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There are two varieties of fencing: A-net and B-net.<\/p>\n
A-net is more rigid, often permanent, and used to prevent racers from flying off the course and into dangerous areas, off cliffs, into rocks and the like.<\/p>\n
B-net is temporary and closer to webbing that\u2019s aimed at absorbing the kinetic energy of a falling skier. Frequently, there are multiple layers of B-net with space in between that combined to act as a catcher\u2019s mitt.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey put nets where you have really big fall zones and high-speed sections, places where you need that extra level of protection,\u201d Morse said.<\/p>\n
It isn\u2019t like tumbling into a pit of foam blocks, though.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe A-net is much more like hitting a trampoline,\u201d Morse said. \u201cThe B-net is designed to come out of the ground and wrap you like a blanket. … When you go into the nets, your boot buckles, your bindings, your skis, they all get tangled in the webbing.\u201d<\/p>\n
So what does it feel like when you\u2019re going 70-80 mph?<\/p>\n
\u201cTerrible,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s like you\u2019re in a washing machine getting hit with sticks.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix”> There are two varieties of fencing: A-net and B-net. A-net is more rigid, often permanent, and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":178964,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[84928,84926,84925,6946,9982,2871,48,52,51,47,50,49,84927,24246,84595,84593,79174,28455,84594,84929,84596],"class_list":["post-178963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-a-net","tag-airbag","tag-b-net","tag-course","tag-gate","tag-ice","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-method","tag-more-time","tag-racer","tag-sam-morse","tag-ski","tag-skier","tag-slalom","tag-speed-event","tag-super-g"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=178963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178963\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/178964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=178963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=178963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}