In the group freestyle at Unicon I saw several groups perform a trick where all
the riders are holding hands in a line. The first person in line then rides
under the arms of the last two riders and the entire line follows, still holding
hands. What is this called? Is there a list describing different stunts posted
somewhere?
Thanks,
John Hooten
Re: What is it called
On Wed, 20 Sep 2000, John Hooten wrote:
> In the group freestyle at Unicon I saw several groups perform a trick where
> all the riders are holding hands in a line. The first person in line then
> rides under the arms of the last two riders and the entire line follows, still
> holding hands. What is this called? Is there a list describing different
> stunts posted somewhere
John, In TCUC we call the trick “Cinderella Move” - which is a compliment after
the group we ‘stole’ the move from. The Toyoda group (the current world Champs
in Group riding) is some sort of off-shoot from the Cinderella girls, who first
appeared in '92. (I’m sure Jack Halpern can correct some of the details). I have
no idea what the Japanese might call the move, but I have also seen figure
skaters do the move in group skating, so I’m guessing it is not original to
unicycing.
Several of the Japanese took that move a few steps further and either did
gliding or stand-up gliding into the move. I was impressed!
Connie Cotter
Re: What is it called
John Hooten wrote:
>
> In the group freestyle at Unicon I saw several groups perform a trick where
> all the riders are holding hands in a line. The first person in line then
> rides under the arms of the last two riders and the entire line follows, still
> holding hands. What is this called?
In TCUC, we call it the Cinderella, after the Japanese team that first did this
skill at UNICON VI. It is also called the moving monkey, although that is
uncommon. I have no clue what the Japanese call it.
> Is there a list describing different stunts posted somewhere?
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Greetings
In message “Re: What is it called”, Andy Cotter wrote…
>On Wed, 20 Sep 2000, John Hooten wrote:
>
>> In the group freestyle at Unicon I saw several groups perform a trick where
>> all the riders are holding hands in a line. The first person in line then
>> rides under the arms of the last two riders and the entire line follows,
>> still holding hands. What is this called? Is there a list describing
>> different stunts posted somewhere
>
>John, In TCUC we call the trick “Cinderella Move” - which is a compliment
>after the group we ‘stole’ the move from. The Toyoda group (the current world
>Champs in Group riding) is some sort of off-shoot from the Cinderella girls,
>who first appeared in '92. (I’m sure Jack Halpern can correct some of the
>details).
It’s the same club, Toyoda Jidokan, in Aomori (northern Japan). The Cinderella
Girls are not around any more as a group, though a former one was a judge at UX.
The club continues training some of the best riders in the world, thanks to
their wonderful coach, Mr. Kimura.
>
>
>
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