Your product "ideas"

[MikeHunt]

Post 'em. We'll tell you how brilliant they are and give fair, constructive criticism if they're not.

Who am I kidding? We'll rip you a new one!

I'll start: Carv integrated into the zeppa/bootboard. Carv can call Carvboard. Takes up less space. Carv can partner, Boa style, with bootmakers and expand their market, whether skiers like it or not (like Boa).

 

[4ster]

We have add on boot heaters with toe elements & now heated socks. How about just having stock heated liners?

 

[Tony Storaro]

We have add on boot heaters with toe elements & now heated socks. How about just having stock heated liners?

With flexible, integrated batteries which are however removable and replaceable

 

[Tony Storaro]

Post 'em. We'll tell you how brilliant they are and give fair, constructive criticism if they're not.

Who am I kidding? We'll rip you a new one!

I'll start: Carv integrated into the zeppa/bootboard. Carv can call Carvboard. Takes up less space. Carv can partner, Boa style, with bootmakers and expand their market, whether skiers like it or not (like Boa).

How about a system that replaces the buckles on the boots with cables and knobs? Crazy I know but just think about the comfort and the even tightening pressure.

 

[Gina D]

Heads up display in your goggles where you can see colored dots of people behind you. The color represents the speed they're going.

 

[Tony Storaro]

Heads up display in your goggles where you can see colored dots of people behind you. The color represents the speed they're going.

A radar of sorts? Imagine if this radar was paired to a launching system in your helmet or backpack that shoots mini missiles at the dots that approach too quickly and collision is imminent…

 

[Jilly]

We have add on boot heaters with toe elements & now heated socks. How about just having stock heated liners?

Didn't Salomon or Atomic try that in a women's boot some time ago?

How about this....adjustable height T-bar. Go help this high school student with her survey, here

 

[MikeHunt]

A radar of sorts? Imagine if this radar was paired to a launching system in your helmet or backpack that shoots mini missiles at the dots that approach too quickly and collision is imminent…

Too complicated and hitech, even the HUD idea.

Keep it simple

plus

 

[Tony Storaro]

Too complicated and hitech, even the HUD idea.

Keep it simple

Nah.here is the real deal:

Nothing complicated, just add missiles.

 

[MikeHunt]

Nah.here is the real deal:

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Nothing complicated, just add missiles.

Sawing off ski pole handles then attaching, by welding or super glue, the bottom of the "reverse gun" barrel to the top of the ski pole shaft, is much simpler and realistic. It could be a weekend project.

 

[crgildart]

A boot and binding platform design where the boot sole is shaped like a normal shoe or boot sole with wider toe and heel lugs to better match today's 80mm+ skis. Yes, I realize trying to mount them on race skis would boot out but for everything else it's long past time to go wider. 3D print the shells and liners and footbeds from a scan of your actual foot.

 

[dbostedo]

How about a ski lift that magically makes the line evaporate as I approach?

 

[Tony Storaro]

How about a ski lift that magically makes the line evaporate as I approach?

Ermmm…didn’t you see the thing about missiles above?

 

[Tom K.]

Goggles that can burn the rime right off the lens.

Done magically.

No battery needed.

 

[Philpug]

Future Products We Would Like To See

When traveling to and from trade shows and demos, or just driving around, crazy ideas start bouncing around in our heads, like, What if Brand X made a Y ski, would it solve the ski world's problems? Would it sell? If so, in the tens, hundreds, or even thousands? Would anyone even care? In my...

www.skitalk.com

Some of these have already some to fruition.

 

[Mister Tea]

A pair of large mittens designed to go over your regular mittens/gloves for extra insulation on those really cold days. Wouldn't need to be waterproof since you'd only get them out when it's way too cold to have liquid water.

 

[4ster]

Goggles that can burn the rime right off the lens.

Done magically.

No battery needed.

I like this one! Add windshield wipers & fog lamps FTW!!

 

[nemesis256]

An automated paint ball gun that shoots people who wear all white, so I can actually see them.

 

[dbostedo]

Ermmm…didn’t you see the thing about missiles above?

That's a bit messier than I'd like... or maybe the invention is just having a special "dbostedo" line at every lift. Like the "singles" line, but only for "dbostedo". (Doesn't have to be me... I'm sure there are other "dbostedo"s out there.)

 

[cantunamunch]

Inflatable topsheet damping.