Re: Backwards Seatdrag

I've tried it a couple times, with little success. I need to get a
little better at backward seat out yet. If you have any tips, I would
really appreciate them. Are you doing it in front, or in back?

Some people who can do it include: Ryan Woessner, Amy Shields, Leo
Vandewoestijne, Daike Izumida, Thorsten Schanz, and Dana Schneider.

It's standard skill value (in front) is 6.4, so it's harder than side
ride, one-handed in a figure eight or stand-up glide in a circle, about
as hard as coasting in a figure eight, but easier than backward
coasting.

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I can do the trick, it is hard. make sure you've got regular seat drag
mastered. after you learn backwards seat drag in front you can learn
backwards seat drag in back (even harder) but possible with some
practice. the hardest part i think of backwards seat drag in back is
picking it up. keep up the good work, it's a cool trick!
lindsey

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one more tip for learning it, make sure you can do backwards seat out
extended well, before you decide to start dropping the seat.

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In Germany a view people could do this trick. Morice Liesner didnt
unicycle for two years but befor this to years he could drive Dragseat
forward and change it into backwarts with a 180 spin.

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I've put some time into backward seat drag in front now, and I can get
two cycles of the wheel quite often, although I haven't gotten beyond
that yet. It definitely seems possible with practice. I've even
unintentionally invented a new move as part of learning this skill: I
call it the "backward frame slam." I did it quite well at least five
times yesterday. To do it, you ride backward with the seat in front,
drop the seat, ride one or two cycles, then throw your weight heavily to
the right, at the same time twisting to the left and taking your left
foot off the pedal. The unicycle's frame should slam forcefully into
your left shin. If you aim it properly, you can even gouge your leg with
the seatpost clamp. For the best effect, it should be done without leg
armour of any kind.

Anyway, as you can probably guess, my left shin is now extremely sore,
so I'm considering working on seat drag in back backward instead. My
question is: how dangerous is this for the unicycle? It seems to me,
that because you will almost always fall off toward the frame, and
because you can't see the frame and seat very well, it would be quite
likely that you would land on them and break the seat/frame. Should I be
concerned about this possibility when working on this skill? Has anyone
damaged their unicycle seriously in this way?

Jonathan

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I can do it, both with 'seat in front' (http://tinyurl.com/bx4c5) as
with 'seat in back' (http://tinyurl.com/97pk3). I'm not sure if I ever
did the circles and eights. But when I recorded above movies (last
summer) the camera-man was soo lazy he would'nt even standup.

What can I say. I would not compare it to other tricks, as you are a
unique rider, and I cannot decide whether a trick is harder or less-hard
for you. I can tell you you can do it! Just practise.

What I also can say is that the seat in back variant is the hardest
variant, as you cannot easily determe where you seat is, and the seat is
not really draggin (as it's morely pushed than pulled, which makes
steering hard). Those two things are important at the dropping the
seat.

Further the usual hints; straigth up, look forward. And same as for
forward draggin': place your... -eh- hips-bone staticly in the air, by
making the carrieng of your weight smooth from one feet to the other.
This cost much strength in your upper legs. The more you bow your legs
the smoother it goes, but also the more force it will cost. But I guess
you found those things out when doing foward.

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Browsing for a kind of body spin move I found 'another bw dragseat'
(http://tinyurl.com/ab94u) nicely executed (with pick-up) by Dana
Schneider.

-The movie may have a large filesize and is not of the best quality, as
it was captured from a copied tape.-

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