Catching some phat air
In Apple’s patent application for a sensor to measure how long skiers and mountain bikers remain aloft on a jump, the following passage amuses:
[0006]However, persons in such sporting activities typically only have a qualitative sense as to speed and loft or “air” time. For example, a typical snowboarding person might regularly exclaim after a jump that she “caught” some “big sky,” “big air” or “phat air” without ever quantitatively knowing how much time really elapsed in the air. — ACTIVITY MONITORING SYSTEMS AND METHODS , United States Patent Application, February 13, 2009