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The 360: Skateboarding, In-line Skating and Snowboarding All-in-One

The 360 is yet another hybrid sport creation that is intended for taking riders to extremely new levels of extremeness. Like the RipStick before it, the 360 combines skateboarding and snowboarding—but then it goes full-on extreme by throwing in-line skating into the mix. Apparently, riders can insert their feet into the into the wheel openings and preform tricks and feats not possible on traditional boards. It can even ride over gravel and grass with ease. More »

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The Flaik Armband Tracks Your Airtime on the Ski Slopes

The Flaik armband promises to maximize your bragging rights on the ski slopes by recording jump airtime using a GPS system embedded in an armband. It can also keep tabs on measuring speed, distance, and altitude—data that is automatically uploaded to Flaik servers and can be accessed anytime via a web-enabled device. There is even a social and safety component included in the system that will allow you to track friends and their stats and receive SMS messages when you wander beyond the resorts boundaries. The Flaik armband managed to nab this year's Australian International Design Award, but there is no word yet on when we might see it in production. [Flaik via AustralianIT via Core77 and Gizmodo Australia]

wii fit

Wii Fit Helpin' Us Ski This Summer

With the snow season practically over, we are starting to miss those winter days of snowboarding and hot tubbin'. This summer when the snow is long gone we might actually have an outlet for our snow-sport deprived lives. The Wii Fit. There is a whole set of mini-games that take place on the mountain. With games that range from ski jumping to snowboarding, it makes us wonder if it will be enough to kill the mid-summer, snow-missin' blues. More »

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Good Times at the Gizmodo Reader Meetup


The Gizmodo reader meetup happened on Saturday at Alpine Meadows and we had a great time. The snow was soft, the gadgets were plentiful, the beer flowed and no one fell on their head except Joe, who got a black eye when he face planted on the first run. The photos above were uploaded on Nokia N95s to a central share. I didn't upload many, but I did spend most of my day fiddling with a Zune preloaded with songs to ride to. More »

buildings

Norwegian Ski Hotel Placed Right On The Slopes

io9 found this great concept by Danish design architects BIG which places a hotel against the side of a mountain with the idea that hotel patrons can finish off a ski or snowboard run by riding directly to their floor. The hotel looks absolutely epic, and I like the way the wavy lines of the hotel match the tracks left on snow by skis and snowboards. [BIG via io9] More »

bluetooth glove

G-Cell Communication Glove Uses Bluetooth, Talk-To-The-Hand Technology

Billed as the first communications glove, the G-Cell glove is a collaboration between glove manufacturer Swany and experimental development company Texsys GmbH. The design, with its integrated microphone, speaker and a couple of buttons to make calls, is clearly aimed at winter sports enthusiasts. Here's what the G-Cell has got: More »

accessories

Von Zipper Snow Muffs Headphones: One Less Thing To Worry About

Say you're Brian Lam, out there on the slopes of Tahoe, snowboarding as your iPhone drops the biggest beats since the Propellerheads' dropped Decksanddrumsandrockandroll. It sounds grand, but there's a logistical problem: You have goggles, plus the earmuffs your mom knitted for you, plus your (definitely not white) earbuds, all connected to your head using different straps, levers and pulleys. Von Zipper combines them all into one easy system: the $20 Snow Muffs/H-Phones will attach to most ski goggles—but particularly those that Von Zipper by coincidence also sells, for $60 to $160. [Product Page via Book of Joe]

ski tech

O'Neill NavJacket Shows the Way with GPS, Integrated Audio/Video

O'Neill is offering its European market a glimpse of the snowy future with the NavJacket, a GoreTex parka with a stitched-in GPS receiver, speakers in the hood, and a "flexible display sleeve." We don't have any demonstration video (but damn do we wish we did). In fact, this is really the only picture floating around. But here's what we know: More »

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Venom Switchboard, a Cross Between Skis and Snowboard


Winter is coming and it's just about time to hit the slopes, but are you having trouble deciding between downhill skiing and snowboarding? The Venom Switchboard is a cross between the two, and adds an aluminum steering bar for even greater control. This vehicle looks like it mixes together just the right amount of danger and thrills, and it's not all that expensive, either.
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keeping warm

Snowboard Binding Flask to Make the Slopes Sloppier

Nothing makes zooming down a hill at 30MPH more fun like some recreational drinking on the chairlift on the way back up. The Flask Pack is a little neoprene case that'll hold your flask and keep it snug up against the back of your snowboard's bindings, allowing you to have a little nip in between increasingly erratic carves. Just look out for trees, bro. [Product Page via Boing Boing Gadgets]

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Snowboard Glove Concept Controls Your iPod via Non-Romantic Gestures

This is a demonstration of the previously seen iPod glove control concept, allowing snowboarders to control their music without reaching into a pocket and fiddling with the not-made-for-gloves Click Wheel. As you can see, different combinations of finger presses bring up tracks in Postal Service's serviceable studio album, which look like an awkward thing to do while you're trying to avoid being tree'd. The upshot is we'd hate to fall, try and catch ourselves, and accidentally turn up the volume with an unintended gesture and blast out our ears. [YouTube]

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UVEX Univision Snowboard Goggles Do Something

We don't snowboard all that often (since that would require leaving the house), but these UVEX super goggles seem to be the kind of thing we'd use on our trips down the slopes. The UVEX Univision has an AAA battery inside to allow the glass to shift from the light lens in low light situations (cabins) to the dark lens in super bright (snow) situations. More »

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Portable Splint for Extreme Sports Welds Itself Together

This portable plastic splint takes up a tiny space in a backpack but brings big relief, holding a broken limb together long enough to get medical help and providing soothing warmth in the meantime. The special plastic fuses itself together in about five minutes using the same chemical-reactive heat technology used in hand warmers. More »

peripherals

Snowboard USB Flash Drive is 2Cool4School

Yeah! Snowboarding is rad, man! ACP EP has paired with Burton for the Snow Drive, a USB flash drive in the shape and design of snowboards. It even includes an LED activity light, you know, just like your real snowboard. This drive is available in capacities up to 2GB with prices starting at $17. More »

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Motorola Bluetooth Hat For Snowboarders

This goofy looking cap from Motorola has a Bluetooth headset built in so snowboarders can carry on a conversation using their cellphones or listen to music while sliding down the mountain to their death. The cap comes in two versions, white and black. Unlike Apple, Motorola doesn't charge more for the black version. Both are $179.95. More »

home entertainment

Snowboarding in the Living Room

Haven't had the time to hit the slopes this year and fear you may not be at the top of your snowboarding game? Check out Hammacher Schlemmer's all-in-one snowboard simulator game, a nifty little package that includes a snowboard simulator with four games, all for $59.95. The game modes include time challenge, pipedream and Tokyo megaplex and you'll find a wide range of terrain and weird things to look at as you digitally board. Be on the lookout for half-pipes, forests, mountain ranges and of course, other snowboarders. More »