Snowboard halfpipe

Snowboarders in the halfpipe event slide up steep walls in order to throw themselves high into the air. Let's look at a run made by snowboarder Shaun White. Go to 3:53 of this video .

Below are closeups of the video, frozen at three moments. The video has 24 frames per second.

1. How long is the White in the air?
2. How high did he travel above the wall?
3. What must his speed have been just before takeoff?
4. The walls of the pipe are very roughly 5 m tall. When White was in the middle of the pipe, heading for the wall for this jump, how fast was he moving?

For more information

• Sport Science breaks down Shaun White's performance in the halfpipe event.

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