All that is needed for snow-kiting is normal alpine ski equipment, a three-plus-square-meter kite, a field of snow and wind.
For skiers who prefer to earn their turns, climbing into the backcountry with specialized alpine touring equipment provides unparalleled access to pristine terrain.
So in Lake Placid, when I did start jumping, I just had to get used to the Nordic, not Alpine, cable binding equipment.
We spent the next two days cross-country skiing through alpine pastures (ski equipment is available free of charge for guests).
Meanwhile, makers of navigation equipment, such as Alpine, JVC, Kenwood, Pioneer and Sony, have continued to pile on fresh features.
While the five stations have put their equipment on the Alpine Tower for now, they are cooperatively scouting for a permanent site from which to transmit their signals.
He and some like-minded friends began transforming the neighborhood into an Alpine-Himalayan fantasyland: with borrowed spelunking equipment, they turned three back-yard trees into a Tyrolean traverse; rock heaps became Doigt de Dieux and Annapurna.
SPORTS, PAGE 1 Technology Woes New equipment adds new twists, and the Alpine skiers in these Winter Olympics have a choice: stay up with the latest advances or be left at the gate.
The types of injuries related to alpine skiing have changed over time, as the equipment and slope-grooming technologies have evolved.
