Tips for a parade

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I just read a post from October 2007 about parade tips. Any others? I’m not a fantastic unicyclist. I learned to ride a few years ago. I’ve done some muni. I’ve done some street commuting. My longest ride is probably 10 miles. I don’t really have any tricks. I can hop a little. I can free mount. My wife has conscripted me for a parade at the end of January. I’m most comfortable on a 26". I’ve got a 12" and a 36".

With two months, if I were to focus on something, what would you focus on? I read about the riding crazy/drunk/making it look hard. Any videos anyone can share showing that? I’d love to see some ideas.

Thank you and, to all you Estado Unidenses, happy Thanksgiving,

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Idling would be a good skill to learn, since you may have to stop sometimes.

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I would tear through the parade going in the opposite direction and steal all the attention like it was not planned. Just kidding, have fun!!

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Whenever I’ve done parades, I’ve found the biggest issue has been how slowly they move, and they come to a halt quite often as well!

So, as posted above, idling can be a very useful skill as well as practicing riding slowly

I normally use a 20" for parades (either street/trials or Giraffe)

The main thing is to smile and have fun!

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A costume, an animal costume would be good. It makes it into something more with little additional effort… depending on the costume.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_cXW2pgM7w

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Funny!
I had wondered if one like this would be doable not sure if the inflatable would get in the way…

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