Lol, nice picture.
Anyway, the main key to wheel walking is practice and more practice.
When i started learning i just went straight off a wall and pushed hard.
This was probably not a good thing to do. Take a bit of time wheel
walking against a wall to get feeling of moving the tire with the feet.
When you're ready just go from a wall and see how far you go.
A few tips:
- Slow it down! At the start you probably have to push really fast just
to stay on. As you get a bit more competent slow down the feet. Proper
wheel walking is actually done guite slow but the walker has heaps of
control of the wheel and is well balanced.
- Lean back: At the start i found i was falling forwards a lot as to
keep on i had to go really fast (see above). Sit up with a straight back
and lean back more than you think you need to.
- Shoes make a great difference when it comes to wheel walking.
You want shoes that are tight fiting and have a slightly flexible sole.
If you try in loose floopy shoes you will get no where. I started
learning in loose skate shoes and when i switched to tight fiting tennis
shoes i double my best distance first time.
More than anything, wheel walking requires practise.
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"I wheel walked the dog."
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