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What is skiing missing?

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Walkerhines5
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Hey guys, im in an engineering class at my high school and i have a $100 budget and a year to invent something. i want to do something ski related, but im wondering what you guys want most. So what do you think the skiing industry needs and why?
Nov 19 2013 9:12PM
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No.Quarter
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Skis need brakes, I get so tired from pizza-ing and my legs hurt

Also smaller groomers that can work while the run stays open so the runs stay groomed all day
Nov 19 2013 9:18PM
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papermache
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skis that dont have to be drilled in order to mount skis like snowboards are. If I want to adjust where my mount is I can unscrew and move the binding myself without redrilling and depreciating the ski. This could allow skis and bindings to be swapped aswell kind of like quiver killers.

companies would never build these because it would lose them money, but I'd be stoked if it happened.  

Nov 19 2013 9:21PM
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GIF
Posts: 468 - Karma: 1,279
Teleportation.
Nov 19 2013 9:22PM
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skitheeast77
Posts: 224 - Karma: 6,577
a camelback except instead of drinking water u smoke weed out of it
Nov 19 2013 9:30PM
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nine50seven
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Wouldn't that make a ski super stiff underfoot
Nov 19 2013 9:30PM
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JAHpow
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Personal heli drone
Nov 19 2013 9:33PM
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Crankset
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An inexpensive, tiny GPS chip (similar to what the company Tile is creating) that you stick on your ski. It gives you the exact location on your phone for when you lose a ski in powder. No more waiting until spring to find lost skis.

Boom. If you're making cash off this, I want a cut. It's here in writing.

Nov 19 2013 9:34PM
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SFB
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a snowboard, except like its split in half and you ride it facing forward.
Nov 19 2013 9:54PM
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hokkanee
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more beer
Nov 19 2013 9:55PM
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SamColby
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a cheaper way to have AT bindings
Nov 19 2013 10:01PM
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Hammyslapwagon
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brakes that work and don't get bent when you land switch weird
Nov 19 2013 10:01PM
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Meeds
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the industry just needs money, but somebody already invented that
Nov 19 2013 10:17PM
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Blurst
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K2 did this a few years back paired with Marker.

Its a great idea but you are right everyone would lose money, skis would last longer, way less bindings would be sold.
Nov 19 2013 10:21PM
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Edward.
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We need to hire elves to work at every ski resort to take ski boots off the feet of skiers at the end of the day. That way we can kick back and enjoy some nice bootgasms without struggling to take them off on our own after a long day of shredding. A skier's happy ending.
Nov 19 2013 11:20PM
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elm.
Posts: 1492 - Karma: 13,497
poles that are also vapes or pipes.

Transceiver built into boots.

Nov 19 2013 11:39PM
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griz_lee
Posts: 483 - Karma: 647
k2 did this with tele bindings but not actual alpine bindings. and line did it with the binding they tried to develop. obviously the issue is the variation in mountain patterns and boot sizes so unfortunately it will never work with skis.
Nov 19 2013 11:47PM
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cheener12
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classic ns
Nov 20 2013 12:07AM
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ChillTeenDad420
Posts: 1858 - Karma: 5,512
skis with chicken nugget dispensers

poles with blender attachment for on hill smoothies

helmet but instead of padding/shell it has a head shaped pouch u can put booze in and a straw that goes in your mouth. like a camelhat


Nov 20 2013 12:25AM
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NinetyFour
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Like said above, the Line Reactor. Used four inserts underfoot that JLev had sort of intended/wanted to be an industry standard binding mount. It also had the infamous 3rd DIN that Knee Bindings uses to prevent torn knee ligaments that often happen in a backward twisting fall. What I think was a tight budget for proper R&D, and more importantly, proper manufacturing lead to the Reactor's downfall (or was it explosion...) Great idea that just never really happened. Then for the system to be truly universal, the added complications sklee mentioned also prevented it from being just that.

@SamColby, working on it.
Nov 20 2013 12:27AM
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AGOF
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yea cool down there 9thward
Nov 20 2013 1:44AM
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ErryB
Posts: 138 - Karma: 1,685
poles that can also turn into a hose for your bong
poles that can hold your weed so your rents dont find it
skis that automatically rotate themselves so you can land triple corks
skis with speakers
gore tex really tall jacket, like tall tall
a filing tool that can blunt your edges so you can ski rails

some of these are jokes!

Nov 20 2013 2:47AM
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Black-Bandanna
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Holy shit, this can actually be done. I might just try it.... a backpack vape. It'd be so simple too:

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Nov 20 2013 2:53AM
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sagesnow
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trained dogs to be the designated filmer EVERYDAY MUAHAHA
Nov 20 2013 3:20AM
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SSteezle
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a snowmaker that blows out of your asshole
Nov 20 2013 6:30AM
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ABalls
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An insole for shoes that would cushion the effects of shinbang designed specifically for skiers.
Nov 20 2013 8:02AM
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Labattski
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Yeah seriously why hasn't someone thought of this yet?
Nov 20 2013 8:24AM
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lewist
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Having snowboarded on Burton's EST (channel) boards, I reckon someone could do the same with ski bindings.

Having said that i fucking hate the EST system, mainly because it's a money making scheme for Burton but also because the screws always come loose. Could be improved, though...

This is what I mean:
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Can be adjusted to any length so would solve BSL and mounting issues.
Nov 20 2013 8:50AM
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lewist
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p.s awesome use of an engineering project
Nov 20 2013 8:51AM
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CalvinStork
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boots with a usb charger port for your gopro.
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and while your at it maybe a three pronged for a quick lift microwave
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and maybe one of those dryer plugs so you can dry your gloves on the hill
Nov 20 2013 8:53AM
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B.Aussie
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Threads.
Nov 20 2013 8:55AM
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slav_slayer
Posts: 476 - Karma: 1,821
A nice pair of Warm.... Dry..... gloves
Nov 20 2013 8:56AM
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slav_slayer
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A nice pair of Warm.... Dry..... gloves
Nov 20 2013 8:56AM
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louie.mirags
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Drones with cameras for edits that lap the park
Nov 20 2013 9:04AM
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Iraq_Lobster
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skis or boots with speakers
Nov 20 2013 9:13AM
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mikem
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tell me how it works.
Nov 20 2013 10:37AM
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seward
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double decker chair lifts.

youre welcome.
Nov 20 2013 10:46AM
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griz_lee
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I couldnt find a good picture but blizzard used a binding track system that only used one screw. Unfortunately the bindings kinda sucked and the track would stick when the ski flexed. but now that I think about it could be updated to work with free skiing.
Nov 20 2013 10:52AM
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Ghini
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Unfortunately this will never happen..
Nov 20 2013 10:55AM
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killa_trees
Posts: 97 - Karma: 104
Put a vape/hookah in your backpack and hope you dont eat shit
Nov 20 2013 11:20AM
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GayWolf420
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Lugging a bong around skiing might be some of the dumbest shit you can do.
Nov 20 2013 11:28AM
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TimRiley
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Interesting to think about. I wonder if the same technology could be used in avalanche rescue if there was one in your pocket.
Nov 20 2013 11:29AM
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Crankset
Posts: 1176 - Karma: 497
Yeah absolutely I don't see why not. It has all sorts of potential, including off the mountain. Have a look at tile app : http://www.thetileapp.com/ This sort of has most of the general principles covered - just need to market one directly towards the snow sports industry. Thoughts ?
Nov 20 2013 11:55AM
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sivercartel4ever
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Been done marker schizo....or demo plates.
Nov 20 2013 12:00PM
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RubberSoul
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yeah, but it's also awesome. a local hero from my old mountain used to always wear a backpack with a bong in it. people would assume he had like...gear that made sense in it but nope, it was a bong

Nov 20 2013 12:01PM
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Yaraelpoof.png
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gaper repellent
Nov 20 2013 12:17PM
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TimRiley
Posts: 1873 - Karma: 1,327
It's a really cool idea. I could see it being useful in multiple ways. It could possibly help with lost people, skis, GoPros, really anything.
Nov 20 2013 12:17PM
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Crankset
Posts: 1176 - Karma: 497
I like it. We should talk. Mainsley08@gmail.com
Nov 20 2013 12:39PM
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CalvinFederline
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soft boots
Nov 20 2013 12:41PM
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PM4FreeJiberish
Posts: 447 - Karma: 3,533
I've thought about this for a while, but skiing needs those bikini girls at wresting matches to stand on the lip of jumps and hold up signs saying if they are clear or not.
Nov 20 2013 1:28PM
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histonskiah
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Dude thats so weird because I'm in principles of engineering right now and I have to invent something too. But I have create a digital image of it and its super hard. But this thread just helped a ton!
Nov 20 2013 1:55PM
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