Olympic Skiiers Excel with Techie Snow Suits
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Ditching designs derived from analysis of the aerodynamics of golf balls and their dimples, designers are more focused on ultra-smooth suits to reduce friction and turbulence as much as 3%. Keep an eye on the medal winners to see which ones are wearing these latest designs by Spyder.
For years, elite alpine ski racers have been dressing like golf balls. Not in the sense that they are spherical, but in the sense that their racing suits have been covered in the same kinds of dimples that cover the surface of a golf ball. Get four or five feet away from a downhill racer (when they are standing still) and you can see the small indents built into the fabric.
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