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When is friction not useful in skiing?

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when you are jumping or making a turn

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What sports are friction useful and not useful for?

Friction is important for all sports.Without it it becomes really hard to accelerate or deaccelerate.For example a 100m sprinter.It would be great for him if there wasnt any air resistance (as long as he can breath).But he needs friction on the floor to push himself forward.however friction is less useful in hockey, skiing, and almost all types of boarding(snowboarding, wakeboarding, kneeboarding, sandboarding).


What useful friction?

You need friction to slow down or turn while skiing and ice skating. Auto braking during driving. Walking or the movement of the motor vehicle depends on friction or there will not be movement.


Which are the 2 friction forces that slow skiing down?

Air resistance and friction with the snow.


How the law of friction affects down hill skiing?

if there is friction on the hill it will slow you down


How is the friction involved in sledding and skiing?

it rubs against the snow witch causes friction


Why is friction not as useful in some winter sports?

Ice skating does not require any friction because the skater needs to glide on the ice and if there was any friction on ice the skater would have trouble to skate smoothly on the ice. That is why ice skating does not require any friction at all from my perspective.


Describe 3 examples where low friction is not useful?

Friction is very useful but it has its own disadvantages. Friction causes wear and tear. Friction spoils the soles of our shoes. friction reduces speed This is all wrong some not useful types of friction are are when airplanes fly the friction causes heat that materials that will withstand which are costly.


Does brakes on a bicycle have a lot of friction or not much and is it useful or not useful?

Brakes are meant to have a lot of friction and it's useful.


Why do you need low friction when skiing?

because you need to slide down the hill....?


Is friction useful?

yes friction is very useful because it help objects not to slide or slip


Is one way that friction is useful?

stopping cars Friction is useful to start a fire with sticks.


Is friction useful with computers?

No Friction Runes Computers