DIN Setting for Ski Bindings
Whether you prefer to boot up in the lodge or in your car, get in line for the chairlift first thing in the morning or…
ANSI | Automotive | Sports
SAE J 292-2021: Snowmobile and Snowmobile Cutter Lamps
The snowmobile was invented by mechanic and entrepreneur Joseph-Armand Bombardier in Quebec in the 1920s. Bombardier’s snowmobile prototype was a propeller-driven sled that he tested on…
ISO 18527-1:2021—Skiing and Snowboarding Goggles
Thousands of years ago, the Inuit and Yupik peoples of Alaska and northern Canada created the first snow goggles, which were made by carving narrow…
ISO 9462:2023—Alpine Ski-Bindings
The first modern heel-and-toe binding for alpine skiing was the Cubco binding: step-in and the toe could release in all directions, and the heel could release in a forward fall….
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…