Need Speed?

So how much speed should I have to hit the jump with? Well to answer this question you first have to know how far you have to go to clear the landing of the jump so that you donít land in the flats and break you knees or go to far and break your back. Let us take a look at a basic example of a snowboarding jump.

If the jump that you need to clear is 20 feet long you will have to be going at a certain speed. So, what is that speed? Well you can figure this out by knowing what angle you built the jump at, the height of the jump and the distance to the landing. It is fairly easy to find the velocity by using the equation for a trajectory. Which is:

Now you can just plug in all of the knowns. Where x would equal the distance d from the jump to the landing, y would equal the height h of the jump, would equal the angle of the jump, and g would equal gravity.

Now that you know how fast to go make sure you are going that speed or the conclusion could be painful.

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