Skiing

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

Ski-jumping is a thrilling sport, hurtling down a ramp at 60 mph. Learn more in this video.

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

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

Helmets are extremely important in protecting Winter Olympic competitors.

Regenerative engineering could one day reduce recovery time and get athletes back faster.

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

The organization of human cells through training, exercise and "muscle memory" produce the fantastic range of Olympic motion.

An Olympic bobsled run is used to illustrate acceleration, velocity, gravity, and drag.

The slapshot is explained by Thomas Humphrey, Kathy FLores, and Olympic hockey players Julie Chue and Zach Parise.

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

Short track speed skating, the fastest self-propelled sport in the Winter Games, illustrates all of Newton's First Three Laws of Motion.