Skiing
My Top Speed on Skis This Year
My top speed this year occurred on this trip and on this map. I have yet to figure out exactly when and where it occurred but I have my suspicions! View 2011-02-27 14:27 in a […]
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Skiing
A Better Free Body Diagram!
One of the items I’ve been talking about here are the physics of skiing and focusing on the basic Newtonian Mechanics of skiing. Of late I’ve taken the approach to talk about basic force and […]
Skiing
Sweet Sweet March Snow
The latest Wisconsin Skier snow report here. Last weekend I was up north at Ski Brule and the conditions were fantastic! Nothing wrong with the scene at Ski Brule, plenty of snow riding left! The […]
Resorts
The Lift Ticket Futures Report
Greetings Snowfreaks this is Sirius Davidson here with your current Midwestern liftticket future’s report! Ski futures are down with one snow resort under pressure to increase sales and while it may be tough for liftticket […]
Skiing
Forces Involved In Skiing
In this diagram I highlight two forces involved in skiing. The force of gravity and the force normal (the force pushing back by the surface of the slope). However, this is an idealized situation and […]