Unicon XIII and anti-doping measures

yep thought exactly the same actually.

And why are you allowed more alcohol in your blood for powerboating
than any other sport? 3 times more than Boules!

do we have any idea how much they intend to test for this stuff?

and why isn't malt-loaf in the performance enhancement list?

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Loosemoose said:

Looks like Koxx won't be winning anything this year.

Loose.

I seriously doubt that the Koxx people are the only ones at Unicon who
smoke pot.

If this is strictly enforced, it could be needlessly embarrassing to a
lot of people.

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Cool 😄 Unicon is getting into a professional way! It's good to know
that the Unicycle World Championship is a serious championship!

All competitors will make exams?

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Jethro said:

I seriously doubt that the Koxx people are the only ones at Unicon who
smoke pot.

If this is strictly enforced, it could be needlessly embarrassing to a
lot of people.

Needlessly embarrasing? You shouldn't be smoking pot during a
competition. If you want to smoke pot, do it in a forrest while hugging
trees, not during a race or other form of competition.

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DustinSchaap said:

Needlessly embarrasing? You shouldn't be smoking pot during a
competition.

What about the 10-20 days leading up to the competition?

I don't smoke pot, but I know that there are at least a couple of
members of my club who do. I would hate to see them get disqualified
for it, since it is in no way a performance enhancing drug.

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DustinSchaap said:

Needlessly embarrasing? You shouldn't be smoking pot during a
competition. If you want to smoke pot, do it in a forrest while hugging
trees, not during a race or other form of competition.

I dunno what tests they use, but I know employment drug testing regimes
detect pot any time up to about a month after usage. That's reportedly
one of the reasons city bankers use cocaine rather than other drugs, as
it only stays in your body for a much shorter time.

It seems like it'd be a bit depressing if anyone is serious enough
about unicycling to take performance enhancing drugs for it. Even more
depressing if some poor person is disqualified for taking drugs that
surely don't enhance performance in sport.

The good news is that you can still get as drunk as you like.

Joe

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oh well if you can get drunk thats alright, i dont see the point in any
other sort of drug (except medicenes lol, theyre good😄 )

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Does this mean that Cannabinoids have been confirmed as "performance
enhancing" and would therefore impart an unfair advantage over those
who don't indulge?

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I remember one group being send away from FLUCK for using pot at the
convention... can't remember what team it was though 🙄

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Townsvile is where the powerpuff girls live 🙂

manon1wheel said:

no offense but deads look plain old gross...

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Fascinating. In the past I have always joked that you can dope all you
want, because we have no budget for testing, therefore anything we say
you can't have in your system is meaningless. But this year it's
possible that may not be the case. Yes, I think you'd have to be a
"dope" to dope for unicycle racing, as it won't exactly get you a
college scholarship or entry into "professional" unicycle sports. 🙂

I have no problems with using an anti-doping policy that follows
international standards for multiple other sports, though they should
put this information on the Unicon web site so nobody is caught off
guard.

I would like to know more about this but apparently the latest Unicon
newsletter is not yet posted on the Unicon web site, and I haven't been
getting them. I just sent a contact message to the organizers asking
about why, and why I can't seem to login to the site.

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It would've been more fair if they posted this info before you had to
commit yourself to a decision as to whether you'll be competing or
not(and pay extra money if you are competing). It would've been even
more fair if they left marijuana out of this altogether. All it can do
is help you create weirdly creative lines in street.

Incidentally, I'm a non-competitor🙂

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Ugh! I wanted to do the street comp drunk!
sarcasm...

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I remember at Unicon13 (in 2006, this one is 14, Loosemoose!), I sat on
the benches watching freestyle competition next to a Swiss couple who
were no unicyclists at all, just locals who had a nice evening out.
They asked me about the doping policy of Unicon and I almost had to
laugh because such a thing was unheard of in our sport. Now we have
this official announcement.

On the one hand I'm glad that the sport apparently takes itself more
seriously. On the other hand, it does away with some of the 'free
spirit' that surrounds Unicons. Not to mention that the announcement
was way too late, as ivan wrote already.

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I thought this was a late April fools day joke at first.

This is kind of depressing news, I'd unrealistically hoped that
unicycling would stay laid-back forever.

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wait, people are surprised that Unicon does not condone illegal
activity?

and if your weed use is to the extent that you actually wouldn't go and
compete in Unicon because of it, I think you have problems.

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"and if your weed use is to the extent that you actually wouldn't go and
compete in Unicon because of it, I think you have problems.'

Don't know about pot smokers in general, but for the former roommate I
had long ago that smoked it, it was very definitely the most important
thing in his life.

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pedrotejada said:

Cool 😄 Unicon is getting into a professional way! It's good to know
that the Unicycle World Championship is a serious championship!

I agree. Good for them.

I daresay, anyone who does drugs at a competition -deserves- to be
embarrassed.

And I almost left out the "competition" part. 🙂

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kington99 said:

wait, people are surprised that Unicon does not condone illegal
activity?

Will they throw people out for jaywalking, or failing to declare the
havarti they have in their suitcase, or stopping at an Amsterdam
brothel on the way to Unicon? How would any of this be any of Unicon's
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forrestunifreak said:

I agree. Good for them.

I daresay, anyone who does drugs at a competition -deserves- to be
embarrassed.

And I almost left out the "competition" part. 🙂

I think that's a little broad. Deserves to be embarrassed, maybe if
they are intentionally taking performance enhancing drugs to beat you
out in a comp... but marijuana would in no way do this, why is it
included in this list? Why is not tobbacco and alcohol?

I don't think that drug testing is at all necessary. If people want to
use performance enhancing drugs, all the better for me and my trials
video watching habits.

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