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shrEddie
Posts: 5117 - Karma: 65
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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steezeeepolizeee
Posts: 8756 - Karma: 796
hit 93kmph on a BMX, if you have ever been on a bmx at speed you will know thats scary as fuck haha. But this was followed by a car rather then done on a phone
Jan 13 2011 11:22PM
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madsskaar
Posts: 492 - Karma: 191
ive gone 78 mph on super-g skis and speedsuit!
Jan 13 2011 11:31PM
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chicken
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do you have to be looking at the screen or does it record your top speed?
Jan 13 2011 11:36PM
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brock25
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fuck ya bro YOUR STRAIGHT KILLIN IT.

I'M HOT BUT THE CAR COOL!!!!!!
Jan 13 2011 11:57PM
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crazy_karl
Posts: 772 - Karma: 4,914
OHHHHHHHHHHHH Daaaaaaayum you crazy!

^that dude pretty much summed it up


Jan 14 2011 12:16AM
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grambo
Posts: 1125 - Karma: 93
GPS cannot measure speed accurately at all, it's a gimmick.
Jan 14 2011 3:25AM
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carbon.pulse
Posts: 3348 - Karma: 22
Explain?
Jan 14 2011 3:37AM
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CaliforniaDouble
Posts: 218 - Karma: 22
Completely false. Consumer GPS devices are more accurate with respect to velocity than position, especially at high speeds. Velocity measurements within 0.1m/s (~0.2mph) of actual are commonplace, whereas a position measurement within 1m is good. Velocity measurements are taken from the time it takes a GPS receiver to get from one track point to another, and although there is some error in position data, the effect of this in the overall speed calculation diminishes as the track points become farther apart within a given time interval (as you go faster).
Jan 14 2011 4:23AM
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B.Aussie
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72 but that was downhill training on a hand held speed gun.
Jan 14 2011 8:36AM
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crazy_karl
Posts: 772 - Karma: 4,914
Ahhhhhhh Shit this ckick is butch! I take back what I said earlier, your a pussybitch, and you got showed up by a beezy
Jan 14 2011 11:54AM
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_nicota_
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83 Downhill training years ago (speed gun of course).

155 in a car, damn speed limiter.

Jan 14 2011 12:08PM
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undercover_skier
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I used to be a racer and at one downhill event they had a radar gum and I was clocked at 78MPH
Jan 14 2011 12:47PM
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RubberSoul
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oh i wasnt doubting you really, or implying you were on a tiny skateboard or whatever, just saying, it's soo much easier to stop/ditch speed on skis (not to mention safer if you crash)

but yeah im fathoming the fuck out of it now
Jan 14 2011 12:58PM
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uosdwiSrjewoH
Posts: 4220 - Karma: 122
don't have a fancy number or anything, but last year at panorama i skied about 1/4 the mountain without slowing and got so fast that my stiffest skis couldn't stop me, turned to noodles under my feet. one of the most fun things i've done skiing, but probably wouldn't do it again without race skis
Jan 14 2011 1:10PM
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skiingpimp
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I hit 87 with the iphone app at jackson hole. we didn't think it was working right so we turned it on in the car and it was right on. And it was first run of the day on a groomer with a buddy of mine trying to get a lap in before he had to work so we straight lined it down.
Jan 14 2011 1:42PM
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JDA
Posts: 572 - Karma: 566
Tried to go as fast as I can at Kitzbuhel on the Hahnenkamm world cup piste a week after the world cup race so it was still icy on twin tips and I hit a compression my legs buckleled, went airbourne and double ejected and landed on my face and broke my nose too!
Jan 14 2011 1:45PM
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Gorno
Posts: 266 - Karma: 28
I would love to clock my speed on skis.... don't have the tech though. On a bike I have done 258 km/h (160 mph). I bitch out and let off the throttle too...
Jan 14 2011 2:53PM
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oldskewl
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I've been 138mph on skis - Did it at world championships back in 1999.  I have also crashed and been clocked at 120mph.  For what its worth the speed trap is 100 metres long and when I fell I was above the trap and the speed came out at 195kmh  I was hauling ass was most likely doing close to 145 when I went down.  I was completely concussed and was purple over about 40% of my body from the friction burns.  No claim...truf.  In fact I still have all of my equipment if any one is in PC and wants to strap on some 240cm speed skis skis gimme a shout
Jan 14 2011 3:22PM
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Static
Posts: 8496 - Karma: 4,090
got any video?
Jan 14 2011 3:33PM
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ButteredToast.
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Terminal velocity is around 120MPH for the human body.

Hard time believing that lol
Jan 14 2011 3:33PM
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strghtblkdueces
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been over 300 kmph on a zx10. dont know about skis tho because my home mountain(old garbage pile) is only about 300 vertical feet. not much speed there haha
Jan 14 2011 3:45PM
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Static
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not in a speed suit...

top speed on skis so far is 156mph
Jan 14 2011 3:46PM
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strghtblkdueces
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terminal velocity is how fast something will get moving under the force of gravity.
when a body falls it gets up to 120mph.
that being said with a ski slope obviously itll get cookin faster then that.
Jan 14 2011 3:54PM
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Static
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shut up, it's about drag as much as it is about gravity. The slope doesn't have anything to do with it, in fact it's slower than a freefall.
Jan 14 2011 4:05PM
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Ski_the_east01
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thats an awesome idea

gotta break out my volkl gs skis...i use to haul ass on those things they were like cruise missles
Jan 14 2011 4:11PM
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oldskewl
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lol sir.  dont want to get into a pissing contest but its truf.  Do your homework b4 calling some one out.  Ive got several hundred official runs over 120mph
Jan 14 2011 5:11PM
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wiener
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Harry Egger holds the record for speed skiing at 154mph.
Jan 14 2011 5:14PM
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BITS
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holy shit thats faaaaaaast
Jan 14 2011 5:21PM
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Thenowhereman42
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145ish in a car

35ish on a longboard

I have no idea how fast I've gone on skis but I pretty much just straight line everything so I imagine pretty fast. Someone should go straight line Cornice at Mammoth for me and see how fast they go, so I can find out.

I always imagined you didn't go very fast on skis, because 35mph on a longboard seems so stupidly fast, and because Simon Dumont only clocked in at something like 50 when he was doing that giant quarterpipe and getting towed in.
Jan 14 2011 6:35PM
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ben-jamm-in
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love ta mobb
Jan 14 2011 6:42PM
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I_liketobutter
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im pretty sure an iphone isn't the most accurate reading...i guess test it in a car. but then you have to take into account the slope...

i have a hard time believing that 60mph is possible on park skis that have torn up bases and edges from rails, not to mention those aerodynamic clothes we all wear...60mph on skis is so fucking fast, its pretty hard just to get up to that speed.
Jan 14 2011 7:04PM
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Thenowhereman42
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Yeah the cape I wear when I go skiing probably doesn't help with aerodynamics either...


Jan 14 2011 7:11PM
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nkmo.
Posts: 3994 - Karma: 285
I checked mine against my car and its was on point. Did 60 at Canyons today on warm snow and One Lifes. Same run couple days ago on my park skis was waaay faster but this thread just turned me on to the app.
Jan 14 2011 7:55PM
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MacNsteaze
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gone 53 switch before, wanna try and break 60 though

hard to believe tanner hit chads switch at 55...

Jan 14 2011 8:54PM
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ElbridgeGerry
Posts: 5902 - Karma: -27
I've hit 151 in a car and probably 45-50 on skis.
Jan 14 2011 8:57PM
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skiingpimp
Posts: 1176 - Karma: 31
not true my skydiving altimeter said i hit 220 MPH but that was going head first. you are right that most people doing a tandem skydive hit 120 MPH for terminal velocity though but that is based on drag and how fat you are
Jan 14 2011 11:19PM
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CaliforniaDouble
Posts: 218 - Karma: 22
Sorry bud, but you're wrong on this one. You accelerate in the vertical direction slower than you would in a free-fall, but your speed is still increasing nonetheless (net >> vert).

Also, to whomever said terminal velocity is XXXmph... terminal velocity changes with your drag profile as well as air density. You reach it when the force of drag (slowing you down) equals the force of gravity (causing you to accelerate toward the ground). So if you're going headfirst or spread out is going to have a major effect on your speed. But if you're at a very high altitude where air density is low, you could go a lot faster than your standard 13 - 18k jump. Check out the Red Bull Stratos site for mind blowing info on a jump they are planning:
http://www.redbull.com/cs/Satellite/en_INT/Article/Risingtoachallenge--RedBullStratosArticles--RedBull-021242810648654
Jan 15 2011 12:02AM
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Static
Posts: 8496 - Karma: 4,090
no i'm not, if a mountain is in your way it's slowing you down.
Jan 15 2011 4:06AM
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Tripplesixty
Posts: 835 - Karma: 148
68.3 mph on my Garmin skiing a groomer last weekend
Jan 15 2011 5:10AM
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TheAtomicPunk
Posts: 111 - Karma: 14
I've gone to plaid a few times.

Jan 15 2011 10:25AM
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WikiWiki
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in my old car I was clocked at 158 at Road Atlanta just driving around and on the way home from my local hill I was car certified to 169 and my vbox read out 167

current car ive done about 145 with a lot more room to go

fastest I have ever been in a car however was either 175 in a 650 awhp gt3000 or 170+ in my neighbors z06 with spray


on skis I have no idea


Jan 15 2011 10:38AM
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Mr.Turtle
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67mph two weekends ago on my AR7s, looking to smash that PR this weekend on some SG skis
Jan 15 2011 11:13AM
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shrEddie
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i think this is wrong. my phone can tell my starting and ending altitude, and its very accurate(11,518ft for the top of e chair at breck, 9,609ft for the village). pretty sure gps systems use more than one satallite at a time, so they can measure distance in the x and the y.
Jan 15 2011 11:45AM
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skichicky3
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in a golf cart...
Jan 15 2011 11:56AM
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bryansbryan
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speed is like a women's orgasm. if you think it happened, chances are it didn't.
Jan 15 2011 12:14PM
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Jesus-FlwrSubaru
Posts: 1077 - Karma: 53
Telluride, Colorado
Milk Run (about 250 yards long, about 35-38 degree pitch)
Speed Gun
Race Suit
85 - 90
Jan 15 2011 12:17PM
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bryansbryan
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85-90 with a speed gun? shouldn't you know exactly how fast you were going? unless that was a shitty speed gun.

Jan 15 2011 12:41PM
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Corin
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I've done 117 kmph. No idea how many mph:s that is. Used a speed gun though, not a GPS.
Jan 15 2011 1:20PM
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hoodratz47
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ive hit76 on my old race skis.. my coach use a radar gun.... fuck it was scary.
Jan 15 2011 2:02PM
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Jesus-FlwrSubaru
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i wrote that as a potential speed, my friend was clocked at 88 back when he was like 120 lbs though and used to race, i havent done it wih a gun thoug
Jan 15 2011 5:17PM
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