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shrEddie
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i have a speedometer app on my phone and today i set a new personal best of 63.62 MPH. I think this is pretty good.
Has anyone else on here done this and have a top speed? If you have an android phone, get the app called "speedometer" and try it. Im sure there is something like this for iphones too
Jan 13 2011 7:30PM
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D1X
Posts: 402 - Karma: 16
64mph. Round that shit up
Jan 13 2011 7:30PM
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Janky
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i hit 53 mph in only .35 miles on world cup at heavenly. tried hard to hit 60
Jan 13 2011 7:37PM
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LiamMcKinley
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wowwwww thats fast.. i cant even drive that fast!!
Jan 13 2011 7:41PM
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Stickity
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*facepalm*
Jan 13 2011 7:43PM
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RubberSoul
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shit i wanna do that so badly, i feel confident ive gone at least 60-65
Jan 13 2011 7:46PM
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thesheik
Posts: 1488 - Karma: 18
wouldn't be shocked if i hit 50 a few weeks ago at stowe. i've hit 45 on a bike before. to me going fast is fun (especially on a bike) when you have to really keep er pinned and do work to maintain the speed. it's also just fun to go fast.
Jan 13 2011 7:48PM
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SkiThe603
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i once went a million miles and hour, but no i probably hit like 35-40 kinda hard to go supa fast on not steep trails like the ones on the east coast
Jan 13 2011 7:55PM
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RubberSoul
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it'd be cool if tons of people had this and we could see who could post the highest speed
Jan 13 2011 7:58PM
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Static
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cool idea! make a thread!
Jan 13 2011 8:05PM
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RubberSoul
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i will if i can borrow my friend's ipod touch next time i go skiing haha..
Jan 13 2011 8:05PM
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thesheik
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just dont tell him what you're planning. if you land on it at like 65 you might atomize the fucker.
Jan 13 2011 8:07PM
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The.Ginger
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i dont think you can do it with the itouch, only the iphone and droid
Jan 13 2011 8:10PM
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RubberSoul
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haha he's never skied and has seen me hit rails and jumps and stuff so as far as he's concerned i'm a god on skis + he's a solid ass friend, so i wouldnt have to worry about it haha
Jan 13 2011 8:10PM
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RubberSoul
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oh shit really, i just made the assumption that it was an app and if you could run it on an iphone you could run it on an ipod touch but now that i think about it youre probably right..

looks like i'll have to try to get my dad's or other friend's iphone haha.. ive wanted to do this for so long though i gotta try to make it work

you can count on a thread if i get the chance
Jan 13 2011 8:12PM
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shrEddie
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???
thats why i made this thread?
Jan 13 2011 8:15PM
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RubberSoul
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hahaha don't mind me man i'm just retarded
Jan 13 2011 8:16PM
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thesheik
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gotta love gaper friends. also, i'm always shocked more people's phones don't break, mine included considering how often i fall.
Jan 13 2011 8:16PM
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RubberSoul
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ive always been really impressed with ipod touchs'/iphones' durability and shit. the same friend lost said ipod touch in a snowy bush last year at a party doing drunk flips into it, we looked and couldnt find it cause of all the snow, waited til most the snow melted a few days later, found the ipod, and it worked fine..
Jan 13 2011 8:19PM
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basedjase
Posts: 2510 - Karma: 640
Yes! I bomb down world cup all the time ha.
I'd love to get this ap.
Jan 13 2011 8:21PM
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Mr.Fister
Posts: 526 - Karma: 10
ive gone 110kmh on a longboard/claim
gone at least that fast on super-g race skis for sure.
Jan 13 2011 8:42PM
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RubberSoul
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assuming you're a half decent skier, i can't even fathom how your top speeds on a skateboard on skis could even be close to each other..
Jan 13 2011 8:44PM
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clark.
Posts: 308 - Karma: 14
135 in my car
56 on a bike
And I don't know on skies but it looks like I'm taking the GPS up tomorrow now...
Jan 13 2011 8:55PM
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Dustin.
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I did 67 mph straight lining River Run at Keystone at night. Those apps are like a dare, haha.
Jan 13 2011 9:03PM
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Mr.Fister
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skateboard isnt accurate.
its a DH racing longboard, and i had full leathers on and a fullface with gogs.
fathom it buddy.
Jan 13 2011 9:09PM
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AndrewGravesSV
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you legit
Jan 13 2011 9:12PM
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Turnup_swiperigh
Posts: 990 - Karma: 108
hit 60 at nubs nob, mi,  and 40-45 on a longboard
Jan 13 2011 9:13PM
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ButteredToast.
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I've been doing this for a while with my droid!

Except I use MyTracks. Get it, it's way more legit.

Anyways, fastest I've recorded is 53.8something on my 400 ft vertical hill at night in pretty icy conditions.

It's fun to try to keep topping yourself over and over
Jan 13 2011 9:16PM
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skiRay
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Wowww i thought you meant top speed in you car at first hahah.
Jan 13 2011 9:17PM
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gregorio
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I've done 110 in a prius, I'm surprised it could even go that fast.

Also 125 in a volvo station wagon
Jan 13 2011 9:20PM
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gr4
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78 mph is my record but you have to take into account that it is only velocity on the x axis so if you count the y axis you are actually going faster
Jan 13 2011 9:23PM
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Karma_Police
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I really question the accuracy of those apps on peoples phones.

I have a friend who is probably as good as me show me how he hit 68 on a groomer at PC. Thats world cup speed.

Jan 13 2011 9:23PM
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Skeeze_
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I've heard that GPS and iPhone readings aren't necessarily all that accurate, but unless it's a ridiculous number, it's probably in the right general range. I rode a lift with some off-duty California Highway Patrol officers at Mammoth last year who were measuring speed with their radar guns. I got up to 61 MPH on my first run and was too scared to do it again.
Jan 13 2011 9:37PM
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Meases_Pieces
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explain ?
Jan 13 2011 9:40PM
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clark.
Posts: 308 - Karma: 14
You're going downhill, so you're moving horizontally and vertically. GPS only measures distance traveled in the x direction, not y. So let's say you go 3 miles vertically and 4 miles horizontally. Your actual distance is 5 miles but the GPS only counts 4. Since the time is the same, the GPS will think you're going slightly slower.
Jan 13 2011 9:46PM
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will_powder
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where did you do this? I know a fair bit about DH
Jan 13 2011 9:48PM
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Phormat
Posts: 774 - Karma: 20
55mph on skis,
157 mph in a modified Saab Viggen, but for me doing 118 in my discovery was way scarier and stupid
Jan 13 2011 9:53PM
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Phormat
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The GPS on my droid is pretty accurate, it tracks your position to within 3 feet if you have good service, it also is similar (usually a bit under) to the speedometer on my car
Jan 13 2011 9:55PM
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skiminnesota
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nice!


now i just need to get on a decent hill.


but last spring in slush snow the ski patrol had a radar gun out and i hit 45mph. and that was BOMBED down the hill.


i honestly dont think i could hit 63mph on my hill. but ill post back on saturday after giving this app a try.
Jan 13 2011 10:01PM
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jamodeo
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Not using the app but i got 71 in a speed trap race on burke somebody went over 80 shit was intense
Jan 13 2011 10:07PM
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Troy.
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If I were to make an app that did this, worked all day, picked your top speed of the day, then you could post bragging rights and it was ski related, would anyone buy it?
Jan 13 2011 10:14PM
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PJS.
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thatd be dope!
Jan 13 2011 10:17PM
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dmc12380
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I use MyTracks for hiking and the speed is never accurate for me. It said I was averaging 23 mph hiking uphill.
Jan 13 2011 10:17PM
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kyle.m
Posts: 223 - Karma: 16
That's sick i gotta try this out and find an app
Jan 13 2011 10:17PM
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Troy.
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Followup question: how much would NS pay for it?
Jan 13 2011 10:18PM
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PJS.
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id lay down a buck or two, three if it was really nice but not above
Jan 13 2011 10:19PM
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ReedSkis~
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max 2.99.

But there are already tons of skiing GPS apps. I guess the social integration would be pretty cool, it would be even cooler if it had a real time feed of your friends speeds. So during the day you could check friends top speeds from that morning, or on a particular run, etc. Would you make this for iPhone? I'm actually developing an iPhone game and am planning on releasing it soon.
Jan 13 2011 10:25PM
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ButteredToast.
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hmm. its always consistent with my car speed. That's odd.

If you're hiking, the speed is far too slow to register so it kinda wigs out. Anything under like 2 mph gets weird.
Jan 13 2011 10:27PM
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Troy.
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It would be most certainly on an iPhone. If you are good with dev-ing hit me up.
Jan 13 2011 10:39PM
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jreilly
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75mph on skis. towed by snowmobile
Jan 13 2011 11:06PM
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J-Evs
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Probably have hit around 65 on my gs skis and go around 30-40 in a coarse at my tiny mountain
Jan 13 2011 11:14PM
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