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Old August 12th 05, 03:17 PM
habbywall
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okay so i can hop but i can't get going again after i land could you
please help me?
thanks to anyone who responds


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Old August 12th 05, 03:22 PM
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Land with most of your weight on the forward pedal. You'll find that you
automatically get going again just by landing. Also, this is better for
your unicycle, as it trasfers the landing energy into forward momentum,
so you are less likely to bend a crank.


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Old August 12th 05, 04:58 PM
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try riding along, and going into a stillstand so you're about to hop,
but don't hop. then just try riding away from that. and once you can,
then put a hop in there.


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Old August 18th 05, 09:26 PM
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maybe twist and back u

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Old August 18th 05, 10:50 PM
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I second the first two, but I don't understand the last one.

Andrew


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Old August 19th 05, 12:49 AM
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lock your legs to hop...might not help but it helped me when i was
learning.


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Old August 19th 05, 12:49 AM
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lock your legs to hop...might not help but it helped me when i was
learning.


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Old August 19th 05, 03:14 PM
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how do i hop higher?


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Old August 20th 05, 01:34 AM
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how do i hop higher?



I have been working on hopping quite a bit so that I can hop up those
one foot thingys (you have no clue what I'm talking about). I was only
hopping about 6 inches, but then I watched the Kris Holm tutorial on
unicycle.2ya.com. I followed his instructions, and I lined myself up
for a
hop, a little bit slanted towards the surface I'm hopping onto and
started bouncing, like on a pogo stick for about 3 seconds. Then I do a
2 second still stand, bend my knees, lean foward, and then, with all my
bodily strength, pull up, not just with my arms but I jerk my chest up,
pop my legs, I don't leave all my weight on them because then I can't
get as high, and chances are nobody will be able to. But I pull my chest
up, grab the handle and snap, I can get about 13 inches, which isn't
very much but I was pretty proud.


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