Bill Gilbertson
1995-09-19, 10:12 PM
I am thoroughly enjoying the feedback on my initial post.
A few comments:
- Yes, don't take the list too seriously. I was initially just trying to put
down everything I could think of.
- Some skills such as still stand and twisting are added to level 11, not
because they are hard but because they are missing from the 1-10 skill list.
They are important skills, so ideally we should include them in an earlier
level, perhaps level 6.
- I will update the list with people's suggestions and repost it occasionally.
However, I will only keep tricks done on a standard unicycle with no props.
If someone wants to keep a list of other neat things with props or novelty
unicycles that should be a separate list. I think my list will be quite
finite but ever increasing as there are a lot of original people out there.
- I would hope to add to the list names of people who can actually do
the skill.
- My list should be good input for additions to the standard skill list. I too
used to think the standard skill list is inadequate. However, the biggest
problem with standard skill is that we don't have enough competitors and
judges that understand the event. And we don't have enough qualified judges
that understand the skills we have now. This will improve as the sport
continues to evolve. We need to master and tune what we have without adding
the complexity of additional tricks most people have never seen.
- My dream is that some day unicycling will be in the Olympics. I hope I live
long enough to be there as a judge.
Bill Gilbertson
A few comments:
- Yes, don't take the list too seriously. I was initially just trying to put
down everything I could think of.
- Some skills such as still stand and twisting are added to level 11, not
because they are hard but because they are missing from the 1-10 skill list.
They are important skills, so ideally we should include them in an earlier
level, perhaps level 6.
- I will update the list with people's suggestions and repost it occasionally.
However, I will only keep tricks done on a standard unicycle with no props.
If someone wants to keep a list of other neat things with props or novelty
unicycles that should be a separate list. I think my list will be quite
finite but ever increasing as there are a lot of original people out there.
- I would hope to add to the list names of people who can actually do
the skill.
- My list should be good input for additions to the standard skill list. I too
used to think the standard skill list is inadequate. However, the biggest
problem with standard skill is that we don't have enough competitors and
judges that understand the event. And we don't have enough qualified judges
that understand the skills we have now. This will improve as the sport
continues to evolve. We need to master and tune what we have without adding
the complexity of additional tricks most people have never seen.
- My dream is that some day unicycling will be in the Olympics. I hope I live
long enough to be there as a judge.
Bill Gilbertson