Hello!
Yesterday (Sunday 6th) was exactly a year since I bought my first
unicycle. So all weekend I was celebrating being "one of the lucky
ones" for a whole year!
On Saturday I went out on the muni and kicked it about my local forest
all day, then spent about 3 hours in the park helping a friend learn to
uni. Then I was bored and there was nothing on telly at night so at
about 11pm me n Pebbles went out on the 20's for an hour doing stairs,
walls, grinds etc. I did my first kinda-high (as in height!) rolling
hops, about a foot high I think, and it made sense and just flowed.
On Sunday I went into town on the Onza Trials uni, and went to the
Subway shop where Pebbles works and got my free breakfast (it's great
having mates that work in food shops!!) and then headed to the
skatepark. After my rolling hop discovery last night I was determined
to practise more and get higher hops.
Every bench or set of steps I found on my way I rolling-hopped onto (I
did this all day - if I saw one I stayed at it until I could do it). At
the skatepark I made more progress on rolling hops (up to the height of
my tyre now!), got a bit further with my kick-up mounts (made about 5
out of 20), learned to stand on the cranks, drop the frame onto foot,
and then hop holding the tyre. And get back up and cycle off!
Attempting the same grind rail that I do in my video, I messed it up,
banged my knee off the rail and broke two pieces off the back section of
my pedal!!
Making my way home, I passed some rocks so I had a jump on them, fell
off and smashed my other knee into the rocks! Ouch!
So, with two sore knees, a broken pedal, and very sore, aching bones,
and one-years unicycling under my belt, I declare that unicycling is
the best thing I have ever discovered and I will continue to unicycle
until I am unable to do so. And I mean absolutley unable, I learned
one-footed while my arm was in plaster!
Long Live Unicyclists and their Unicycles!
Thank you to everybody on this forum, you have all helped inspire me and
have given me essential advice/tips, and you probably don't even know
you have! What a cool bunch of people! I am proud to be amongst you.
T.
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