AMOUNT OF SPACE NEEDED FOR SLALOM COURSE
Tumbleturn
am trying to find a cove off the main body of our lake where I will have
enough room for the course and turning room at both ends.
Thanks,
tim
Gregory Cain
Wayne Shelley
: Does anyone have the dimensions of a slalom course, length, width etc. I
: am trying to find a cove off the main body of our lake where I will have
: enough room for the course and turning room at both ends.
We looked at putting a course in near our University - the absolute
minimum needed is 750 metres and this is really tight. About 1 Kilometre
is the best with 2 turning islands to stop the wash. I am not sure what
this converts to in Miles. As far as width goes - it depends if you are
using a jump with the course. Otherwise you only need about 50 metres of
width.
Hope this helps,
Wayne Shelley
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Wayne Shelley - Sydney, OZ - "Bring out the Gimp!"
Mike Marquis
>Does anyone have the dimensions of a slalom course, length, width etc. I
>am trying to find a cove off the main body of our lake where I will have
>enough room for the course and turning room at both ends.
>
>tim
The main dimensions were given in another post. If space is a little
tight for a 6-buoy course, an 8-buoy course can be installed that will
allow more set up room. The 8-buoy course is really two 6-buoy courses
that share the middle four buoys. the skier just uses the last 6-buoys on
any given pass. Each course skis as if it were a single course with more
set-up room at the start (and less shut-down room at the end, although
more than enough for safety).
The only disadvantage is that the number 5 buoy from the previous pass is
right in the skier's set-up area for the gate on the current pass. This
is usually not enough problem as far as skiing the course goes, but the
skier can unconsciously learn to use the old number 5 as a "guide" on
where to begin the pull for the current pass. This guide will not be
there on other courses.
Mike
IHVMYEP
and set down every other pass. This requires a tournament boat and a good
driver, not turn islands. 2000 x 250-300 is ideal for a course and jump,
but 1600 x 150 is doable.
Mark Showah
Cain) writes:
>
>Course is approx 850ft. Usually need 2000 x 250 ft. minimum. GC
>
at 36 MPH for back and forth through the cove. Visualise where the
slalom course should start for a good set up and measure 20 seconds on
your stopwatch. Then commence a turn. If you haven't hit shore yet
and you can turn around and do it again, your site is big enough. It
takes 16.1 seconds to run drive the course from start to end balls.
The extra 4 seconds is required after the end of the course before you
turn around.
Good luck.
Mark
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BSchwartz2
time your location for it's potential.
If your sight is to small for a 6 bouy course - use a four bouy course -
Or try a eight bouy course. You will still ski 6 bouys by skiipping the
first two bouys. this will give you the extra set up you need to get up to
speed coming into the course and still give you a total of 6 bouys to
finish with.
Bill Schwartz