The Decline of Snowboarding
During a 1979 Snurfer competition, Jake Burton Carpenter participated with a variant of his own design, winning the race, inventing snowboarding, and shifting the landscape…
ANSI | Automotive | Sports
ANSI/OPEI Z130.1-2020: Golf Cars Safety Specifications
Even recreational vehicles, like golf cars (or golf carts), possess some level of risk. Invented in 1935, these vehicles have facilitated transport throughout golf courses since…
ANSI | Automotive | Sports
Optimizing Safe Use of Golf Cars with ANSI/ILTVA Z130.1-2012
***Update: ANSI/ILTVA Z130.1-2012 has been revised. The current edition, ANSI/OPEI Z130.1-2020Golf Cars – Safety And Performance Specifications, is available on the ANSI Webstore. You can…
ANSI | Construction | Sports
ICC 300-2017: Standard for Bleachers, Folding and Telescopic Seating, and Grandstands
ICC 300-2017, the latest revision of the American National Standard for Bleachers, Folding and Telescopic Seating, and Grandstands, has been released. Bleachers, as well as…
Standards Fuel Sports of the Winter Olympic Games
The 2018 Winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang, South Korea take place February 8-25, 2018. The current event follows the four-year cycle that commenced in 1924,…
America’s Ski Lifts
Skiing is an American pastime. The winter sport—paired with snowboarding for the past several decades of its history—has been practiced from sea to shining sea…
Getting to Know Cable
It’s easy to overlook cable, but doing so is unenlightened in relation to the technological accomplishment. Utilized for supporting bridges and controlling elevators, cable cars,…
ANSI B77.1 for Aerial Tramways
ANSI B77.1-2022: Passenger Ropeways – Aerial Tramways, Aerial Lifts, Surface Lifts, Tows and Conveyors – Safety Standard is, in many ways, the standard for ski…
Snowcats
Snowcats are the large tracked vehicles that you might see traveling on or around the slopes of a ski resort. Powered by a large diesel…