SKI COACHES GO HIGH TECH

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PARK CITY, Utah, March 2005 – V1 Digital Coaching System has been named the
Official Digital Coaching Software of the National Development System (NDS) of the United States Ski and Snowboarding Association (USSA).

NDS is a project-based athlete training system designed to find and develop the top ski racing talent in the country. Coaches will utilize V1 for skills analysis of NDS athletes nationwide. V1 plays a vital role in quickly delivering innovative new concepts to coaches via streaming video.

Coaching with V1 can be done onsite and/or online. V1 captures video on a PC and performs a variety of video analysis functions, such as side by side comparisons, overlaying one skier on top of another, angle measurements, drawing tools, multiple exposures, and time lapse images.

For an example of one of the ways the NDS is using V1 go to

https://www.v1sports.com/Academy/USSA/default.asp

Here you will see video clips from major competitions and training camps. You can view these clips or download them into V1 Home to compare some of the top World Cup slalom racers side by side. The NDS Video Page is the only online source for video from USSA ski racing competitions and camps.

One skier can be overlaid on top of the other to see who skis that section of the course the fastest, or one racer can be put in front of the other to see how they ski each gate. If you have video of your skiing, you can compare yourself against top skiers, or just start off using your friends for comparison.

NDS director Walt Evans says, “We are excited to be working with V1; it is a powerful program that is so easy to use and affordable that every coach in the country will be able to use this state of the art technology.” There are two versions of V1 for skiers; V1 Home is $39.95, and V1 Professional is discounted to $595 for USSA coaches.

Jeep NASTAR uses V1 to provide online coaching to NASTAR participants from coaches like AJ Kitt. For more information visit

https://www.nastar.com/index.jsp?pagename=raceinstruction.

Ski racing is a natural application of V1 technology, but freeskiers, ski jumpers, freestyle skiers, and snowboarders are all discovering new aspects of their performance and taking it to a higher level by using V1.

Interactive Frontiers, creator of V1, is a software development and systems integration company specializing in digital video products and Internet applications. Founded in November 1995, Interactive Frontiers specializes in the development and deployment of digital technologies that enhance human ability to observe and analyze rapid motions too fast to be seen with the human eye. Its digital analysis tools allow customers to experience nuances of motion in ways they were never able to previously. For additional information visit

https://www.v1sports.com/ or https://www.v1golf.com

The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA) is the national governing body for Olympic skiing and snowboarding. Founded in 1904, the century-old organization provides leadership and direction for tens of thousands of young skiers and snowboarders who share an Olympic dream. As a company, USSA’s management and staff coordinate a nationwide program in seven distinctly different Olympic sports alpine, cross country, disabled, freestyle, ski jumping, nordic combined, and snowboarding. The U.S. Ski Team has been based in Utah since 1974, with the now U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association consolidating with the Team in Park City in 1988. For more information visit

https://www.usskiteam.com/

MEDIA CONTACT:

Mike Seiler or Gary Palis
V1 Sales Vice President
248 330-3326 800 777-7721
mseiler@comcast.net 1-734 464-2841
gary.palis@ifrontiers.com

Walt Evans, National Competition Director
435.647.2033 phone
435.649.3613 fax
wevans@ussa.org