Luckily, snowboarding has not gotten to Major League Baseball nor pro cycling levels of drug scandal, but as this LA Times story points out, drug testing is a pain in the ass for everyone who hopes to snowboarding in the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.
The United States Anti-Doping Agency actually requires snowboarders to submit their schedule so they can be available to be tested for 60 minutes every day for three months sometime during the 12 months before the Olympic games. Then there are the surprise visits. . .
Mason Aguirre, 21, recalls the rap on the door of his Mammoth Lakes home by a representative of the United States Anti-Doping Agency during the summer as he slept with his girlfriend. . . . “I wake up in a daze and have to wrap a towel around me, and I open my door and it’s like a 60-year-old dude,” Aguirre says. “And he’s like, ‘Hi, I’m Paul. I’m with USADA and I’m here to watch you pee in a cup.’ “
At the US Grand Prix at Boreal the woman pictured above was there to “chaperone” top female competitors and make sure that only their urine was making it in the cup during post event testing. For a complete understanding of how crazy intrusive the USADA has gotten follow the link.
[Link: LA Times]
I think thats crazy for them to do. All the USADA is trying to do is control the sport. Its one of the last free spirit sports if you ask me. Thats what snowboarding is about. Chillin and hang out with your friends. laughing and shredding pow/park/pipe, which ever it may be. Now they are gonna come in and ruin everything. Its not like pot enhances your riding skills.
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Its just, ” to each his own”
why come in and nazi the sport.
I say boycott the Olympics. And keep snowboarding Rooted!!
Stick it to the man!!
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