Big Air Snowboard Tricks Ever Summary

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The article I am covering is called, “The Physics of One of the Craziest Big Air Snowboard Tricks Ever.” This article is written by Sophia Chen and was published on February 5, 2018, on Wired.com. In this article, Chen interviews physicist John Eric Goff to break down the mechanics of the quad cork 1800. This trick consists of off axis flips, known as corks. Plus, a nauseating five full spins.The snowboarder is going down 240 feet of slope being 39 degrees at its steepest. He has 133 feet of snow to cover and approximately 2.9 seconds of hang time to pull it off. Speed is key to pulling this trick off. The first person to pull this off was British Olympian Billy Morgan. Goff estimates he launched off the ramp at 40 miles per hour. The torque

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