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General Info
Now you wonder how people get so much air off jumps. I have always wondered that too. I thought about that until I started snowboarding. Nearly risking my life to get a few feet of air, not really. But the whole trick of getting air is not your strength, although that is important, but your skill. The only physics in getting air off a jump is how fast you go off the jump. The speed is partly measured by friction.
To learn more about friction, go to the friction page, click on that on the right.
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Physics could be thought of as the study of repeated patterns in nature. Like most things, physics repeats itself. For example, take a look at my friction page, and you will see that the physics will always work on the experiment that i showed you. Try it a billion times, and it will work a billion times, well maybe nine hundred ninety nine million, nine hundred ninety nine thousand, nine hundred and ninety nine, but we'll round up one.
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Half pipe
This boarder is doing a grab on a half pipe. A half pipe is pretty much a pipe cut in half, making it a jump on both sides, so the rider can go off each side continuously if he/she doesn't fall. some pro snowboarders can get from ten to twenty feet off the top of the half pipe, which is a total of twenty-five to thirty-five feet off the ground.
To learn more about half pipes, click on the half pipe section, on the right.
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