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Drug Testing at US Halfpipe Grand Prix

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afpworldtour
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Hello Athletes,

Spread the word! This year the US Halfpipe Grand Prix will be administering drug tests.

So to anyone who plans to compete in ski halfpipe at the Grand Prix, Copper Mountain December 8-10, know that drug testing will be administered at random and to the top 3 finishers.

For more information on FIS Anti-Doping rules, check out:
http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/medical/fisanti-doping/medicalantidoping/rulesandforms.html

*FIS World Championships in February will be administering drug tests as well for both ski halfpipe and ski slopestyle.

Please pass this information along to all athletes.

Have a great season,
from your friends at the AFP

Steele Spence
General Manager
Association of Freeskiing Professionals



Nov 22 2010 4:14PM
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BMskier
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looks like kevin rolland has a clear chance of winning this one
Nov 22 2010 4:15PM
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Shlogan
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good thing tanner isn't competing
Nov 22 2010 4:24PM
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ski@jaypeak2
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is THC a performance enhancing drug?
Nov 22 2010 4:25PM
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thesheik
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Nov 22 2010 4:25PM
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dmc12380
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thc is defieantly a performance enhancing drug.

it makes everything better
Nov 22 2010 4:26PM
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tuna.
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lulz, you know the "how to pass a drug test tomorrow" threads are gonna get mysteriously bumped around competition time.
Nov 22 2010 4:28PM
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207
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well there goes Tanner.
Nov 22 2010 4:29PM
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.Annydrew.
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this haha.
Nov 22 2010 4:30PM
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MarkieR
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what if you have a medical card (california and colorado residents) and compete? are you allowed to test positive for reefer then?
Nov 22 2010 4:34PM
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the_king
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TROLL
Nov 22 2010 4:39PM
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KapitolPhoto
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Haha.
Nov 22 2010 4:39PM
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pussymoneyweed
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ill burn your house down
Nov 22 2010 4:39PM
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t_rob
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Weed is prohibited.

S8. CANNABINOIDS
Natural or synthetic Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and THC-like cannabinoids
(e.g. hashish, marijuana, HU-210) are prohibited.
Nov 22 2010 4:40PM
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jensen
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this is a really good question and i am interested to see how it plays out...
Nov 22 2010 4:41PM
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*Dos*Planker*
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haha i giggled at this
Nov 22 2010 4:44PM
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MrLarsen
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If we want skiing to be in the olympics, we'll also have to do get used to drug testing. And I doubt anyone will be able to get a free pass for cannabis with a doctors notice (atleast not if WADA is running the show, which they will be doing before and at olympics)
Nov 22 2010 4:48PM
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tacobellslayer
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i got a good laugh
Nov 22 2010 4:57PM
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BestDamnSkier
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Competitions are ruining skiing. Might as well become a racer.
Nov 22 2010 4:58PM
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Mike-O
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Competitions have absolutely no effect on the way YOU are skiing, so shut the fuck up.
Nov 22 2010 5:00PM
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=FLO=
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Damn Steele, GM of the AFP is a pretty sweet job to land, congrats!
Nov 22 2010 5:01PM
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jeremy.g
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i feel like testing for any performance enhancing drug is a good thing to be doing. but pot? really? that is in no way performance enhancing.
Nov 22 2010 5:04PM
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*TURBONERD*
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Yeah, props to you Steele, I wondered where you went!
Nov 22 2010 5:11PM
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Style+eeze
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I'll sell clean pee for $100 a pop! Get at me
Nov 22 2010 5:17PM
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snomaster
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NO.

but Jonny Mosely got around this, and that Canadian snowboarder in a fag suit... though that was in the stone age of 1998.
Nov 22 2010 5:27PM
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*TURBONERD*
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Wait... Mosely smokes?
Nov 22 2010 5:29PM
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shralpingthegnar
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Lame.    Just like the Olympics.   Terje was right.
Nov 22 2010 5:30PM
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Dbit
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I disagree. We idolize pro skiiers and much of our sport and lifestyle revolves around these pros and the ski industry. Companies sponsor pros, we buy their products. We also ski in the styles of our favorite skiiers. What happens in the comp scene plays a huge role in how we ski. Its also the reason why there are so many people on this forum. Thats why drug tests are a real issue.

Personally I don't feel thc is a performance enhancing drug and shouldn't be tested for. Only known drugs to enhance performance should.
Nov 22 2010 5:32PM
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howlongcanausern
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pretty simple to understand: thc is illegal.

bitches don't know bout federal jurisdiction
Nov 22 2010 5:40PM
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jensen
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Are you calling me a bitch? Do you know me? Do you know my understanding of medical marijuana or federal jurisdiction? Didn't think so.
Nov 22 2010 5:47PM
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snomaster
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none of that shit matters. The FIS and the IOC can make up any rule they want, and they do.
Nov 22 2010 6:37PM
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miketheskier88
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Looks like someone needs to stop posting and start smoking...
Nov 22 2010 6:39PM
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Film.
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Ha so true
Nov 22 2010 6:43PM
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Gnarcoma
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We may as well ban anybody who's ever had a driving ticket from competing as well.   Speeding is illegal, too.

Nov 22 2010 6:45PM
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00000000
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*sigh*
Nov 22 2010 6:51PM
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Imagination
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Ohhh...

What about battery acid?

Nov 22 2010 6:52PM
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MADDECENT
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haha. Like anybody would smoke spice anyway
Nov 22 2010 6:53PM
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t_rob
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totally a report on it on the abc world news right when you posted that. You watching?
Nov 22 2010 6:59PM
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BrownEyeIn
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C'mon guys, I mean, we all know how much a performance enhancing drug weed is.

Im pretty sure piss tests for dope / weed are just put in place so you can make a big publicity stunt over nothing if a rider tests positive.

go fis
Nov 22 2010 6:59PM
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jamodeo
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sucks to be a pipe skier
Nov 22 2010 7:00PM
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alexat955
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Look at his name. Hehehe
Nov 22 2010 7:03PM
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Thenowhereman42
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Its also illegal for California state officials to enforce a federal law when a state law directly contradicts it and California courts (where you get tried) enforce California laws, not federal ones.

That said there is no way in hell that a prescription would exempt you from the drug testing.
Nov 22 2010 7:08PM
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MrLarsen
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Well, strict enforcement of anti-doping rules is normal for all competition sports in europe. Not just the ones governed by FIS (and IOC when it comes to the olympics)
Nov 22 2010 7:10PM
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CassiusClay
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Exactly, weed shouldn't be tested for.  Who honestly gives a fuck if a skier smokes weed and places in a major competition?  More props to him/her.

Nov 22 2010 7:10PM
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deleted5
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no if they don't want you to smoke they don't want you to smoke. in wallmart in co if you fail even with a card they wont hire you
Nov 22 2010 7:11PM
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Uncle.Badness
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Why do you fucking care, it's not like any of you are going to be competing... They can make up any rule they want, and if it's no weed, then it's no weed. Stop complaining and get the fuck over it, you fucking weed obsessed 14 year olds are so obnoxious.
Nov 22 2010 8:48PM
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--ski--
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Nicely said.
Nov 22 2010 8:55PM
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Girays_Brother
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another reason FIS is gay as fuck
Nov 22 2010 9:19PM
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hawaiiansteeze
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i think its broke as fuck there drug testing, like smokin tree is gona make you get any better. let the athletes do what they want
Nov 22 2010 9:26PM
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--ski--
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It's not fucking pot you have to watch for, it is shit like cough medicine and flu tablets. Most of that shit contains shit like pseudoephedrine etc. You get caught with that in your system and your fucked.
Nov 22 2010 9:34PM
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MADDECENT
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haha no
Nov 22 2010 9:37PM
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