Olympic snowboarder Sage Kotsenburg helped develop a device that is an Outdoor Retailer Innovation Award finalist, but avalanche experts are wary that “we’re relying too much on technology.”
Olympic snowboarder Sage Kotsenburg helped develop device that is an Outdoor Retailer Innovation Award finalist, but avalanche experts are wary that “we’re relying too much on technology.”
So Kotsenburg has been helping develop a vest equipped with an air filtration system that can give someone buried in the snow about 90 minutes of additional breathing time. The vest can provide some safety without the need for a bulky backpack.
Sage Kotsenburg of Park City poses for a portrait after winning in the men's slopestyle finals at the 2014 Sochi Olympic Games on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014. . Often in those cases people don’t think to bring their avalanche gear with them even if they have it because they are accessing the terrain from a chairlift and aren’t going deep into the backcountry. He said the Sno Pro vest with the SBX system, which weighs just 18 ounces and is battery operated, can fill that in-between area.
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