Loosemoose said:Kris Holm sums up the style definitions pretty well on his 'website'
(http://www.krisholm.com/whyride/). By his definitions the trick you
describe would be a street move (A Freestyle skill performed in a
trials setting).
Loose.
also jess riegel defined the well on his site.
Trials unicycling: Trials involves riding over obstacles of any sort,
either in natural terrain or in an urban environment. The challenge
relates to technical difficulty over short distances, and the objective
is to use any riding techniques necessary to ride up, over, or down an
obstacle without falling.
Mountain Unicycling (Muni): Combines cross-country and trials
challenges, where the objective is to ride technically difficult
terrain over some distance. Extreme sport videos and films typically
show Muni as primarily descents of difficult terrain, but the term also
includes difficult uphill riding.
Flatland: The purpose of flatland (also known as freestyle) is to ride
a unicycle in different ways, collectively referred to as “freestyle
tricks”. There are thousands of different ways to ride a unicycle, but
the most popular tricks have been grouped into categories called the
“10 skill levels of unicycling”. Flatland is typically done indoors in
a gymnasium or outside on pavement where the terrain is smooth and
predictable.
Street: Combines Trials and Freestyle techniques, and is typically done
in urban areas. The objective is to perform freestyle tricks on
obstacles. The overall difficulty relates not only to the difficulty of
the obstacles but also to the difficulty of the tricks. This is
different than pure trials because just riding over obstacles is not
the ultimate objective; rather, the obstacles are used as props to set
up the tricks.
Distance Riding: (Also known as touring) Any ride where you use the
unicycle for transportation from one place to another. It might be a
multi-month tour over thousands of miles, or it might be a 10 mile ride
to your brother's house. The longer the ride, the more likely you'll
want a cycle with a larger wheel. Unicycle touring is just like bike
touring, but using a unicycle. The distance covered in a day is
probably less than you could cover on a bike, and it's harder to carry
luggage, but it's easier to transport your unicycle to the start of the
ride, and you'll definitely get a lot more attention.
BC Wheel: Consists of doing street/flatland/trials/muni on a freewheel
with 2 platforms. BC wheeling is the newest type of riding, and is
catching on fast.
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