I was only out for about an hour and a half, but that's better than
nothing. I got tired too. But I can consistently get 14" seat in,
until my legs get tired anyway. I started thinking about pulling the
uni up with me instead of pogoing around on it and that helped a lot.
My one foot idle was more controlled for some reason today so that was
good. I'm trying to transition into one foot riding from 1ft idle, but
that's still rough. My backwards riding feels a lot better now too.
Today, I finally made a solid, concentrated effort to try seat out,
riding and hopping. Wow. If there ever was a good leg
workout....sheesh. Wheel wobble (?) was kinda bad, but as long as I
held the seat up against my thighs, it wasn't too awful.
I landed a 30" drop after 4 tries. I keep trying to roll out, but the
wheel doesn't want to follow. On the one partially successful rollout
attempt, I bent my ankle too far back. So would it be easier to ride
off the edge so that the uni is moving forward AND the wheel is turning?
Because right now I am stationary on the edge, and then I give a small
prehop and a 90 degree turn so that the wheel is perpendicular to the
edge.
Also, how can I boost my confidence? There are a lot of things I really
want to try, but then I chicken out when I get right about to do it. I
mean, I have leg armor, wrist guards and a uni that won't break. I
shouldn't be worried about injury or busted stuff, but I am for some
reason. What else can I do?
Other than that it was a beautiful day (65 degrees and sunny) for a
quick ride. Now back to my physics homework.
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