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I feel "Blind" When I Spin to Fast...

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fsscott
Posts: 4684 - Karma: 114
Hey NS!

I recently landed my first FS 450 off ( which I'm pretty stolked on) and I noticed that when I spin fast and turn my head continuously to look for the landing, that I'm basically blind and can't see anything until the landing comes around.

Is there anything I can do to make me able to see more around the spin, cause just hucking off of stuff is very progressive, but I would like to have a little more control. Am I just not comfortable? Am I actually closing my eyes? I dunno...

Thanks guys!
Jan 4 2008 10:46PM
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GangstaKid
Posts: 464 - Karma: 3

i some times black out if i spin to fast.

Jan 4 2008 10:49PM
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zylstra
Posts: 3613 - Karma: 125
same here its wierd
Jan 4 2008 10:56PM
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richards
Posts: 2177 - Karma: 11

scott where have you been during the break?

and ive been having hte same problem!

Jan 4 2008 10:56PM
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InfernoHits
Posts: 4755 - Karma: 192
If your spinning your not going to be going around and be like oh look a child and hm... theres the lift. Spinning, for the most part is blind. Its a feel thing. When I spin I only really look for the grab, grab it, hold it, and then on my last 180 to 270 around I find the landing.
Jan 4 2008 10:57PM
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VT_scratch
Posts: 8710 - Karma: 5,615
even when I do 360s i cant see where im goin. i can just feel the roatation and no when to stop or w.e.

congrats on the 450!
Jan 4 2008 11:03PM
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Piste.Off
Posts: 11586 - Karma: 1,861
i think everyone has this same problem. when i do a fast spin i kinda know whats going on but im really just staring at my grab. the last 90 degress is when i see the landing. but switch takeoffs are easier to spot your landing through out your spin
Jan 4 2008 11:04PM
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Silence
Posts: 16030 - Karma: 149
Word i think this is definitely a common issue.

I'm useless - somehow i'm ALWAYS blind when i spin. I end up hoping for the best
Jan 4 2008 11:26PM
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Edward.
Posts: 9366 - Karma: 445
yea i used to close my eyes sometimes wen i did 3's my first year doing them. it felt so much more comfortable, but now most of the time i can look around and stuff
Jan 5 2008 12:07AM
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Alex_G
Posts: 11902 - Karma: 1,018
You know, if your body is in good healthy cardiovascular shape, you won't black out as easily in higher G-forces because the blood flow is much better.
Jan 5 2008 12:11AM
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caylorswift
Posts: 10695 - Karma: 312
try not smoking weed and skiing

its helped me quite a bit.

plus it makes blazing after skiing all that much more awesome.
Jan 5 2008 12:34AM
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chicken
Posts: 6843 - Karma: 2,122
yeah its same for me. I cant visualize what something like a 7 looks like. you just kinda do it. i know im not blind but like the only thing you look at for long enough for it to register is the landing.
Jan 5 2008 1:08AM
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jahmin44
Posts: 638 - Karma: 37

after i land all i remember is like the last or first 180.

Jan 5 2008 3:44AM
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tele_tom
Posts: 135 - Karma: 10
ditto. it's one of those "muscle memory" things
Jan 5 2008 4:24AM
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Billek
Posts: 5665 - Karma: 98
I can tell vaguely what I am doing in the air, a lot of it isjust air sense, like knowing where I am in the rotation, you kinda have to try and be a compass.  Something that helps me is having a goal in the air, like "If I want to do this fs 450, out, I just plan on landing switch, whicha I am able to tell easily during the last 90 degrees or so.
Jan 5 2008 6:42AM
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alexL
Posts: 512 - Karma: 28
i feel for the grabs too when i spin its totally by feeling and i guess i just know when the landings coming and such
Jan 5 2008 8:40AM
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Nicholas.
Posts: 10905 - Karma: 60
i look over my shoulder and its not that bad.
Jan 5 2008 9:30AM
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TheQuailman
Posts: 7381 - Karma: 144
At first your spin will feel blind, it probably felt the same for 360s (except for the landing).  But as you do them more and more you are able to know where you are in the spin.  For fives, I spin as if I'm doing a three but go a little faster and spin a little faster.  I spin the three and as I spot my landing I put in the last 180.

A good trick that helped me (and makes sure your eyes aren't closed), Is to after the first 180, look up at your sorroundings, then look back down for your landing.
Jan 5 2008 10:21AM
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