ABSTRACT
Biomechanical analysis of alpine ski racing is difficult due to the technological barriers associated with the resolution and accuracy of 3D video analysis through large volumes. Because an improvement of as little as 100th of a second between gates is significant to race outcome, the performance enhancement of an elite athletes may involve technique adjustments that are beyond the scope and resolution of video based systems. Therefore most research to date has focused on the analysis of a short turn sequence through two or three gates representing only part of a race course. (Schiefermuller et al., 2005; Supej et al., 2005; Vodickova et al., 2005).
