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Just idle speculation, what happens when 30 follow-me drones are on the slopes at the same time? Will they all be able to avoid each other?


The minute drones like these start shipping they'll be banned from all ski resort faster than you can say pow.

Also, with a top speed of 40 km/h this isn't able to keep up with anyone who's past the rookie stage skiing/snowboarding. So their marketing is very misleading, either by intention or because these guys don't know shit about skiing.


Anyone going faster than about 40km/h isn't really doing anything worth filming anyway, other than ski racers.

All the interesting stuff for filming on the slopes happens at relatively low speeds - park, moguls, jumps, butters, etc.


If you're going any slower than 40 km/h the only thing you'll be doing in a terrain park is falling on your face. This [1] cable-driven terrain park "for children and adults" pulls you at 40 km/h. If you're looking at landing anything bigger than a 360 you'll need to be going closer to 60 km/h. Ski racers are not happy until they're going (a lot) faster than 90.

[1] http://www.al.no/en/html/aktiviteter/vinter/ski_snowboard_ca...


I'm a level 3 snowboard instructor in Canada, and I would say I infrequently go over 40km/h. It's only when I stand still on a groomer and "go fast", or for the run-in for the L/XL jumps.


Have you actually measured your speed though? Because the difference in speed sensation between a snowboard and a car (or bicycle) is just unbelievable if you haven't measured it.

The pull rope I linked above is for kids with small/medium jumps, and that's 40 km/h.


Yep, sometimes we race with GPS to see how fast we can go.

80 km/h on a snowboard is fast.


That's interesting. Way back when I was a ski racing kid (about 14) we once did a speed test where we closed off 400m of one of the children's slopes and put a photocell at the bottom, and we would hit 90+ km/h on that thing. Mind you, this was in racing gear with racing skis, but that was a flat-ass slope. The fastest we ever clocked in a race was around 120, when I was 18, in the worldcup downhill course in Åre.


Yep, having two planks and two edges on the ground is a huge advantage.




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