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Skiers on the US and Canadian teams will be protected by suits that include a new material which hardens momentarily on impact. Clothing manufacturer, Spyder have included the new material, known as 'd3o' into suits for racers removing the need to wear bulky arm and leg guards to protect themselves from slalom poles...
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn8721&feedId=online-news_rss20
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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mountain mad, The principle has been around for years, IIR you can mix a bowl of custard powder and water to a thick batter consistency and then try to punch it to achieve the same effect. d3o have created a way of holding the fluid stable in a matrix. I've seen some research on personal armour that is moving in this direction but where the containment matrix itself just needs a simple liquid to activate the bullet (etc.) resistance.
What's a bit disappointing is that it's going to be premium product and premium price for a long time before us plebs will enjoy the benefit. It will make our sport safer.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Masque, The suits are not that expensive.
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Apparently there is a company doing a beeny hat using a similar material & concept.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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david@mediacopy, that would be POD. Make what look like awesomely nice race gloves and helmets. Only white orange and black though.
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David Murdoch, That sounds familiar 
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David Murdoch,
I think you might mean POC 
D3O Armour is seiously good stuff, I saw the Spyder gear last year. It's available in armoured underwear too, not just race suits.
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Just have to find a way of licensing it so it doesn't carry the fashion stigma of the Spyder brand 
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You'd need a super flat stomach to get away with one of those suits. And don't get a purple one if you are the least bit bulgy; you'd look like a haemorrhoid.
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It's available in armoured underwear too
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The visions that statement creates 
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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pam w, I never trust anyone who actually knows how to spell haemorrhoid . . . let alone what one looks like . . . you could have said we'd look like a blackcurrant. 
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Spyderman, errr, yes, I think you might be write
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You know it makes sense.
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david@mediacopy, saw that on the gadget show a few months ago. Anyone got a link to buy one?
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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i've tried prototype sailing knee pads made from d3o, the material allowed them to be very light and non bulky but they still offered good protection
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Poster: A snowHead
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David Murdoch, wrote
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errr, yes, I think you might be write
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would you trust anyone who can't spell "right"? Masque, a blackcurrant is neat and pretty...
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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What's a bit disappointing is that it's going to be premium product and premium price for a long time before us plebs will enjoy the benefit. It will make our sport safer.
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Schoffel alpready have a jacket(it was green lat year) that already has this technology integrated aound the shoulder and elbow parts of the jacket
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Schoffel alpready have a jacket(it was green lat year) that already has this technology integrated aound the shoulder and elbow parts of the jacket
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I checked today in my local ski store and it was already available in the schoffel protector jkt last season.
I asked and it's quite amazing. The guy had some D3O produduct in the form of putty, he threw it against the floor and it bouced like a bouncy ball.
I caught it on the rebound and it was immediately back in it's putty form,Amazing!!!!
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Oh, i forgot to add, it did seem to add£100 tothe price tag!
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You mean there's a use for colloid science!
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| I think Kitty & I will be getting some next year, especially if we go to Tignes again, Glacial ice is a bit hard if you fall. |
The trick is to break your fall by slamming into a slalom gate, then the ice doesn't hurt so much 
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I think that my new Kjus jacket has D3O in the shoulders and elbows.
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2009 Spyder gloves will have d3o.
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FAQ
I can't see why it's getting so much publicity now, when I saw it about 2 years ago. 