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How Much Edge Pressure do Carvers/Racers output?

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This can also apply to skiers as well but I'm wondering if there is any numerical data on this? Like for e.g. if someone weighs 90kg, and let's say their board has 1300mm of effective edge being used. Is the cross sectional area of the edge in snow, say 5mm (?) So would the math be 90kg / (1300mm*5mm) = 90kg / (6500mm^2)? Or converting to pascals: 90kg is 882.59 Newtons, and 6500mm^2 is 0.0065 m^2, so 135,783 Pascals? Did I do my math correctly?

Anyways, I was bored and thinking about how many cycles of stress a snowboard can take before it reaches some form of plastic failure where the camber loses its pop. I would assume the wood is the weakest material out of all the stuff used (fiberglass, epoxy, etc)?



   
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