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EYESORE 9001

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6. Some people are just naturally resistant to the spin

Reply to rurallib (Original post)

Mon Feb 9, 2026, 06:01 PM

Feb 9

Like myself, for instance. I’m far from an Olympic skater, but I had a really cool swing when I was a kid. The ropes were parachute cord hung from a 20-ft-high tree branch. I could wind it up until my feet didn’t touch the ground - tighter with assistance. Spin for about 200 turns - faster if you tucked-in. The ropes would become a tightly-coiled, muscular propulsion method. Newbies often succumbed to motion sickness. It became notorious in the neighborhood as the spin’n’barf machine.

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OK - how do the figure skaters do all those spins without barfing? [View all] rurallib Feb 9 OP

I understand your question. bucolic_frolic Feb 9 #1

Good question, I almost barf while watching the spins...they still look cool... wcmagumba Feb 9 #2

That is about what happened. I watched this woman and thought rurallib Feb 9 #4

They Call It Spotting ProfessorGAC Feb 9 #3

Thanks! Gawd that must take a lot of training to do that. rurallib Feb 9 #5

Some people are just naturally resistant to the spin EYESORE 9001 Feb 9 #6

I was wondering if there were people who were kind of immune from the spin response rurallib Feb 9 #7

Are you familiar with the Rock-O-Plane? EYESORE 9001 Feb 9 #8

that was one that would make me barf just looking at it rurallib Feb 9 #9

I guess me & good ol' Ralphie Wiggums got something in common EYESORE 9001 Feb 10 #12

This one time? on the Rock-O-Plane? EYESORE 9001 Feb 10 #13

I got stuck in one of those. johnnyfins Feb 9 #10

Plus, the scariness like for the gymnasts losing bearings in flips. UTUSN Feb 10 #11