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Keystone introduced a program last year that tracked your vertical much like you mentioned.
SLOPETRACKER GPS
Have you ever wondered how many vertical feet you skied? SlopeTracker is for you! A tracking device you wear on the slopes will download a color map of the ski area which will include total runs, vertical footage, distance, top speed, time skiing/riding and resting, calories burned and difficulty rating.
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Originally posted by Buster Highmen
3) Better altitude and wind resistant lighters.
The no snow on the boot sole idea is cool. So is bad_roo's sled idea.
IndyGS: I've had quite a few talks with the SlopeTracker inventor... its pretty cool... only prob is the expense of using it. It does a lot more than your vertical like you said... but for just vertical, you merely need to know the order in which you went up each chair and a simple excell equation will solve it for you.
Nike AGC ascent compass watch and most suuntos will give you accumulated altitude for the day thats your vertical if your reset it when first start up the first chair and then check it at the end of the day before dirving home. Don't buy the Nike watch... you only get to use it 11 months of the year because the proprietary battery and they take their sweet fucking time to change it.
magnetic system between the ski and boot (built-in; high powered strong shit),
no more "bindings." (patent pending)
that, or a way keep a free A-star in my yard with unlimited gas.
A lot of magnets dont like impacts... snow in the way would make it a hard project as would the skies potentially pushing each other apart or pulling htemselves toward each other... how would you step out of hte binding? find someting athat superconducts below 32F any maybe you would have a winter only optoin... interesting thought! just my drunken take on itQuote:
Originally posted by Ted Stryker
magnetic system between the ski and boot (built-in; high powered strong shit),
no more "bindings." (patent pending)
that, or a way keep a free A-star in my yard with unlimited gas.
NASA!
NAVA!
wouldn't that make walking around on snow these in ski boots very, very delicate?Quote:
Originally posted by bad_roo
Hydrophobic membrane for boot soles so snow never sticks to 'em when you're trying to step into your binding?
Try to design a device that can transport skiers uphill that is more efficient than a chairlift- something that can handle more skier per hour, but use less power. And surface lifts don't count- it has to be Gaper-accessesible
What about this...if you ski on a lot of ice like i do in jersey, then make edges that slightly heat the snow so the edges grip the ice, something electricly charged that you can turn on and off so it they act as normal edges in normal snow