Re: The Physics of Doing an Ollie on a Skateboard, or, the Science of Why I Can't Skate

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From	Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address>
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Subject	Re: The Physics of Doing an Ollie on a Skateboard, or, the Science of Why I Can't Skate
Date	Wed, 15 Oct 2014 21:35:40 +1100
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On 7/10/2014 12:28 PM, Rich wrote:
> http://www.wired.com/2014/10/skateboard-physics-empzeal/
>
>     Skateboarding is hard.
>
>     When I was about 10, I broke my first skateboard by riding it into a
>     ditch. A decade later, in college, I broke another skateboard within an
>     hour of owning it (surely a record) in a short-lived attempt at doing an
>     ollie. (Surprisingly, the store accepted a return on that board even
>     though it was in two pieces.) Then I was gifted a really nice,
>     high-quality skateboard. The first thing I did with it was ride it down
>     a big hill, a valiant but ill-fated adventure which ended with me
>     jumping off the skateboard, rolling down the grass, and arriving scraped
>     up, deflated, and rather disoriented near the entrance to my college
>     cafeteria. (In my defense, the wheels and ball-bearings on that
>     skateboard had been pre-lubricated to minimize friction, and why would
>     anyone do that, that's just crazy.)
>
>     ...
>

Looks to me as if the skater is simply positioning his feet so that 
they'll meet the ground at the same time. The skateboard, being 
underneath, and not very massive, just has to comply.

However, it will never be known whether this understanding means that I 
can now perform an Ollie.

Sylvia.

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The Physics of Doing an Ollie on a Skateboard, or, the Science of Why I Can't Skate Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-10-07 01:28 +0000
  Re: The Physics of Doing an Ollie on a Skateboard, or, the Science of Why I Can't Skate Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2014-10-15 21:35 +1100
    Re: The Physics of Doing an Ollie on a Skateboard, or, the Science of Why I Can't Skate RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-10-17 07:58 +0000

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