I guess I've finally bit the bullet. I've ridden for years,
but never learned to hop up onto stuff.
I have built myself a 4 1/2" high box, lowered my seat and
practiced hopping onto and off the box tonight. I worked on
it for about 30 minutes. It was very intimidating for me,
but I did it never the less. Making this processs easier, I
just built a covered back porch of 23 x 16 feet. A great new
uni-skills practice area.
I had many sucessful hops and jumps. No injuries. Several
off balance step-offs though. A close call was when I hopped
up onto the box, then lost my balance BACKWARD. That was
sort of weird.
After these mini-successes, I actually got up my nerve
to try to spin in the air as I hopped off. I did a
number of successful 180's and would then ride off
backward. That was cool.
Until tonight, I never could visualize forward hops in my
mind. But tonight, I could feel myself leaning forward, then
at just the right moment, hop forward and swing the uni
forward under me.
Now I just have to learn to hop up my little 4 1/2"
(approximatley 11
1/2 cm) box consistantly. Next comes the 30" box, right? 😄
Maybe soon I will be able to hop up 8 or 12 inches. That
would really be something. Thanks for letting me brag on my
little success. I'm gonna go practice some more right now.
--chirokid--
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