How is the slalom course laid out?
The buoys are arranged into a course of six turns that the skier must complete. There is a pair of buoys at the beginning and end of the course that serve as entrance and exit gates. The skier begins each pass at the course by skiing through the entrance gates on his or her way to the first turn buoy. Then the skier continues through the course rounding each of the six turn buoys, finally skiing through the exit gate buoys. The gate buoys are also in line with a series of centerline buoys that serves a boat path guide buoys.
