Skiing

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

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

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

The engineering and design of their skis is critical for alpine skiers and their success.

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

Olympic skis are made of fiberglass and polymers engineered to give the right flexibility and more.

A figure skaters center of mass affects their balance and stability of every step, jump, spin, and lift.

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

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

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

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

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