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  1. After reading the 'description of the \"step around\"'
    (http://www.unicyclist.org/cont/standard_desc.cfm?168a), I always kept
    wondering how it should be executed.
    'Like this' (http://tinyurl.com/avlfl)?

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  2. Looks good, you certainly step around... Oh, and I love the puma shoes
    😉 I think that's pretty much it...

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  3. That looks like a fun one to try, thanks for the video Leo. If it
    wasn't for that I wouldn't have considered giving it a go.

    Andrew

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  4. I'm pretty sure Simon Wells does a step around in the video on 'this'
    (http://www.extremeunicycling.de/videos/japan.htm) site. It's basically
    the same as what you do, but a lot smoother and faster.

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  5. DustinMichels said:

    *Looks good, you certainly step around... Oh, and I love the puma
    shoes 😉*


    'guess the smile should tell you do know those shoes are 'no Puma's but
    Orchids' (http://unicyclist.org/blog/show.cfm?serial=00760). I now use
    'Duffs' (http://unicyclist.org/blog/show.cfm?serial=00767).
    And so, yes, in deed the movie is not very recent. The last two weeks I
    have'nt add any skills as I'm suffering some nasty ankle injury. Or
    suffering a slow recovery. Or actually both.

    Quoted message said:

    -Andrew Carter-
    *That looks like a fun one to try, thanks for the video Leo. If it
    wasn't for that I wouldn't have considered giving it a go.*


    Well I can tell you it's a hard one. Which could explain why I never
    seen it before. As you've probably noticed: it should be done without
    hopping or turning the unicycle. But I encourage to keep trying untill
    you've got it. I don't have any usefull hints available (yet).

    jsm said:

    *I'm pretty sure Simon Wells does a step around in the video on 'this'
    (http://www.extremeunicycling.de/videos/japan.htm) site. It's
    basically the same as what you do, but a lot smoother and faster. *


    That's funny to see! Yes it's slightly different;
    - on my method one legs goes around the front of the seat, and the other
    leg goes around the back of the seat.
    - on simons method both legs stay on the nearest side of the seat. He
    swings only one leg around the seat and ends with a kind of leg-around
    movement.
    And so his skill seems to fit 'the description of the inverse'
    (http://www.unicyclist.org/cont/standard_desc.cfm?168b).

    *Anyone out there with the expertise to confirm both?*

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  6. That looks pretty smooth. I had to watch the video about 10 times. I
    guess I'd better learn to idle with seat out.

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  7. leo said:

    *Well I can tell you it's a hard one. Which could explain why I never
    seen it before. As you've probably noticed: it should be done without
    hopping or turning the unicycle. But I encourage to keep trying untill
    you've got it. I don't have any usefull hints available (yet).*


    That's interesting, I thought it didn't look all that difficult. I
    guess that shows how inexperienced I am at freestyle riding.

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  8. holy [censored], leo. Is that a semcycle seat? I think I accidentally bought
    the same uni as you. (sem longneck, sem seat, 2.1" the wall, nimbus
    wheelset, 110 cranks, united pedals - what's different on yours?)

    But I'm nowhere near as good. 😉

    Ah well, time will fix that 🙂

    Also, there are a few people doing something I might describe as a
    'steparound' in the koxx freestyle video - might be worth checking
    out.

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  9. Those wern't Puma's? i hate you Leo 😠 :p

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  10. flyer said:

    *holy [censored], leo. Is that a semcycle seat?... ...what's different on
    yours?)*


    I do have a Semcycle longneck/seat/seatpost/hub/wheel, rim like on
    Semcycle-Pro, the wall, 125mm crancks (don't ask why), pedals like on
    semcycle-pro (with heat-treated ax inside). But what you see in that
    clip is a 20" Semcycle Pro, which I most often use. Both have a blue
    seat and blue tire, so in the clips where I use it (for stand-up stuff)
    you hardly notice it's another unicyce.

    But back to topic (as I like to add the clip to 'the collection'
    (http://www.unicyclist.org/cont/standard.cfm)):> -Originally posted by leo-

    Quoted message said:

    *Anyone out there with the expertise to confirm both?*


    Or else anyone to deny?

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  11. Leo,
    I would call your video a "step around".

    Simon's move isn't quite an inverse, nor a step around. Simon isn't
    doing seat on side, so he is not in the correct starting position for
    inverse. Simon's second leg is not going 'around' the unicycle, so he
    isn't doing the step around. There isn't a standard skill descripton of
    what Simon is doing.

    Connie

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  12. Ah thank you Conny (and John)!
    That cleared up a lot.

    Since my 1st ever competition I was wondering what these skills would be
    like, but anyone failed to describe it in clear way.

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