VAIL, COLORADO – Here at the Burton US Open Snowboarding Championships, while high-flying Olympic talents like Chloe Kim and Mark McMorris show off their skills, a lesser known crew brings their tricks to life. A team of camera operators skis backwards, using stabilizers to shoot live video while following riders down the course. The camera […]
The challenge of an ACL tear is twofold. There’s the immediate surgery and yearlong rehab that’s plainly visible when an elite athlete is stricken, but research has shown that roughly half of patients suffer persisting problems in the knee years after the original injury. “What you don’t often see is that, about a decade later, […]
Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban revealed plans to accept cryptocurrency for tickets and merchandise next season, beginning with CyberMiles Tokens, Bitcoin and Ethereum. The Mavericks will be among the first NBA franchise to do so, joining the likes of the Sacramento Kings who began taking Bitcoin back in 2014. Cuban had previously indicated a general plan to include […]
Ted Ligety has collected two gold medals in his Olympic career and most recently was a participant in PyeongChang. During his career, he also co-founded a business to help him and other athletes win more. That business? Shred Optics, which creates helmets, sunglasses and other gear designed to help professional and recreational winter athletes. Ligety’s […]
Hyperice, the maker of a vibrating roller used by professional athletes, announced a new massaging device for muscle release that’s targeted for the general population. Two-and-a-half years after launching the original Vyper roller for elite athletes on Kickstarter and eight months after unveiling the Vyper 2.0, Hyperice released a new product Monday called Hypervolt that […]
