The distance they jump/the speed at which they fall seems like it would be impossible to land without falling flat on your face. There is obviously some cool physics going on, but please.
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As someone who actually DID get damaged from a ski jump I can say that the key is to land on a steep downslope. Then you’re not even really landing at all. Just sort of continuing the “fall” but along the side of the mountain, slowed down a bit by the friction.
What happened to me is I hit a “table top” jump like: /—– Where you’re supposed to come down on the opposite side, but I hit it going too fast and totally cleared the whole thing, landing on the flat area beyond the jump. I strained my back and sat on my own hand, breaking it.
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