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Lost your skiing mojo? Help is at now at hand

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By Caroline Face, Updated

If skiing all day wears you out completely, or you get achy legs after just a few runs, then you've lost your skiing mojo. But fear not, now you can just buy it back with the latest gadget on market brillantly called the Skiing Mojo!

If we didn't have a wallclock showing today's date on it right in front of our eyes, we'd think it was the 1st of April and not mid-December as this new invention does sound like an April Fools to us. So, we decided to investigate further. The gadget, which is basically a brace which makes you look like you've got robotic legs, must be doing something right as Graham Bell has tested it and the invention won the Ski Gadget of Year (mind you, just how many ski gadgets are there?!).

In essence the Skiing Mojo works like shock absorbers for your legs. A pair of plastic pistons run along the line of your upper leg and it's all attached with straps behind your thighs. You will also have to drill a couple of holes in your boots as the system needs to be attached to the back of your ski boot too. The theory is that under your ski trousers the system is barely noticeable, save for the hooks on the back of your boots.

According to press reviews, the Mojo does help intermediate skiers execute smoother turns and of course, the old legs don't get as tired, but in the case of steep or powder skiing it can inhibit jump turns and similarly it's not suitable for beginners as snowploughing with your Mojo is virtually impossible.

And in case you were wondering, there is an on/off switch which you press through your ski pants to switch your Mojo on and off, perhaps just as well as you'd probably look a bit funny walking back from the toilets with your Mojo on.

If you want to buy back your skiing Mojo so you can just keep going all day long, the Skiing Mojo system currently costs £293 and is available to buy direct from the www.skiallday.co.uk website.

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