1. How speed can affect the height and distance of an ollie
Colby Gulick

2. How does speed affect the height and distance of an ollie?

3. Why I chose this project
I chose this project because I love skateboarding and I wanted to do something different from everyone else.I have background experience because my father always said that if I go faster, then I will go higher and farther. I wanted to know if this was true or if he was just saying it because of what he thought. That is why I chose this project.

4. Hypothesis
If I go faster, then I will ollie the highest and the farthest.

5. a)Independent-The speed
b)Dependent-The height and distance of the ollie
c)Constants-Same board-trucks-wheels-measurement

6. Set up the area to perform the experiment
Use chalk on the ground to measure where you start and finish the ollie
mark chalk on a wall to measure how high the ollie is
Find a good spot for the observer to observe the ollies
Get a video camera to record the ollies and stopwatch to time
Record the speed, height, and distance of the ollie
Make sure the materials stay the same throughout the project

8. How does speed affect the height and distance of an ollie?
For my experiment I Measured how speed would affect how I performed an ollie.
The data showed that the speed would not affect the height of an ollie but however would affect the distance.
My data does and does not support my hypothesis. It does because I said the faster I go, the farther I go and that was true, but does not because I said the faster I go, the higher I go but my height did not change with the speed.
I learned that if I had to go a distance, I would need to go faster, but if I needed to go higher, it would not matter how high I go.
Some problems I had was getting the exact height and distance of the ollie. I could make this more accurate by using a slow motion camera to slow down the video so I could see exactly how high I was and get the exact distance during the ollie.