It's not 10 tricks, it's 10 skill levels. The unicycle society of
America (USA) and International Unicycle Federation got together a
list of all the things people could do on unicycles, and sorted them
by difficulty, and then broke the list into 10 levels. Each level has
several different skills, and the idea is that you probably should
learn all the skills in one level before trying to learn any on the
next level, just because the next level is harder. To me, "tricks"
are things that you seem to be doing but aren't really doing, like
magic tricks -- you've tricked the audience into thinking you've
violated the laws of physics. Unicycling and juggling involve REALLY
DOING things.
The skill levels involve things like (I don't have a list handy)
mount in the open, ride 10 meters, dismount gracefully
mount with either foot first, ride in a circle of specified
radius, go off a curb, dismount with the unicycle in front of
you, ride 10 meters between two straight lines about a foot apart
ride over a 2x4, demonstrate 3 different mounts, ride in circles
in both directions, ride half a revolution backwards and then
go forwards again
...
idle (stay in one place, going half a revolution forward and half
a revolution backwards, repeatedly)
pirouette (spin in place)
walk the wheel (ride with feet on the tire, not the pedals)
ride one-footed
ride off the seat, holding the seat in front of you
ride off the seat, holding the seat in back of you
drop the seat to the ground, ride a specified distance, pick
up the seat again
...
and they build on each other -- for instance, if level n has "walk the
wheel", level n+1 will have "walk the wheel backwards" and "walk the
wheel in a circle", and level n+2 may have "walk the wheel backwards
in a circle".
> Are there other things besides
> tricks which a unicycle can be used for?
Well, some people use them for transportation. But what's wrong
with just enjoying developing your skills?
> What organizations are there
> that provide information about unicycling?
The above-mentioned Unicycle Society of America & IUF. If nobody
beats me to it, I'll post the address.
Dean Bandes deanb@ma.credence.com