Street Skill Levels

[tomsey]

Originally Posted by maxisback

riding backward backwards crankflip

thats a fakie backcrankflip... stop confusing everyone.

haha call it what you want i guess

[Catboy]

For me, hopping down a stairset is way easier than riding down one, I think that the one should only have to go down the stairset in some way(either hopping or riding) but it shouldn't matter.

[maxisback]

well catboy I could ride down a 20 set.. never hop it tho

[fexnix]

I love your levels Skate4flip!
You got my permission to edit the levels! (like you needed it in the first place...)
But I do find a no-footer down two steps much harder than a shifty down three.

[flyer]

I think that you should do something similar to the 'new' levels being put out. There are Rider Levels, which I think is equivalent to level 4 in our current standard skill levels. I would say that you should put a disclaimer on the 'street levels' saying that you should be a level 'whatever' in the standard levels before attempting the street levels. This allows an established base for you to base the skills of your rider off, without having to make them yourself.

also, the other really cool thing I see coming from this is that the names of all the tricks will finally have some sort of semi-official name, so us uncool people who aren't up on the latest street slang can actually understand you guys :P

[ulph]

I updated the skill list and tried to organize the page a bit

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/The_Unicyclopedia:Street

There are still a few items in the skill list that need definitons, and even more in the assorted list of skills that follows below.

[fishnchipsx2]

nice one - a really comprehensive list of skills, gives me loads of ideas.

i would make the progression less steep - spread everything out over twice as many levels, rather than having to learn 10 or more skills to advance just one level.

other than that, a really good resource.

[fishnchipsx2]

o yeh, and somebody might wanna take the time to take pics or even short video clips for some of the skill explanations. something to build up over time, i think.

[redhead]

When you hop up and tap the side of a wall( or any like object) Is that a tire tap?
What is a seat drop the bending over and flicking the seat pased you legs to a backwards seat drop? I calle it a dubble back seatdrop.

[freddy]

what about 360 down a stair or something like that in level 5?

[forrestunifreak]

Originally Posted by freddy

what about 360 down a stair or something like that in level 5?

Yeah, I think maybe 4 stairs would be good?

[freddy]

I wote for 3 steps.

[maxisback]

well, is lvl 5 the last level or the middle one ? but I do think 3 stair on a 360 is good enough

[flyer]

I think there should be ten levels. When the original ten-level system was devised, it was generally assumed the skills on level 10 were next to impossible. I think only one person could pass it at the time (sem abrams).

So, I think you guys should look to the level of the best street rider going currently, and then make what he can do level 8. Then fill out the next two levels with stuff noone can do yet (or stuff you'd like to see done ), and fill out the levels like that.

I also think the Street Levels should be by and large more difficult than the standard 10, because you'll be starting from a base of level four or five, and that will keep the challenge going.

yes? no?

p.s. - maybe john foss could shed some light on how the original levels were developed, and what sorts of methods (other than 'I think this is harder for most people) were used to determine which skills fell into which levels, and how the lengths for any given skill were developed, and possibly even a 'flow' requirement or something, which requires the skills to look nice when performed, as well as a definition of what a 'stair' is and what acceptable deviations are.

I don't know anything about the actual tricks, but I'm sure that using the good points of the existing rubric will result in somethng that could become a standard in years to come.

-Dave

[fexnix]

Originally Posted by maxisback

well, is lvl 5 the last level or the middle one ? but I do think 3 stair on a 360 is good enough

My intention was that the levels would go to lvl. 10.
I filled em up to lvl.5 beacuse I couldn´t judge how hard the tricks are after that beacuse I'm not good enough street rider.

So basicly what I wanted was that more experienced street riders such as you could do lvl. 6 - 10 for me