When it comes time to purchase your snowboard you must think of its use and how it will react to environment that it is exposed to. Proof of this fact comes when we think of surface area on a snowboard. A small side-cut radius means that more of material has been cut out of center of snowboard. A large side-cut means that cut is shallower thus leaving more surface area.

So what difference does side cut make to rider? Simple, more surface area means more pressure is spread out over a larger area, which leads to more potential energy and thus greater speed due to reduced friction. Basically if you want to go fast, and reduce your maneuverability, than you want a large side-cut in your snowboard. However, if you seek more control and sharper turning than you want a small side-cut in your snowboard.

To many people snowboarding seems like an easy and simple past time that can be mastered in a very short amount of time. While it is true that snowboarding can be learnt in fairly short order there are many fine details that a snowboarder must pay attention to in order to achieve their peak performance. As you can tell from this even seemingly minutest details can have a big difference.

We also have to think about regular chemicals in home that can also interfere with nerve/muscle junctions.

Most high schools try to get rid of mold and bacteria with bleach. Well, bleach won’t kill mold. But that’s subject of another article. Bleach will burn lungs and mess up vision and cause disorientation.

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/002761.htm

Some of things you buy at store contain phenols and formaldehyde. Like bleach these cleaners scar lungs and decrease person’s ability to breathe efficiently.

http://www.parish-supply.com/chemicals_in_your_closet.htm

Does this contribute to an Olympic destiny? Hardly.

Ozone machines

Some people use ozone machines to disinfect air in locker rooms. The logic is that ozone is all natural. Well, so is arsenic.

http://www.2bangkok.com/2bangkok/Scams/Ozone.shtml http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=44567

Ozone has been traced to lowered lung efficiency. The lungs become less elastic and so amount of air sucked in is less. Now there is something that will decrease athletic ability. Probably more than 5-10% we have been talking about.

Conclusion

Okay what will clean environment and not harm potential sports hero?

Go to your health food store and look for cleaners with tea tree oil [Melaleuca oil] or grapefruit Seed Extract. They kill mold and bacteria but don’t cause changes in body’s ability to function at peak efficiency. Our company motto is, “If You Can’t Drink It, Don’t Spray It.”

Just changing your cleaning products and cleaning up mold can add that 5-10% performance to an athlete. And that, my friend, is topic of this article.