why is it called a side hop?

[juggling_guy]

i was woundering,

why do people say that such an such a guy can side hop over a 3 foot
bar.

Surely* this is more of a high jump than a side hop so it should be
measured in the distance one can jump to the side not up and over.
Anyway i may be wrong im not sure but i was woundeirng how far ppl can
"hop to the side". At the moment mines around 1m 80cm how bout you
guys?

And do you all find it easyer hoping to the same side as your choclate
foot or the oppiosite, because i can hop further on the choclate side
but feel more comftable hoping the other way.

the juggler


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[unigamer]

I *think* side jump means starting your jump side on from the object.
From my limited experience jumping side ways over a pile of bricks is
way easier than going forwards or backwards.


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[one wheeled stallion]

During a side hop the rider hops to his or her side. 'Side' refers to
the direction the rider is hops, so forward hops are obviously when the
rider hops directly in front of him or her. Rolling hops are also
forward hops directly from riding forward.

High jumps generally refer to when a rider is trying to hop for pure
height, in competition usually over a bar, not what style of hop it
is.

Hope I've explained that ok!


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[unipsychogirl]

and then you musn't confuse a side hop with side hopping. this is my
friend Ashley (Wood)'s definition of side hopping:

The seat on side one foot hopping is called side hopping.


And can you guys believe that I can do a leg-around-seat mount to side
hopping?

Its also fun to see how big of a side hop you can get while side
hopping, if you get my drift......my record is probably 4 inches. hehe
I do a lot of hopping variation tricks, like I can now jump rope pretty
well in the seat-drop position, where the seat is almost touching the
floor, in front, and my foot keeps the frame and therefore the seat up
off of the ground. It looks REALLY funny!! I can also do a little
seat-drop with seat in back hopping.


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[PopeSamXVI]

And speaking of, how do you guys do it? I can't even keep the pedals
even much less tip to the side and hop. You guys is awesome.


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[one wheeled stallion]

> And can you guys believe that I can do a leg-around-seat mount to side
> hopping?


We need videos! And of the other crazy stuff!!!


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[unipsychogirl]

Sorry, guys, but you'll just have to wait until my all-girls EXtreme
Unicycling movie comes out to see awesome stuff like that.....hehe or
well at least wait until the trailer, k?


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[Checkernuts]

A side hop comes to us from Bike Trials. In Bike trials a side hop is
used by riders who approach an object by riding parallel to it then
stopping and jumping up and to the side. This is in contrast to a bunny
hop where you are hopping forward.

The technique on a bike has nothing to do with distance you can hop to
the side, rather how high you can jump to the side. Check out
Biketrials.com to see a video of this.

Chex


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[Ben Plotkin-Swing]

Checkernuts wrote:
> *A side hop comes to us from Bike Trials. In Bike trials a side hop is
> used by riders who approach an object by riding parallel to it then
> stopping and jumping up and to the side. This is in contrast to a
> bunny hop where you are hopping forward.
> *


Yup, thats why it's called a side hop. the term bunny hop usually isn't
used in unicycling, though. It's either a side hop or a rolling hop. You
can also hop forward on to something from a stillstand, but I don't know
of a name for that.

To clarify further, hopping laterally for distance in a trials line is
called a gap. Hopping for distance on flat ground is called a long
jump.

Ben


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[gerblefranklin]

I usually call a static front hop simply a front hop.


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