PEEKSKILL, N.Y. — On a scorching summer day in upstate New York, representatives from G-Form and Trek Bikes peddled up and down steep rock-laced trails to show how G-Form’s new line of knee and elbow pads can be used in different kinds of extreme conditions. G-Form, which makes a line of protective gear that is […]
A Latvian company behind a handsfree extreme sports drone is hoping to compete with the DJI’s of the world with a new Kickstarter campaign that promises to follow fast-moving athletes in high winds and in wet conditions. Helico Aerospace Industries, the company behind the AirDog that raised more than $1.3 million on Kickstarter in 2015, […]
Action sports-focused startup Unit 1 is set to introduce its first offering, Soundshield, a helmet and detachable headphone pairing that the company hopes can elevate the users’ music listening experience from the slopes to the skate park. Soundshield comes in two basic parts — the helmet and the headphones. The headphones lock in underneath the […]
Now you’ll be able to watch Jimmy Wilkins do a flip with his skateboard over your head as you watch from a digital seat atop a ramp at the X Games in Minneapolis. For the first time, the ESPN’s X Games will stream some of the event in 360-degree virtual-reality video. The event, which begins […]
Imagine being dragged by a 28-propeller drone 1,000 feet in the sky, then letting go on purpose to plummet toward Earth. A Latvian drone company that introduced the world to a phenomenon known as “droneboarding” in January is back at it again with another mind-bending feat: completing the first-ever human BASE jump at a high […]
