How do Olympic skateboarders get serious airtime? Physicists crunched the numbers
Skateboarders call it “pumping,” and it’s a skill used by Olympic medalists and aspiring thrashers alike to build up high speeds from nothing. But what separates the most dour professional from the sketchiest novice is the years of practice it takes to develop the know-how to execute the cleanest pump—or at least that’s been the … Read more