my first parade is tomorrow

chosen · 2005-12-04, 10:26 PM

my towns having its annual christmas parade and im ridin in it tomorrow. im thinkin' im just gonna stick with glides, ww's, and stand up ww's. i may throw in little fillers like backwards or something. it should be fun. this'll be my first parade and there'll probably be at least 1000 people there and im doing it alone. im a little nervous but excited. wish me luck, ill try to get pics if its not to dark out durin' it.
respectfully,
jonny

podzol · 2005-12-04, 10:39 PM

Good luck!
Enjoy all the smiles of approval!

Tim Morin · 2005-12-04, 11:25 PM

Good luck man.

b2bivy · 2005-12-05, 12:10 AM

Good luck... I did my first and only last year at a Christmas Parade, and the only mistake I made was not knowing the route. Might not sound important, but the route had a set of tracks running down the middle of it. Happy to say no UPDs. Also suggest a pocket full of candy to pass off to the crowd...

maxisback · 2005-12-05, 12:54 AM

Awesome dude.. I could never do a parade since my freestyle skills are unispins and crankflips haha.. thats sweet man keep it up

chosen · 2005-12-05, 01:18 AM

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Originally Posted by maxisback

Awesome dude.. I could never do a parade since my freestyle skills are unispins and crankflips haha.. thats sweet man keep it up

yea i wouldnt do a crankflip in a parade either. the crowd wouldnt be able to tell it from a hop. buncha suckers.

skate4flip · 2005-12-05, 01:24 AM

I rode in a parade yesterday. Seat drags are really good if you can get the pick consistently. If not, people like wheel walk, seat in front or back with the seat far extended and spins/pireouttes.

maxisback · 2005-12-05, 01:24 AM

haha and for non unicycling persons a glide is way more impressive then a crankflip or any flips rlly

habbywall · 2005-12-05, 01:31 AM

i think a unispin would be pretty impressive to a non unier

Unitik908 · 2005-12-05, 04:23 AM

wow your name is jonny.. i didnt know that..well good luck any way.. oh and um seat on stomach is like the coolest trick to all my non uniing buddies, even though its lame and stupid...

Chase

rob.northcott · 2005-12-05, 12:36 PM

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Originally Posted by habbywall

i think a unispin would be pretty impressive to a non unier

In my experience just being able to ride a unicycle at all seems to impress most people. I can't do anything that would impress another unicyclist, but to the general public I'm a gravity-defying hero

I would say that "obvious" tricks like riding backwards, wheelwalking, even unispins, would do best in a parade (if you can do them). Things like crank flips don't really look impressive - only another unicyclist would know it's difficult.
Just don't worry about what you do though - it's very easy to impress non-unicycling people without doing anything hard at all.

Rob

johnfoss · 2005-12-05, 05:35 PM

Remember to have fun! And listen to your audience responses, that will tell you which tricks or moves are the most interesting for your crowd. I agree with spins as a good one, and hops. If you can jump rope it'll blow them away. Otherwise keep it visual. Wheel walking looks harder than gliding (but gliding is more fun and faster). Coasting usually gets no reaction at all so don't bother. Picking small objects up off the ground is a good one as well. Great if you're a juggler.

chosen · 2005-12-05, 07:36 PM

its tonight. im gettin nervous. alos, im not registered il have to jump in when the cops arent watching. therell be thousands there. nerve wracking man

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Originally Posted by johnfoss

Remember to have fun! And listen to your audience responses, that will tell you which tricks or moves are the most interesting for your crowd. I agree with spins as a good one, and hops. If you can jump rope it'll blow them away. Otherwise keep it visual. Wheel walking looks harder than gliding (but gliding is more fun and faster). Coasting usually gets no reaction at all so don't bother. Picking small objects up off the ground is a good one as well. Great if you're a juggler.

thanks jon sounds like youve had some experince huh?

Wheel Rider · 2005-12-05, 07:48 PM

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Originally Posted by chosen

its tonight. im gettin nervous. alos, im not registered il have to jump in when the cops arent watching. therell be thousands there. nerve wracking man

I "crashed" a parade last year. I just road around amoungst the floats and other entries and I attracted a lot of attention. It was fun.

Don't worry about the cops. They won't know if you are supposed to be there or not. Go down to where the parade starts and get in line with one of the groups.

Don't worry about doing fancy tricks. Just seeing a unicyclist "live" will be fun enough for most of the people. Wave and interact with the crowd.

Have fun.

uniMcPeat · 2005-12-05, 08:03 PM

You were nervous....I was in the Macys day parade....appx. 50 million people watch that

2005-12-04, 10:26 PM	#1
chosen Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,257	my first parade is tomorrow my towns having its annual christmas parade and im ridin in it tomorrow. im thinkin' im just gonna stick with glides, ww's, and stand up ww's. i may throw in little fillers like backwards or something. it should be fun. this'll be my first parade and there'll probably be at least 1000 people there and im doing it alone. im a little nervous but excited. wish me luck, ill try to get pics if its not to dark out durin' it. respectfully, jonny

2005-12-05, 01:24 AM	#7
skate4flip Street Freestyle Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: IL Age: 21 Posts: 987	I rode in a parade yesterday. Seat drags are really good if you can get the pick consistently. If not, people like wheel walk, seat in front or back with the seat far extended and spins/pireouttes. __________________ Reply 23K, 25K, post 29K, reply 37K, post 41K, post 47K, and reply 61K in most replys!!! My Gallery UPDATED 06/19/07

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2005-12-05, 05:35 PM	#12
johnfoss North Shore ridin' Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Carmichael, CA Posts: 14,966	Remember to have fun! And listen to your audience responses, that will tell you which tricks or moves are the most interesting for your crowd. I agree with spins as a good one, and hops. If you can jump rope it'll blow them away. Otherwise keep it visual. Wheel walking looks harder than gliding (but gliding is more fun and faster). Coasting usually gets no reaction at all so don't bother. Picking small objects up off the ground is a good one as well. Great if you're a juggler. __________________ John Foss "jfoss" at "unicycling.com" www.unicycling.com "Unicycling is a way of looking at the world, making a choice to slow down, finish what you start, doing things not because they're easy, but because they're a challenge." -- Nurse Ben

2005-12-04, 10:39 PM	#2
podzol "Not I," said the duck. Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Rhizosphere Age: 46 Posts: 1,755	Good luck! Enjoy all the smiles of approval!

2005-12-04, 11:25 PM	#3
Tim Morin Lone Rider Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: North Bay, ON Age: 38 Posts: 409	Good luck man.

2005-12-05, 12:10 AM	#4
b2bivy MUni-Half the wheels-Twice the fun Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Oklahoma Age: 51 Posts: 151	Good luck... I did my first and only last year at a Christmas Parade, and the only mistake I made was not knowing the route. Might not sound important, but the route had a set of tracks running down the middle of it. Happy to say no UPDs. Also suggest a pocket full of candy to pass off to the crowd...

2005-12-05, 12:54 AM	#5
maxisback Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 1,500	Awesome dude.. I could never do a parade since my freestyle skills are unispins and crankflips haha.. thats sweet man keep it up

2005-12-05, 08:03 PM	#15
uniMcPeat . Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: US,Scarborough, Maine Posts: 426	You were nervous....I was in the Macys day parade....appx. 50 million people watch that __________________ http://video.google.com/videosearch?...yan+stevens%22

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