Hyperfocus. Do you?

[Shebang]

I was actually going to start a thread on this subject in the sports section. Is hyperfocusing what ski or surf or bike photographers do when shooting someone who's pretty far off in the distance and moving across/through the frame? I've been wondering about that for a long time.

In my reading, I did come across a place that said this technique was most helpful for sports/ski shots. It basically said that by understanding hyperfocusing you can determine the available range of DOF and shoot your subject accordingly. The article said it worked particularly well when the subject was coming toward you -- if I remember the article correctly.