Hopping Tutorial?

Ive been trying for days and I think im just going at this wrong. I can
seem to hop and keep my balance. I get up like an inch off the ground,
and just fall. Any suggestions, I odnt really have an approach to
this, just kinda stop, stand up, and jump. No direction

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Hold onto the front of the saddle with one hand, keeping the other arm
extended for balance. Stand up on the pedals (with them in the 3 and 6
o'clock positions [horizontal]) and pull up on the front of the
seat/handle. Concentrate on little hops at first.

Once you can hop on it "like a pogo stick", start trying to hop _less_
- by that, I mean staying on the ground for a little bit longer each
time (a standstill). Count the length of your standstills in seconds.
It may only be 1 or 2 or 3 seconds, but over time it will get longer
and you'll be able to hop from point A to point B without (m)any
extraneous hops.

For hopping seat-out, wait until you are comfortable landing your
seat-in hops and riding seat-out, and then get back to us 😉

I was looking for the Kris Holm tutorials, but I'm a little preoccupied
with college registration stuff ATM, so I can tell you that they're
somewhere in the gallery. Maybe someone else can link to the
videos..heh. They helped me a lot when I was having trouble hopping.

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Hold onto the front of the saddle with one hand, keeping the other arm
extended for balance. Stand up on the pedals (with them in the 3 and 6
o'clock positions [horizontal]) and pull up on the front of the
seat/handle. Concentrate on little hops at first.

Once you can hop on it "like a pogo stick", start trying to hop _less_
- by that, I mean staying on the ground for a little bit longer each
time (a standstill). Count the length of your standstills in seconds.
It may only be 1 or 2 or 3 seconds, but over time it will get longer
and you'll be able to hop from point A to point B without (m)any
extraneous hops.

For hopping seat-out, wait until you are comfortable landing your
seat-in hops and riding seat-out, and then get back to us 😉

I was looking for the Kris Holm tutorials, but I'm a little preoccupied
with college registration stuff ATM, so I can tell you that they're
somewhere in the gallery. Maybe someone else can link to the
videos..heh. They helped me a lot when I was having trouble hopping.

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I actually learned by doing rolling hops first. just roll along, and
when the pedals are in the right position, just kind of stop, hop, and
keep going. It's practice that can help you get beter at pogoing on
it.

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I actually learned by doing rolling hops first. just roll along, and
when the pedals are in the right position, just kind of stop, hop, and
keep going. It's practice that can help you get beter at pogoing on
it.

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this is what i did when i started hopping...
1. always use the foot you mount with in the back...thats for
stability
2. if your body begins to fall back...hop back abit and so on for the
other directions
3. ur gonna fall a few times so get used to it...its all a matter of
time and how much you practice...

so have fun and happy hopping

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this is what i did when i started hopping...
1. always use the foot you mount with in the back...thats for
stability
2. if your body begins to fall back...hop back abit and so on for the
other directions
3. ur gonna fall a few times so get used to it...its all a matter of
time and how much you practice...

so have fun and happy hopping

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This is what you want. http://www.unicycle.2ya.com/ Look under: Trials
skills. Kris Holm Tutorials. Basic Hopping Techniques.

Hopping has been very frustrating for me also. You just have to keep
practicing. The improvements will come. It has taken me as long to
learn to hop as it had taken me to learn to ride in the first place.

Good luck.

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This is what you want. http://www.unicycle.2ya.com/ Look under: Trials
skills. Kris Holm Tutorials. Basic Hopping Techniques.

Hopping has been very frustrating for me also. You just have to keep
practicing. The improvements will come. It has taken me as long to
learn to hop as it had taken me to learn to ride in the first place.

Good luck.

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trials_uni said:

this is what i did when i started hopping...
1. always use the foot you mount with in the back...thats for
stability
2. if your body begins to fall back...hop back abit and so on for the
other directions
3. ur gonna fall a few times so get used to it...its all a matter of
time and how much you practice...

so have fun and happy hopping

That's kinda strange, I hop with my left foot back, but mount with my
right foot back. Maybe it's just me, but hopping with my other foot
back just feels weird.

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trials_uni said:

this is what i did when i started hopping...
1. always use the foot you mount with in the back...thats for
stability
2. if your body begins to fall back...hop back abit and so on for the
other directions
3. ur gonna fall a few times so get used to it...its all a matter of
time and how much you practice...

so have fun and happy hopping

That's kinda strange, I hop with my left foot back, but mount with my
right foot back. Maybe it's just me, but hopping with my other foot
back just feels weird.

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^ yeah, I think it's really just a matter of personal preference.
whichever feels best.

When I skateboard, I ride goofy (right foot in front, pumping with my
left foot, which stays in the back). But when I hop on my uni, I ride
with my left foot in front.

I dunno...

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^ yeah, I think it's really just a matter of personal preference.
whichever feels best.

When I skateboard, I ride goofy (right foot in front, pumping with my
left foot, which stays in the back). But when I hop on my uni, I ride
with my left foot in front.

I dunno...

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heres how you learn to hop well at least how i was taught try it 3,000
times the n have it and be happy

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heres how you learn to hop well at least how i was taught try it 3,000
times the n have it and be happy

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some one pleas send me so bc drop plates

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This is a good thread for me as I'm having some trouble getting my
hopping down too. I think I just need to concentrate more on my
balance point and focus on keeping the unicycle under me from hop to
hop. I can ride into a cranks horizontal position and manage to stand
up on the pedals but usually before I can initiate the hop, I'm
starting to fall off to one side or the other. Sometimes I just fall
off at this point. Sometimes I can get the hop off but usually either
get the wheel too far past where it needs to be to regain balance or
not far enough, then I fall. Once in a while I actually hop to a point
where I'm right in balance and then I can hop again. My personal
record so far is a pitiful 3 hops in a row and ride out of it. I liked
Butternuts' suggestion of do it 3000 times. Sounds like the best
approach (practice).😉

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ok... im a really weird hopper. i can hop both ways naturally. i guess
im weird.
i also saket bored really weird also. i ollie with my right foot on the
kick. and i cruise with my left foot on the kick... i guess i learned
kind of weird.. o well

just letting all those weird hoppers out there that your not alone

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I also have a short question about hopping, I have a cheap sun 24" , and
I already busted my rim up twice and I'm afraid trying to hop on it
would mess the rim up again. Should I wait till I get a stronger uni or
will it be okay?

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If you have already killed 2 rims I would get a stronger one before you
start to hop and stuff again. Small hops might be ok but you would be
better off getting a trials uni or muni.

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