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Snowboarding Air Bag

Snowboarding Air Bag

Snowboarders doing aerobatic stunts can sustain serious injuries when landing on hard snow. A group of four fourth-year IGEN students (Andy Nairn, Will Morris, Steven Slen, and Aaron Coret, respectively circled in the picture above) decided that an air-filled landing pad was the answer.

Colin Janssen testing the snowboard air bag. Photo by Russell Brown.

Integrated Engineering course project catalyst for safer freestyle snowboarding

Aaron Coret divides his time between courses in UBC’s Integrated Engineering (IGEN) program and nurturing his startup business, Katal Innovations.

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