The experiment:

This experiment was done with 4 different pairs of skies with different grind, measuring the time between two sticks in an constant angled downhill. A skier with initial velocity started 5 meters higher up the hill than the first stick where the time recording started. The time was measured between meter 5 and 30.

The measured time at 5 meters shows that the velocity was constant.


Name of ski Time 5m (s) Total time (s) Speed (m/s)
100 1.31 7.01 3.81
101 1.31 6.97 3.86
102 1.33 7.12 3.75
103 1.36 7.30 3.64
The wheater on the test day was sunny and with a temperature around 40F/4.5C.


Oyvind Watterdal