Re: OT: Boarder math?

But who even cares?

10' of air over a completely groomed out and safe landing zone (being
generous). Even schattie would have the "balls" to do that.
"bdubya" <bdubya@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 27 Dec 2005 11:30:29 -0500, VtSkier <VtSkier@xxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>>Steven L. Sheffield wrote:
>>> On 12/27/2005 09:01 AM, in article
>>> 3lo2r1haquft27bn7ekjdatqre2cc9jtsk@xxxxxxx, "bdubya"
>>> <bdubya@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>The NY Times has a piece on how the 1080 has become a
>>>>more-or-less
>>>>compulsory trick for Olympic-hopeful boarders, illustrated with a
>>>>cool
>>>>interactive graphic:
>>>>
>>>>http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/27/sports/20051227_SNOWBOARD_GRAPHIC.html
>>>>(click "view all figures" to cut to the chase)
>>>>
>>>>Maybe I just haven't had enough coffee, but I can only find 2.5
>>>>revolutions there, for a 900. Wonder how many boarders out
>>>>there
>>>>think they're doing 1080s based on this?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I counted 3 full revolutions.
>>>
>>> He started goofy, and ended normal, but his ass was facing down
>>> the pipe on
>>> both the start and the finish ... Only way to do that is to do
>>> full revos.
>>
>>You haven't had enough coffee either. If he landed goofy like
>>he started with another half-revolution, his ass would have
>>been down the pipe.
>
>
>
> Seems like there might be some confusion between down-pipe and
> down-wall (towards the centerline of the pipe). Seems to me if he
> launches goofy, with his ass down-pipe, and does just what I would
> call a half-revolution, landing normal, then he's done a 180, and
> his
> ass is still down-pipe. OTOH, if I ski straight up the pipe wall,
> with my left arm down-pipe, do a small hop when I run out of
> velocity
> at the apex (not a hop-turn, just a hop), and come back down the
> wall
> tail-first, with my left arm still down-pipe, then I haven't done
> much
> of anything. Better brew more coffee, I guess.
>
> bw


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