Surfing and psychedelics always mixed well, from Santa Cruz to the rest of the US pacific shore. A MAPS bulletin article about psychedelics and extreme sports one touched upon the whole surfer-psychedelic connection in depth, and it tuns out some surfers have been able to reach exceptional surfing abilities by combining surfing and the use of psychedelics. I can’t imagine how it feels to surf inside a wave, while on a psychedelic, but it certainly looks amazing.
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Sports Special
9 Aug
This sweet animation was made to illustrate the remarkable achievement of a no-hitter in a major league game game of Dock Ellis, a player for the Pittsburgh Pirates, while he was on acid back in 1970.
Since steroids are well known as performance enhancers, athletes are scrutinized to prevent their abuse. Psychedelics, on the other hand, seem to be a possible influence on the artist who designed this film for the 2012 London Olympic Games:
The Daily Psychedelic Video 