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Jumping!

 
They talk about hang time in other sports. He defines it in figure skating.
~~ Terry Gannon ~~

 


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Jumping - the result of a combination of speed, timing, power, distance, flow, and finesse - is like being on a roller coaster. Momentum swiftly hoists you up and then plunges you down, before you can catch your breath. The difference is that a roller coaster doesn't produce its own power the way a skater can, using the knees to control both speed and force.
~~ Elvis Stojko ~~

© Ed Kaiser
Sometimes it's as though he's dirt-biking in the air.
~~ Doug Leigh ~~

© Fred Chartrand

 

"Well we must be getting home," said Kanga. "Good-bye, Pooh."
And in three large jumps Kanga was gone.

Pooh looked after her as she went.
"I wish I could jump like that," he thought. "Some can and some can't. That's how it is."

~~ From Winnie-the-Pooh ~~