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.

Team Japan 1ft spin 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 Treyflip Wheelhopping Krisztian Kovácz doing Crank Roll

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.

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

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.

Rocco Schulz in Bad Wildbad A boy taking the hill Jamey Mossengren fighting the hill

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.

Marathon start at Unicon 14 Beau and Nathan Hoover on the Alps Unitour Ken Looi racing the marathon

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, even though there are races where the slowest is the winner.

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.

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

Basketball

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

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