Re: IUF Skill Levels (fwd)
Beirne Konarski (bkonarsk@mcs.kent.edu)
Sun, 4 Jun 1995 08:45:18 -0400 (EDT)
Forwarded message:
> From: Unicycle@aol.com
> Date: Sun, 4 Jun 1995 03:01:06 -0400
> Message-Id: <950604030104_22279696@aol.com>
> To: d.kathrens@genie.geis.com
> Cc: unicycling
> Subject: Re: IUF Skill Levels
>
> d.kathrens@genie.geis.com wrote:
>
> >John Foss <Unicycle@aol.com> writes:
> >
> >>It's time for the IUF to make a decision on Skill Levels. This is a call
> >>for opinions from anybody, but I'm especially looking for opinions or
> >>feedback from the other members of the IUF Skill Levels Committee. Last
> >>summer, the USA switched a pair of skills between levels 5 and 6, moving
> >>'hop standing on wheel 5 times' to level 5, and 'walk the wheel for 10
> >>meters' to level 6.
> >
> >Unless I'm mistaken, that's the way it was, not the recent change.
>
> Oops. Dennis is correct. 'Walk the wheel' is now USA level 5, and 'hop
> standing on wheel' is USA level 6. Should IUF also make this change? So far
> I have only heard from two people. Are theirs the only opinions on this
> matter?
>
> John Foss
I don't have an opinion on these two skills, but I do think that if you start
tinkering with the skills you will never stop. The list has various
inconsistencies, at least to me. For example:
I think idling one-footed with either foot (level 5) is easier than riding
one-footed(level 4).
I've found riding backwards, idling, and doing a 360 degree turn (level 4) to
be easier than riding over a 10x10 block(level 3).
Now, people will disagree with my list, and that's fine. My point is that
everyone has their disagreements with the list, and in the end the placement
is somewhat arbitrary. Comparing wheel walking and hopping is just one of the
issues that can be brought up.
Beirne
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