ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 8783 Secondedition 2015-08-01 Alpine skis Guidelines for conducting slope performance tests SkisalpinsPrincipesdirecteurs pourlaréalisationd'essaisde performance surpiste Referencenumber IS0 8783:2015(E) ISO @IS02015 IS08783:2015(E) COPYRIGHTPROTECTEDDOCUMENT @IS0 2015,Published in Switzerland All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized otherwise in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, or posting on the internet or an intranet, without prior written permission. Permission can be requested from either ISO at the address below or ISO's member body in the country of the requester. ISO copyright office Ch. de Blandonnet 8 . CP 401 CH-1214 Vernier, Geneva, Switzerland Tel. +41 22 749 01 11 Fax+4122749 09 47 [email protected] www.iso.org i Provided bv IHS under license with ISO @ IS0 2015 - All rights reserved IS08783:2015(E) Contents Page Foreword .iv 1 Scope. .1 2 Normativereference ..1 3 Terms and definitions ..1 4 Principle .2 5 Test conditions .2 6 Test personnel. .2 6.1 Requirements .2 6.2 Skiing ability .2 6.3 Assessmentability .2 7 Testcommittee .2 8 Test skis. ..2 9 Rating .3 9.1 Criteria ..3 9.2 Classification .3 10 Preparation ..3 11 Additional elements and tuning (binding and damping elements) ..3 12 Binding and binding systems 2. 13 Test report. .4 14 Publicationoftestresults .4 @ IS0 2015 -All rights reserved ii