Snowboarding
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Adding some new juice to the term "all-in-one quiver board," Colorado startup Seasons wants you to stop riding a different board every season – skateboard, snowboard, wakeboard – and start riding the same board
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New in the sports wearables market is GogglePal, a heads-up display for snowboarders and skiers that places real-time fitness stats, navigational cues, and games unobtrusively in the user's ski goggles. Three levels of models are offered as pledge rewards in the company's Kickstarter campaign.
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One factor that snowboarders didn't previously have to consider when choosing bindings was what kind of data they provided. With the introduction of the XON Snow-1, however, that's now a factor. The bindings use an array of sensors to provide riders with all sorts of data on their performance.
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Concussions – or at least concussion discussions – are all the rage lately, particularly in relation to professional sports leagues like the NFL. BlackBox Biometrics adds to the discussion with the Linx IAS, a small, lightweight sensor designed to track concussive forces.
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These days, extreme sports can mean serious business with career-making endorsements hinging on perfect 720 degree spins. The XsensrAIR sensor is aimed at extreme sports enthusiasts looking to take their craft to the next level, offering feedback on their performance in real time.
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It's been a triumphant year for adrenaline. It hosted the introduction of all kinds of wild, innovative adventure gear for every type of terrain and weather known to man. Here are our favorite pieces of new adventure gear hardware of the year in no particular order.
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Leave your skis or snowboard unattended outside the lodge; skip lunch/après ski drinks; or obsessively look out the window. The AlpineTec AlpineHawk provides a fourth option: an electronic anti-theft system that sounds an alarm and sends you a smartphone alert if someone messes with your skis.
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The all-new Leif skateboard digs a niche between electric boards and snowboard-style skateboards by offering a snowboard-inspired ride that's sharpened by its electric driveline. Call it an electric snowboard for the streets.
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While fitness monitors and apps may work for other sports, UK start-up Delazify feels that skiers and snowboarders need a bigger, bolder template. That template is the Yeti, a bulging wrist monitor that makes it easier to see your on-slope performance figures.
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If an experimental thrusting system from UK-based Dreamscience makes it to market, it could pack the fun of motorized skateboards, surfboards and more into a single exhilarating accessory. The electric propulsion system lends motor-muscle to skiing, surfing, paragliding and beyond.
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Canadian-based start-up North45 has developed a cleverly designed two-piece scarf with an integrated magnet that stays fixed to your goggles while providing an escape route for your breath.
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The team at Signal Snowboards is always getting up to some crazy stuff on its Every Third Thursday show. Previously, we featured the crew's all glass snowboard, and now they are showing off a board made of 100 percent recycled cardboard.
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