Normally I don't, I don't believe in aliens or any other crap like that and I'm not normally one to buy into bulls@$t gimmicks.....BUT.
I was given a Power Balance band by a rep that was up in the snow fields a few weeks ago and I can't believe the sh$t that I'm pulling off on my short boards, Gybes, super fast tacks and basic error recovery. It may all be in my head but I'm starting to BELIEVE, I may have just finally worked this sport out or the band is helping...Who knows. The point being I was crap at the end of last season and now I'm better then crap with and Alpha of 18.73.
DO YOU BELIEVE......
How about a scientific test? Get your power band and get another one but modify it so it's not working. Maybe remove the hologram or something that disrupts the wave energy it taps into or whatever it does. Basically make it inoperable if that is possible. Then make the two indistinguable.
Go out windsurfing for two hours. One hour with each band. Then compare the results with the GPS and also feedback on how the sailing was. Its only through such a test we could establish whether a bit of plastic on your wrist helps you.
c'mon its a rubber band.. there is no natural magnetic features its just snake oil..
saw this in the age, seems the bunch of dirty frauds realise they are better off not explaining how they think it works.. I think Dr. Karl should make a citizens arrest and donate the profits to our education system.
www.theage.com.au/sport/power-band-the-latest-snake-oil-20101006-167tf.html
My mate bought one, that night at footie training he broke his ankle in two places. Hes been of work for six weeks now, cant say its done him any favors!!
God, Santa Klaus and the Easter Bunny all wear power bands and look what they can pull off! It must work!!!!
I am a bit confused here.
Are people suggesting there is something wrong with my snake oil I get sent from the US every month ?
I thought snake oil cured everything, I am behind the times or something ?
^^ and I am sure there is something about footie training and broken ankle, but it is late and I can't quite get the sarcastic connection to work.
But hands down, footie training is no good for anklies.
But seriously jh2703, if you find that it works for you it works for you. If it is in your mind and it is positive your mind is a powerful thing which has an amazing ability to perform things in your subconcious and your body responds. In medical situations positive thought is part of the therapy used by cancer sufferers and people with serious injuries, without it you can go downhill pretty quickly, in sports it can make you cross the line in a PB, etc. etc.. If an object triggers that positive thought use it.
Belief in something is a strong thing and that was the point behind the starting of this thread...And to offer some entertainment for the night but everyone has got hung up on the whole power balance bit.
My mother recently died with brain cancer, What did she believe in...Crystals.
Did it help her in the end....NO.
Did it bring her peace and some way of dealing with the pain and fear of death...YES.
I told her it was nothing but BULLS%IT so many times but did it sway her....NEVER.
Physics, Physiology, Science, God or Snake Oil could not save her. Would I have cut of a Rinos horn if that was the cure for cancer....YES I WOULD, But it isn't.
In the end she went happy in her belief of the crystal and their powers and that she was going some place better to be with God, If I go out and sail well because I think that little black rubber band works...Well so be it.
At the end of the day a rubber band that costs anywhere from 99c to $60 depending on where you get it from is not hurting anyone.....unless they chop up dolphins to make them? But i don't think that is the case. There are plenty of people out there that spend heap of cash on Smokes, Grog and Drugs and for what reason, We know these things are very bad for us but they still get consumed on a daily basis....My power balance band is not doing me any harm.
I can definitely vouch for the authenticity of this product. Got my wife one as a last resort and can report that she managed to park the car in a double garage without taking the mirror off or scraping both wheel arches. This is a first in our house. Thankyou JH2703 -great tip.
Fair enough. Many people including myself have beliefs if when examined in the cold light of day are irrational. I personally hope there is something out there besides the physical world we experience.
I was listening to the radio last night and they were talking about Conan Doyle. He created the character Sherlock Holmes, a very rational, evidence based and deductive private detective. Despite creating such a character, Doyle believed in such things as fairies living at the bottom of his garden.
I was a bit negative about the power balance band as someone started a thread about them on Seabreeze in the attempt to sell them. If it works for you then go for it.