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       A while back, I decided I wanted to teach myself how to unicycle. For anyone that doesn't know, a unicycle is a bicycle that has one wheel. It is extremely difficult to learn as it requires perfect balance and physical coordination. One must be able to not lean too far back or too far forward, but just enough to wheel the unicycle forward. With this being said, I convinced my parents to buy me a unicycle to start my practicing. However, once I got the unicycle, I quickly realized that this was going to be extremely difficult. As I got on the unicycle, I was immediately unable to balance. I wanted to ride around so badly right at the start, but that wasn't going to happen. So, I started by placing my unicycle near a wall, putting my hand on the wall, and just sitting on the cycle. I did this to start getting the feel for the unicycle. Then, I started to use the pedals to pedal back and forth while still being on the wall. This helped me to start getting the ped...

     When I was younger, I would always love to go skateboarding. I started skating when I was around 8 years old, and I couldn't stop. I started going to the skatepark constantly to improve my skills. I even ended up having to beg my mom during school days to take me to the skatepark for an hour so that I could have the enjoyment of riding my skateboard. I kept on skating until I was around 13 when I started to not do it as much. The reason being that this was the point when I became super busy with different extracurriculars and homework, which caused me to stop skateboarding as much. However, 4 years later, I rekindled my love for skateboarding after trying it again on my summer vacation.      My family for the past two years has taken a trip to California in the summer. Before we went, I was undecided if I should take my skateboard or not. After thinking about it for a while, I gave in and decided to bring my skateboard with the doubt that I would end u...