Easy but effective tricks anyone?

juggling. or a guitar. unicycle steet performing is hard to pull off
without juggling.

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People expect you to juggle, otherwise any freestyle tricks would be
cool, but you might need to get a freestyle uni for that. It could
cost more than you would make off of it.

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It depends on what yo can do. Wheel walking is good.

Simple stuff, riding backwards, riding with your stomach on the seat,
seat in front/back. Riding fast wobbly out of control circles is funny.
Hopping around....

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The 'kick-up' mount probably rates No 1 in terms of
impressiveness-vs-difficulty.

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my favorite easy trick would have to be seat drop. there ever so fun and
when people see you do it they think your going to fall (wich is what
some come to see) but then you just grab the seat and ride away leaving
them amazed or some disapointed🙂

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my favorite easy trick would have to be seat drop. there ever so fun and
when people see you do it they think your going to fall (wich is what
some come to see) but then you just grab the seat and ride away leaving
them amazed or some disapointed🙂

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GILD said:

The 'kick-up' mount probably rates No 1 in terms of
impressiveness-vs-difficulty.

Kickup mounts are way too hard! I can glide, do 360s, do heaton-style
seat wraps, unispins and still-stands but I cannot do a kickup mount.

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GILD said:

The 'kick-up' mount probably rates No 1 in terms of
impressiveness-vs-difficulty.

Kickup mounts are way too hard! I can glide, do 360s, do heaton-style
seat wraps, unispins and still-stands but I cannot do a kickup mount.

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I learnt to kickup mount after 1 month of trials unicycling, it's really
easy, you just have not to worry and do it. I can't do any of the
tricks you mentioned Pete, I think you should really put a little more
effort into it or learn how to place your pedals, I'm sure it'll take
you 15 minutes to learn.

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I learnt to kickup mount after 1 month of trials unicycling, it's really
easy, you just have not to worry and do it. I can't do any of the
tricks you mentioned Pete, I think you should really put a little more
effort into it or learn how to place your pedals, I'm sure it'll take
you 15 minutes to learn.

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pete66 said:

Kickup mounts are way too hard! I can glide, do 360s, do heaton-style
seat wraps, unispins and still-stands but I cannot do a kickup mount.

I would trade you in a heartbeat.

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pete66 said:

Kickup mounts are way too hard! I can glide, do 360s, do heaton-style
seat wraps, unispins and still-stands but I cannot do a kickup mount.

I would trade you in a heartbeat.

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a more likely solution would be we combine/share skills 🙂

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a more likely solution would be we combine/share skills 🙂

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Wouldn't it be great if we could could buy skills on ebay?

Though I'd have to work overtime because I wouldn't exactly be a
'Power-Seller' 😄

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Wouldn't it be great if we could could buy skills on ebay?

Though I'd have to work overtime because I wouldn't exactly be a
'Power-Seller' 😄

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If you want to make money performing on the street, what's most
important is to learn how to be a performer, how to work with an
audience. Watch as many other street performers as you can. Among
skills performers, like jugglers/magicians, you may notice that the
ones that get the biggest crowds/most money do not necessarily do the
best tricks. But they're the best entertainers.

Kick-up is a great payoff skill, and so is jumping rope. You also need
a "big trick" or "combo trick" to finish with. Like idling a giraffe
one footed while spinning rings on your other leg, some more rings on
both arms, juggling three balls in one hand and spinning one ball on
top of another in your other hand. Just a thought.

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If you want to make money performing on the street, what's most
important is to learn how to be a performer, how to work with an
audience. Watch as many other street performers as you can. Among
skills performers, like jugglers/magicians, you may notice that the
ones that get the biggest crowds/most money do not necessarily do the
best tricks. But they're the best entertainers.

Kick-up is a great payoff skill, and so is jumping rope. You also need
a "big trick" or "combo trick" to finish with. Like idling a giraffe
one footed while spinning rings on your other leg, some more rings on
both arms, juggling three balls in one hand and spinning one ball on
top of another in your other hand. Just a thought.

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as a guy who has done quite a bit of street performing, with a few
pretty good unicyclists even, is that 99% of unicycle tricks mean
nothing to an audience. a kick up mount into jumping rope will get a
much better response than side ride. jumping over a person's leg will
get more response than a 30 inch side hop. it's all about how well you
relate to the audience and how much fun you make it for them. i've seen
guys who do 15 mins of material and do about 3 tricks. granted it was
karate and he broke several things, but the build up was significantly
better than the trick. people will assume you can and are going to
juggle. a lot of good jokes will be much more entertaining than just
you doing tricks.

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