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1. 1. SlopeTracker GPS Ski Souvenir Map

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   Published on: 2/17/2008   Last Visited: 2/17/2008

   SlopeTracker inventor Jay Casper first became fascinated with GPS technology when he was a Naval aviator. Since leaving the service, he has combined his two passions, cutting-edge technology and skiing, to develop the best, most exciting, easiest tool available for tracking detailed statistics of every second you're on a mountain.

2. 2. Telluride to Install SlopeTracker

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   Published on: 9/16/2005   Last Visited: 2/2/2007

   "It's also a wonderful memento, a visual keepsake of your ski or boarding day," says SlopeTracker Inventor & CEO Jay Casper.
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   "It enhances the experience so much that people who use SlopeTracker end up spending more time on the slopes-and go back to our SlopeTracker mountains more often just to beat their previous score," Casper said.

3. 3. Summit Daily News

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   Published on: 12/27/2002   Last Visited: 1/6/2003

   "People don't know something like this is possible," said SlopeTracker founder and president Jay Casper. "Keystone is the only place in the world that is doing this right now."
   
   SlopeTracker uses a satellite global positioning system (GPS) to calculate how many vertical feet individuals have covered during the day, how many runs they took, how fast they were going and how many calories they burned. And it prints a map at the end of the day to show them exactly where they were on the mountain throughout the day and scores them based on calculations of other skiers and riders in the database.
   
   "It functions just like the GPS devices you'd buy at REI or Gart Brothers, but it collects history - we had the devices custom manufactured," Casper said. "We had to take satellite maps and topo maps to make three-dimensional maps. (The satellite device) literally knows where you are vertically and knows where you are in four dimensions. It also scores you based on the difficulty and numbers of your runs. The calorie-counting software is very sophisticated. It takes into account how vigorous of a skier you are. People fill out a form with information (on height, weight, ability, etc.). Our software figures out how good you are."
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   Casper brainstormed SlopeTracker after he was laid off from Qwest in Denver and remembered some of the tracking technology he used serving in the Navy. He realized similar technology could be used to help skiers and snowboarders improve their skills, provide them with accurate information of their day on the mountain and create an advanced, personalized souvenir.
   
   "We think we've got something really exciting going," he said. "I'm an avid skier, and after working in a glass tower in Denver the last five years, I started coming up to ski on the weekends wearing an altimeter watch during my ski days. I was always disappointed if I didn't have 25,000 vertical feet. I used GPS devices in the Navy, and I knew I could use that to figure out how fast I skied. I started playing with speed and figuring out all the neat stuff I could do."
   
   SlopeTracker has only been operating for about two weeks.
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   Casper said the idea is for skiers and riders to put the tracking devices on their arms in the morning, forget about it during their day, then return it when they're done skiing in the afternoon, when he calculates their statistics and prints out their SlopeTracker map. He said his customers thus far have been very impressed.
   
   "I had this guy who was 77 years old, his wife was 72, and the guy said, "I'm from North Carolina, I just had quadruple bypass surgery, and I'm going to do this thing,'" Casper said. "He went out and did 15 runs, and half of them were black. He wanted to make copies of his poster for all of his friends to take it back to North Carolina and show everyone he knew. Everyone who's done it, loves it. It's a great souvenir. It sure beats the hell out of a T-shirt."