An animation of a science beaker with a bubbling green liquid appears on screen with a title that reads ?Sports Lab.?

Now Nykeem appears on screen standing outside in the snow in front of a large clock tower. Nykeem is in his thirties, has shaved black hair, is clean-shaven, and wears a brown cap, a brown snow jacket, and black gloves.

Nykeem says HEY EVERYONE, WELCOME TO
SPORTS LAB, WHERE IT'S TIME
FOR SPORTS, TIME FOR
SCIENCE AND TIME FOR FUN.
(UPBEAT POP MUSIC)

(Theme music plays)

The opening sequence begins.

Two light blue doors with a title that reads ?Sports Lab? open where thousands of sports equipment encircles a classroom skeleton. The animated balls fly throughout the white room stopping at scenes of people playing different sports.

First Nykeem kicking a soccer ball, then a boy on a skateboard, then a tennis ball, then a hockey goalie, and lastly of a group of kids and Nykeem who break on a tennis court and say SPORTS LAB!

All the sports equipment turns into different colours and funnel into a science beaker with green liquid with a label that reads ?Sports Lab.?

(Music plays)

Nykeem appears on screen and walks around the bottom of snow slopes with a black snowboard.

Nykeem says MY NAME'S NYKEEM, AND TODAY
WE'RE BRAVING THE COLD
TO SHRED THE SLOPES,
AND WE WON'T BE BORED
WHEN WE'RE ON OUR BOARD.
LET'S GO SNOWBOARDING!

(Fanfare and applause)

In the white room, the science beaker with green liquid bursts with colours and balls and a title emerges that reads ?Snowboarding.?

Nykeem rides up on a ski lift and a caption reads ?Mount St. Louis Moonstone, Coldwater, Ontario.?

Nykeem says THERE ARE LOTS OF WAYS
TO ENJOY SNOWBOARDING.
TODAY WE'RE CHECKING
OUT SLOPESTYLE,
A COLLECTION OF JUMPABLE
FEATURES THAT FORM
A PLAYGROUND OF
CREATIVITY, RIGHT DOC?

Now Dr. Heather appears on screen with a caption that reads ?Dr. Heather, Sports Scientist.? She has straight, dark brown hair and wears a gray shirt. She stands at a white desk with books and science supplies around her.

Dr. Heather says FASCINATING STUFF,
NYKEEM, JUST LIKE THE ROLE
THAT SCIENCE PLAYS
IN SNOWBOARDING.
FROM ANGLING YOUR
BOARD TO CARVE A TURN
TO THE INVISIBLE FORCE
PULLING YOU DOWNWARDS
TO THE MAKEUP OF SNOW ITSELF,
SCIENCE REALLY
HEATS UP THE HILL.

Back on the slopes, Nykeem straps on his snowboard and says SO GET STRAPPED IN.
SPORTS LAB IS ABOUT TO SHOW
ITS STYLE ON THE SLOPES.

Now William appears on screen with a caption that reads ?William.? William has short, shaggy dark brown hair, and wears a blue and green snow jacket.

William says MY NAME IS WILLIAM.
I'M 12 YEARS OLD, AND I'VE BEEN
SNOWBOARDING SINCE I WAS 5.

Clips of William snowboarding appear on screen.

William says WHEN I WAS YOUNGER, MY MOM
PUT ME INTO SNOWBOARDING,
AND I'M REALLY GLAD SHE DID.
I LOVE THE TRICKS,
I LOVE THE CREATIVITY,
AND IT'S A FEELING I
CAN'T EVEN DESCRIBE.
WHAT'S MY FAVORITE PART
ABOUT SNOWBOARDING?
EVERYTHING!

Nykeem walks up to William on the slopes.

Nykeem says HEY WILLIAM,
WELCOME TO SPORTS LAB.

William says HI, NYKEEM!

Nykeem says SO TELL ME, WHAT
IS YOUR FAVORITE PART
ABOUT BEING ON THE MOUNTAIN?

William says MY FAVORITE PART ABOUT
BEING ON THE MOUNTAIN
IS JUST HAVING SO MUCH FUN
WITH YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS!

Nykeem says AH, SPEAKING OF FUN, THIS
COURSE LOOKS REALLY COOL.
SO TELL ME ABOUT SLOPESTYLE.

William says SLOPESTYLE IS NORMALLY
A COURSE MADE UP
OF JUMPS AT THE TOP FOLLOWED
BY RAILS AT THE END.

Nykeem says AND WHAT'S YOUR
FAVORITE FEATURE?

William says IT'S HARD TO PICK.
I LIKE JUMPS FOR
BEING IN THE AIR,
AND RAILS IT'S MORE CHALLENGING
TO MAKE IT FROM ONE
SIDE TO THE OTHER.

Nykeem says NICE, WILLIAM.
I THINK YOU AND I ARE GONNA
HAVE A LOT OF FUN TODAY.
BUT WHERE SHOULD WE START?

William says I'VE ALWAYS WANTED
TO LEARN A LITTLE MORE
ABOUT SNOWBOARDING'S HISTORY.

Nykeem says THEN LET'S BOOT UP THE
STORY OF SNOWBOARDING.
(FANFARE AND APPLAUSE)

Back in the lab, a book opens and a title flies out that reads ?History of Snowboarding.?

Nykeem says SNOWBOARDING
CAN BE TRACED
BACK TO THE EARLY 1900S WHEN
THRILL SEEKERS TIED WOOD
TO THEIR FEET WITH FISHING
STRING TO SLED DOWN A HILL.
WHEE!
MODERN SNOWBOARDING
BEGAN IN MICHIGAN IN 1965
WHEN A MAN NAMED SHERMAN POPPEN
ATTACHED TWO SKIS TOGETHER
AS A TOY FOR HIS DAUGHTER.
THE INVENTION WAS
CALLED A SNURFER.
COOL NAME, SHERMAN!
IN THE EARLY 1970S, TOM
SIMS, WHO ENJOYED SNURFING
STARTED PRODUCING
COMMERCIAL SNOWBOARDS.
AROUND THE SAME TIME, JAKE
BURTON INVENTED BINDINGS
TO KEEP HIS FEET
STRAPPED TO HIS SNURFER.
THESE INVENTIONS HELPED
BRING SNOWBOARDING
INTO THE SPOTLIGHT.

Back on the slopes, Nykeem says ALL RIGHT, WILLIAM, WHAT
DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT?

William says PRETTY COOL!

Nykeem says WHAT SHOULD WE DO NOW?

William says LET'S SHRED!

Nykeem says LET'S GO!
(UPBEAT SURFER MUSIC)

Nykeem and William walk over to the slopes with William?s friends and they start snowboarding.

William helps teach Nykeem and Nykeem says YEAH,
I THINK I GOT IT!
(UPBEAT SURFER MUSIC)

After they practice snowboarding, Nykeem and William sit at the bottom of the slopes and Nykeem says WILLIAM, THANKS SO MUCH
FOR HELPING ME OUT TODAY.

William says STICK WITH IT, NYKEEM!

Nykeem says HAHA, I'LL TRY.
SO IS THERE ANYTHING
MORE YOU'D LIKE
TO LEARN ABOUT SNOWBOARDING?

William says WELL, I REALLY
LIKE DOING 360S,
AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW
WHAT GOES ON WHEN YOU DO ONE.

Nykeem says AH, GREAT QUESTION!
LET'S CHECK IN WITH
OUR SPORTS SCIENTIST.
HEY, DOC!

Nykeem looks at his watch and Dr. Heather appears on screen.

In the sports lab, Dr. Heather says HEY, YOU TWO.
A 360 IS WHEN YOU
TRAVEL 360 DEGREES
ALL THE WAY AROUND UNTIL YOU'RE
FACING THE WAY YOU STARTED.
TO GET ALL THE WAY AROUND,
YOU'LL NEED TO EXERT A FORCE.
I'VE GOT AN EXPERT IN
MIND WHO CAN HELP US
JUMP TO THE CONCLUSION.

Back to Nykeem, Nykeem says ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO.

Back in the lab, the science beaker with green liquid appears on screen with a label that reads ?Pop Quiz.? The bottle swirls and flies over to the blackboard with a question.

Nykeem says HEY EVERYONE, POP QUIZ.
WHAT FORCE PULLS A
SNOWBOARD DOWN A HILL?
A. GRAVITY, B. FRICTION
OR C. MAGNETISM?

A skeleton with a red cap says THE ANSWER IS A!

Nykeem says GRAVITY.
THE STEEPER THE HILL, THE
MORE EFFECT GRAVITY CAN HAVE.
SO BE SURE TO START SMALL.

Back in the lab, out of the science beaker launches white foam that turns into a slate that reads ?Meet the Pro.?

Now Colton appears on screen with a caption that reads ?Colton.? Colton has medium-length, shaggy, curly dark blond hair, and wears a black down jacket.

Colton says HEY, I'M COLTON, AND I'VE
BEEN SNOWBOARDING FOR 11 YEARS.
I GOT INTO SNOWBOARDING BY GOING
TO THE LOCAL SKI HILL AS A KID.

Clips of Colton snowboarding appear on screen.

Colton says ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS I LOVE
ABOUT SNOWBOARDING IS
RIDING WITH MY FRIENDS.
THERE'S NO OTHER WAY I'D
LIKE TO SPEND MY TIME.

Nykeem and William walk up to Colton on the slopes.

Nykeem says HEY COLTON!

Colton says HOW'S IT GOING NYKEEM?

Nykeem says PRETTY GOOD.
COLTON, THIS IS WILLIAM.

Colton says WILLIAM, NICE TO MEET YOU!

William says YOU TOO!

Nykeem says WILLIAM, DO YOU HAVE
ANY QUESTIONS FOR COLTON?

William says WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE
THING ABOUT SNOWBOARDING?

Colton says MAN, MY FAVORITE
THING ABOUT SNOWBOARDING
IS THAT EVERY TURN,
EVERY JUMP'S DIFFERENT.
IT JUST DRIVES ME
TO GO EVERYDAY.

Nykeem says THAT SOUNDS EXCITING, NOW
I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.
HOW DO I KEEP FROM FALLING?

Colton says JUST LOTS OF PRACTICE,
NEVER GET DISCOURAGED,
AND JUST HAVE FUN DOING IT.

Nykeem says OK, I'LL TRY TO REMEMBER THAT.
WILLIAM, WHY DON'T YOU
TELL COLTON WHAT WE NEED.

William says CAN WE SEE AN AMAZING 360?

Colton says I CAN SHOW YOU AN AMAZING 360,
BUT BEFORE WE GO
FLYING OFF THOSE JUMPS,
THERE'S A FEW TIPS
I'LL HAVE TO GIVE YOU.
MAKING SURE YOU'RE LOW, MAKING
SURE YOU HAVE THE SPEED,
AND LOOKING OVER YOUR
SHOULDER FOR THE LANDING.
LET ME SHOW YOU.

Colton snowboards down the slope and William says WOO!

Nykeem says OH, YEAH!
DO IT AGAIN!
DR. HEATHER, WHAT'S UP?

Nykeem looks at his watch.

Back in the lab, Dr. Heather says HEY, TEAM!
LIKE COLTON GETTING TO
THE BOTTOM OF A JUMP,
I'VE GOTTEN TO THE
BOTTOM OF YOUR QUESTION.
TO PERFORM THE AWESOME AERIAL
MANEUVERS WE KNOW AND LOVE,
SNOWBOARDERS HAVE TO APPLY
SOMETHING CALLED TORQUE.
TORQUE IS A FORCE
THAT CAUSES AN OBJECT
TO ROTATE AROUND AN AXIS.
IT CONVERTS LINEAR MOMENTUM,
WHEN AN OBJECT IS MOVING
IN A STRAIGHT DIRECTION,
TO ANGULAR MOMENTUM,
WHEN AN OBJECT SPINS.
THINK OF IT LIKE USING A WRENCH.
THE TORQUE IS YOUR ARM MOVING
THE WRENCH AROUND A BOLT.
TORQUE WAS DISCOVERED
BY ARCHIMEDES,
AN ANCIENT GREEK MATHEMATICIAN.
COLTON GETS HIS TORQUE
BY SWINGING HIS ARMS,
WHICH CAUSES HIS BODY TO ROTATE.
HE STARTS BY TWISTING HIS ARMS
IN THE OPPOSITE
DIRECTION OF THE SPIN.
THAT'S CALLED COUNTER-ROTATION.
THEN WHEN HE SPINS HIS BODY
IN THE DIRECTION OF THE SPIN,
HE'S ABLE TO GET
ALL THE WAY AROUND.
SO REMEMBER, NO MATTER HOW
MANY DEGREES YOU'RE LOOKING
TO TRAVEL, LEARN TO APPLY
TORQUE TO YOUR TRICK.

Back on the slopes, Nykeem says ALL RIGHT GUYS, IT
SOUNDS LIKE TORQUE
IS THE KEY TO SPINNING.
WILLIAM, WHAT DID YOU THINK?

William says I THINK IT'S MY TURN TO SPIN.

Nykeem says ALL RIGHT, LET'S
SEE IT WILLIAM!

William starts snowboarding and does a 360 jump.

Nykeem says WHOA!

Colton says YOU GOT IT!

Nykeem says THAT WAS A 360!

Colton says GOOD TECHNIQUE!
LET'S SEE THAT TORQUE, WILL!

Nykeem says WOO!

(FANFARE AND APPLAUSE)

Back in the lab, the green liquid in the science beaker spills and then dries up to reveal a title that reads ?Fun Fact.?

Nykeem appears on screen and says SO ONE THING'S FOR SURE, YOU
CAN'T SNOWBOARD WITHOUT SNOW.
IT'S IN THE NAME.
BUT HOW DOES THIS
WONDERFUL STUFF GET MADE?
SNOW HAPPENS WHEN WATER
VAPORS, OR TINY BITS OF WATER,
FREEZE IN THE AIR BEFORE
THEY CAN TURN INTO WATER.
CRYSTALS OF ICE FORM AROUND
PARTICLES IN THE AIR,
LIKE BITS OF DIRT OR BACTERIA.
THOSE PARTICLES ARE THE
CORE OF A SNOWFLAKE.
EACH SNOWFLAKE CAN HAVE
AS MANY AS 200 CRYSTALS,
SO LOTS OF THEM ARE TOTALLY
UNIQUE, JUST LIKE YOU GUYS!

Back with William, Nykeem says TODAY WAS A GREAT DAY, WILLIAM.
IS THERE ANYTHING
ELSE YOU WANT TO DO?

William says I WANNA TAKE ONE MORE RUN.

Nykeem says OK, WELL I'M GONNA
STAY RIGHT HERE.

William says OK!

Nykeem says ALL RIGHT, BUDDY!
(UPBEAT SURFER MUSIC)

William snowboards down the slope.

Nykeem says THAT WILL BE ME
SOMEDAY, I PROMISE!
OH YEAH, AWESOME!

Back in the lab, colours and balls fly out of the science beaker and a slate reads ?Pro Tip.?

Now Colton appears on screen and says TWO THINGS THAT HELPED
ME WHEN I WAS LEARNING
HOW TO JUMP WAS GETTING LOW
AND LOOKING WHERE I WANT TO GO.
WHEN YOU TAKE OFF LOW,
YOU'RE GONNA LAND LOW,
AND THAT'S GOOD FOR YOUR KNEES.
LOOKING WHERE YOU WANT TO LAND
IS GONNA BE GOOD FOR
YOUR AIR AWARENESS.
SO STAY LOW WHEN YOU'RE
GOING INTO THE JUMP,
MAKE SURE YOU'RE LOOKING
WHERE YOU WANNA LAND,
AND YOU'LL BE
JUMPING IN NO TIME.
MY NAME'S COLTON, AND
THAT'S MY PRO TIP.

Now William appears on screen and says THE SCIENCE OF
SNOWBOARDING IS REALLY COOL,
AND IT'S DEFINITELY GONNA
HELP ME PROGRESS IN THE PARK.
I WILL SEE YOU
GUYS ON THE SLOPES!

Now Nykeem appears on screen at the top of the slopes and says TODAY WE FOUND OURSELVES ON
THE MOUNTAIN OF MAX LEARNING
AND DISCOVERED THAT
WITH THE RIGHT TORQUE,
SPINNING ISN'T AN UPHILL BATTLE.
OK EVERYONE, I'LL SEE YOU
NEXT TIME, AND REMEMBER,
WHEN SHREDDING ON THE SNOW,
IT'S COOL TO BE IN THE KNOW!

The credits roll scenes of kids playing sports appear on screen.

Written and directed by, Johnny Mitchell.
Host, Nykeem Provo.
Editor, David Mitchell.

Produced in association with TVO Kids for riverbank pictures, copyright 1919216 Ontario Inc.