Skiing

The design and engineering of the half pipe allows Shaun White to generate big air.

Learn how Olympic figure skaters do triple axels and quadruple toe loops.

Competition suits are constructed for optimal performance for the Olympic athlete.

Helmets are extremely important in protecting Winter Olympic competitors.

Skates used by Olympians are custom-engineered by materials scientists to meet the demands for each sport.

Aerial ski jumps come from three basic twisting techniques that you can try yourself.

Olympian slopestyle skier Nick Goepper explains the physics behind the sport.

How snow forms and reacts is an essential part of the Winter Olympic games.

A downhill ski race is a tour de force--emphasis on force.

Olympic athletes, trainers and a sports scientist and chemist explain why cross-country skiers are among the fittest athletes in the world.

The unique surface of ice allows the slide and glide of winter sports to happen.

Gravity, friction, and energy are the physics behind the gasp-worthy tricks of snowboarders.