I've never heard of underwater riding but it makes some sense...I guess.
I would think that going from learning it wet to learning it dry would be
two different skills. I learned idling first from watching a performer
on stage do it. My trick was to keep my dominant leg in the down
position and go back and forth with my other leg. I found it best to
practice with a wall or something to steady myself when I started going
astray. From there, I got bored doing half or quarter rotations and
started doing a full rotation back and a full rotation forward. Riding
backwards came as a natural extention to that.
So, you met Bill Vestal at the faire? Interestingly unique gentleman. I
have several sets of his stix and even sell them occasionally when
someone wants to get started. As a ride-around-town-showing-off stunt, I
like to spin two sets of Crystal Stix while moving down the sidewalk. It
gets lots of comments and cheers. If I drop a stick, someone will always
give me a hand and throw it back up for me to catch. I guess it's a way
to feel like they are part of the act.
Tell him to keep up the work, but be sure to go to college as well. Open
question, how many people have been able to make a living riding a unicycle?
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On 20 May 1994, Gary Davis wrote:
> I just joined this Mail List because my 13 year old son has just started
> unicycling. He seems rather talented and has the tenacity to do almost
> anything he wants! He spent some of his Bar Mitzvah money on a new
> unicycle (about $90) and after several weeks, was able to ride pretty
> good. After another couple weeks, he can now get started without
> holding on to anything.
>
> He doesn't have a bicycle so he rides his uni all over - to the mall, to
> the train (they let him take it on, tho bikes are not allowed). The train
> station is 2 miles away.
>
> At the mall, someone asked to try and my son (Ben) was impressed
> since this guy could go backwards. He told Ben that an easy way to
> learn is to protect the uni with WD40 and learn in a swimming pool.
> I said there is no way he is submersing a new uni in a pool! Does
> anyone have recommendations on learning this. I see some mention
> about idling, which I assume is staying in place. Ben can't do that
> yet, either.
>
> As far as juggling, Ben uses these sticks he got at a local Renaissance
> Faire called Crystal Sticks and he is very adept at using these. There
> are 2 control sticks and a third middle stick he bats back and forth,
> twirls, etc. He's done that for about 1.5 years. He hasn't really tried
> juggling, tho I assume he could do it if he tried for a while.
>
> Gary Davis
>
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