Drug Testing at US Halfpipe Grand Prix

Easy on mate. I was just sharing a thought and no need for you to be cunt.

And I assure you, it is entirely possible.
 
come on, we're skiers not football players playing for NFL organizations who drug test in order to be politically correct wtf is this shit
 
however since ski pipe is going to be in the olympics it makes sense that we should "play by their rules"
 
It's fairly common knowledge that certain cough syrups contain codeine (which is a banned substance obviously), and the list of flu, cold and asthma medication that contain banned substances is enormous.
 
some suit must have watched like a lion and got super outraged.

at least they are dropping fair warning that is legit.
 
Ross Rebliagatti? dunno some crazy last name like that
Personally i feel that if someone can wreck the rest of the competitors while on any performance inhibiting drug (heroin, weed, alcohol, lsd etc) then more power too them. I can see why fis would want to stop them from shit like this though cause i guess some people think it sets a bad example.
 
wow. anybody who thinks this is a bad thing is just ignorant. and if you like the idea of the olympics, then you are gunna have to learn to like the idea of this too
 
yeah, even if it doesn't affect performance do you REALLY want skiiers going to represent their country at the olympics and get tested positive for THC???
 
I wonder how much better my pipe game will be after I shoot some roids haha weed is awesome but in all seriousness it's the olympics just wait ricky Williams
 
I guess its a good thing i dont like the idea of halfpipe in the olympics. Cause this and the olympics are dumb, rally dumb, fo' real
 
Our sport was created by mogul skiers who got tired of the FIS rules and regulations on their sport, and now we have come full circle, I am scared to see what our sport will be like in 10 years.....Will it turn into racing and moguls? I hope not.....
 
Shit is reciprocal.

Also in 1998 Ross Rebagliatti (sp?) was stripped of his snowboard halfpipe gold medal for testing positive for THC.
 
ya Spriggs. this shit is seriously whack. the question is WHY? Pro's have been high for the past decade and its all helped to push the sport.
 
I think he may be talking about stuff like Broncaid, which is over the counter medicine that contains ephedrine sulfate and is illegal during season in sports like cycling.
 
thats awesome. do all of the competitors we know and love blaze before a run? i never really thought about it.
 
In absolutely no way does the introduction of drug testing into one small sector of our overall sport indicate we are turning 'back' into racing and moguls. I am quite sure that the original mogul skiers who started freeskiing did not start freeskiing because of drug testing.
 
Drug testing is just the tip of the FIS iceberg, but we will see..... they started freeskiing because of the rules and regulations FIS started putting on the sport and lack of overall fun (too damn serious ).....
 
But if skiing isnt included in the Olympics we will never have our own Shaun White and nobody at school will think skiing is cool!
 
If you want ski halfpipe to be in the Olympics, drug testing is part of the game. Better get used to it.

You can't have it both ways... WADA drug testing is standard across all sports. It's only fair.
 
Uhhh, Silken Laumann lost her gold medal in Rowing when she tested positive for pseudoephedrine/sudafed in the Olympics. Her team doc gave her cold medicine for congestion, it's a banned substance.

Sorry but you're wrong.
 
who says we want freeskiing in the olympics. it started with all the skiers that were sick of the FIS and rules they were making for competitions. like spriggs said its came full circle to what they were trying to avoid.
 
Uhhh I'm pretty sure there's a ton of threads on here about getting pipe skiing into the Olympics, and there's a FB group with a few thousand people in it. I'm pretty sure a LOT of people in NS want to see skiing in the olympics.

Search Olympic Halfpipe I'm pretty sure a bunch of threads will pop up, and you can see for yourself. Point is, if you want the sport to be in the Olympics that means standardized drug testing, and FIS judging/scoring/qualifying.

You can't complain about it not being in the Olympics, then complain about drug testing or FIS judging, it's part of the package.

Maybe you personally don't want ski halfpipe in the Olympics, but there's a large movement that does want it involved. Especially from this site.
 
personally im indifferent as i will never be in the olympics. theres alot of pros and cons of it gettin in and i just see it pushing the competition scene downhill, which i also dont really care about as i dont compete either. i just dont want to see mandatory straight airs like what they have in snowboarding.

 
it appears that no pros will be competing this year....

or are there any pros out there that are clean?
 
I don't know about that, personally, i think drug testing is a really good thing, in any sport. If you just want to get high and ski, i've got nothing against that, but if you're winning the x-games, competing in international competetions and world champions, I think there should be drug testing keeping athletes in check.

Just my opinion.

This has become an interesting thread. Wish NS had more of these.
 
Exactly, these athletes are role models and in the public eye. Drug testing is supposed to even the playing field and ensure there is no cheating or performance enhancing supplement use. Also, it ensures the athletes are clean. As marijuana is illegal in most countries it makes sense that it is a banned substance. This goes for all sports across the board.

As much as the community on here is "pro-weed" you can't have it being socially acceptable for these future Olympians to be toking up, it would never fly. Young children, even teens idiolize and look up to these athletes, and the the Olympic Motto is higher, faster, stronger. It's about athletic prowess, and ability. Where do drugs fit in to that?

Athletes in every other sport manage to be clean, still perform/compete and have fun. Why should halfpipe skiing be an exception to this? If advancement of their sport, and involvement in the Olympics is more important to them I'm sure they are capable of giving up marijuana for a few years. It just comes down to what's more important. Getting high or competing in the Olympics? They can always smoke up again once they retire, or go back to just the pro circuit and stop competing in FIS events.
 
Why should it matter? Even if its performance inhancing its not like theres not performance enhancing equipment and clothing and training. It called technology and anyone could do any of the drugs if they wanted so its not really an advantage. Is it? Just means being straight edge would be, just like having straight 210 skiis would be. They are both choices.
 
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