2012 - Bitness.com | Geek to the Core

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As if pudgy, middle-aged moms crowding the lineup at your local surf spot wasn’t enough, look for them to appear at your gym for a Surfset Fitness class.

Billed as the “only total body surf-style trainer” the Surfset RipSurferX combines balance and resistance training said to improve cardio, strength and endurance. We’ve reviewed other balance trainers (and here) and resistance equipment and for the most part their simplicity and cost make them a reasonable choice for manhy. The RipSurferX is not yet available for the home user, so you’ll need to find a class to get started.

Our only hope is the RipSurferX keeps the surfers in the water and clears-out the lineup for those of us looking to… surf.

Posted by: Franz

August 21, 2012/0 Comments/by admin

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Ski/board like a cyborg with Recon Instruments

Boarding, Skiing

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A few years ago Zeal Optics came out with the Transcend HUD (heads up display) goggle that used GPS to track speed (maximum, average, and current), lat/long, temperature, total vertical distance traversed, number of runs and total distance. The maker of that HUD is Recon Instruments and now their HUD technology can be used in other ‘Recon Ready’ goggles from Uvex, Alpina, Zeal and Briko.

The HUD technology has been improved and now comes in two models, the MOD and MOD Live. The MOD includes mostly features in the existing HUD found in the Zeal, whereas the MOD Live also offers jump analytics, buddy tracking, smartphone connectivity, music, temperature, navigation and more.

The idea that you can locate your friend who sailed-off into a glade only to emerge on the other side of the mountain is more than appealing (especially since I’m usually the guy who sails off). This coming winter bitness.com is headed back to Snowbird with a bag of goodies to test. I look forward to doing it terminator style with goggles outfitted with the Recon Instruments MOD Live.

I’ll be back…

Posted by: Lawrence

April 12, 2012/0 Comments/by admin

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The future ain’t what it used to be

Boarding, Climbing, Cycling

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That’s a quote from the late, great comedian George Carlin – but these new glasses from Google might change your mind.

I wouldn’t recommend them and the distraction they introduce for core sports, but to live the core lifestyle you sometimes have to rock-it like a cyborg…

Posted by: Lawrence

April 4, 2012/0 Comments/by admin

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Surf Snowboard: one board does it all!

Boarding

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Every Third Thursday-by-Signal Snowboards-Fish out of Water-Surf Snowboard

Signal Snowboards does a feature called Every Third Thursday (ETT) where they experiment with board designs and materials to come up a unique snowboard that combines feats of engineering with stoke and creativity.

This month the Signal crew builds one board for both surf and snow. In this clip follow the construction of this board and watch pro surfer Rob Machado and pro snowboarder Curtis Ciszek put it through the paces.