Human potential.
The Liver King steroid scandal has stunned many corners of this great globe but none more than the one occupied by surfers. Performance enhancing drugs are generally not central to the conversation of those who find pleasure on the ocean’s waves but with professionals who compete at the highest levels advertising banned substances on social media and the clearly non-existent testing conducted by the World Surf League, many are wondering if they should be.
Might a little injection of pure testosterone give one the guts to paddle Teahupo’o, for example?
Well, noted surf personality interview Joe Rogan waded straight into the waters this weekend and used his new enemy, the once-great mixed martial artist Conor McGregor, as his punching bag.
McGregor, you certainly recall, bashed Rogan last week, calling him a “f*cking tick” while declaring, “Proper Twelve blow the jaw off you stick to that other gick boondock head.”
So Rogan’s latest guest was a performance enhancing drug expert and the two discussed McGregor’s astounding new musculature with Rogan declaring, “He’s taking his shirt off and posing constantly and he looks like his piss would melt that USADA cup. Like it would just like burn a hole right through the bottom of that USADA cup.”
The USADA is, of course, the United States Anti-Doping Agency.
And this spike in anabolic steroid interest hasn’t been so great since Brian “The Boz” Bosworth was playing football in Erik Logan’s Oklahoma. Since Ivan Drago went toe to with Rocky Balboa in Moscow on Christmas Day.
And, thus, I ask again for surfers everywhere. Should one of our heroes or heroines give it all a go?
Is one already giving it a go?
Human potential.
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Anabolic steroids have some nasty side effects and can be carcinogenic. But hey, who among us hasn’t wanted to grow our own breasts? https://www.drugs.com/cdi/a…
Have friends that pop that shit like candy before surfing on good days. They can’t sit still in the lineup totally unconscious of paddling around people to snag the next one…
Where is the smoke?
https://www.researchgate.ne…
and
https://youtu.be/su89gM_yz9…
Plus, plus all the vag.
LolUFC
Works for Raimana.
Quote—-“The increased physical responses are one of the major reasons why athletes take amphetamines. Amphetamines are known to increase:
cognitive response,
speed,
reaction time.
Quote—“There is nothing new about athletes using performance enhancing drugs to win games and do better at their sport. Now that steroids are easily detectable in the bloodstream and testing is mandatory for professional athletes, they have found a new way to enhance performance and try to gain an edge against their opponents. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, this new way is through amphetamines, many of them legal treatments for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder”.
Omg. All these nicknames. Can you just use diagrams or not report on stupid ish? One or the other bro.
Well said…
true – majority to get massive quick but its the ones who take things to enhance recovery time – i reckon more likely derivatives HGH would be used surfing wise injury etc
You guys are missing the point—recovering time from what? – a surf session? A surf contest isnt about endurance or strength, a 45 minute heat isn’t very long, it’s about high performance.
Hgh or roids aren’t gonna sharpen your reflexes. which surfing is really about—reacting to the breaking wave in split seconds, while uppers sharpen, quicken your reflexes.
I am not talking about ” speed based” derivatives, I am not talking about recovering from a session – its from an injury – eg JJFs knee ( not saying he did that at all) – but getting pressure from sponsors outside sources to be back from injury is where would benefit – say back knee shoulder etc
You don’t need a steady diet, just an occasional one before a heat.
See below. That’s why uppers would probably be less noticeable, and still give an advantage.
I’m sure someone has – you dont take roids just to get massive!! you take them because you can double your workload, or come back from injury faster so you can dbl your recovery rehab – so its not just getting huge.
If not roids sure someone would be on HGH for same as above.
Like a pack mule?!? With a yoke or something? Who owns them and what work are they needing to be all swolled up for?
Ya, surfers don’t want to ‘bulk-up’ and then have to ride bigger slower boards—‘speed’ is of the essence.
Chas, I don’t think roids are an issue—(surfers are already in pretty good shape), if a surfer wants an added advantage, all he has to do is pop a bennie, (upper), before his heat—he’ll paddle faster and have quicker reflexes..
I think that’s the issue you need to look at.
“pop a bennie”? OK Kojak.
Rocky IV was the best Rocky
Beach McGrit
If all you have to do in life is surf, and you’re banging roids….FY!
Quit taking that ish so seriously and surf.