1 Tracey J Dickson, 1 Stephen Trathen, 1 2 and Gordon S. Waddington 1 Speeds of Pediatric Snowsport Participants: Insights for Injury Prevention Strategies Reference Dickson, Tracey J, Trathen, Stephen, and Waddington, Gordon S., “Speeds of Pediatric Snowsport Participants: Insights for Injury Prevention Strategies,” Skiing Trauma and Safety: 20th Volume, STP 1582, Robert Johnson, Ed., pp. 1–9, doi:10.1520/STP158220140016, ASTM International, West Conshohocken, PA 2014. 2 3 ABSTRACT 4 Building upon previous research into the speeds of adult snowsport participants, 5 this research sought to investigate the maximum speeds attained by pediatric 6 snowsport participants across their snowsport session. Speeds were recorded 7 using a GPS-based data-logging device that enabled recording of speeds, 8 distance travelled and duration. From over 700h of data, the average maximum- 9 recorded speed was 44.1km/h. While there was a significant difference in the 10 average maximum speeds across four levels of experience, there was no 11 significant difference between the average maximum speeds of females and 12 males (42.5 km/h cf. 42.4 km/h), or between alpine skiers and snowboarders 13 (43.8 km/h cf. 40.0 km/h). As noted in previous snowsport speeds research with 14 adults, the average maximum speeds of the pediatric snowsport participants 15 exceed the testing protocols of all current helmet standards in use. Keywords 16 snowsport safety, speeds, pediatric PROOF COPY [STP20140016] Manuscript received February 23, 2014; accepted for publication August 12, 2014; published online xx xx xxxx. 1 Faculty of Business,Government and Law, Univ. of Canberra, Canberra, 2601 AQ1 Australia. 2 ASTM 20th Symposium on Skiing Trauma and Safety: 20th Volume on August 4–10, 2013 in Rio Negro, Argentina. J_ID: STP DOI: 10.1520/STP158220140016 Date: 10-September-14 Stage: Page: 1 Total Pages: 10 ID: veeraragavanb Time: 20:51 I Path: //xinchnasjn/ASTM/3B2/STP#/Vol01582/140135/APPFile/AT-STP#140135 Copyright V C 2014 by ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, PO Box C700, West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959. SKIING TRAUMA AND SAFETY: 20TH VOLUME 1 STP 1582, 2014 / available online at www.astm.org / doi: 10.1520/STP158220140016