# @kiwico on YouTube

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://youtube.com/watch?v=RPKuuAb9xe8
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/28760634-kiwico-youtube
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/1292fd71a3.jpg
- **Posted:** 2024-10-18T20:00:07.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** KiwiCo (@kiwico_inc) — https://gondola.cc/kiwico_inc

## Caption

Is it possible to ice skate without ice? We just had to find out and test that question with some experiments. 

Tinker, create, and innovate with more hands-on discovery from kiwico.com

Video Chapters! 
00:00 Can you skate without ice?
00:51 Special skates
02:14 How does ice skating work?
02:45 Ice melting experiment
04:50 Momentum matters
05:36 Recap!

Hashtags: #KiwiCo, #friction #science #engineering
Read More [3 articles-title, link, quote]:
The act of ice skating is a miracle of physics
https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/ice-skating-miracle-physics/
“Although ice itself is normally a slick, low-friction surface that’s very hard to steady yourself on and move across in a controlled fashion, the act of ice skates makes it not only possible, but easy.”

The surprising science of why ice is so slippery
https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2018/2/13/16973886/why-is-ice-slippery
“But for much of the past two centuries, scientists have struggled to explain why, exactly, ice is slippery — and why skates can glide atop it so well (or for that matter why it’s so easy to slip walking on ice).”

Science of Ice Skating (Physics Concepts of Ice Skating)
https://gosciencegirls.com/science-of-ice-skating/
“One of the many theories suggests that the ice has a thin layer of moisture over which it lowers the friction against the skates acting.”

Credits: Footage provided by Storyblocks and Pond5. Music provided by Storyblocks.

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## Tags

engineering, science, kiwico, friction

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