Hi,

This sport is great! Everyday, new (usually tiny) progress, but
unfortunetely no one around
to share the enthousiasm...

Well, if you care, here is a little progress report.

My goal for this summer we
-Being confortable riding long distance: Aside for saddle soreness, I would
say this
is achieved. I need a Coker! Question: my work is about 5-7 miles
away with
a large hill, all in city traffic. Is it realistic to think about
commuting on a unicycle?

-Better mounting: I can now mount 4 different ways, all on same side.
Other side
feels just like I never did this at all. Side note, even though I am
becoming quite
solid, succes rate is probably still well below 50% and also often
result in 90deg turns.

-Up and down curbs: down is no problem. Up is another story. I am trying
the
non hopping method, sofar without success.

-Hopping: After getting the UNiVeRSe video, I was convinced about the
usefulness
of hopping. Well, tonight I realised I was able to do it for several
seconds, without
prior practice! This was absolutely unexpected and I am still in shock.

-Idling: Several months of complete, absolute inability to even start to
practice this skill.
Somehow, last week I managed to do one backward "step" and continue
forward,
kind of by chance, while I was not thinking about it too much. Tonight,
I can do this
consistently and even managed up to 3 or 4 "rocking". Future looks
bright from here.
One trick I found is that it is more efficient to practice this directly
from the mount.

That's about it. This is turning into an obsession... If things continue
this way, I might have to
find some new goals soon...

Jocelyn