If you want a list of my ideas that I think should exist already in the snowboarding world then here's a few that come to mind:
*Interface goggles with built in GPS that highlight the route you're taking like this. Hell, make it into an entire helmet like that actually. It'd likely be easier and cooler.
*A boot that conforms more to a persons foot and flexes wherever it needs. I shouldn't be able to differentiate a snowboard boot from a day shoe.
*Bindings that strap you in with the click of a button. You place your foot in, you press the button, and small motors tighten the binding around your boot to a certain extent that should be adjustable by the user for different ride style.
*Simple one. Waterproof, warm gloves that are as thin as work gloves. I want to be able to use my hand like normal on the slopes and not have to take off my gloves for anything. Don't forget to make it useable with touch screens.
*A GoPro sort of camera that attaches to the palm of your forward hand and can be activated by said hand. Whenever you want to record you just do whatever to start the camera and hold your hand out in front of you like Iron Man. It'd make all sorts of shots easier. Recording a friend? Face your palm to them. Selfie down the mountain? Easy peezy. Wherever your hand can go the camera can.
*How about a snowboard that can recognize when the rider has lost control and stops itself? It simply has a set of flat spikes on the bottom of it that lay flat against the board, and when it detects a loss of control it engages the spikes, causing them to face down and out from the board, digging them into the snow, and bringing the rider to a sudden, but easy stop.
*You know what? Let's just go ahead and integrate cameras into goggles and helmets by now already. It's time.
I've gone on long enough. Some of these ideas seem more sifi than anything, but I'm sure one day they'll be possible.
