1 foot wheel walk. need tips

I can wheel walk with both feet fearly well and can get into 1 foot
wheel walking but can only do it for a few metres or so. Is there any
thing that will help apart from practice? I am doing this on a qu-ax
trials uni.


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lean back, look forwards (not down) get the feel of the kick, dont go
too fast/far or not far/fast enough. practise.
good luck!


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It took me a long time to get the basics of 1-ft-ww. Didn't help that I
didn't practice.

It's all about learning foot control and learning the right touch on
the tire (not too much and not too little). Helps me to point my foot
down and keep the foot pointed down as much as possible. When the foot
flattens out or when the heel gets too close to the tire I lose it.
The big hurdle is learning the foot control and the muscle memory so
you can do it without thinking. Once you get that the skill is yours.


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im currently learning 1 foot wheel walking as well. i find the best way
is to look forwards, keep your body up straight and have your arms
spread out to keep your balance easier.


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iam learning too

and what i have find is the same from tomtrevor


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I'm in the 1 footed ww learning stage also...
One thing I find for me is not to forget to twist as needed to keep
your balance the way you would with two footed.
I think John has it right with the "muscle memory" as I really only
started to practice yesterday and spent an hour doing only 1ft ww today
and by the end I was able to go 10 feet easily.(on a 20" lx)


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learn 1ft ww quickly so you can get onto gliding


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I can't lean back, I fall off but when I lean forwards, I fall off
anyway, any tips?


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1wheelwonder;1164957 wrote:
I can't lean back, I fall off but when I lean forwards, I fall off
anyway, any tips?



If you fall when you lean back and you fall when you lean forward, then
obviously you need to not lean.

There's plenty of good advice here already. Keep practicing.


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1wheelwonder;1164957 wrote:
I can't lean back, I fall off but when I lean forwards, I fall off
anyway, any tips?

Leaning slightly forwards is the right thing to do, but you need to make
the wheel catch you so give it a reasonably strong kick or push forwards
with your foot. Then unlike two footed wheel walking you don't have
another connection with the wheel with your other foot, so you need to
apply some pressure to the wheel as you drag your foot back to it's
initial pushing/kicking position. The dragging on the wheel will slow
you down slightly at first (cos you don't yet have fine gliding control)
but with a strong enough kick you will eventually get the feeling of
control from your foot dragging on the tire.

Learning gliding is extremely fun so I recommend learning one footed
wheel walking to anyone who cannot do it yet. Persist and it pays off!


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