Smelling salts a bad look?

Well, for one, these dudes aren’t getting repeatedly punched in the head every other second while they’re racing. 
 

Basically nothing is a “bad look” for SX, our sport is not viewed as serious and catching a glimpse of a rider using smelling salts on the starting gate is going to be seen by nobody that doesn’t know what supercross already is. 

Tom Brady used to be filmed sniffing them before games. So yeah 

In the NHL you see them doing it all the time on the bench. 

Top athletes across many sports use smelling salts. If you think the average viewer is going to think they are snorting coke on the line in front of hundreds of thousands of people…you might have a coke problem.

We have Monster and Redbull sponsors with strippers holding up the 30 second board, I think it fits in nicely.

Slow news week I guess.

Loaded way to word the poll. They're not "good" but who gives a shit, they don't need to be a good look

https://www.vitalmx.com/forums/moto-related/start-gate-ped?page=0

...well, he ain't sitting there on the gate chopping a line of the Peruvians finest...it's nasal spray ffs. Who gives a shit.

Woke left:  "Smelling salts are a bad look".

JFC

I am so confused

I can't keep up with who is for what anymore.

I thought I would go down to the local college's protest camp and get some input on how they felt about riders sniffing shit on the line, but alas, all the tents were gone.

I asked a guy in a hazmat suit cleaning up what happened.

He said "the woke left".

so, I am basing my opinion on less research than i would prefer.

I would think the woke left would be all for some kind of stimulant.

plus it could help them connect with their spirit animal

Right. When we see one of these guys doing keys bumps we can start to worry

C. Nobody cares

I prefer to have a smoke on the line.

Then slam a Coors Light on the podium with the guy I just raced against for 35 minutes. But thats just how i roll.

Omg now everyone is going to be smelling salts even on practice days to do 3 laps.  Shops will start carrying.  Ryno Power Salts.  Monkey see monkey do

Haha! I'm laughing because you're so right. The club I ride at has NESC races. I'm gonna be looking out for everyone on the gate using smelling salts this summer 

The two biggest sponsors of the sport are energy drinks that are quite bad for you.

https://thebombhole.com/products/run-through-a-wall-smelling-salts

Plenty of options but I hear these are good

Desalle actually used to smoke a cig before motos 

Darryl Beattie drilled a hole in his helmet so he could have a smoke on the warm up lap (old moto gp rider)

How do you know it is salts......?   just saying....  

Reminds me of the Ajax scene in Up In Smoke…

”It’s turning blue…that’s high-grade shit…could be Peruvian Flake”…😂

A bad look to who? And why do I care about their opinion of what another grown man does while at work? 

And what is this “we” shit? I don’t recall “going for a look”. 

people whine about the silliest shit 

supercross or super duper motocross is a niche sport (hobby?) at best 

feld presents a sideshow atmosphere at best , monster energy is now available at food for less 

your grandma's not gonna worry why should you?.

Man you are a delicate little flower aren’t ya. How did you get there. 

Are they taking them for reaction time at the start? I looked into it and the effects are supposed to be done within a couple of minutes.

There's a drug ring in Mxsports!

Option C: IDGAF

How about we fix the live timing before we worry about smelling salts

Anyone remember NASCAR’s Dick Trickle? He had a cigarette lighter in his race car…smoked cigarettes during yellow flag laps…

How about The Winston Cup or Camel Supercross?

That was all fine and dandy…until it wasn’t. Now we’re making an issue of athletes using smelling salts? A bad look? 

Wow. Talk about 1st world problems! 🤣