Tristan first stepped on a snowboard at the age of 12, and (despite being a bit rubbish) has made a point of riding as often as possible since. He joined Whitelines in 2009, and writes, shoots, films and edits for both the magazine and the website. Having headed up the team in charge of the Whitelines Buyers' Guide for the past four seasons knows more about the geeky side of snowboard kit than anyone should ever have to know.
It would be interesting to see a slmaiir study for, lets say, English men in the London area. One might hypothesise that here the football’ effect would be less marked, because whilst supporters of Germany have legitimate expectations that their team will win the world cup (and would therefore be deeply anxious about their progress in the competition), England fans in the higher risk age group (like myself) are sanguine in the knowledge that elimination in the early rounds is a virtual certainty. The stress that would undoubtedly accompany having to watch England actually playing in a major final, is something we are unlikely to ever experience.
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It would be interesting to see a slmaiir study for, lets say, English men in the London area. One might hypothesise that here the football’ effect would be less marked, because whilst supporters of Germany have legitimate expectations that their team will win the world cup (and would therefore be deeply anxious about their progress in the competition), England fans in the higher risk age group (like myself) are sanguine in the knowledge that elimination in the early rounds is a virtual certainty. The stress that would undoubtedly accompany having to watch England actually playing in a major final, is something we are unlikely to ever experience.