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…
ANSI/RESNA ASE-2:2012 (R2018)— Adaptive Golf Cars
Golfing empowers individuals with cognitive, physical, sensory, health, and age-related challenges. As such, golf is an important therapeutic and rehabilitative tool that can improve the…
ASTM F1882-15: Residential Basketball Systems
Soccer balls were the original basketball that at time had laces; peach baskets were the original basketball hoop. It was not until the 1950s when…
ISO 11416: 1995 — Tennis Rackets
How many rackets do professional tennis players carry? Typically, players bring more than five or six rackets of the same make and model each often…
ISO 10958— Snowboards Binding Mounting Area
A snowboard is made up of three primary components: snowboard, boots, and the bindings. The bindings maximize control, comfort, and precision as they deliver power…
ASTM F1772-17: Harnesses for Rescue and Sport Activities
People have been scaling mountains as early as 1336. Sir Alfred Wills’s ascent of the Swiss Wetterhorn in 1865 is considered the birth of mountaineering….
ASTM F2950-14(2021): Soccer Goals
The first known reference to a soccer goal can be traced back to the reign of Chinese Emperor Ch’eng Ti (around 32 B.C.), when two…
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A Brief History of Golf: Origins, Evolution & Key Milestones
Golf is the only recognized sport played on the moon. In 1971, Alan Shepard, an astronaut on the Apollo 14 mission, famously hit two golf balls on the…
ASTM F1953-10(2018): Grass Tennis Courts
Throughout tennis history, different types of surfaces have been used to create a tennis court, including clay, grass, hard, and carpet. Each surface affects the playing…