720 Spin?

[trials_uni]

has anyone ever landed a 720 spin...not a unispin but like a hoptwist.
even off a drop ive never heard of anyone landing one. has someone?

-Phil


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[forrestunifreak]

Better yet, does anyone besides Dan Heaton do 540's?




I've tried them, and it hurts my back...


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i know xavier can, im pretty close


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[James_Potter]

Dan does a 540 in UNiVERsE II, so I assume he can do 720's now....


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[litldude2]

That was off a drop though in U2...
He did the 540 on flat in defect so he could probably do a 720 off
something.


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[nathan]

Andy Schwartz from Minnesota was the first (and I think only) person I
ever personally saw do a 720 unispin. That was in 1998! But others have
done it too. If I remember right it's on One Wheel No Limit, but that
might only be a 540. It is on the standard skills list I'm sure. Oh ok,
I'll look it up:'Here it is - 7.0 points' (http://tinyurl.com/mwhx5)

I wonder if there are any video clips on line... "720 unispin" on
Google, and voila, I found this 'clip of a unispin 720.'
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[maxisback]

wow that guy defenatly cant read..


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[jsm]

He can spell, punctuate, and capitalize, though.


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[koebwil]

maxisback wrote:
> Wow that guy defenitely can't read.

At least he can write.


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[koebwil]

jsm wrote:
> He can spell, punctuate, and capitalize, though.


Dang, you beat me to it.


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[caw89]

Well do you ever take your time and read stuff thuroughly on here, I
dont, neither do I take the time to use proper grammer....As for the
orig subject, I odnt know anyone that can...I know, that was a big help
;)


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[maxisback]

yea man.. honnestly I dont rlly care if I type bad.. good job ppl u cna
tpye better then me!


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[caw89]

I go for speed usually... IL see an error and not fix it, I type like a
talk, fast and hard to understand..


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[Lucas1wheel]

Ill second that


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[forrestunifreak]

Me too, except I can understand him talking just fine...



the thing with 540's-720s is you have to 'fudge' the landing, spin it
so it gets the whole rotation....


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[unifreak7]

Dan is the best at 5spins. No doubt. Xav i've seen bust off something,
and I can do it on flat every once in awhile. (It's close enough to
look decent.) As for 7spins go, i know of know one to do it. Dan would
be closest. I want to do one this summer. I don't really have a chance
at being first, since spinning is NOT my speciality (I suck).

-Shaun Johanneson

p.s. eh... grammer, spelling, whatevv.


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[muzzle]

forrestunifreak wrote:
> the thing with 540's-720s is you have to 'fudge' the landing, spin it so
> it gets the whole rotation....



I have had conversations with my unicycle buddies about thise
'fudge'-ing thing, and we generally come to the conclusion if you
'fudge' then it doesnt count. Authough it still looks damn fine mostly
if done well. Why not 'fudge' the whole thing ;) lol


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[trials_uni]

can someone please explain 'fudging' for me?


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[skianduniaddict]

i did a 720 off one of the downhill jumps on skis my coach was mad but i
bet no one cares


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[koebwil]

unifreak7 wrote:
> p.s. eh... grammer, spelling, whatevv.

It's OK you have enugh skill to make up for it. Hell I'd bet Kris Holm
could start a thread with "I rid triuls" as the subject line and
everyone here would just kiss his ass.


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[president_luke]

unifreak7 wrote:
> Dan is the best at 5spins. No doubt. Xav i've seen bust off something,
> and I can do it on flat every once in awhile. (It's close enough to
> look decent.) As for 7spins go, i know of know one to do it. Dan would
> be closest. I want to do one this summer. I don't really have a chance
> at being first, since spinning is NOT my speciality (I suck).
>
> -Shaun Johanneson
>
> p.s. eh... grammer, spelling, whatevv.



Xav does one on flat in vener.


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[Lutz]

Xavs hoptwist in Vener looks more like a 420


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[unifreak7]

haha, yeah it does. He actually spins just over 360, and then just jumps
back for 540. I've slowed it down, cause I wasn't sure how much he was
spinning. I was curious.

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[uniryder]

I'm sure someone will land a 720 within the next year. I personally
think i'm pretty bad at spinning, so I know people could do a lot more
than me. I really wanted to land a 720 off a picnic table for Defect,
but whenever I tryed, the best I got was a really clean 540. Even
though I can 540 on flatground ok, the mechanics of spinning change a
bit when you go off a drop. Besides just the mental restrictions, it's
much harder to keep your body on it's vertical axis when trying to spin
a lot off a drop. Also much more of a challenge to spot your landing.

My problem with spinning is i'm not able to maintain a consistent spin
that I think will be necessary to land a 720. When I 540 I am doing a
360 and then jerking the last 180 around (sort of the same as a late
180). Someone who has developed a more consistent spin should be able
to pull out a 720.

I think that a rider who is pretty talented could land a 720 on flat or
off a small drop, especially if they were on a smaller 20" unicycle
with shorter cranks and less wide tire than a standard trials/street
unicycle. I think the Japanese style of freestyle riding might work
well in developing someone who could 720, i'm just not sure if any of
them have put effort into pulling off spins bigger than 360...

About what is a 540 and what isn't... I believe that pretty much if you
are taking off forward, spinning more than 360 and landing backwards it
is a "540" even if you aren't going the full 540 degrees. Some will be
better than others and ideally you want to get it perfect, but this is
the same as with any trick...

-Dan


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[president_luke]

unifreak7 wrote:
> I can do it on flat every once in awhile. (It's close enough to look
> decent.)




unifreak7 wrote:
> haha, yeah it does. He actually spins just over 360, and then just
> jumps back for 540. I've slowed it down, cause I wasn't sure how much
> he was spinning. I was curious.



So you do a full 540?

In defect dan does a sharp 90 degree turn at the start and a little hop
at the end to get 540, theres nothing wrong with that, is still a 540.

It just seem like you are always putting Xav down.


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[koebwil]

president_luke wrote:
> It just seem like you are always putting Xav down.


They are the two best street riders around. If he can't put xav down
no one can.


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[trials_uni]

true they are the two most respected street riders out there but they
each have their own street style... Shaun is like a "go big or go home"
rider always pushing the limits of his uni and testing the very fabric
or gravity. Xav on the other hand while equally impressive is more into
flatland and tech street. in my opinion they are both very skilled and
a joy to watch but i dont think you can class them in the same
category. thats just my opinion.

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[koebwil]

trials_uni wrote:
> in my opinion they are both very skilled and a joy to watch but i dont
> think you can class them in the same category.


That's about how I would put it too. I'm just saying they are both on
a different level than the large majority of us. Also without them
ripping on each other (doesn't seem to me that they really are) they
may not get motivated.

I just realized I may be too drunk for that to seem intelligable.
Sorry if it isn't.


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[pete66]

uniryder wrote:
> I personally think i'm pretty bad at spinning


Modesty gone stupid


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