Physics of Skiing! | FPM Podcast #13

[Drago]

Can you do that while you drive, MB? ⤵️

4 hours ago, Menzelskier said:

Marcus Brown -- I wonder if your video could be re-edited. When I look at the ropes, it is clear that the skiers have been superimposed, but their actual runs have not. The 15-off run's boat is well ahead of the 38-off boat. You can tell this by the still shot of the first frame, and since the 15-off skier should be 23 feet back of the 38-off skier at the wake crossing, this tells us just how far ahead the first boat is. Could these videos be re-superimposed to the same time frame? I think this would be better at showing the actual relative positions of the two runs and might prove further instructive.

 

[Drago]

@Menzelskier trying to compare the skier's paths through the course. At the gate they have to be dead even. That's the whole point, it seems like a 39 skier is going further, but how far up on the boat they are has "nothing" to do with it. The 15 off boat is 23 feet ahead, not the skier.