U-Turn said:*For the skill levels, it is ok to brace the seat or arm/hand against
your body. *
CORRECTION ONE:
It is acceptable in the USA skill levels. The IUF version of the skill
levels (same list, different interpretation) sticks to the skills as
defined in the Standard Skills List. That means, in seat out skills the
seat is not allowed to touch the body. That's why seat in front 1-foot
is level 9. It's not the hardest one (for me) in that level, either.
{"I'm not a level 9, but I play on on TV." -- John Foss, who plays level
9 in the IUF Skill Levels video}
Quoted message said:*For competition, bracing the seat against your body incurs a lower
score than holding it out away from your body. *
CORRECTION TWO:
In Freestyle, yes. In Standard Skill, you would get zero points if you
have "seat in front" on your list and then you do "seat in front against
body." You have to list the skills you are going to do, or vice-versa,
to get the points.
The USA levels were changed to accommodate the problem skills that
typically hold riders back in getting to the next level. The seat out
skills were determined to be proportionally harder than the other skills
with them, unless riders were able to touch the body. But this causes
problems with interpreting skill names. For skill levels it's one way,
and for Standard Skill it means something else? So I would rather
re-organize the skill levels, or more simply *correct* them to add
"against body" where necessary to bring them back into line with the
official definitions of those skills.
--
johnfoss - Walkin' on the edge
John Foss, the Uni-Cyclone
"jfoss" at "unicycling.com"
www.unicycling.com
"That sucks." -- Ryan Atkins, at the bottom of a 10' cliff he just
jumped off at the 2003 California MUni Weekend, looking at his bent
seat.
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