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This year, the ski enthusiast competition NASTAR plans to launch in 20 ski areas of the competitionRFIDplan.
The National Standard (NASTAR) is a recreational ski and snowboard competition that will also determine the national champion. According to reports, the world’s largest ski enthusiast competition now has ski lessons at 100 ski resorts across the United States. In the NASTAR competition system, competitors are divided into entry-level and top-level levels, and they compete on the slopes of the ski resort. The NASTAR website will then record the results of the match.
This year, 20 ski resorts participated in NASTAR’s RFID program, and contestants will receive RFID cards at any ski resort. When scanning the contestant’s RFID card for the first time, the staff needs to enter the contestant’s NASTAR registration number and surname to check the contest record and select the best result in history. In this way, the RFID card is bound to the competitor record. The database is updated for each NASTAR ski area. In this way, the competitor can use this card to enter the RFID system of any NASTAR ski resort.
In 1968, the NASTAR competition began dividing each contestant into a junior, intermediate or advanced level based on their performance. With the popularity of the Internet, contestants can also compare their own competition results with the competition results of the same level around the world. Usually, competitors are required to pay the venue fee on a daily basis. Therefore, before the competition, competitors need to queue up at the starting line to register and pay.
These processes reduce the efficiency of the game. Bill Madsen, director of operations at NASTAR, said NASTAR was always looking for a more efficient system. Many ski resorts are attaching high-frequency RFID tags to tickets and improving efficiency, so NASTAR intends to use the same technology, he said.
Last winter (2013-2014 season), the company piloted an RFID project at the Aspen Ski Resort. Staff at the start line of the NASTAR ski resort carrying RFID PcProx from RFIDeasReader, and connect to the notebook via USB. Participants’ tickets have built-in passive high-frequency RFID tags. When participating in a NASTAR competition for the first time, participants will need to read their tickets on the reader. Then, the staff will also enter the contestant’s name, age, gender, grade and other information and bind it with the RFID ID number.
During the game, the staff will also record and store the game results. Every time the competition starts, the contestants need to read their own ticket cards, and they can play the competition after the reading is successful.
Madsen said the system was functioning normally. Aspen Ski Resort has improved the efficiency of admission. However, he added, NASTAR has yet to get concrete efficiency gains.
This year, 20 ski resorts, including Aspen, will use RFID technology. Every day after the game, the game data will be uploaded to the NASTAR server. Contestants can check the results of the competition through the Internet.
In the future, NASTAR intends to expand the system to other locations, Madsen said. He hopes that in the future the system will also integrate automatic payments. In this way, contestants can swipe their cards to pay.
Some ski resorts don’t have passive HF inlays integrated into their tickets, Madsen said. In this case, NASTAR will provide a NASTAR ID card free of charge. In the future, NASTAR will also sell season passes.
Although these RFID readers are not custom-designed, they are sufficient for winter climates, Madsen said.
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