One tip I've heard for the unispin that seems to help is not to worry
too much about landing your feet on the pedals. If you land partly on
the cranks, you'll still land it. Just try to spin the unicycle
quickly, and don't think about it too much. I try not to spend too much
time hopping beforehand, because it tends to tire me and make me a
little nervous. (It's a lot more tiring to hop on a freestyle unicycle
than on a trials.)
The transition to hopping on the wheel can be done several ways. A lot
of people do it as a 90 degree unispin. The way I do it is to keep the
unicycle in the same position, but turn myself 90 degrees on the way
up. Also, I keep my feet well apart while hopping, not squeezed against
the frame. I think this makes sideways wheel walk easier when you get
around to learning it. My main advice for the transition is just to go
for it. It's not actually that hard.
On the "I did it" theme, I was working on seat in back on my giraffe
yesterday, but not getting anywhere, when the seat suddenly slipped to
my right and I found myself riding around seat on side. I went around
in a circle about five times, then dismounted because I didn't know how
to get out of it. It felt really cool.
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