different kind of crankflip problem

alllright

first off...what hand do you hold the seat with? If you hold the seat
with your right hand you should learn to hop with your left foot
forward, if you hold with your left hand you should learn to hop with
your right foot forward.

As for flicking the pedals...figure out what your stance is and then
(from your normal hopping stance) use your front foot to *flick *the
cranks.

You have to lose your fear if you want to land this trick. You also
need to focus on "SCRAPING" your foot of the frontside of the pedals.
Watch Shaun J's tutorial if your having trouble getting the spin.

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Dude, I have the same problem :eek: But I think I'll learn them with
left foot forward ^^

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Spoonthumb said:

alllright

first off...what hand do you hold the seat with? If you hold the seat
with your right hand you should learn to hop with your left foot
forward, if you hold with your left hand you should learn to hop with
your right foot forward.

As for flicking the pedals...figure out what your stance is and then
(from your normal hopping stance) use your front foot to *flick *the
cranks.

You have to lose your fear if you want to land this trick. You also
need to focus on "SCRAPING" your foot of the frontside of the pedals.
Watch Shaun J's tutorial if your having trouble getting the spin.

i've been compared to a little kid that first learns how to ride a
skateboard, you know how they all learn to push mongo, well yea thats
kinda me. i've been unicycling for about 5 years now (just discovered
the more extreme stuff about 3 years ago though) and since i taught
myself how to hop without any guidance i have sort of an odd way of
riding. i hop with my left foot forward, i hold the seat with my left
hand, and i hop to the right when i'm doing static hops. it works for
me, i know its wierd, but it works. i'm not so new to riding that im
going to spend the time to relearn hopping in a new position.

i think my biggest issue with the crankflip is that when i first
leanred to hop my biggest thing was to NOT let the pedals move any and
so when i hope switch i try to get my feet back to my normal position
which is why i can rev so easily. and i think the hardest thing for me
is actually flicking the crank instead of pushing it.

i've watched his tutorial so many times that i damn near have it
memorized and i can do everything except spin the cranks fast enough to
have them end up in the positioned they started. i mean my feet land as
if the pedals were there, but because the cranks haven't finished
flipping there's nothing there fo me to land on. should i maybe try it
off a ledge so that they have more time to spin, or should i just keep
practicing?

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Fabian mark and Joe Hodges both jump to the right, left foot forward and
left hand on seat.

So its not weird 😉 Its just personal prefference.

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anybody got any helpful tips or is this one just left up to me?

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I can't flip, so no tips there, but I would highly suggest learning them
with your natural foot forward, not switch. This is so that later down
the road you can take them off sets, and since you don't do spins
switch (I think) you can later learn hicks, treys, 5ths or whatever
without having to change your spining stance.

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hmm... reminds me of hugo sort of. try learning backflips first... maybe
that is the way to go with u.

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I had the same problem.
It too me a really long time to lear them but when I did they just
clicked. I would suggest you learn at least to do a rev first. They are
really easy and although not completely needed for crankflips I think
you should be able to do them if you expect to be able to learn flips.

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thanks ya'll...i think i'm just gonna have to keep working. i've been
practicing over the past couple of days and i can finally manage to rev
with my regular foot forward not just switch.

i might try working on backflips a little bit but i think that if i
just keep trying it'll eventually just happen, its just going to be
frustrating for a while.

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