How Risegate reads a run.

From one phone video to a skeleton on every frame, the turns and gates in it, and what they say about your skiing. Here is each step.

Five steps, all on your computer.

Nothing is sent anywhere unless you choose to share it. The video goes in; the video with the skeleton drawn on, the charts and the report come out in a folder on the same machine.

  1. One skier, one run, whole body in frame for 10 to 60 seconds. Film from behind, in front or from the side, and bring the original file across. How to film a run

  2. An AI model finds the people in the video. If there's more than one, you can pick the skier on a single frame and Risegate follows that person through the clip.

  3. Seventeen points, from the head to the ankles, are placed on every frame. The skeleton and body angles are drawn onto a copy of your video.

  4. A turn is counted each time the skis swing across under the body, and each gate is placed at the peak of the body's turn. Where trees, netting or gates give it something to hold on to, Risegate also measures how the camera turns and zooms, so moving the phone doesn't move the gate.

  5. The numbers become charts that follow the video, a per-turn breakdown, plain-English findings and a short report you can download.

What it looks at.

Everything is measured from one flat video, so where the camera stands decides which readings mean something.

From behind or in front

  • Turn count, rhythm and turn length
  • Lean into each turn
  • Left-versus-right balance Beta

From the side

  • Front-to-back balance: whether you sit back
  • Hip bend

What it runs on.

Mac
Apple silicon, M1 or newer.
PC
An NVIDIA graphics card. It runs faster there; a guided setup is still to come.
Full analysis
Up to about 10 minutes per 30-second clip on an M1.
Timing a run
Usually a couple of minutes.

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