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Video Recording Ski Goggles

March 15, 2011 by  
Filed under Sport Gadgets

Video Recording Ski Goggles

 

The ski goggles are a must for every sports lover. It doesn’t matter whether you’re involved with skiing and snowboarding or you are an extreme sports lover and you sky dive every weekend you have a chance, the top quality goggles have to be part of your equipment. Goggles protect your eyes against small particles that may put your life in danger, not to mention inclement weather conditions. When you ski, you’re almost always wearing your goggles, so how cool would it be if you had a video camera built into your ski goggles? Introducing the Video Recording Ski Goggles from Hammacher Schlemmer.

There are so many gadgets out there that you can almost catch everything on camera these days, therefore the video recording ski goggles sound like the ideal piece of equipment that combines two important aspects of every extreme sports lover – you’ve got protection for your eyes and your entire experience is captured on video. The 5 MP video camera is an HD (high definition) camera and in order to get a good sound too, the microphone has a protective cover to mask or filter out the rushing sound of wind or rain.

You’d like to capture video of your outdoor experiences, and you usually have to ask your friends to take the pictures or videos from a distance. With the Video Recording Ski Goggles, you shoot the video from your own perspective, exactly what you’re viewing through your ski goggles. Now that’s even better!

With 4 GB of memory, you can record over 100 minutes at a high resolution video. If that’s not enough, just get a compatible microSD card and your problem and with the additional storage, you can capture even more. However, the battery only lasts for a couple of hours before you’ll need to recharge.

When it comes to its original purpose of protecting your eyes, the video recording ski goggles perform just as well as other high quality ski goggles. The lens have UV and anti fog protection, plus they can be fitted with helmets as well.

In order to view your video footage simply plug the goggles into your computer with a USB cable and download the videos. Keep in mind that the Video Recording Ski Goggles only come in one size, but they are adjustable and one size fits most, so you shouldn’t have  a problem with fit.

Available: Hammacher

Price: $249.95

Buy the Video Recording Ski Goggles from Hammacher Schlemmer

The Gen Next Twin Parabolic Ski

March 16, 2009 by  
Filed under Sport Gadgets

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Skiing is a passion with most of us. There are some of us who are still learning skiing and others are really good in the art yet fail at times. Accidents never tell before happening and I wonder what we will do if we had a collision some time, especially if someone is on the snowboard because it’s really hard to control your speed with a snowboard.

It may actually be really risky for our lives as well as others who are skiing around us. Now that was when I was engrossed and fully occupied in my thoughts, I got to know about this Twin Parabolic Ski, which is the ultimate skiing gadget especially made for the future generation. Actually the Twin Parabolic Ski can truly act as a savior and if you don’t know much about skiing, Twin Parabolic Ski can be your best buddy. The Twin Parabolic Ski is crafted upon the idea of having four edges instead of two to help you with a safer skiing experience. Actually Twin Parabolic Ski is made for racing purposes and since it involves lot of risk, the best way of countering that risk is through Twin Parabolic Ski. Its single ski comprises of actually two skis and is through hinges linked. The Twin Parabolic Ski is, in the middle, attached by an upraised. That means that whenever one has to stop or take a turn, he can use four edges rather than two. This will ensure a safer ride as the speed will be controlled and the impact will be thereby

Designed and thought by Charlie Pyott, the Twin Parabolic Ski is a great idea. Although there is not much information if actually some one has been using the Twin Parabolic Ski or not, yet there is no doubt that the concept is out of the world. it seems Charlie Pyott has actually done a lot of brainstorming and research to come up with this enthusiastic idea that is quite promising. So even if you cant use the Twin Parabolic Ski, 15 years down the lane, our next generation will have a mind boggling time with them.