how come skiers don’t break their legs?

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How come skiers are able to do those long jumps where they stay in the air for a few seconds and land unscathed while a normal jump that lasts that long would probably break your leg?

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They land on a downward slope so they don’t go from free fall to stopped so suddenly. They keep some of that movement energy as they keep sliding down instead of just absorbing all the energy with their legs.

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