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National Science Foundation: Science of Winter Olympics: Science of Snowboarding
To get "max air" off the half-pipe without losing their balance, snowboarders might want to check out this experiment that Paul Doherty, a senior scientist at the Exploratorium in San Francisco, cooked up, using a skateboard and a glass...
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National Science Foundation: Science of the Winter Olympics: Snowboarding
Scientists explain the physics of snowboarding by talking about dynamic balance, gravity, force, kinetic energy, and potential energy. [4:08]
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National Science Foundation: Science of the Winter Olympic Games: Shaun White Engineering the Half Pipe
A mechanical engineer explains how the half-pipe is designed to give an Olympic snowboarder maximum air time so he can perform tricks. [5:22]