By cryptoandcoffee on Skatehive
source Perfect Light Hearted, But More Worryingly True Story To Start The Weekend Yes you read that right and it is a new method of cheating being used by certain ski jumpers in order to gain an advantage. This story obviously caught my eye as this sounds really ridiculous and possibly an Aprils fool type joke, but this is real. At first I thought it had to do with aero dynamics giving the jumpers who had a larger "sausage" some speed benefits, but it is quite the opposite. What the World Anti Doping Agency is having to contend with this year is jumpers injecting their penises with hyaluronic acid. If you look up what hyaluronic acid is and does you will see it is harmless. This is a water binding molecule that hydrates and increases the size of whatever is injected whilst firming and reducing wrinkles. This particular acid holds roughly 1000 x it's own weight in water. Not surprisingly this acid is used mainly in the cosmetic industry as a filler and anti ageing ingredient. The use of