Unispin or crankflip?

Riding Advice
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I ride street and want to learn a flatland trick, but I am wondering which one. I want to learn a trick that is usable during combos. I know that both crank flip and unispin are hard, but I want to learn a trick that is not too hard. Also, I know I need to know how to do aerials for both, so any tips on that would be great.

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I think unispins are much, much easier, so I’d start with them.

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Are there any flat land tricks that require more skill than just committing?

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Hey Grem,
What about learning to SIF(seat in front).
It’s pure skill, low injury(well…actually falling in, twisting wrist, pedal slaps…).

So you do this:
a.) Hand on saddle.
b.) Stand on pedals. Both feet and no sitting.
c.) Ride.
I learned to idle it first. (actually, easier than you might think).
Then learned to ride. Probably took me 6 month total. Unicyclist-com was no help for this.

Seems impossible, at first. It breaks the “myth” that unicycle balance comes from sitting “straight up and looking at a stationary object”. Ha.

…slam

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Will this help me with other tricks, or is this just for fun?

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Also should I learn it with both hands or just one because I got a record of 30 revs just using my right hand but with both I got three.

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I’d say all of them do. (180°) Unispins are such a relatively simple movement that for a lot of people committing is the hardest part. I’d say crankflips are actually quite a complex movement, as there is a lot happening in a fast period of time.
I bet both Eli brill and Chris huriwai have made tutorials on both of them and also outlined the progression towards them. (On YouTube).

Good start. SIF is certainly a prerequisite for unispins, both riding and hopping SIF will be useful.

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I will second this recommendation. Both channels are great and offer good progression tracks.
Chris Huriwai: https://m.youtube.com/@PrettyGoodChannel

Eli Brill: https://m.youtube.com/@EliBrill

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Alright I will get consistent with SIF then I will try to learn 180 unispin.

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Still under development, but this could be an interesting resource for you to click around in to get an understanding of how tricks connect together and could guide your decision for what to learn next:
https://tynanrollo.github.io/
I call it the Uni Bible, and it has a large collection of information about various tricks and tutorials.

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