I was thinking about this today as I watched Cody Townsend 'explain the Ghost'. He said it performs like no other boot he has ever ridden.
So this got me thinking, technology is constantly improving, that in theory makes it easier to perform bigger tricks, hit bigger lines and generally improve. Skis are constantly getting lighter and faster as new alloys and materials are developed, but where does it stop, if at all?
As the sport progresses, people also need better protection, and that is constantly improving too, probably faster than the technology that enables you to ski. Better body armour and protective systems, avalanche control and detection methods are constantly being engineered to cope with the bigger airs and the more ridiculous skiing that people do.
It got me to thinking that maybe people will end up going so big that they could have an emergency parachute ejection system or something in their jacket so minimise impact if it goes wrong!
In 10 years time, will we see people hucking quintuple backflips and double corked 2160 spins?! Even park building technology comes into this too, to enable skiiers to go bigger and do more ridiculous things.
If you go back 20 years, no one would have predicted the level of freeskiing that there is today.
Where are the limits, if there are any?!
