Blind Landing -

Whether you are spinning off a massive kicker on a snowboard or launching off a kick-ramp on a skateboard, there is one phrase that strikes fear into the heart of any rider: .

Just because it's a "blind" landing doesn't mean you never see the ground. On tricks like a backside 180 on a snowboard, you won't see the landing area during the flight. The key is to keep your head calm and look over your shoulder at the very last frame to "catch" the ground just as you touch down. blind landing

Doolittle’s experiment paved the way for the modern . Today, when you are on a commercial flight descending through a thick blanket of gray clouds and safely touch down on the tarmac, you are experiencing the direct evolution of that 1929 experiment. Whether you are spinning off a massive kicker