dvice.com - 3/5/2009
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While I was skiing in Colorado this weekend, I had my first mid-hill collision, up-ending a kid while I was tearing down Jacque's Pique . Everyone was fine, but it might have been much worse if I had been on a snowboard . With two long skis to carve edges into the slope, I was able to slow ...
i.gizmodo.com - 3/13/2009
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i.gizmodo.com —
I ate a wheel of cheese for lunch.
But I'm not worried. Constipation is no match for
the bowel-emptying thrills of the ski jump toilet stall. Just align your feet on the painted skis on the floor and imagine you are barreling down the mountain ...
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This Ski Jump Will Make You Crap Yourself [Toilets]
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Snowmodo: The Twin Parabolic Ski Concept [Snowmodo]
Gizmodo —
... skis under each foot, the design allows for more grip at high-speeds since there are more applied edges griping the snow. Overall the experimental concept seems like a significant way to make downhill racing faster and more dangerous on a pair of skis. The idea of using adjustable joints to make the set of blades under each foot flexible is pretty interesting, and I can't help but wonder if the same concept can be applies to a snowboard in some way. [Yanko Design via DVICE] Snowmodo is our snow sport winter meet up at Lake Tahoe, with ...
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