Not Getting Any Better...

Practice, practice, practice. If it makes you feel better, I've been
riding for almost 10 years (Wow, 10 years this weekend!) and I can't
crankflip, or 1-foot, and though I can ride backward, I suck at it. I
CAN mountain uni pretty decently, and drop off picnic tables and higher,
but I've also broken 3 unicycles If you want to do drops, save up
and buy a trials uni, else just practice practice practice. And even if
you can't do crankflips or glide (I can't do that either), you can still
ride a unicycle, which is pretty damn good!


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obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and
through me. And when it has gone past, I will turn the inner eye to see
its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will
remain.

* Bene Gesserit Litany Against Fear.

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Unisykolist;1106526 wrote:
What unicycle do you have?
How often do you practice?

Can you even do some basic tricks like 1-foot, backwards, wheel walk,
180 unispin, free mount or others like that?



My question is: How often do you FALL?

In my experience, you have to be willing to fall a LOT in order to
learn. I' not saying you have to injure yourself, but I had LOTS of
UPDs when I tried to ride one-foot. Anytime I try to learn any new
trick, I have LOTS of UPDs.

I pad up when learning a new trick, because I'm 53 years old.

Billy


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The general answer to your question is that for anything more advanced
then the basic skills, you can't just look at it and say "ok, time to
learn a crankflip!". You have to break it into components. Luckily for
you, many of the most skilled riders have already done this for you, so
a forum search will end up benefiting you quite a lot.


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spazdude222 wrote:
Doing good doesn't make you good any more than doing a girl makes you a
girl.
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Don't feel like the Lone Ranger..Just take a day or off and then give it
a go again..Stop trying so hard and just take your time, sooner or later
it will just click..Cheers..Keithmj


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Everyone reaches points in unicycling where they feel like they are
making no progress. The important thing to do is remember that you
Unicycle for fun. Sometimes with all the pressure to learn new tricks we
forget this! Keep practicing and don't get discouraged.


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