Research on Adjustment Parts of Ski Boots for Alpine Skiing.

Abstract

The Center for Winter Sports Science and Research at the Kitami Institute of Technology provides technical assistance to Alpine skiers and adjusts ski boots from an engineering perspective. Experimental verifications have revealed that the downhill speed in Alpine skiing is related to the angle of inward lean (angle at the turn), and that the angle of inward lean is affected by the angle of inward lean (angle formed by the footbed of the boot). In this study, we conducted skiing experiments using the ski simulator “SkyTech” to evaluate the effects of the angle of inward lean and the cross-sectional shape of the attached parts on the angle of inward lean and the turn speed, and examined the appropriate parts for ski boots.