Disciplines

You can do a lot with just a unicycle. Therefore unicycling consists of a wide variety of disciplines. The IUF disciplines are introduced here.

Freestyle

Freestyle is the artistic presentation of unicycling. Riders can use costumes, props and impressive riding to entertain an audience. Riders may use dance moves and humor synchronized to a track of carefully selected music to enhance their performance.

Gilles Saudan and David Maillard at Unicon 14 Individual Freestyle at Unicon 14 Team Japan stand up glide at Unicon 14

Flatland

Flatland is a creative, always changing style of unicycling. Flatland consists of performing tricks on flat ground. Anything goes in flatland, from flipping and rolling over the cranks to performing difficult balance tricks, riders are encouraged to do a wide variety of skills and be innovative.

A Tiregrab Fancy Treyflip A Treyflip

Street

Street riders hit the city and use urban environments to perform their tricks. Riders typically do variations of spinning and flipping their unicycle down stairs and drops, along with grinding ledges and rails.

Dan Heaton doing backside grab Adrien Delecroix with first Frontflip Tiregrab of Rocco Schulz, Marco Schmidt and Tassilo du Mesnil

Trial

Higher and farther with big hops, gaps and drops: that is trial. Trial riders negotiate a difficult obstacle course consisting of technically difficult moves like landing and riding across small surfaces.

A drop by Lutz Eichholz Marco Schmidt drops off a telephone box

MUni

Rushing down an off road trail is what Mountain Unicycling (MUni) is all about. Riders ride quickly down mountains or maneuver carefully through rocky terrain. MUni can be done on a variety of terrain ranging from fire roads to technical single track.

A group of unicyclists riding down the hill Jamey Mossengren fighting the hill Ken Looi on the way up

Distance

Distance riding is a great way to explore the world. Many riders spend their holidays touring the world via unicycle. In competition, riders race for various distances such as the marathon.

Beau and Nathan Hoover on the Alps Unitour Marathon start at Unicon 14 Taking the lead

Race

Faster, faster and faster. Unicyclists race common distances like 100m, 400m, 800m. There's a wide variety of races apart from standard riding, such as wheel-walking, riding one footed.

1ft race at Unicon 13

Hockey

Hockey puts in team spirit to unicycling. Hockey is an energetic game, where much action and tension takes place.

Boy playing hockey at Unicon 14 Playing hockey at Unicon 14 Hockey finals at Unicon 14

Basketball

Playing basketball on a unicycle is quite interesting and beloved by the audience because it brings tension and fast changeovers.

Basketball finals at Unicon 14 Basketball at Unicon 14 Preliminary Round at Unicon 14