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SUECSTBTA400080350060Rope Load (N)3000250020001500100050040200-20-40-60-80Velocity (kph)Rope LoadSkier VelocityBoat Velocity00 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120-100Time (s)Figure 3: Sample of typical data collected during one experimental run. Major activities include:start up (SU), entrance cut (EC), slalom turns (ST) and boat turn around (BTA).Due to the high performance demand of the test conditions not every subject was able tocomplete twelve cuts in the slalom course on every ski. Furthermore, there were avarying number of turns that the subjects were able to go around the buoys. Table 3contains a summary of the number of completed turns and number of successful turns foreach subject. An observational criterion was used to determine if even though a subjectdid not go around the buoy they still completed a “good” slalom cut. These cuts were stillincluded in the study and success rate was added as a performance parameter that can beused in the analysis.62