http://www.advancedracingcomputers.com/blog Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 25 Apr 2009 14:10:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Chris Fellows, Director and Trainer at the North American Ski Training Center wrote an article on his experience with and what he learned from using the vLink Racing Computer in the PSIA-W Newsletter, the 2009 Spring Edge.  Chris, a three term PSIA demo team member and one of the most technically ... http://www.advancedracingcomputers.com/blog/?p=56 The vLink, the US Ski Team, and the Park City Ski Team were recently featured on the Discovery Channel.  To watch the video clip, click here. The vLink was the center of an interesting discussion on the PMTS forum.  Join the forum and search on vLink. Camille Courchesne, from Canada has our favorite vLink quote: "It's ... http://www.advancedracingcomputers.com/blog/?p=45 The first congress on Science and Skiing in the low lands ILLCSS was held on the 11th of October 2008 in Brussels Belgium.  Troy Flanagan, director of the US Ski Team's Sports Science Department, Richard Kirby, Inventor of the vLink, and Alan Schonberger, World Champian Skier and owner of the Ski ... http://www.advancedracingcomputers.com/blog/?p=43 Troy Flanagan, the director of the US Ski Team's sports science department, lead's sports science initiatives for the US Olympic team in the lead up to the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.  His work involves collaborations on technology development with organizations such as NASA, MIT, the US defense forces, and Advanced Racing ... http://www.advancedracingcomputers.com/blog/?p=42 The US Ski Team women took three vLink racing computers to New Zealand this summer and the team released the following press announcement concerning their experience:  Cook: "Make it to beep when I'm slow" PARK CITY, Utah (Aug. 27) – Alpine racer Stacey Cook (Mammoth, CA) was certain she was knifing ... http://www.advancedracingcomputers.com/blog/?p=39 We just returned from the 4th International Congress on Science and Skiing held at St. Christoph am Arlberg in Tirol, Austria.  The conference consisted of 6 days packed with high quality scientific presentations on every aspect of skiing imaginable.  Richard Kirby, the vLink inventor, presented the results of the research ... http://www.advancedracingcomputers.com/blog/?p=38   The vLink racing computer research team has just returned from participating in the U.S. Ski Team’s fall training camp. The vLink racing computer was used for training purposes with three members of the U.S. Tech team in Keystone, Colorado. The report from the camp can be viewed here.  The work we do with ... http://www.advancedracingcomputers.com/blog/?p=36 A presentation about the results of vLink research done at Mount Hood this summer was accepted by the International Congress on Science and Skiing (ICSS). vLink inventor Richard Kirby will present the data as a featured speaker at the 4th annual ICSS conference in St. Christophe, Austria. The abstract can be ... http://www.advancedracingcomputers.com/blog/?p=34 This month, we introduce the new vLink Sports Science Corner, where we will post technical articles that share advanced ski training insight made possible by research using the vLink. Don’t worry though – you don’t have to have a PhD in biomechanics to benefit from these articles. All you need ... http://www.advancedracingcomputers.com/blog/?p=33 Although the vLink racing computer was originally designed as an individual training tool, it can also be shared among several skiers in the same club or on the same team. The quick release capability of the vLink makes moving the shuttles between skis a 30-second process. To help keep the ... http://www.advancedracingcomputers.com/blog/?p=30