Barry B-Net Installation Guidelines

The Barry B-Net System is a factory-assembled safety net system for alpine ski racing and training. It is designed to decelerate an 80 kg skier impacting the net laterally at up to 60 km/h or 100 km/h depending on the configuration used.

The system is intended for use on courses at least 40 m wide, homologated for slalom or giant slalom, with a minimum of 6 m between a turning gate and the first row of netting.

Only personnel who have received and reviewed the current version of the Installation Guidelines. The electronic version on the Barry website is the only valid version.

• Authorized person: assigned by the Race Organizing Committee to perform specific duties at a specific location on the course.
• Competent person: capable of identifying existing and predictable hazards, and authorized to take prompt corrective action.
• Qualified authority: holds a recognized degree, certificate or professional standing, or by extensive knowledge, training and experience has demonstrated the ability to resolve problems related to course safety.

Every installation must be documented, including the list of personnel who took part.

No. The guidelines apply exclusively to factory-assembled Barry B-Net Systems. Any substitution or modification may cause serious injury or death and voids the warranty.

An 80 kg skier impacting the net sideways at up to 60 km/h or 100 km/h, on a course at least 40 m wide, homologated for slalom or giant slalom, with a minimum 6 m from a turning gate to the first row of netting.

Inspect the equipment, identify potential obstacles (snow guns, trees, towers), protect both sides of the course, and follow the homologation report, adding nets or protection based on speed, mass and skier ability as determined by the qualified authority.

Incline the drill about 10° uphill relative to a line perpendicular to the slope. Drill 30–35 cm deep, 32 mm diameter, into snow with density 400–630 kg/m³.

Unroll the nets and overlay one end section on the other with the uphill net on the race-course side. Insert support poles through both top and bottom connecting loops of both nets, then drill the two poles into the snow.

Feed the pole through each mesh using the same line of meshes, spaced about 30 cm. Use only the Barry tie wrap and appropriate tightening tool — no bamboo or slalom gates as substitutes.

• Stopping distance: ideally 5–6 m
• Base of nets draped over snow with no gaps and not buried
• Correct net tension
• Uphill net on race-course side
• All connecting loops properly assembled

Before and after every use, as per Appendix A of the Installation Guidelines. Only personnel who have reviewed the document may inspect, and an updated logbook must be kept.

Clean, dry, out of direct sunlight, away from extreme heat, well ventilated, kept off the floor on racks (ideally vertical). Never store on concrete, metal or dirt floors, and never in the same building as acids or alkalis.

Using the B-Net Repair Kit (BNET RKIT):

1. Cut a patch that covers the damage by one complete mesh all around.
2. Match the mesh braiding direction.
3. Attach every intersection with a metal C-clip.
4. Verify all C-clips are closed.
5. Trim damaged mesh inside the staples.

Service life depends on documented inspections before and after each use. Intensity of use, environment, storage and maintenance all affect life. An exceptional circumstance may limit the lifetime to a single use.

One year from date of shipment against factory defects in workmanship and materials, excluding abuse, transit damage, normal wear, modifications or repairs without original Barry parts. Valid inspection and maintenance logs are required.