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A range of test shots are shown over the next few pages. Here, the full size images at the minimum and maximum ISO settings have been reduced for bandwidth purposes to let you see the full image, and a series of crops taken from original full resolution images at a range of ISO settings have been included in order for you to gain an appreciation of the overall quality.
This is the full frame at 100 ISO.
At the minimum ISO setting, picture quality is of course superb.
200 ISO and still flawless.
Still no noise problems at 400 ISO.
800 ISO and some noise effects are just becoming visible.
The noise reduction system appears to be tuned to produce very good results at 1600 ISO.
More luminance noise and some chroma noise at 3200 ISO, and the overall detail is lowered as noise control gets stronger.
6400 ISO is pretty ropey.
This is the full frame at 6400 ISO.
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I don't like to point out typos, but I think the features table really is from the K20D.
Hi Cliff
To say I was eagerly awaiting your review on the K7 would be an understatement :). I have been waiting for it since it came out as I feel that the K20 (which was my first DSLR also thanks to your great review on it) is not not giving me what I need from it now. I could do with a faster AF and what I discovered is that when I use it with the DA* lenses the AF is slower even compared to the screw mount focusing lenses. Noise performance is another aspect I really would love it to be better. In fact the noise issue is so important for some art work I like doing in the studio that I was even considering the 5DMK2, and was so close to ordering one a couple of days ago after deliberating so long but suddenly saw the 7D announcement and that made me rethink, at least until I see some reviews of the 7D, hopefully pretty soon from you again :).
And now you just hit me with such a brilliant review of the K-T :), and am so tempted. It would make things much easier for me as I have a good collection of lenses for it already, including all the DA* collection.
Now I am back to the drawing board. K-7, 5DMK2 with that added benefit of FF but having to fork out an extra £2K to get lenses that I would like to have for my setup or the 7D with that fantastic array of features that they announced. My initial hesitation going for the FF was that I also love wildlife and would be struggling to get anything decent in range for my budget for the FF. And I am used to the lovely DA*300mm and I use it occasionally with the Pentax 1.7X adapter giving me 510mm range without much loss of IQ.
Ahh, decisions decisions :)
Might be worth saying K-7 usually comes with weather resistant kit lense (18-55 WR) and not the older 18-55 II. WR version of 50-200 kit lense is also available.
Woah, is it just me or is that one ugly-looking camera! I know, who cares, but, you know... ;-)
I couldn't help noticing that many of the sample shots are dark and and bit fuzzy?
The HDR mode looks handy but it seems their engineers have had too much time on their hands if there are options to be able to tweak the position and rotation of the sensor. Why not just go the whole hog and make it take its own pictures!
Nice camera, but shame Pentax decided to double the price of all it's decent lenses a few months ago. For example The 12-24mm used to be around £400, now it's £1000! The 16-50mm DA*, the ideal standard zoom for this camera, went from £500 to £850! Value for money was pretty much Pentax's strong point against Canikon, but now even they have become even more reasonable then Pentax!
The reports that Pentax needs a partner to ensure survival are also sure to put people off stumping up the large amount of cash for a K-7, when the manufacturer's future is very much in doubt.
Oh yes, just noticed the black painted hotshoe. What a stupid idea, just mounting a flash a couple of times will start to strip the paint straight off that.. Every other company has abandonded it, but somehow Pentax sticks with it..
Hi Cliff,
"every feature that anyone could conceivably need, and then some"......except for an articulated screen, that is. By now I might have bought a Nikon D90 if its screen tilted or twisted and I probably won't put this Pentax on my wish list for similar reasons. It seems such a simple feature to add to an SLR and I don't understand why manufacturers are seemingly set against it on upmarket cameras. I have an old Olympus 8080 and use it with the screen tilted upwards when shooting candid shots and for low level work. I've been waiting for a prosumer DSLR with everything the K7 has plus an articulated screen to tempt me into upgrading, but it looks like I'll have to wait a while longer yet.
I'd be very interested in your observations.
Graham, Belper, Derebyshire, UK.
Chris - It's just you :P It looks like a digital SLR camera, no more ugly than the Nikons, Sonys etc. I'd hope they prioritise handling over looks.
I actually like the idea of being able to move the sensor - but it occurs to me that it had better have some kind of warning to remind you when you've moved the sensor, otherwise you could presumably end up inadvertently taking shots partially out of focus or with odd perspective.
Anyway this looks to be a fantastic camera; I won't be buying one yet as the K20d serves me fine (plus I can't afford it!) but it's encouraging to see Pentax really leading the way again rather than relying on value as the main selling point.
@ Chris, are you sure there is nothing wrong with your monitor? I don't see any fuzzy pics nor dark. I would check the monitor if I were you, just a thought.
Graham-To me, a mobile screen "à la Nikon5000" is just another thing that could get snagged somewhere and broken off. I agree it might be handy in some situations, but the risk of seeing it broken off is too high for me.
I've read comments over the web that Pentax has had some serious QC issues with this camera. For example, a mysterious vertical line appearing in the images due to sensor issues. Or trouble focusing using certain lenses.
Have you encountered any problems like that?
I heard about the green line, and there is now a firmware fix for it, but my camera never showed it. As for focusing issues, I never had any problem, and I don't know anybody having problems with it.
Many apologies for posting the wrong features table in this review. I've now updated it with the correct one.
Great review, congratulation.
I agree completely except for one thing, in the verdict you write: "It's a tempting package for any keen amateur or semi-pro"...beh, I am a professional photographer and I think, undoubtedly, that the K-7 is perfect for a satisfying and complete professional performance.
All the best.
Mas - You may remember that back in 2001 Pentax had a prototype full-frame DSLR which it was showing at trade events. If it had gone into production it would have been the first full-frame DSLR on the market, beating the EOS 1Ds by a year. Pentax shelved the project to concentrate on the APS-C *ist series, and has since stated that it has no plans to launch a FF DLSR. However Nikon was denying that it had any FF plans until just before the launch of the D3. Anyone fancy a gentleman's wager that Pentax goes FF early next year?
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The Washington Post's Chris Cillizza is pushing the myth of the National Rifle Association's electoral invulnerability as his latest rationale for why he believes stronger gun laws won't pass Congress.
Cillizza moved [1] on [2] to this myth after claiming that such laws were unlikely to pass because the American people didn't support them -- a claim now no longer plausible given new data from the same poll question he previously cited.
In his latest piece responding to the January 30 Senate hearing on gun laws, Cillizza writes [3] that "the likelihood of any sort of sweeping measure to limit gun rights passing Congress is small" because the NRA is "perhaps the most effective single-issue interest group operating in the nation's capitol these days" due to their "heavy spending to elect people who support their views and keep those who back them in office." He explains:
Below is a chart that breaks down where the NRA's political spending -- $32 million worth -- went in 2012. The chart reinforces that direct contributions to candidates are almost never the key to an organization's influence. Rather, spending heavily ($18 million) via issue ads and other outside spending tends to be the way in which true power is exerted in Washington.
But how effective [4] was that outside spending? Cillizza doesn't engage on this point, but according to the graphic he embeds in his post, of the $18 million in negative ads that he highlights as "the way in which power is exerted in Washington," $15 million went to try to defeat their "biggest target," President Obama. They failed.
In fact, more than 95 percent [4] of the more than $18 million the NRA's two main political arms spent on federal elections went to races where the NRA-backed candidate lost on Election Day. In six of seven Senate races where the NRA spent over $100,000 [5] on the general election, the candidate supported by the NRA lost. With few exceptions, winning NRA-backed candidates received relatively little support from the organization ($30,000 or less in outside spending), suggesting that their efforts were not crucial to victory.
Cillizza's new explanation for why he thinks there won't be a "sweeping measure" on gun laws comes after his previous explanation [6] is no longer plausible. In the wake of July's mass shooting in Aurora, Colorado, Cillizza claimed [7] that the shootings "won't likely change the gun control debate" because the American people didn't want stronger gun laws. He explained:
A single chart from Gallup [8]puts the movement in public opinion on guns in stark terms.
In 1990, almost eight in ten Americans said that the "laws covering the sales of firearms" should be made "more strict" while just 10 percent said they should be made "less strict" or "kept as they are now". By 2010, those numbers had drastically shifted with 54 percent preferring less strict or no change in guns laws and 44 percent believing gun laws should be made more strict.
Here's what that data looks like now [9], following new poll results in the wake of December's mass shooting in Newtown, Connecticut:
The populace has, in Cillizza's terms, "drastically shifted" in recent days, with 58 percent of respondents now calling for stronger gun laws.
As Media Matters has noted [7], the "more strict"/"less strict" question is not the best barometer for Americans' feelings on gun laws; polls consistently show much higher support for the passage of individual policies, such as ensuring a background check on every gun sale.
Nonetheless, one would have expected Cillizza's opinion on the likelihood of stronger gun laws passing to shift with the poll result that he once considered so important. Instead, he's found a new reason to downplay the possibility of stronger laws.
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A good diplomat looks at the world through the lens of his opponents in order to avoid disaster. Israel is so caught up in its own desire for self justification that it has now ignored the only friend it has in the Middle East. Was the manner in which bombing was carried out in Gaza worth loss of Turkish friendship? There is a streak of self destruction among Israelis in which over focus on the self has resulted in loss of connection to the rest of the world. ISRAEL NEEDS FRIENDS, NOT MORE ENEMIES!


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I am going to share a very personal secret, one that is sure to be contrary to many of you. But, you may as well know, I often don't like this time of the year, the Christmas season.
Yes, I know the songs sing of "It's the Most Wonderful time of the Year" and "Have Yourself a Very Merry Christmas" and yada-yada-yada.
And it truly is a season to celebrate of the birth of a baby in a manager.
Yet that part, THE MOST IMPORTANT PART, often gets lost in the hustle and the bustle of the busiest time of the year.
Instead, the focus becomes one of "I've got to…"
"I've got to get a tree." Not just any tree, it must be the PERFECT tree. And with the tree comes hauling the lights and decorations out of their year-long storage place, and testing lights, and replacing strands that have burned out. It often leads to re-arranging furniture to make room for a tree which takes the center stage for the next few weeks. There is then a whole discombobulated feeling for a few days as everything is in the 'wrong' place.
"I've got to …" attend the programs and the parties and the plays and the performances. I love to see the talents of the children as they sing and recite lines and play instruments. I praise their accomplishments and am so proud of the work they have done to get performance-ready. I love to attend their events. But sometimes this month, this Christmas month, resembles the popular Volkswagen stuffing of the 1950′s. How much can we cram into this month? How many Christmas parties can we attend? How many evenings in a row do we have a rushed dinner to fly out the door, and hurry, hurry, to the next event?
And don't forget, often a party means bring a plate of cookies or a dish to pass. "I've got to…" stop at a store to purchase the ingredients to make another treat for another gathering. And the pressure is on to make the perfect dish to take. And don't forget, the little one needs new tights to go with the perfect outfit, and she needs the scuff marks cleaned off her shoes to look perfect, and he needs a haircut to look perfect and…… everything must be perfect to have the perfect Norman Rockwell Christmas.
The biggest of all, though, is, of course, the presents. "I've got toget my shopping done," "I've got to.. buy one more thing", "I've got to get them all wrapped and sent out, and hope I didn't forget anyone, and ….yada-yada-yada."
I love to buy things for my family. I pick up little things here and there throughout the year, when I come across something I think someone might want or need. A package of three crew neck white t-shirts on sale, a reduced price pair of jeans for another, the soon-to-be-discounted line of socks, a Buy-one, Get-one deal…..little things at an affordable price to share with others. I love to give gifts to my family. I don't, however, enjoy the little comments that make December shopping seem like drudgery, the little "I've got this one done, and can scratch him off my list." and the "I've got to buy for this one and that one yet, and then I will finally be done."
I realize it is difficult to find the perfect gift at a perfect price, I realize the holiday season takes its toil in spending extra time that you don't have looking for those great deals to save some of that extra money that you don't have to find the perfect gift for every single person on your list. But if you don't enjoy it, if you don't like it, then don't do it. Don't whine and complain and bemoan that you HAVE to get them a gift. If you don't like the crowded stores, order something on-line. Or even better, make something at home. If you don't have the finances to spend on a slew of gifts, then don't feel obligated to buy. Or buy less. Where is the joy in gift-giving when you have grumbled about having to buy yet another one?
Some of the best memories we have of Christmas-pasts are not of gifts purchased by racking up dollars on a credit card, but of the low-cost creativity used to come up with gifts. One year my husband crafted two little doll cradles out of scrap wood while I pieced together crazy quilts from leftover material from other projects. Dolls purchased from McClellan made a wonderful, albeit low cost gifts that were treasured by our oldest daughters.
One year we perused an Army surplus store and all three boys received camo pants and metal ammo boxes to hold all their secret treasures. They loved them, and though the pants are long out-grown, the boys, now men, still have and use their boxes, which now hold different kinds of treasures.
One year with the most laughs was the year we had three college students, who, like most typical students, were cash-strapped. One collected freebies from various health fairs, expos, etc, throughout the year, and then presented her siblings with CMU t-shirts, Frisbee, footballs, etc- all at no cost. Another saw a free book give-away at his college library, and chose a volume for each of his siblings, something that had to do with their individual interests.
They based their gift-giving on love, and careful thought of the recipient, and not on how much was spent, or that they felt they HAD to get a gift. They gave because they wanted to, not because they felt obligated.
The purpose of the season isn't about "I've got to have everything perfect." yet that is often what takes the focus of this month. It is so easy to get caught up in that snare, and then have the stress and anxiety of trying to reach that goal in just a few short weeks of December.
Where is the "Joy to the World" when you have customers angry that their lay-away was not generously paid off by strangers? Where is the joy when customers are trampled in that rush to get the limited number of big screen t.v.s? Where is the joy when well-intended businesses sponsor Angel trees, but the employees grumble as they purchase gifts to fulfill those needs?
The point of the holiday is to celebrate. Celebrate the birth of the baby, celebrate time spent with family and friends.
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GREEN BAY, Wis. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) - Playing in its final non-conference contest of the regular season, the Green Bay volleyball team (10-9, 1-4 Horizon League) made quick work of Chicago State (2-19, 0-2 Great West) Tuesday night at the Kress Center, earning a 3-0 sweep to improve to 19-0 all-time against the Cougars.
The 25-18, 25-10, 26-24 win snapped a three-match losing streak for the Phoenix, and kicked off the team's three-match homestand on a high note.
"It was a good way to start the week," Green Bay head coach Debbie Kirch said. "We obviously wanted to get back on track after the way things have been going the last few matches. We got the chance to try some different things offensively and I thought all those things worked well. We accomplished what we wanted to accomplish tonight."
The Phoenix used a balanced offensive attack to overwhelm the Cougars, finishing with a staggering .301 to .096 advantage in hitting percentage. Green Bay also ended with the edge in every major statistical category, owning Chicago State in kills (46-31), assists (41-31), blocks (11-2) and digs (55-48).
A trio of Phoenix players tied for the match high in kills, as Katie Mroczenski (New Berlin, Wis.), Carmen Leitermann (Schofield, Wis.) and Leah Van Zeeland (Kaukauna, Wis.) recorded nine apiece. Mroczenski finished with a hitting percentage of .500, committing just one error in 16 swings en route to tying her career-best kill total, while Leitermann and Van Zeeland hit .467 and .208, respectively.
Trailing 13-11 in the first, the Phoenix used a Lyndsay Zabkowicz (Oak Creek, Wis.) kill to jump-start an 8-1 run that gave the hosts a 19-14 lead. Kills by Leah Poel (Jenison, Mich.) and Monica Anderson (Cottage Grove, Wis.) helped the Phoenix to a set point chance at 24-18, and Mroczenski closed it out with a kill to give Green Bay the 1-0 lead.
Set two was all Phoenix, as the home team out-hit its opposition .455 to .053 in a 25-10 thrashing. Back-to-back kills by Leitermann capped off a 9-2 run that made it 18-6 Green Bay, and two straight kills by freshman Mikaela Gunderson (Casco, Wis.) finished off the rout to make it 2-0.
The Phoenix led 24-21 in the third, but the Cougars denied three straight match point opportunities to tie things up at 24-24. A double-block by Mroczenski and Van Zeeland after a Phoenix timeout moved the home team back in front, and Van Zeeland delivered the final blow with a kill to give her team the 26-24 win and the 3-0 sweep.
Brittany Groth (Oak Creek, Wis.), who entered the match ranked first in the Horizon League and fourth in the NCAA in digs per set, recorded a match-high 22 digs to push her season average to 6.09. Poel finished with a match-high 23 assists, while Mroczenski led the way with eight total blocks.
All 14 Phoenix players in uniform saw action on Tuesday night - playing time that Kirch feels was well-deserved.
"It's good to be able to reward the players on the team with solid playing time," Kirch said. "We have 15 players that commit their time and effort and work hard each and every day, so it's nice to have a match where we can get everybody on the court. Our scout team in practice has been the best that we've ever had since I've been here, and they definitely deserve the playing time."
Green Bay continues its three-match homestand with a pair of Horizon League matches this weekend. The Phoenix welcomes Valparaiso to the Kress Center on Friday for a 7 p.m. meeting, and then closes out the weekend on Saturday with a 4 p.m. contest against Wright State.
Tape-delayed broadcasts of Tuesday's match between Green Bay and Chicago State can be seen five times over the next five days on Time Warner Cable Sports32. The first airing will be Wednesday night at 7 p.m. For a complete schedule of when the match will air, click here.
###For the latest and most up-to-date information on Green Bay Athletics and Green Bay Volleyball, please visit GreenBayPhoenix.com.


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Cornet Chop Suey Jazz Band
Artist's BiographyHere's the story: Around the age of four, John took a couple of wooden spoons and started playing on a hat box. His memory of this is rather vague, but he does recall playing along to records on anything he could use as a drum. When John was eight, his mother arranged for him to start taking lessons. Even during his grade school days John was in the orchestra and played in small groups at various school functions. His first solo was performed for a PTA meeting playing the "Typewriter" song using a pair of brushes.
By the time he was 15, John was the drummer/leader of the Impacts, a popular St. Louis rhythm and blues band. Featuring his solo work, the Impacts won 1st Place in Search 66' and then went on to win in the "World Teenage Show" held in Chicago. The Ludwig Drum Company started sponsoring John after a company representative heard his energy, technique and style displayed in these shows.
Following his active duty with the U.S. Army Band, John formed the Little Big Band, which became the in-house entertainment at the Sheraton Hotel in Palm Springs, CA. After receiveing two standing ovations for one of his solos, famed band leader, Buddy Rogers, told the audience, "I use to have a pretty good drummer, Gene Krupa, remember him? Well, this young man is even better!" Frank Sinatra heard one of John's performances and later broungt in Harry James. Harry immediately hired John to be featured with his band.
In 1997, John joined the Cornet Chop Suey Jazz Band. They've enjoyed a meteoric rise in popularity and are now considered one of the top rated bands on the jazz circuit today. John's fiery big band drive and Krupa/Rich-style solo work continues to wow audiences and fellow musicians alike with his renditions of "Caravan", "Drumsticks Are Gonna Fly Now", "Drum Boogie", "Moocha Da Copa", and Buddy Rich's "West Side Story Medley".


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Let the Sunshine In
The national tour of "Hair," the classic 1960s musical about a group of young Americans searching for peace and love in a turbulent time, plays its last show at Kingsbury Hall. Search for our preview at sltrib.com/entertainment.
When • Today, Jan. 20, 1 p.m.
Where • Kingsbury Hall, 1395 E. Presidents Circle, University of Utah, Salt Lake City
Tickets • $30-$57.50; visit bit.ly/SAXDON or kingsburyhall.org
'Harvey' in Perry
Heritage Theatre presents the comedy "Harvey," the story of Elwood P. Dowd and his unseen friend, a 6 1/2-foot-tall rabbit named Harvey.
When • Monday, Jan. 21, Friday, Jan. 25, Saturday, Jan. 26, and Monday, Jan. 28, 7:30 p.m.; matinee Jan. 26, 2 p.m.
Where • Heritage Community Theatre, 2505 S. Highway 89, Perry
Tickets • $10 at the door or 435-723-8392
Are you ready for 'Music of the Night'?
The Brigham Young University theater and media arts department presents the musical "Phantom of the Opera."
When • Tuesday-Friday, Jan. 22-25, 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 26, 2 and 7:30 p.m.
Where • Brigham Young University de Jong Concert Hall, Campus Drive and 1200 North, Provo
Tickets • $15-$25 at the door; visit bit.ly/VxqEwN
Get ready for 'Claybourne Park'
Pioneer Theatre Company and the Utah Museum of Fine Arts present a staged reading of Lorraine Hansberry's classic "A Raisin in the Sun," in conjunction with PTC's upcoming Feb. 15-March 2 production of Bruce Norris' 2011 Pulitzer Prize-wining "Claybourne Park," written in response to Hansberry's play.
When • Thursday, Jan. 24, 6:30 p.m.
Where • Utah Museum of Fine Arts, 410 Campus Center Drive, Salt Lake City
Tickets • Free
Ogden company gets 'Next to Normal'
The Ziegfeld Theater presents the ambitious contemporary musical about mental illness, "Next to Normal," by composer Tom Kitt and lyricist/playwright Bryan Yorkey.
When • Thursday-Saturday, Jan. 24-26, 7:30 p.m.
Where • Ziegfeld Theater, 3934 Washington Blvd., Ogden
Tickets • $12-$15; visit ZigArts.com or call 855-ZIG-ARTS
Another close shave
Judge Memorial Catholic High School presents encore performances of its fall play, "Sweeney Todd."
When • Thursday, Jan. 24, 6:30 p.m.; Friday, Jan. 25, 2 p.m.
Where • Judge Memorial Catholic High School, 650 S. 1100 East, Salt Lake City
Tickets • Free; note that some themes may be unsuitable for younger children; donations are accepted
The dog whisperer
Cesar Millan, the dog behaviorist known as the dog whisperer, speaks. Promoters say that dogs won't be allowed into the concert hall.
When • Friday, Jan. 25, 8 p.m.
Where • Abravanel Hall, 123 W. South Temple, Salt Lake City
Tickets • $37-$84; dogs are not allowed into the performance; visit bit.ly/T7PsMD or arttix.org, 801-355-2787.
'The Voice of the Prairie'
The Grand Theatre presents "The Voice of the Prairie," a story of Poppy, a hobo, and his young traveling companion, Davey Quinn.
When • Wednesday, Jan. 23, 7:30 p.m.
Where • Salt Lake Community College Grand Theatre, 1575 S. State, Salt Lake City
Tickets • $12; visit bit.ly/WeP11U or www.the-grand.org
'The Sorcerer's Apprentice'
The Children's Theatre presents this musical, made famous by Walt Disney's animated feature film "Fantasia."
When • Friday, Jan. 25, 7 p.m.; Saturday, Jan. 26, 1 and 4:30 p.m.
Where • Children's Theatre of Utah, 3605 S. State, South Salt Lake
Tickets • $14; visit bit.ly/XeASBb; 801-532-6000 or tctheatre.org


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ObamaMama it's Health Care Reform!
In case you haven't heard, we've got ourselves health care reform.
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Will this be a good thing for psychiatric patients?
Will this be a good thing for psychiatric docs (the shrinks among us?)
Personally, it's been so much commotion and so many pages, it's been way too much to follow (and no one asked my opinion anyway). I think I'm happy for movement, we've been stuck for so long with a system that just doesn't make sense. I'm told most people are happy with their health insurance. Are you?
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Drug Testing for Surfing Professionals Implemented
Posted by Drug Free in Drug Testing on January 16, 2012
Surfing is set to make a big step to address controversies that hounded the sport and its athletes with regards to drugs use. The international body governing the event of surfing will be implementing a comprehensive drug testing for all their professional athletes for the first time.
This year, the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) will introduce their own policy in the screening of professional surfers and officials involved in the sport for performance-enhancing drugs and recreational drugs.
In November 2010, the sport took the world's spotlight when its triple world champion Andy Irons suddenly died from heart attack due to "acute mixed drug ingestion." Autopsy reports showed that the world class surfer had traces of methamphetamine, methadone, and a metabolite of cocaine in his bloodstream.
Spokesman for the ASP Dave Prodan confirmed that the drug testing policy is part of their plan in enhancing professionalism in the sport. "This motion has the full support of the surfers on tour as they want to be taken more professionally, and believe this is a step in the right direction."
In the sport, professional surfers get to compete for prize money of up to $100,000. This is why some events in Europe have already implemented drug testing for all competitors.
Professional surfer Gerry Fitzgerald shares his opinion on drugs within his sport. "I have seen guys who are stoners and they drop off the scene because it is not sustainable. Athletes are training hard. The way the contests are now, it will catch up with you."


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'One thing I've learned so far about the Hurricanes is that they are faster than I thought they were. I knew their transition game was good because I saw that during the regular season, but right through their lineup, their speed has really impressed me. I thought that Ottawa was a quick team, which they are, but I think that this Carolina team might be even quicker than Ottawa, and that's saying quite a bit. I didn't think Carolina's defense was that great, but so far they have played quite well.'
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