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How do Olympic freestyle skiers produce their amazing tricks? A biomechanics expert explains

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par Kevin Netto, Associate Professor, Curtin School of Allied Health and Curtin enAble Institute, Curtin University

There have been some incredible acrobatics on display in Beijing, with Australia’s Jakara Anthony scoring gold in the women’s moguls this week.

How do these athletes pull off such incredible feats of manoeuvrability, and land them (mostly)?

The mechanics of freestyle acrobatics

Freestyle skiers and snowboarders have to produce as much lift-off force as they can before they leave the ground, as it’s impossible to generate lift once airborne.

They do…

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