Quote Originally Posted by littletike
I'm new here and i was wondering if anyone here is an athlete or has a friend that smokes and is a really good athlete.

You'll find most in basketball, as the sport is interwoven within a culture conducive to smokers. Even in the NBA, they don't test for it. I like playing bball high, although because I become too much of a "rhythm" player, I can't chill for a few posessions, then get suddenly turn it on when my #is called. It has to be one on one or 21 or something where I can be active the entire time, otherwise I don't feel the rhythm, and go cold. But you can get in a zone where you miss nothing it seems.

My favorite sport to play stoned has always been raquetball. I think it has to do w/the fact that it's clean, indoors, glass walls, all the angles you can play the walls, kills, ceiling shots, incredible aero w/o. Fucking TRIPpy. Plus (unless doubles), you are always in the action. WIll always keep the beat. Fun fun fun to play stoned. Plus r[ball is great for beginners, b/c two ppl who just barely know the rules of the game can get in there and keep a rally going, whereas tennis, you have to know how to HIT to get any back and forth, otherwise it;s just in the net or"home-runs". And no rainouts to worry about, so you can play rain or shine, or in the freezing cold. The gear is most fun to get into- incredible racquets. Some of the fastest play in any sport; ball speeds up to 180+ mph! way faster than tennis, or even a mlb fastball (maybe not coming off the bat though). The balls are the coolest ever- sea green (pro) or true blue (amateur). And it is a game of cooperation as much as it is competition- you must negotiate the court space to allow your opponent room to hit; even moreso than bball.

Whats fun to do, when I am at the peak of my game in bball or r'ball, I will go in the gym blazing, with short shorts (ala 80's), high socks w/matching stripes, and a tight t-shirt (armbands matching the sockstripes), and if r'ball, OLD school protective glasses. Then enjoy the laughter while I feign confusion, until I open up the fundamentals on them. NEver see it coming from a 80's guy (although doesn't work all the time in raquetball, since you'll see half the players dress like that anyways!)

I recommend tripping sometime actually while plyaing. Your wind will stay w/you better somehow (after high wears off, you ca get wiinded, not to mention from the smoke), and it lasts as loooongs as you want to play. And you get in that zone, when you figure out the minutia of each muscle involved in the action of hitting or shooting, it is easily duplicated- feel like you can't miss. But adaptation (to an opponents new strategy or trick) is more difficult.