Science Ski Experiment Suggestions?

T.DUDE

T.DUDE

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Alright so for Biology, we have to come up with an experiment of basically anything we want to do. My question to you is, Do you have any suggestions for projects to do about skiing? It must be a testable experiment and include a driving question, hypothesis, etc..

My only thought on something to do is to test the way ice would slide across different types of ski waxes at different temperatures.

+k for any good ideas.
 
The different effects camber, raised tail, and rocker have in pow and why each one is different or the same in some aspects of it. Or you could figure out what kind of turf is best for summer setups.
 
thanks bro.. goodd idearsss. Too bad my teacher would have no idea what the hell i'd be talking about. hahah
 
for sure.. for sure. My teacher is such a creeper. he' probably like those kine of things

+k to all.
 
I don't see how that pertains to biology, but there is something similar that you could test and maybe create a product which could be very useful.

Colorado is a really dry climate so I don't know if this happens everywhere, but usually in the early spring when there was no precip the night before, some HPDE boxes are sticky as hell. You hit them with speed and it just about rips your skis off and you get pummeled. This happens first thing in the morning. You can literally walk up a down box. Once it warms up a little and the surface of the box gets wet they start sliding normal. If you take your glove off and rub your hands on the box when it is like this, it feels like a cutting board that has had a lot of use.

Let the hate parade start, but getting body slammed first thing in the morning is not the best way to start your day. I prefer coffee. Some will say don't worry about, don't go out so early, wait for the n00bs to hit them first and then they will be fine. I coach and we go out early. It would be great if park crews could spray something on them on those types of mornings. One guy blowing threw the park could do it in minutes. Maybe it would be as simple as misting them with warm water. That's for OP to figure out.

Also with everything being so lawsuit happy these days, I am sure that a lawyer could convince a jury that a skier jumping onto an HDPE box has an expectation that his/her skis are going to slide and not stop dead.
 
Yea, I have no idea how skiing and biology relate, but i asked my teacher, and he was like "if that's what interests you, then go ahead" win for me..
 
How about you try how much or how many calories you eat in a day of skiing and if it differs depending on if your in park, on groomers, or in backcountry. Just measure how much you eat and you'll get a basic idea of how much energy you burned. You can also get your friends to do this to get more results and average it out to see where your burn the most energy.
 
Does it need to be a short classroom experiment or is it a longer project? If its a longer project this might work:

Premise; Plyometric training is known to improve explosive power better than strength training alone. There are actions in skiing, and particularly park skiing, which may be plyometric in nature. For example,jumping and landing on and off a jump or rail may be similar to plyometric exercises such as bounding, box drops etc...

Question: Does park skiing improve explosive lower body power in a manner similar to plyometric training.

Experimental: You'll need subjects who ski park and those that don't (know any racers who don't like the park?). Measure vertical and or horizontal leap before the start of the season and then at the end of the experimental period (will need to be at least a month). All subjects will need to be skiers such that any improvement can be attributed (at least in part) to skiing park. Preferably the subjects will be matched such that park and non-park skiers (the controls) are similar in age, size and build.

Its not exactly a scientifically rigorous experiment but it will let you tell your parents that your doing your homework by going skiing.
 
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