hi guys. im pretty new to this forum. i was just curious if there are any unicyclists that can do grinds and stuff on halfpipes…possibly airs? thatd be sweet. just wondering.
Welcome to the forum! (even though I am pretty new also).
It is hard to do much on a half pipe on a unicycle. Some people ride down them, but not much else, simply because it is very hard to go fast on a unicycle (normally you can’t go faster than however fast you can pedal). A BC wheel is the way to go, but is really really hard to ride on something like that.
That certainly was a long way to say aproximately nothing:)
People could grind oh halfpipes pretty easy, as long as there was some way to get up to the top without riding up it. Like a wall/spine next to the halfpipe that you could jump across to…
And there have been many vert/halfpipe threads, search for them.
I’ve ridden in lots of skateparks, they’re pretty fun.
For vert riding, click the “search” button (look at the top of the page, on the right) and look for posts by HardcoreCokerRider.
For grinds, etc. again search for “grind” in the subject or body of posts. There are 100’s of videos, pictures, descriptions, etc. of people grinding handrails, spines, curbs, etc. You’ll even find people grinding steel, aluminum and the occasional titanium.
As for air, this is mostly found inside unicycle tires, and some seat cushions, but airing out of vert pipes is something that uni riders have yet to attain. Or, the ones who can “air” just haven’t taken pictures yet.
my friend has a 4 foot ramp, not a vert ramp but still a small quarter pipe. and i can get about 8-9 inches above to coping… it isnt that hard just ride up fast and do a 180 and ride back down…so i guess that isnt much but its still comsidered air
Chase
Are you riding up to the coping, getting air, doing a 180 and then landing back in the quarter pipe? If you’re doing that you need to get it on video and share.
Man, I cant even get to the top of half pipes in order to drop in…
http://gallery.unicyclist.com/albums/album500/HPisuck.wmv
I suck
I do stuff like that in skateparks
Its not too impressive looking but it sure is fun.
I would be more than happy but i odnt have a camera, there is a video where somone does it, ill try to find it…
found it http://gallery.unicyclist.com/album359
go to one wheel addiction
Chase
That’s close. But he’s not getting much above the coping. Chase said he was getting 8-9 inches above the coping. That would be impressive on a unicycle.
Of course, Chase could also mean that he’s riding up the quarterpipe and getting 8-9 inches above the coping on his way out as he jumps up to the decking rather than doing the 180 thing and landing back in the quarterpipe.
Nope… just ride really fast, do a 180 land it and ride away, you can also get air to fakie if you want to call it that, ride up it hop and go back down backwards thats really fun too
Chase
I can ride up, jump 180 and ride back down forwards…getting hardly any air…
yeah maybe its not quite 8 or 9 inches, but i can easily visiably above to the coping, and one thing on my uni im pretty good at…
Chase
Cool! You need to get video. 