my first parade is tomorrow

Good luck!
Enjoy all the smiles of approval!

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Good luck!
Enjoy all the smiles of approval!

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Good luck man.

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Good luck... I did my first and only last year at a Christmas Parade,
and the only mistake I made was not knowing the route. Might not sound
important, but the route had a set of tracks running down the middle of
it. Happy to say no UPDs. Also suggest a pocket full of candy to pass
off to the crowd...

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Awesome dude.. I could never do a parade since my freestyle skills are
unispins and crankflips haha.. thats sweet man keep it up 😄

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maxisback said:

Awesome dude.. I could never do a parade since my freestyle skills are
unispins and crankflips haha.. thats sweet man keep it up 😄

yea i wouldnt do a crankflip in a parade either. the crowd wouldnt be
able to tell it from a hop. buncha suckers.🙂

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I rode in a parade yesterday. Seat drags are really good if you can get
the pick consistently. If not, people like wheel walk, seat in front or
back with the seat far extended and spins/pireouttes.

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haha and for non unicycling persons a glide is way more impressive then
a crankflip or any flips rlly

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i think a unispin would be pretty impressive to a non unier

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wow your name is jonny.. i didnt know that..well good luck any way.. oh
and um seat on stomach is like the coolest trick to all my non uniing
buddies, even though its lame and stupid...

Chase

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habbywall said:

i think a unispin would be pretty impressive to a non unier

In my experience just being able to ride a unicycle at all seems to
impress most people. I can't do anything that would impress another
unicyclist, but to the general public I'm a gravity-defying hero 🙂
I would say that "obvious" tricks like riding backwards, wheelwalking,
even unispins, would do best in a parade (if you can do them). Things
like crank flips don't really look impressive - only another unicyclist
would know it's difficult.
Just don't worry about what you do though - it's very easy to impress
non-unicycling people without doing anything hard at all.

Rob

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Remember to have fun! And listen to your audience responses, that will
tell you which tricks or moves are the most interesting for your crowd.
I agree with spins as a good one, and hops. If you can jump rope it'll
blow them away. Otherwise keep it visual. Wheel walking looks harder
than gliding (but gliding is more fun and faster). Coasting usually
gets no reaction at all so don't bother. Picking small objects up off
the ground is a good one as well. Great if you're a juggler.

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its tonight. im gettin nervous. alos, im not registered il have to jump
in when the cops arent watching. therell be thousands there. nerve
wracking man

johnfoss said:

Remember to have fun! And listen to your audience responses, that will
tell you which tricks or moves are the most interesting for your crowd.
I agree with spins as a good one, and hops. If you can jump rope it'll
blow them away. Otherwise keep it visual. Wheel walking looks harder
than gliding (but gliding is more fun and faster). Coasting usually
gets no reaction at all so don't bother. Picking small objects up off
the ground is a good one as well. Great if you're a juggler.

thanks jon sounds like youve had some experince huh?

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chosen said:

its tonight. im gettin nervous. alos, im not registered il have to jump
in when the cops arent watching. therell be thousands there. nerve
wracking man

I "crashed" a parade last year. I just road around amoungst the floats
and other entries and I attracted a lot of attention. It was fun.

Don't worry about the cops. They won't know if you are supposed to be
there or not. Go down to where the parade starts and get in line with
one of the groups.

Don't worry about doing fancy tricks. Just seeing a unicyclist "live"
will be fun enough for most of the people. Wave and interact with the
crowd.

Have fun.

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You were nervous....I was in the Macys day parade....appx. 50 million
people watch that:eek:

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Jonny,

My best advice as a long time parade performer, work the crowds! Do
your skills over toward the sides or in front of a group of people, use
lots of hand motions, call attention to yourself and ask for applause
they love to give it in these situations. Stop and chat for a second.
Let someone try to ride your uni. Clown it up. It really makes a
difference for the parade goers when they feel like someone is noticing
them rather than them sitting idly by and watching from a distance.
Besides, you'll have a lot more fun that way as well.

Bruce

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show time babies. bout tuh leave man. a little nervous cuz man theres
gonna be so many people. hopefully ill calm down when it starts.

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How was the parade?

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it was great! i jumped right on in- not being registered didnt hold me
back. i did several wheel walks cuz i knew i was too nervous to pull a
decent glide. i did mostly wheel walks and backwards riding. also
whenever i saw like a little kid with a bag or whatever i went up to em
personally and gave em candy. i tried a few times to do a stand up
wheel walk, but it was real cold so my feet werent really in the right
place for it, so i only went like 10 ft and dismounted. no falls tho
thankfully. also i gave candy to all the hot girls my age so that was
fun. over all it was pretty cool and ill do the next one.

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