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Kevin Netto, Associate Professor, Curtin School of Allied Health and Curtin enAble Institute, Curtin University

How do Olympic freestyle skiers produce their amazing tricks? A biomechanics expert explains

Yosuke Hayasaka/AP

There have been some incredible acrobatics on display in Beijing, with Australia’s Jakara Anthony scoring gold in the women’s moguls this week.

How do these athletes pull off such incredible feats of manoeuvrability, and land them (mostly)?

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