Comments on: Drinking on the job http://www.huckmagazine.com/features/drinking-on-the-job/ HUCK is a bi-monthly lifestyle magazine rooted in surf, skate and snowboarding. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:33:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Alejandra http://www.huckmagazine.com/features/drinking-on-the-job/comment-page-1/#comment-52023 Alejandra Sat, 30 Jan 2010 21:45:58 +0000 http://www.huckmagazine.com/?p=13635#comment-52023 You might get the impression that most riders are pissheads because the pissheads are the loudests but you don't hear them anymore when they end up in hospital with broken bones, do you? I get it that peer pressure can be tough when you are young but as you grow older you should be who you want to be without feeling the need to justify your choices. Also energy drinks are not better than alcohol. Ok they don't impair your riding abilities but it doesn't give you energy, it's a synthetic stimulant that gives your heart palpitations. You might get the impression that most riders are pissheads because the pissheads are the loudests but you don't hear them anymore when they end up in hospital with broken bones, do you?

I get it that peer pressure can be tough when you are young but as you grow older you should be who you want to be without feeling the need to justify your choices.

Also energy drinks are not better than alcohol. Ok they don't impair your riding abilities but it doesn't give you energy, it's a synthetic stimulant that gives your heart palpitations.

]]> By: Katie http://www.huckmagazine.com/features/drinking-on-the-job/comment-page-1/#comment-51395 Katie Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:57:08 +0000 http://www.huckmagazine.com/?p=13635#comment-51395 I've never been able to mix the two. It's always seemed pointless to even try. Don't get me wrong, I like a beer after a day up the hill, but when I was at uni the snowboard club was more about getting pissed than getting on the piste. I mean, why pay hundreds of pounds to go on a club trip to France only to get shitfaced and never make it up the hill? You could have done that at home. It didn't take long for me to realise though that most of the people on the trip had Mummy and Daddy paying for their holiday and their nice kit, unlike me, and so they could afford to waste these precious days. It made me and my mates seem like outsiders. for doing the thing we went there to do, and for enjoying our sport as much as we could. It's a bizarre situation to be in, but on reflection it's the pissheads that are the weirdoes. I've never been able to mix the two. It's always seemed pointless to even try. Don't get me wrong, I like a beer after a day up the hill, but when I was at uni the snowboard club was more about getting pissed than getting on the piste. I mean, why pay hundreds of pounds to go on a club trip to France only to get shitfaced and never make it up the hill? You could have done that at home.

It didn't take long for me to realise though that most of the people on the trip had Mummy and Daddy paying for their holiday and their nice kit, unlike me, and so they could afford to waste these precious days.

It made me and my mates seem like outsiders. for doing the thing we went there to do, and for enjoying our sport as much as we could. It's a bizarre situation to be in, but on reflection it's the pissheads that are the weirdoes.

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