How do skateboarders survive falls from such heights?

Question

I’m not talking about pipe. I mean stuff like this

I understand bailing. You roll out of a fall, that makes sense. I mean when you do land something like this, how is it that your body can take the impact? Is it dispersed through the momentum of the board?

In: Physics

Answer 1

Yes on the last sentence. The more forward momentum you have, the better, and you land sort of pushing forward as your legs flex to absorb the impact. It’s basically the same as rolling out of a bail, only the wheels are doing the rolling, instead of your body.