Intro video

i don't think its nessesary, I think most of us learned with out an
instructional video. but you never know, it might be a huge help, i've
never actually seen one.

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Personaly I think your money is better spent elsewhere, just keep on
practicing and you will have it.

If you really want to buy a movie I would suggest buying a movie with
alot of cool tricks that you will enjoy watching over and over, you
will still be able to see people mount and ride but you will also be
able to see super neato tricks!

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I'd say go for it. It can really speed things up to see someone do what
you are trying to learn to do.

If i had known about this video when i had started, im sure i would
have benefitted from it. I learned without ever having seen someone
ride a unicycle. I didnt meet another unicyclist until i had been
riding several months. I think it would have been a bit different if i
had known someone else doing it...

...which brings me to Unicycle clubs. Find out if youve got one in your
town. This can help you with learning as well as finding riding
partners!

Yet another alternative (or to be used in conjunction) is the internet
here. Use the 'search' button to find out about topics previously
disscussed here on unicyclist.com. There are other useful sites like
http://www.unicycle.2ya.com/ and http://www.unicyclist.org/

Hope i didnt confuse things further!:o I still say go for it.

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I suggest getting a copy for your club and then loaning it out to those
who are interested in learning. The more variety of ways in describing
how to visualize riding and learning will help in the learning curve.
So many of us started out by not having a clue how to learn and often
spent too much time getting frustrated. The video offers a sytematic
approach to developing unicycle skills, encourages patience,
illustrates various techniques of learning and riding. I think that
the video is well worth the cost and the more you share the video the
greater the return dividend will be on your investment.

Tommy

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ntappin said:

Personaly I think your money is better spent elsewhere, just keep on
practicing and you will have it.

If you really want to buy a movie I would suggest buying a movie with
alot of cool tricks that you will enjoy watching over and over, you
will still be able to see people mount and ride but you will also be
able to see super neato tricks!

Get defect, altough i cant do much of the tricks on it i love watching
it (bout 16 times) because it gets me syked up and ready to try my
move.

Mike

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I think I'll go ahead and get the Dustin Kelm video. After I've
learned, whether it helps me or not, I'll either try to pass it on to a
local club (I've subscribed to a local e-mail list), or I'll see if any
newbies that come along here are interested.

I'm going to order "Defect" as well, based on the reviews I've read
here. I'm sure that I'll never be interested in doing 90% of what's
filmed (and I probably won't like the soundtrack much, either), but I'm
sure I'll enjoy it just as much as the Warren Miller skiing movies that
I've seen: you'll never see me skiing off cliffs, but I love watching
others do it!

Thanks,
Rich

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Just in case anyone was interested, I thought I'd post my reviews.

I didn't find the "Introduction to Unicycling with Dustin Kelm" video
very helpful. I think that the interesting "learning how to ride"
stuff could have been condensed into about 5 minutes, and the rest --
including the unicycle.com "video catalog" -- wasn't all that
interesting. I'm not sorry I bought it, if for no other reason than I
got to see Kelm mount a giraffe quite gracefully, and saw brief intros
to mounting a Coker and wheel-walking. But in terms of learning how to
ride, I don't think it was all that helpful. Someone younger might
find it more encouraging, just because they show a younger person
learning how to ride.

And I LOVED "Defect," including the soundtrack. Especially Kaori
Matsuzawa's freestyle. That was about the most incredible display of
balance I've seen since I saw a Cirque Du Soleil show many years ago.
I wish they'd spent more than a minute and a half on her!

Rich

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