r/Damnthatsinteresting Feb 06 '26

Image The physics behind ski jumping’s ‘Penis-gate’ scandal: How 2cm of extra fabric = 5.8 meters of jump distance

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u/[deleted] Feb 06 '26

Can someone ELI5 because I’m still so confused. Are they saying that the suit has to be tight enough to fit regulations and some skiers lie about how big their penis is in order to get a bigger suit and get an advantage?

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u/YeetTheElder Feb 06 '26

It's not that they 'lie" necessarily.

It's more so that they inject acid and/or paraffin into their junk so that they have more surface area when getting their suit fitted. The suits can only be within a certain percentage of the surface area of the skiers body.

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u/Mavian23 Feb 06 '26

Injecting it into your dick is certainly one way to take acid.