On Oct 7, 8:19*pm, Dave Cartman wrote:
In article ,
*The Real Bev wrote:

I don't pretend to know anything about this, but I wonder how much the
skilled skier would "dampen" (and I use the word "dampen" casually) the
forces in the upper body vs at the ski.

It's DAMP in this context, unless the skier is actually wetting his pants,
and
that's what knees are for.

Look, there's only one way to settle this war of terminology and that is
to bring in an expert in MA* (*Motion Analysis) and have him clear this
up straight away. *Don't think I won't do it!

Mr. Physics?