Question:

How can Newton's Three Laws be used to explain skiing? Please help me!!

Answer:
Newton's laws involve forces and velocity, which is speed with a direction indicated.
Skiing illustrates all three of Newton's laws.

The first law says that an object which is subject to a total force of zero will move in a
constant speed in a straight line. A skier is subject to two main forces, gravity and
friction. Gravity tends to pull the skier down the hill and friction between the skis and
the snow and between the skier and the air through which she is passing creates a
force that is directed opposite the velocity. If a skier points her skis straight down the
hill gravity will make her go faster and faster until the force of friction equals the part
of the gravitational force directed along the slope. At that point the total force along
the slope becomes zero and the skier goes along at a constant speed in accordance
with the first law.

The second law says that the rate of change of an objects velocity, called the object's
acceleration" is proportional to the total force on the object. In fact the proportionality
constant between force and the acceleration is the mass of the object. If the skier turns
her skis so they point a bit off to the side rather than straight down the slope the skis
tend to skid sideways and skis moving sideways offer much more resistance to the
snow. The effect of this is a new force on the skier directed toward the side to which
the skis were turned. In accordance with the second law, this force causes an velocity
component off to the side, changing the direction of the skier's path.

The third law says that all forces involve two objects and the force acts with equal
strength but opposite directions on each. The two objects are the skier and the snow in
the case of the turning skier. The force on the skier changes her path and the force on
the snow throws up a spray of the white stuff in a direction opposite the turn.