Gravity plays the same role on earth whether you are walking or if you are snowboarding When riding there is a constant physics concept of 9 8 Newtons N is pushing down on every possible surface of your body Even though this concept is pulling you down the mountain but it keeps your board on the trail simultaneously For example if you were to try a jump while snowboarding and there was no gravity present You would have no capability of descent to get back on the ground or to continue down the mountain Another concept in physics that is involved in snowboarding is acceleration Acceleration is the factor that speeds you down the mountain on the trail If you wanted to calculate your change in speed over a given amount of time To do so you would use the equation Velocity Final minus Velocity Initial over Time Final minus Time Initial If you were to read this on paper it would look like this A Vf Vi Tf Ti Acceleration can and will vary with the steepness of the trail or the slope Acceleration also occurs when you are slowing down to a stop
