Henry
3rd Grade Silva
Freestyle skiing
Freestyle skiing is an olympic sport where you go down a ramp. Some of the equipment is a helmet, poles ,ski jacket, ski pants, gloves, socks, goggles, face mask and a base layer.Freestyle skiing made it into the olympic games in 1992. However, it began as a sport in 1969 WaterVille Valley. Freestyle skiing is very popular and also shows many concepts of phyics and forces.
There are many forces that can be seen in freestyle skiing. Unbalanced forces are moving, while balanced forces are standing still getting ready to be turned into unbalanced forces. These types of forces can be in the sport of freestyle skiing when the poles move. The moving poles are an unbalanced for. An example of a balanced force in this sport are the athelte getting ready to start their race because they are not moving. Newton's first law of motion says an object at rest will stay at rest until an object in motion moves it. In the game of freestyle skiing the poles will stay at rest until the athlete moves them. In these instances, the forces of the ground and the force of an object push against each other equally causing no motion. Clearly, Newton's first law can be seen in freestyle skiing.
Newton's second law says force equals mass times accerlation. This means the more force you use the more mass you can move. This can be seen in freestyle skiing. When the athelete pushes on their poles, the athelte will accelerate. If they push hard the skiier accerlates more. If they push soft, they will not go as far or go slower. Another example is the mass of the skier. The heavier skier will not go as high for their tricks, while a lighter athlete will.Overall, Newton's second law can be seen throughout freestyle skiing.
Newton's 3rd law says for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. Action is moving. Examples of action in freestyle skiing are poling super hard. The reaction is that I will go faster. If the action is the athelte going faster, the more acceraltion they have, which leads to the action of doing more tricks. Truly physics can be seen throughout the world of freestyle skiing.