Skiing and GEOMETRY!

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fnstoked

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if anyone can help that would be great, I just need some ideas on a paper about how geometry affects skiing. So far, i think i want to talk about sidecut radiuses and stuff, twintips, length of a pole vs. someone's height, and maybe camber. but im not sure if that can be explained in geometric terms.

a few things that are kinda required for the paper and need to be addressed, but i also want to include other things.

1. Explain how each piece of sports equipment relates to geometry.

2.Describe geometrically how the snowboard or skis must come in contact with a mogul to achieve safe and successful jumps.

3.Describe geometrically how one can safely ski down a mountain.

Can anyone also tell me why and how exactly more surface area in a ski equals more speed. Is it even true for wider skis, or is it just only longer skis are faster? From my experience, wider skis aren't noticeably faster, probably even slower.
 
Wider skis float on top of snow rather than sink in. more ski above the snow = less drag so it will go faster, there are other reasons involed too but that is mainly for pow pow. I don't really get why twins are slower on groomers than most skis.
 
haha, good call, i should spell things right on my paper.

but i don't really know how to elaborate on the things i have. we need to use theorems, postulates, and etc to relate the things together.

and i do really need some help on the moguls as i dont really ski them. i could leave that part out if i have to and write about other stuff.

I was also thinking about what makes a safe jump safe. a big clean landing and takeoff. maybe something to do with the angles of each (kicker & landing) but im not even sure.
 
it's actually one of the given topics and since i like skiing, i decided to do it. but now that i'm actually starting to write it (due tomorrow) it seems like its actually hard to write about.

it's for geometry class.

and luckyscs, what if in a non-deep snow situation. is it true that longer, skinnier skis are faster than the same length, but wider skis? but why?
 
twins are less aerodynamic, so they cause drag and there is more surface in the back of the ski to make more friction with the snow.
 
talk about the angle of jumps and how steep landings reduce the impact. or how about how the body moves to get spinning in the air
 
i dunno if you learn this in geometry or whatever but u can talk about how the shape of a ski is based on a hyperbolic equation

and what the hell kind of geometry teacher gives a writing assignment?
 
dont ruin skiing by making it so damn technical school and skiing are opposites school=boring Skiing=sweet

save papers for gay school topics and save skiing for the mountain

 
that could be the dumbest thing I've heard in a while. If he talks about someting of interest maybe school won't seem so bad to him. It makes school much more interesting to apply concepts from real life, especially fun ideas like skiing!
 
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