5 pallets, want higher

A: Wear a helmet.

B: Practice, maybe only have 1-2" increases in height, rather than 5-6".
It looks like you could've cleared 26 or 27" witht hat hop.

C: Tuck more.

D: Wear a frickin' helmet.

E: Get a trials uni.

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F. stop using .mov for clips

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i don't think wearing a helmet would help him jump higher

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*i don't think wearing a helmet would help him jump higher *

I don't think that's gerble's -point-. The point is you should wear a
helmet.

But anyway.

Instead of gaining height pallet by pallet, try putting a 2x4 on the
edge of the stack of pallets, to only add 1.5 inches. then when you can
get that, add another 2x4. do that until the 2x4's add up to the height
of another pallet, and you can just put another pallet on there and
continue with 2x4's after that.

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Instead of gaining height pallet by pallet, try putting a 2x4 on the
edge of the stack of pallets, to only add 1.5 inches. then when you
can get that, add another 2x4. do that until the 2x4's add up to the
height of another pallet, and you can just put another pallet on there
and continue with 2x4's after that. *

EXACTLY.

Even 1X4's if you have to.

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1. I hate helmets.
2. I didnt tuck too much cause well, its not that high.
3. when i up and use 2x4s they tend roll on my, that sucks
4. thanks for hte imput

I was more wondering if you could see if i was doing anything wrong...

Edit: ohh about hte mov. files, my still camera and my friends still
takes clips and makes em in that format, and the good camera was at his
house.

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James_Potter said:

*I don't think that's gerble's -point-. The point is you should wear a
helmet.
*

ok, but the question wasn't ' how do i protect my head?' it was how do i
jump higher?

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*ok, but the question wasn't ' how do i protect my head?' it was how
do i jump higher? *

Yeah, but helmets are IMPORTANT in unicycling. VERY important. They're
important in many sports, unicycling included. Gerble was trying to be
helpful is all.... If he hadn't mentioned it yet, I would have.

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caw89 said:

*1. I hate helmets.*

Thats just stupid but I won't bother.

Quoted message said:

*
2. I didnt tuck too much cause well, its not that high.*

I think that shows pretty clearly what your problem is. Tuck more to get
higher. Not to difficult.

Quoted message said:

*3. when i up and use 2x4s they tend roll on my, that sucks*

Put them under your pallets, same height but they don't roll.

Basically its just practise, practise, practise. I raised my hop 6" in a
few weeks by just practising. If all these quote things work I'll be
happy.

Good Luck,
David

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*4. thanks for hte imput*

You're welcome.

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I didnt think to put hte 2x4s on the bottom, big duh on my part. As for
the helmets, i just find them very uncomfortable,(sp?) I just dont like
em, they're big annoying and heavy. I usually wear a hat backwards cause
the bill has stoped me from hitin the back o my head many times, i only
hit the back...

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I was lookin for advise on gettin higher, like if you could telll from
my hop why i cant get much higher, I like big hops cause you can get to
higher obstacles, you can crank climb higher things, yeah its not near
as important as say, just workin on lines, I just want to be able to
jump high, not sure why, just a good 7 pallets and im good.

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Yes, I *can* tell why you aren't getting much higher--You aren't
tucking. But you seem to think a justification will change the facts, so
whatever.

It's extremely rare to see people crank grabbing large ledges. Your time
would be well spent learning pedalgrabs.

I will assure you that you won't make 7 palletes within the next year if
you continue to advance in increments of 5". Once you get above 30", an
additional 2" increase in height becomes a big deal.

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caw89 said:

*
Edit: ohh yeah, and ive never really needed a helmet, ive been knocked
unconcius many times only one in which i was doin a sport(I was jumpin
my mountain bike, but i had a helmet, i wear one for jumps.) most my
concusions are stupid [censored], my old kidapolt, fell outa a grocery cart
when my bro was playin with the handle, Wen my bro slmmed me on my
head for accedantally steeping on his cats tail, falling outa bed... *

May I nudge you towards a thread I just started "3 Cheers for Kris Holm
and Bell helmets"

Up until today I've never "needed a helmet" whilst unicycling. However
due to the fact that I was wearing a helmet I am here typing this
(Albeit one handed). Wear a helmet when unicycling.

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Take a look at KH side-hopping up the wall in Unizaba. He's doing about
what you are. You can observe his body position and learn a lot from
that. They do it at full speed and also in slow motion.

Not the pyramid, but the one in town where they added some bricks at the
bottom so he could make the jump.

I think basically what you'll find is that you're not scrunching near
enough. You probably have the oomph for two more pallets, but you need
to end up with the wheel almost touching your butt when you land on the
top pallet.

However, look at the video, and come up with your own conclusions.

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I can see why everyone gets cranky about ppl not wearing helmets. So he
doesnt want to wear a helmet big deal. If a really good unicyclist like
dan H. whipped out this crazy move, know one would say anything about a
helmet.

justin,

p.s. in U2 he rolling hops a stack of 7 pallets, why dont we [censored] about
that rather then picking on this poor kid? huh?.........huh!

p.s.s sorry not to hack on dan, i only wear helmets when goin huge.

nice side hop

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caw89 said:

As for the helmets, i just find them very uncomfortable,(sp?) I just
dont like em, they're big annoying and heavy.

I'm not going to tell you that you have to wear a helmet, but I think
the reason you give is bogus.

Once you get used to riding with one, a properly fitted helmet is
barely noticeable. My favorite evidenve for this is the day I turned
around a few blocks from home to get the helmet I thought I had
forgotten. Guess what? I was actually wearing it.

Ken

unibrow said:

*p.s. in U2 he rolling hops a stack of 7 pallets, why dont we [censored]
about that rather then picking on this poor kid? huh?.........huh!
p.s.s sorry not to hack on dan, i only wear helmets when goin huge.
*

I've [censored] plenty about the helmetless riders in the UNiVERsE
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show me that post

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caw89 said:

*I wear a helmet only when goin big like unibrow said, perhaps my
helmet doesnt fit very ewll or somthing (walmart helm) maybe il get a
mullet helmet form 661. Il have ot watch that Kh mocie again tonight,
my pedal grabs are fine, I do them all the time, but the objects i
want to do are a lil high, just outa my padal grab reach(walls fences
etc.) and am workin on jumpin higher to get higher pedal grabs also.
30" would be great all i need. thanks for hte help and ill just keep
practicin and try to tuck the tire more. Il try to wear a helmit a lil
more if it pleasin ya, although i reall some clips w/ gerble in it
where hes doin some rail grinds with no helmet *

Shoot, I was layin in bed and I realized I mixed the names
gerblefranklin and generaldibbles, Ive never seen gerble grind a stair,
It was Dibbles and I didnt see him saying anything bad about not wearin
a helmet, sorry bout that. I really suck with names. This threas
competely became an argument about helmets rather than jumping, I guess
Im just a stupid kid who doesnt like to wear a helmet.

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