSamXVI said:

*My personal favorite is the guy in Universe 2 (the trailer, I haven't
seen the movie) who pedal/crank grabs (I can't tell) and flips his uni
all the way around. *

Dan Heaton
the trick is called a "seatwhip"

I dont know what he calls it. Nik Caffroy does this trick where he jumps
a stair case, and pulls the seat out mid air then puts it back under
before he lands.

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I do this thing where i crank grab drop the seat out behind me and then
i do a 180 and pick the seat back up and then ride away

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onetrack said:

*

Dan Heaton
the trick is called a "seatwhip"
*

For more on this trick 'see this thread' (http://tinyurl.com/4z6hj) and
'this gallery' (http://gallery.unicyclist.com/albut54).

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Wait a sec... I thought Mike said that the seat whip was when you just
fulled your seat out in front and then placed it back in. If that's the
seat whip then... I dunno. I thought what you did was the uni-flip. Ima
getting confused.

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Ok i have a few more questions about street. Has anyone tried to
footplant off a handrail because i was thinkin how cool that would be
to footplant then hop down a stairset but i bet it would be pretty
difficult to get the heith needed and it would be pretty slippery. Also
can anyone do no footers down stair sets or gaps because if so how are
you able to do it without the tire spinning?
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thinuniking said:

*I have been trying to learn a trick i have never seen before. It's
when you hop in mid air pull out the seat,thus in seat out position
then push it back in which is the hard part due to kh saddle
fatness!
Ben *

Ive been doing that for a while, i use it to get a bit more height in to
rails... i got a KH saddle... try dropping your seat a bit, and going a
bit more bow legged...
also if you hook the pedals and push back like bunny hopping a bike you
can get an extra 8" or so out of your hop
when youve got it you can reach behind you with your off hand (the one
not gripping the seat) and do a tyre grab on the back of the tyre...
im trying to do it no footed too...
I can do no footers down stairs... ive not had a problem with the wheel
spinning cos you stop the wheel dead to get extra leverage into your
jump, by locking your back leg...
ill give the foot plant ago...
why arent all you guys filming this and sending it to me??

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north said:

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I can do no footers down stairs... ive not had a problem with the
wheel spinning cos you stop the wheel dead to get extra leverage into
your jump, by locking your back leg...
ill give the foot plant ago...
why arent all you guys filming this and sending it to me?? *

What do you mean because i know how u pause before you do it to keep the
wheell from spinning but there goes all your momentum to hop a set so
how do u not lose the momentum and still keep the wheel from spinnin.

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What's that trick where you do a pedal grab (crank grab?) and then shoot
the frame in front of you let it spin around then bring it back from
your back?

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There are these upsidedown U frames near wear I work for locking bikes
to etc.

I'd love to see someone do a riding unispin and have the unicycle go
under the inverted U and the rider go over it. And land of course!

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Going back to the original post:

uniextreme said:

*Im trying to think what street tricks have been performed so far so
lets make a list, please add.*

Please define what a street trick is. How are they different from
flatland/freestyle/standard skill tricks? We have a huge list of those,
that come with descriptions of each so they're fairly easy to
understand.

The whole skate-oriented area of tricks is relatively new, and so far
nobody is documenting names and terminology so it's hard to know what
the various terms mean. Especially to us non-skaters/BMXers. I hope
someone will take an interest in making lists of these tricks, with
descriptions so everyone can know what they're talking about.

But mostly, I guess here I'm interested in how people consider "street"
to be different from previously existing forms of tricks.

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I would say a street trick is something like umm i dnno say a uni spin
performed over a gap or, down a stair set yes i know thats difficult but
you get the picture!
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I think street tricks are basically freestyle tricks performed up over,
off, down and across obstacles and gaps etc. I can write all those
tricks up with explantation but can someone please put them on there
website?
Brian

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crank flip - you flip the wheel forwards or backwards while your feet
come off the pedals the wheel makes a complete rotation before landing
back onto it.

foot plant - You take 1 of your feet off the pedals plant it onto an
object while your other foot stays on the pedals and the foot on the
object springs off and you put it back onto the pedals while in the
air.

footplant to crankflip - look above, you footplant then with your other
thats on the pedals you give a little push to swing the wheel then when
the wheel has made its rotation you spring off and put your other foot
back on in the air.

tire grab - reach down and touch the tire.
shifty- you turn the wheel 90 degrees in either dircection and whip it
back

1 footer - I think you can figure this 1 out you take 1 foot off in the
air and bring it back in the air .

no footer - you take both feet off but in order to make it so the wheel
doesnt spin you kinda have to give it a slight pause tthen hop up and
take both feet off.

1 footer tire grab- A 1 footer and you reach down and grab the tire. You
usually have to hop a little but higher to touch the tire then a
standard 1 footer.

no footer tire grab-

crank slide

pedal slide

all the spins ie 360

unispins,

unispins down drops

half rev- You pedal a half revolution in the air
full rev - You pedal a full revolution in the air

180 half rev - You 180 while pedalling half a revolution in the air.

180 full rev You 180 while pedaling a full revolution in the air

360 half rev -you 360 whilepedaling a halfrotation in the air.
360 rev- You 360 while pedaling a full revolution in the air.
foot plant 180 in 180 out -
foot plant 180 in
foot plant to grind -

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So for now, a working definition of Street Freestyle can be that it
refers to doing tricks/skills on surfaces other than a level floor.

The lists look good. Keep 'em coming!

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johnfoss said:

*.

I'm thinking of setting up the first-ever Street Freestyle
competition at MUni Weekend next month...

The lists look good. Keep 'em coming! *

That sounds like a great idea although im curious on how you will go
about judging and how the comp will work out ive given this alot if
thought but ccant come up with anything solid for judging and points
yet.
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Bumpin so people can give there opinion on a street comp.

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My idea with Street Freestyle would be to replace the currently existing
Open-X event. Though this one worked fairly well at Unicon XII, it
really needs a different venue to flourish.

I haven't thought about judging details yet, but they will be similar to
what we have for Freestyle and Open-X. I need to talk with some other
riders to get more ideas. Please chime in!

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What about just like a skateboard street, comp, where you get like two
minutes in a skate park or similar setup?

David

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Are the open x freestlye rules on the web somewhere?

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darchibald said:

*What about just like a skateboard street, comp, where you get like
two minutes in a skate park or similar setup? *

That's the basic idea. But you need a set of judging criteria so both
the judges and competitors know what's expected of a good performance.
Also you need a skate park or similar. So we will have to at least start
out with something that's flexible enough to allow for widely varying
"terrain" for each competition.

In time, we should come up with some minimum requirements of
standardized props to be provided, so riders will know they can show off
certain moves.

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