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First tracks, February 6

Cindy Hirschfeld, Special to the Rocky

Published February 6, 2007 at midnight

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HEAD TO NEW MEXICO

• What: Jeep King of the Mountain Series national open qualifier.

• When: Friday.

• Where: Taos (N.M.) Ski Valley.

• Cost: $45.

• More information: The event is open to amateur and pro ski racers. Racers will compete on a Y-cross course, with the three best men's finishers and two fastest women's racers advancing to the World Professional Championships on Saturday.

• To register: 1-970-926-7750 or JeepSports.com.

HE SAID IT

"This is huge. It's going to give us some recognition. Hopefully, it's going to open some doors and get adaptive skiing into the freeskiing realm."

Tyler Walker, gold medalist in the inaugural monoskiing event at the Winter X Games in Aspen.

SILVA TECH4O AIRPOD

If you watched any of the superpipe events at the Winter X Games, you know the distance an athlete soars out of the pipe is called amplitude. And maybe you started wondering just how "big" you or your kids get in the pipe.

Though it doesn't give a measurement in feet, the AirPod, a device that straps on an arm or leg, detects G-forces and computes airborne time by jump, run, day and season.

So you can chart your progress during the winter and settle bragging rights among friends.

The AirPod also functions as a watch, stopwatch and temperature gauge.

• Price: $100.

• Where to get it: .