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 […]
Skiing and Snowboarding
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 B77.1-2017 – Passenger Ropeways – Aerial Tramways, Aerial Lifts, Surface Lifts, Tows and Conveyors – Safety Standard
The safety standard for ski chair lifts, as well as other aerial passenger ropeways and tows, has been revised. The current version is ANSI B77.1-2017 – […]
ANSI B77.1 for Passenger Ropeways
Sugarloaf Cable Car, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil In a past post, we discussed ANSI B77.1-2017: Passenger Ropeways – Aerial Tramways, Aerial Lifts, Surface Lifts, Tows […]
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 […]
Snowboarding’s Influence on Skiing
Skiing has been around so long that the sport predates most records, but it might have originated 22,000 years ago when the Cro-Magnons first attached […]
Snowboard Boot and Binding Standards
Snowboard boots and bindings are two of the three essential pieces of equipment needed for snowboarding, with the other being the board itself. Boots and […]
ANSI Z87.1 Protection from Snow Glare
During the winter, people are incredibly cautious and take many measures to handle the turbulent weather, such as wearing clothing to stay warm and appropriate […]