Skaters land with 8X their body weight

[AgnesNitt]

http://lifesciences.byu.edu/LabsResources/Resources/CollegeNews/Article.aspx?ArticleID=87

[jbruced]

Interesting problem for jumpers. It seems they need the high levels of repetitions to learn and then perfect a competitive jump but the amount of repetitions may need to be reduced to prevent injuries.

[nicklaszlo]

That is why jumps are done in the harness first.

[tstop4me]

Here's more info on the design of the instrumented blade:

http://www.vishaypg.com/docs/25501/25501.pdf .

It would be great if the various figure skating associations would fund more research.  But perhaps the money is not there.  Maybe we need to get the NHL involved somehow .