What to learn?

K, once you can ride, and turn very easily, ride the uni for pretty much
forever, then you work on jumping, choose a foot to have back, most
have their left back, I personally perfer the right.
then once you get jumping try 180 hop twists.

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And what is the best way to practice hopping?

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Start by doing little rolling hops: just ride, grab the handle and try
to jump up and forwards. You'll get them down pretty soon. Also, try
static hops next to a wall. Grab the wall with one hand and the handle
with the other and just hop in one place. When you're confident like
that, start hopping without a support, then up 7 seven pallets.

Report when you make progress.

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Ivan:

Thank you for some really nice simple information. My son and I are
just attempting hopping. He's getting a new Torker, I'm going to
build one (20" uni) I think I'm more into building and designing.

Any suggestions on how to learn to ride backwards?? or is it just
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Backward is just like forwards learning use a fence/ chairs any method
like that and just go backwards a little bit more with out the
supports. Also you have to choose idling or backwards riding you can
learn either first.

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Qweld said:

Any suggestions on how to learn to ride backwards?? or is it just
practice practice practice. Thanks. Qweld.

First off can you idle? Backwards is one of the few tricks I actually
put the time in to learning over a short period of time. I think the
best technique is to ride forward, stop and idle once then continue
fowards. Then try to turn that idle in to a single revolution
backwards, then ride out forward again. Increase the number of
backwards revolutions you can do before having to ride forward again to
regain balance. Once it's up to several turns then maybe switch to just
trying to start riding backwards from stationary.

As for hopping, pretty much what ivan saidput one hand flat on a wall,
stand up on the pedals and hole the saddle with the other hand. Take
your hand away from the wall before you try to hop. If the wall is
rough you might want to wear a glove on that hand because you'll end up
dragging your hand across the surface to stop yourself falling at some
point, a rough plaster wall can remove a lot of skin that way.

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Hi unicyclists! I'm learning unicycling for 2 months and I want to know
jump on a bench in park but I don't know how😕 ...Is there
anyone, who can help me how to start?

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This goes to just about all the questions in this thread. If you are
learning to hop just work on keeping the pedals level and hopping
straight up. Don't try to go all out with your hopping at frist. Also
try to rid off of curbs so that you get used to the landing. If you
are anything like I was I could hop up but could not land on the uni.

Also later on when you want to hop higher you are going to need to
learn to ride Seat in front (SIF). Start working on this alittle here
and there just to get used to the idea of not having your seat under
you.

Oh and the number one thing, practice alot!!
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enahs said:

This goes to just about all the questions in this thread. If you are
learning to hop just work on keeping the pedals level and hopping
straight up. Don't try to go all out with your hopping at frist. Also
try to rid off of curbs so that you get used to the landing. If you
are anything like I was I could hop up but could not land on the uni.

Also later on when you want to hop higher you are going to need to
learn to ride Seat in front (SIF). Start working on this alittle here
and there just to get used to the idea of not having your seat under
you.

Oh and the number one thing, practice alot!!
Good Luck

or just practice si and have a really low seat..... You can get high
with si like 32in is the highest I know.

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carmella said:

Hi unicyclists! I'm learning unicycling for 2 months and I want to know
jump on a bench in park but I don't know how😕 ...Is there
anyone, who can help me how to start?

Lol you wanna hurry up huh you have to work your way up. First
practice on curbs like said above or pallets and just slowing increase
your height until you can get that high. Just so ya know getting up to
the height of a bench will take some time more than a couple months...
well for most.... Anyways good luck with it and most importantly have
fun!

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I thought hopping was all about leg muscle, but actually, you get higher
hopping over time, and you'll leg muscles will grow, just most ppl arnt
used to using those muscles in those ways, so they take time to
develope.

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CKCrowe said:

K, once you can ride, and turn very easily, ride the uni for pretty much
forever, then you work on jumping, choose a foot to have back, most
have their left back, I personally perfer the right.
then once you get jumping try 180 hop twists.

actually, most people are left foot forward, that means they're right
footed and most of the world are right footed

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juggle508 said:

I know why Tomsey is so good at backs and why Shaun owns at normal
flips.
It has to do with the gravitational pull. Like how the toilet flushes
in the opposite direction down there. Well its easier down there to
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The.Mars.Volta said:

actually, most people are left foot forward, that means they're right
footed and most of the world are right footed

Are you sure? I'm right footed (right handed, right eyed and dunno what
else, probably right eared too) and I've right foot front and left foot
rear. Jumping left foot forward feels hard and wierd.

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henkka said:

Are you sure? I'm right footed (right handed, right eyed and dunno what
else, probably right eared too) and I've right foot front and left foot
rear. Jumping left foot forward feels hard and wierd.

Yep I'm the same.

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im the same i dunno why but it feels like the uni is trying to turn when
i have the right foot back lol

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For me learning to ride backwards was harder than learning to ride
forward. It is just so unatural pedaling backwards at first. There is
only one way to do it and that is the brut force way. I would just get
on the Unicycle by holding onto a post and try to ride away from it.
After a few weeks you will get the hang of it! I can now ride backwards
for as long as I want on dirt roads. (As long as they don't have HUGE
pot holes.) I am going to start working on going down stairs backwards
soon. Being able to ride backwards really helped my MUni riding and
immediatele led to Idling.

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So when you can hop at one place, you just have to ride to an object,
start hopping and hop over/on it?

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kington99 said:

First off can you idle? Backwards is one of the few tricks I actually
put the time in to learning over a short period of time. I think the
best technique is to ride forward, stop and idle once then continue
fowards. Then try to turn that idle in to a single revolution
backwards, then ride out forward again. Increase the number of
backwards revolutions you can do before having to ride forward again to
regain balance. Once it's up to several turns then maybe switch to just
trying to start riding backwards from stationary.

I'm going to try this.

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