The invention disclosed herein relates to systems and methods for
detecting, calculating, and displaying the time-of-flight or hang-time of
a moving and jumping object such as a skier or snowboarder by using at
least one accelerometer secured within a small wearable device. In one
embodiment, the inventive device comprises: a static acceleration
detection means for detecting the static acceleration of the object over
at least first, second, and-third periods of time as the object
respectively moves, jumps in at least first, second, and third
trajectories, and lands at least first, second, and third times along the
surface thereby defining at least respective first, second, and third
time-of-flight events; a calculating means for determining the
approximate time-of-flight of the object during the first, second, and
third time-of-flight events; and a display means for displaying in a
readable format the approximate time-of-flights associated with the
first, second, and third time-of-flight events.