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• BrianTaylor.com in UW wind tunnel, 1994

• BT won the 1994 U.S. Speed Ski Nationals - race results

Testing his unique optimal aerodynamics of his Speed Ski tuck, at University of Washington Wind Tunnel.

Brian Taylor tested in tunnel with 2 other speed skiing friends:  Nick Yarymovych and Geoff Moore, each having different body shapes than BT, who is a mesomorph.  His 2 friends had body shapes of ectomorph & endomorph.

Upon final analysis of all the extensive data, we found that the optimal tuck differs slightly due to your body shape, including height and weight - in relation to girth.

It is possible to find your most aerodynamic tuck, which is not static or the same for all speeds, but rather changes slightly based upon speed.  Since we had radios in our helmets, we could hear feedback as to our position which was most aerodynamic.  Thereby giving us a chance to burn that body position into our muscle memory.

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