• by OMMA Editors , April 29, 2014

For lay viewers, following ESPN’s X Games is often a challenge. The broadcasters tend to cater to the aficionados, packing their commentary with technical jargon. There’s no scoreboard, per se. That’s why Trick Track quickly became one of the few must-have second-screen appendages as soon as it arrived. It taps real-time data and provides three-dimensional models for an athlete’s run or performance as it occurs, appending them with names of tricks and simple explanations. Too, it’s the rare decoding tool that’s visually appealing.