Dominic
3rd grade Silva
Snowboarding
Snowboarding began in 1965. It became an Olympic sport in 1993. And the equipment that is needed is a snowboard, and a snow jacket, and last but not least is a snow helmet. Then the rules for snowboarding is that the athletes may not push or pull each other, and exit the course. The fastest snowboarder wins the race.
Forces of motion are at work in snowboarding. Balanced forces are when objects are not moving. A person and a snowboard that are not moving, or are standing still, are balanced. When the person is going down the hill on the board they are unbalanced because their body and board are moving down the hill. Newton's first law says an object stays at rest until a force touches it. An object in motion stays in motion until force stops it.These can be seen in snowboarding.
Newton's 2nd law of motion includes force and mass and acceleration. Mass in the sport of snowboarding are the athlete's body and their uniform and the snowboard. Mass is the amount of particles in an object. Acceleration is a change in speed and direction. One example in snowboarding is the board moving fast down the hill. It decreases speed on flat ground. It speeds up when it is going down hill. The mass of the athlete impacts the acceleration of the board. The force of the hill slope impacts the speed of the board.
Newton’s 3rd law states that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. An example of this in snowboarding is when the snowboarder goes down hill on their snowboard then they go faster because gravity pulls them down. Another example is when the athlete leans left or right then the snowboard turns. They know how far they need to learn to make a turn, because of all the training they do. Truly, Newton’s laws can be seen in the sport of snowboarding.