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How is a snowboarder able to soar through the air?

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Answer: momentum

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Athletes flex and extend different muscles at takeoff. This creates angular momentum, or momentum of rotation. It allows a snowboarder to flip and spin in the air. The force of drag comes from air pushing against a snowboarder.
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