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Edits and Performance Enhancing Drugs.

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EMK
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I just read this article, http://johannhari.com/2008/05/06/my-experiment-with-smart-drugs/

Obviously I thought "I wonder if that could make me focus on skiing better?" focus, I find is often my problem you see, I can ski much better on rare occasions where things just work in my head, I know I'm physically capable of being a better skier there is a solid theory there that drugs like this could make a skier like me much better. So I continued in my head "i could try it and film a wee edit or something" "Would that be cheating? yeh. na, you can't cheat who drug tests your fucking edit. who needs to though? you know you cheated."

I decided I couldn't film an edit on a drug like this if it worked how i imagined it could. I'm probably never going to take it at all. I'm never going to take steroids either but what if i did? would it be unethical? Do you think it would actually be cheating, seeing as I don't ski comps? How would you feel if you found out skiers we watch in edits take drugs to help them ski better - either by enhancing their mental or physical ability?

This article has got me thinking.
May 23 2013 11:51AM
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Big_Spence
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Skiing needs more drug testing.
May 23 2013 12:13PM
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Saga.
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I'm willing to bet a fair amount already do this. Not with the drugs you are referring to though.
May 23 2013 12:16PM
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Big_Spence
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saga team van:

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May 23 2013 12:18PM
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Jib-Sauce
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Why don't people just learn to ski better the right way?
May 23 2013 12:19PM
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Saga.
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For the sake of discussion what would you say is "the right way" to learn to ski better?
May 23 2013 12:34PM
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Turkelton
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This remind anyone of Limitless? I could imagine Bobby sweating and puking, trying to find the next pill so he doesn't die horribly, and ends up in a big wall street scandal with Robert De Niro and nearly gets killed by gangsters in Keystone and then at the end of X Games tells De Niro to get out of his slopestyle course and then bamalam, he's taking the pills again.

Watch Limitless, you'll get it
May 23 2013 12:36PM
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jermhy
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I've heard that the better you are at partying, the better you get at skiing.
May 23 2013 12:38PM
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Saga.
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The pills are similar to the ones in limitless. If you read peoples first hand accounts of taking them they relate the feeling to what you see in the movie but not quite to the extreme of limitless. Its pretty interesting stuff to check out actually.
May 23 2013 12:38PM
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Turkelton
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Get Lessons first to get good at actual riding
Find some friends who are way better than you
Progress quickly to keep up with their level
Be friends forever

May 23 2013 12:47PM
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404404
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Anyone what to guess what skiers use Adderall?




May 23 2013 1:36PM
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LiquorLanch
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Crushing it and smoking it with their weed or taking the pill?


May 23 2013 1:42PM
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404404
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Its called a COCK-TAIL in the skiing world.

1 40oz malt liquor
1 adderall (crushed)
10 grams of Kratom
5 Spliffs rolled, lit, and then dropped into the 40

Win the X-Games.
May 23 2013 1:48PM
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Randy_Quench
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I support the testing of drugs in the ski industry. What drugs are we testing?
May 23 2013 1:50PM
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CashmereCat
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Chug is the perfect example.
May 23 2013 1:53PM
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SSteezle
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If you're talking blazing you'd be surprised at the amount of pros that burn, its awesome
May 23 2013 1:59PM
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Peter.
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i am now really interested in this drug

way to go
May 23 2013 2:51PM
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OGHolliday
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Anyone who doubts the credibility of this doesn't understand how many times Tanner has won X-Games.
May 23 2013 3:10PM
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250r
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certain drugs definitely improve some peoples skiing. Acid, mdma, and dexirine have all made me feel more focused and confident in my skiing. maybe a bit less focus with mdma, but it just feels fucking awesome, especially in pow. Acid and dexis though really put me in the zone, they let me quite down everything else in my head and really think only about skiing. With that being said i can see nootropic drugs having merit in skiing. Ive tried some of them before, and a lot of them dont really do anything, but im sure if you found one that works for you it could be pretty beneficial to your skiing
May 23 2013 3:26PM
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Mr_Bump
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Acid gave you focus while skiing?!

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May 23 2013 4:12PM
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EMK
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What you are saying might be a joke but if you consider that some of these drugs are used to treat ADHD and then how many of the most insanely good skiers in the world seem to show signs of having that disorder. Its not unlikely that tanner has taken adderall or ritalin everyday since he was a young boy.
May 23 2013 4:37PM
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DERS.
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performance enhancing drugs hmm.....

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May 23 2013 5:33PM
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250r
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haha well i guess i should have said a low dose...no taking 6 hits of acid will not make you a better skier, but i find taking like half a hit or maybe a full one really puts me in the zone
May 23 2013 8:04PM
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Toaster-Tony
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Oh my god, it's happening.

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May 23 2013 8:42PM
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Master_Debater
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Acid makes me kill it as well. I don't even have to think about skiing on it my body just does it, and I always luck out when it seems like im gonna eat shit hard.
May 23 2013 9:18PM
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Good_Deed
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May 23 2013 9:34PM
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PoopDollar
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Will these be available in the NS store??
May 24 2013 1:58AM
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Hughes
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Without this, Andy wouldn't be a wizard.
May 24 2013 10:37AM
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scarsimd
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i beg to differ
May 24 2013 10:53AM
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Online_Alien
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Funny thing is, I think we all know there are far more skiers taking drugs than not. Olympic-dreaming-comp-jocks are an exception, drug tests don't pass themselves...

Drugs add to the skiing experience in so many ways, why not take some? Just don't take ones you can' handle your shit with, that's when it gets dangerous.

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