The answer, it turns out, is deceptively simple. It's the same reason fighter pilots can hit 5 G's without problem and acrobats can do flips and still keep their balance: They're used to it.
Joe Rosato Jr. at NBCWashington.com talked to a former pro skater, who keyed him into the secret:
Former National skating champion Shane Douglas said the key to getting over dizziness is to keep skating. "What we tell our students is keep spinning," said Douglas. "The more you do, the less dizzy you get." Douglas said it could take skaters about a year to get used to the dizziness.
So, skaters initially get dizzy, but then it becomes second nature. That's how we felt when we first got our monocle.
Techniques for initially dealing with the dizziness include staring at a fixed point, closing your eyes, and concentrating on something else.
Just like figure skaters can spin and keep spinning without any effects whatsoever, so can we get used to being creative every single day.
Why not?
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