iive always ignored learning static hops, until recently when i decided they are probably the most important way to learn to hop. so today i was getting 58cm consistently and wanted to add small amounts…but i had no more lil pieces of wood to stack up. so i just started goin for 5 pallets, 68.58cm, and after 57 tries i got it…sort of. ill be back out there tomorrow recording. i was too tired today.
tomorrow i want to get up the 5 and stay up, not just immediately hop off. since i did that twice, ill count that as officially getting it once :p. but it’s a huge accomplishment for me, i just started learning static. and so far i really like it a lot. its teaching me to tuck.
i know you’re supposed to tuck much farther than that, but so far i can’t do it yet. those of you that are able to tuck very well, when you started was it really hard to tuck all the way to your rear end? i’ve been doing those squats every other day and they’re getting easier but i just cant tuck the way i squat.
well haven’t been practicing static too much today, but because of my static practice, my record sif hop seems to have increased. im gonna keep practicing static every day though.
The practice HAS paid off… your tuck is better now. You’re tucking more by bringing your legs up rather than bending your upper body forward. I bet, if you keep your upper body more upright, you’ll be able to stick the landing.
That being said, I am a newbie and can barely ride more than a couple hundred feet without a UPD…
I spend a lot of time coaching people how to use their bodies to perform certain tasks.
yeah i completely abolished si hopping when i started going for sif. i dont even practice si anymore, to me it consumes too much energy. i can sif hop for a lot longer, and with much less practice i have raised my hop height higher than my si record. and its more consistent. the biggest advantage is i don’t rack myself anymore when messing up hopping up things. that would happen a lot si when i would mess up.
i don’t know whats wrong with me today. i wanted to try for 76cm, but i couldnt even get the 72cm. too frustrated, i think im just gonna avoid unicycling today.
