No doubt you’re all responsible adults who understand the value of moderation. But perhaps you know someone, or have heard of someone, who typically goes a little too deep into the revelry of the season and wakes up on New Year’s Day with John Barleycorn tapping at their skull with a ballpeen hammer. It’s in service of these, er, friends, then, that we ask the question of the day.
And no, watching bowl games on the couch all day while fisting ibuprofen and slugging bloody Marys does not qualify as a sport.
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This week, one poll participant will receive a Smith Optics Gage helmet (cause you’re gonna need it when hungover). We’ll pick the winner via random number generator (and announce it here) — all you have to do to enter is vote and leave a comment so we have your email to contact you. Must have a U.S. or Canadian address. Contest ends Sunday, January 6, at midnight PST.
Congrats to Scott Huntsman of Bend, Oregon, winner of the Smith helmet!
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Running gets it right out of ya.
Climbing will scare it out of you.
Mountain biking will puke it out of you.
Everything is good on the slopes.
mt biking is my cure!
Went ice climbing for the first time ever on a glacier in Iceland after trying all the Icelandic liquors. That was the worst.
BASE jumping, since you want to die already.
Get in the water – feel better. First duck dive – sober. First wave – high again. Rinse and repeat.
The worst, probably golf. Hungover or not.
Being hungover forces you to chill the fuck out….playing GOLF is the best hangover sport. Your head has no room for temper!
Whitewater is best, hands down. HYDRATION IS KEY!
Worst has to be ferret legging or ice climbing, which were obviously invented by the same masochistic person.
Why separate skiing and snowboarding?.. stupid poll so I’m not doing it..
powder day will cure all
All is good once you hit the slopes!
Mt Biking hungover is the worst. I think some deep fresh powder though can get you going again. The deeper you get, the deeper you get.
Scuba diving would be the worst hungover. I can just imagine my breakfast trying to come back up 20 feet under. Nothing beats skiing in deep powder.
Scuba with a hangover!!!!!!
You might as well be on a tilt-a-whirl
Bad memories of skiing hungover …
Ski touring hungover always hurts when you’re starting out but seems to get better over the day as you sweat all the alcohol out! Mountain biking is the WORST hungover – your hungover heart beats too fast and half the time I I kinda want to throw up even if I’m not hungover. Ugh. That or running.
Best is easily SCUBA. It’s low energy and cool. You’re balanced and feel no force. AND there is the O2 therapy.
sweat it out running
who comes up with ferret legging? and why is it on here? haha
Am I the only one wondering about “ferret legging?”
Skiing is nice. You can take it easy and just enjoy the cold, fresh air.
Running sucks! Gunna throw up so fast!
Boogie till you poop
Running and more running. Running fixes everything.
I wouldn’t recommend sex, drugs, insanity and skiing hungover for everyone, but they’ve always worked for me.
I vote Ferret legging for both the before and after, best and worst. Hashing should be listed also.
Running is the cure for everything. Mt Biking takes too much concentration and really hard effort, I think I’d just fall over and puke.
Ski touring for me hands down. Extremely painful to start but usually kills a hangover in 30ish min
If skateboarding were an option, I’d pick that. Snowboarding is close enough! (for best)
Mountain biking always works for me.
Boot and rally.
Mountain biking is the cure for anything!
Anything to wake you up
Nothing like a splashy class IV-V rapid to chase the demons away…
agree with golf as being the best. Plenty of relaxing time with recovery beers.
Nothing like getting to the top of the ski lift at 8am after 2 hours of sleep.
Strangely, the compression of a low-profile dive always eases a hangover for me.
Whenever I do a long run hangover, I hallucinate.
the least motion the better!
Recently I hiked Camel’s Hump in Vermont with a group of buddies. I was till drunk when we arrived at the trailhead. I hiked the first 1.5 miles with a Styrofoam cup of coffee. By the time time I finished the cup o’ joe, my camel back was frozen. My friends kept their phones/cameras ready in the hope that one of my drive heaves resulted in glory. Alas it did not. With nothing to lose besides my self-respect (maybe it was already gone?), we reached the summit and were greeted by 60 mph gusts. My hangover disappeared.
I can do anything hungover. I love and embrace the challenge.
Drop some electrolyte tabs in my water and hit the trails on my mountain bike. Best hangover sport.
I think any sport that takes intense concentration will get rid of a hangover. Rock climbing where you have to be in the zone would probably be great. Nothing in full sun though.
Woke up one morning still drunk to go skiing, slept in the car the whole way there and woke up with a monster of a hangover. Said screw it and had one of the best days of my life. Typical.
Yoga works best, but it sucks right in the middle of your session
Drink like a viking, puke like a dog! If you’re gonna party, do it on work nights. Better to be hungover at work, and be fresh for doing what you love.
Walking the line cures everything! Also, this poll reminded me of the video of the drunk climber that gets stuck and then proceeds to defecate all over himself. That video is a constant moderation reminder for me, haha.
surfing is a wonderful n relaxing way to get over a hangover. the fresh saltwater breeze always clears my head.
Nothing like a healthy dose of fear to clear the head!
Actually, the best sport to do when hung over is none of the above. It’s golf.
Mountain biking best. Rolling keeps the pounding to a minimum with maximum fresh air. I can’t imaging what water pressure would do to a hangover, so scuba diving the worst. (Plus having to hurl underwater would cause problems.)
The less jarring the better. Trail running while simultaneously trying not to puke? No fun.
Cycling is the best period. Smashed or sober. Hung over or still buzzed. It’s wear it’s at. 2013 has more long miles than all previous years. Ride!
Vert + ptex. = heaven
any type of climbing is NOT FUN hungover…
Get on your bike and ride
Base Jumping…NOT!
One would have to be drunk or hungover to attempt ferret-legging.
All I want is something mellow. Going for a non-jarring bike ride sounds pretty nice.
When has going for a run ever sounded fun?
Hangover is good for the soul.
Running makes for the fastest detox feeling, Placing pro with the splitting head ache just blows!
a nice tropical longboard surf is definitely the best. plus you can quietly puke with easy cleanup.
Mtb good.
Mtb bad
gonna suck no matter what!
Hop in the Atlantic off the coast of New Hampshire for a surf and your hangover is gone!
No matter how hungover, some coffee, some water, and a raft… No more hangover. Even if you have to puke off the back a few times. It is the best hangover cure out there.
Scuba is the best, just go soak your head and close your eyes!
Running is the best and worst. A necessary atonement for whatever sins one committed the night before.
What the heck is ferret legging?!?
Its got my vote!!
I’ve been known to puke off a chair lift every once in a while
Hair of the dog and a powder day is the ultimate hangover cure.
hung over BASE jumping sooms like the worst idea. And i have done some hung over slacklining. not to bad.
whitewater, wash it out
Skiing wins and running loses.
oooh nooo
Surfing by far the best for hungover exercise (not that I have tried base jumping after a night out). The saltwater in your face beating the crap out of you is a cure all.
Hiking fits my hungover list best.
Skiing…there is Bloody Mary at the end of each run if you need it
climbing hungover is the worst as i have experienced on more than one occasion(im a slow learner)
Actualy hiking the best thing for a hangover.
There’s nothing better for a hangover than dragging ass out bed and on to a chairlift. A couple of hours of hard skiing on a freezing cold day has me right by mid day.
On the flip side, nothing is worse than being hungover under water (SCUBA). Blowing chunks out the sides of a regulator at 70′ underwater is a horrible experience. The one positive side note is that the fish love it.
First pow facial will make you forget all about that hangover
Mmmm… Powder…
Spend a day on the river and you’ll be ready for beers by dusk!
The waves and rocking of surfing will only add sea sickness to an already bogarded belly.
I would guess BASE hung over is not wise!
I just go hiking, within a hour I’m good.
Wtf is ferret legging?
Look it up.
Running sweats it out. Combine nausea with motion sickness and an inability to vomit, and you have scuba.
boogie till you [puke]
Mountain Biking and Ferret Legging respectively.
Putting a ferret in your pants while hung over sounds horrible.
Anything that is fresh, cool (maybe even a bit chilly), and lets you work up a sweat is great for a hangover!
mountain biking is the worst. I would say surfing is the best. Saltwater cures all ails
climbing trad hung over is horrible…
I would say that backpacking hungover is pretty great! Doing any kind of climbing on a hangover might get you over the hang!
none, if u drink enough to be hung over the night before a planned adventure, then you dont really care enough about your sport to enjoy it. i talk to to many ppl on the lift saying how there buddies drank to much last night so they are skiing/riding alone.
Touring is the worst/best…horrible to get going but once you do, it cures the hangover in nothing flat.
Kayaked the Animas River the day after my wedding!
I’m sure slacklining would be worse than mountain biking, but hangovers blow balance on a mountain bike all to hell.
Surfing + alcohol = getting hit by lip of 6-8ft wave over 2″ of water the next morning, cracked head, shoulder injury
Haven’t had a drink since (and that was years ago).
Skiing all the way. Fresh ice cold air at 50mph does the trick every time!
my personal fav is speed flying. It’s flying on pure clean adrenaline and adrenaline takes care of the worst hangovers in seconds!
run, dont do anything that takes thinking could be dangerous…
Ooooh! My head hurts
Scuba diving with hangover, if there is current or a bit swell before descending…. good luck.
Some of the trad climbs I’ve done would be pretty sketchy with a serious hangover.
Running hungover can be cathartic. Seriously would not want to be setting up a rappel hungover though. My ski helmet’s a little beat up after last week’s ski trip if that makes any difference!
Riding my bike back to the bar to get my car helps me get far…..in life. Thanks for the Survey
glidee