The "Alternative" Ten Skill Levels

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Who was it that posted the alternative 10 skill levels for unicyclists?
Would you please re-post them? I’d really appreciate getting a print out of
them. Thanks.

Brian Berlin Austin, TX

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Re: The “Alternative” Ten Skill Levels

In article <cBLV3.57195$7I4.1190270@news5.giganews.com>, “Brian Berlin”
<berlin@texas.net> wrote:
> Who was it that posted the alternative 10 skill levels for
unicyclists?
> Would you please re-post them? I’d really appreciate getting a print
out of
> them. Thanks.
>
> Brian Berlin Austin, TX
>
>

Is this/part of this what you were searching for?

Subject: New Skill Levels Date: 1999/10/17 Author: Rick Bissell
<rickbissell@ncweb.com> Posting History

I’ve been thinking about the 10 Skill Levels quite a bit lately and I have some
ideas that I would like to share with you.

Below, you will find a new list of skill levels that I have created based on my
extensive one year’s worth of experience in artistic unicycle riding. I believe
that you will find these revisions to be both more accessible to new riders -
who are anxious to progress quickly to higher levels, and more challenging for
experts that find themselves stuck at level 10 with nowhere to go.

As always, comments are welcome.

-Rick Bissell

DRAFT: Year 2000 Skill Levels

LEVEL 1

  • Purchase unicycle unassisted

  • carry unicycle 10 meters to car

  • gracefully place unicycle in car and drive home

LEVEL 2

  • while holding onto an object or person for assistance, mount unicycle and
    allow the wheel to quickly shoot out from underneath in a forward or
    backward direction

  • ride forward with both arms flailing in 1 meter arcs

  • turn randomly in any direction by twisting

  • dismount without damaging seat

LEVEL 3

  • ride in a figure 1

  • free mount

  • announce free mount success to all friends and post on Internet
    unicycling newsgroup

  • ride while looking to one side

  • ride alongside a 15 cm drop

  • drift to the left or right while riding

LEVEL 4

  • demonstrate one mount, 4 times

  • ride with an empty stomach

  • come to a stop, pedal a half revolution backwards and fall off

  • open a can or bottled beverage while riding and sip 25 times

  • perform a Level 10 skill in a unicycle dream

  • ride 10 meters wearing a unicycle T-shirt

  • ride 10 meters with a unicycle T-shirt worn backwards

  • ride 10 meters with a unicycle T-shirt worn sideways

LEVEL 5

  • create and upload a personal unicycle web page

LEVEL 6

  • purchase a new unicycle of better quality and/or different wheel size

  • admit to your boss that you rode to work on it

  • mount in lots of different ways

  • hop in lots of different ways

  • ride backward in lots of different ways

  • idle in lots of different ways

  • ride one footed in lots of different ways

  • ride with the seat out in lots of different ways

  • get injured in lots of different ways

LEVEL 7

  • walk the wheel while sticking out tongue from corner of mouth

  • spin on a well worn tire

  • hop with one foot caught in spokes

  • coast while grinning

  • glide while screaming

  • koosh koosh (whatever that is)

LEVEL 8 (secret…contact USA or IUF officials for information)

LEVEL 9

  • perform all skills in the IUF video while whistling or humming the appropriate
    background music

LEVEL 10

  • demonstrate 100 types of mounts

  • ride in a figure 10

  • walk the wheel one-footed backwards with the seat dragging behind

  • hop/twist 720 degrees

  • sideways wheel walk backwards

  • ride with the wheel off the ground for 10 meters.

  • fold an intermediate level origami model while riding backwards with
    eyes closed

  • ride across a state/country/province between two parallel lines 30 cm apart
    without stopping

  • ride or hop over a Level 3 rider

  • stand beside unicycle without touching it for 4 hours on a beautiful Autumn
    Saturday morning

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Re: The “Alternative” Ten Skill Levels

Hi,

this is the most funny thing I read for some time. Especially from level 6 on I
had to laugh out loud. I’m alone in my office and some students passing by
looked rather puzzled :slight_smile:

lars

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