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Re: Too mask dependant?
Posted By: Don Beale In Response To: Re: Too mask dependant? (risto)
Date: Monday, 20 November 2000, at 12:16 p.m.
: ...and its not just seeing (your paddle.. or...?). There's also the nose and
: that lovely feeling when the water rushes in your sinuses!I'll change my tune later, but right now I'm not too concerned about the nose. If you breathe out a little the water doesnt get too far up, and it's a good excuse to clear the crap out on the way up anyway!
: Luckily one gets used to both with a bit of practice, although rolling
: without any nose protection probably cuts the number of tries to max 2,
: unless one actually has those thousands of rolls (with no masks etc.)
: already under one's belt.: While the un-protected nose will cut the time one can hang upside down, I
: actually suspect that learning to roll "blind" ie. eyes shut in
: the end will improve the rollers performance.: There is no reliable way to know if the blade will bite by just looking, one
: needs to feel this. So by not looking at all one is just eliminating one
: (rather useless) variable from the "equation".: One less thing to think about.
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