to everyone wearing glasses

mahhkohh · Post by **mahhkohh** » 19 Sep 2005 07:59

hi,i wear glasses,i need to when shredding,but i sweat like a bear in a steam booth,and then my glasses start to get slippy and slide of my nose,and since i need to look down for footbag i´m afraid to loose it and break it...
so what do u do to prevent your glasses from such hazzardous happenings???

thanks

Jeremy · Post by **Jeremy** » 19 Sep 2005 08:05

I don't wear glasses ever (or need to) but I would suggest getting like a strap to keep the glasses on your head. I also don't know if it really is neccessary to wear glasses while playing. I say this because my friend Glenn - who can juggle 7 balls and do some amazing other juggling tricks - 5 ball multi plexing patterns and 6 clubs and some other stuff - as well as getting some good footbag skills - is virtually blind and can't recognise people from 5 metres away - can't read a watch without glasses either - can't even tell how many fingers you're holding it up. But I don't really know - my eyesight was perfect last time I had it tested.

Blackend · Post by **Blackend** » 19 Sep 2005 08:30

I wear glasses, too. I don't have the problem with the slippage because I wear contacts all the time, but I lost my left one in a bout of drinking the other night and I can't find my lenses, so I have to wear glasses for a few days. What a bummer... I hope I'm not out of the left eye, because if I am, I'm screwed.

mahhkohh · Post by **mahhkohh** » 19 Sep 2005 08:45

hey jeremy...yeah the strapper is a good idea,i might try it.and why do u tell me that your friend is vitualy blind and stuff???does he shred with glasses?i tried it,but i get headake(sp?) when i do it for 1 hour or so,so i cant realy play without glasses!

to blackend:have u shredded with your glasses on?try it and u will see what i mean!i cant wear contacts cause my eyes are too wierdly shaped or something...i cant get contacts that would fit in my eyes!

Blackend · Post by **Blackend** » 19 Sep 2005 09:13

mahhkohh wrote:to blackend:have u shredded with your glasses on?try it and u will see what i mean!i cant wear contacts cause my eyes are too wierdly shaped or something...i cant get contacts that would fit in my eyes!

Actually, I have. Twice. The first time was when I drank a lot of Jack Daniel's and couldn't find my contacts, so I threw on the extra set of eyes and tried to kick at out to lunch. Bad idea. The second time was last night and it wasn't too bad.

WiGeek · Post by **WiGeek** » 19 Sep 2005 09:15

I just get black, thick framed glasses and they do the job. w00t w00t!

CIC flurry · Post by **CIC flurry** » 19 Sep 2005 09:52

If you can't wear contacts, don't they have snug fit glasses? the kind that spring toward ur head for a snug fit. i've seen people shred with glasses b4.

WiGeek · Post by **WiGeek** » 19 Sep 2005 09:55

Or else you can get the old people straps to go on the rear of your glasses...

Blackend · Post by **Blackend** » 19 Sep 2005 10:00

You could get the goggles that the basketball players use. Those are pretty damned snazzy.

mahhkohh · Post by **mahhkohh** » 19 Sep 2005 10:37

what?sorry i´m not so much into basketball or any other ball inccluding sports!exept footbag!

please could u post a pic of a player wearing this googles?or a pic of the googles itself,and maybe were i can get those?i dont think i could get something like this in germany?is this like a swimming google?

WiGeek · Post by **WiGeek** » 19 Sep 2005 10:39

Ductape the glasses to your ears?

mahhkohh · Post by **mahhkohh** » 19 Sep 2005 10:59

*LOL*

believe me,if this would make any sense,i´d try it...but i dont think this would work,since there is sweat behind my ears,and duckt tape wont stick on wet surfaces!

Chim-Chim · Post by **Chim-Chim** » 19 Sep 2005 11:02

maybe keep a towel nearby and dry off your face and ears after you pass the bag.

I wear glasses and I can't try spinning moves once I get sweaty or they go flying off

Tsiangkun · Post by **Tsiangkun** » 19 Sep 2005 11:08

Okay, to all the people suggesting straps. Those aren't for, what you think they are. They might keep your eyewear from flying off your face, but they aren't like a goggle strap that keeps the eyewear in place.

I just play without glasses, and have shorter runs.

mahhkohh · Post by **mahhkohh** » 19 Sep 2005 11:08

yeah by now i wear a towel like a bandana around my head,so not so much sweat runs down my face,but its not realy a golden way,there needs to be anything better...no spinning for me neither!apart from that i get dizzy after even a osis!

but thats another story!

slapdash21 · Post by **slapdash21** » 19 Sep 2005 11:41

i wear glasses...cant really see well enough to shred without em. and yeah, i drip with sweat too...it actually gets onto the surface of the glasses as well, further obscuring your vision, and yeah, when i do spins or ducks they slip a ton. i just have to keep wiping myself down with a towel or something, and also bending them in slightly at the hinge so it grips tighter...

Muffinman · Post by **Muffinman** » 19 Sep 2005 12:43

I take them off lately, but then it gets frustrating to not be able to see, so I will put them on for a bit, feel really great, then try to spin, and realize I can't with glasses on (because I sweat so much). I can't remember if it helps, but I sometimes wear a bandana too, and it may be tight enough to press the ends of the glasses into the side of my head, holding them on...I can't remember if they actually do that, though.

I used to wear glasses, but they've flown way off before too...I have the same sight problems...I can't see anything.

sen · Post by **sen** » 19 Sep 2005 12:50

Get an eye wear retainer!

I had this same problem . . . had a lense pop out on a spin. I got an eye wear retainer and I have no problems since. They rock. It's like a strap like been suggested that fit on the arm's of your glasses and works nicely to keep them in place.

I hope that made sence to someone.

Nathan · Post by **Nathan** » 19 Sep 2005 12:55

wear a headband over them?

WiGeek · Post by **WiGeek** » 19 Sep 2005 13:13

I just started learning spins...

Inside Del > 360 > Inside Del and such, and I have had no problems.

May I recommend Buddy Holly glasses cuz they work damn well for me