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YellowPants
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For those of you that don't have the luxury of reading 'Ski Canada', I thought I'd share some of the interesting facts from a recent article I found.

- Typical speeds were consistent at ski areas across the US with an average speed of 43kph (standard deviation of 11.2kph) and maximum speed of 83.7 kph
- 84% of skiers and boarders were in excess of 31.7kph and 16% in excess of 54.2
- Skiers go an average of 5.6kph faster than boarders
- Those with helmets go faster than those without
- Males go 6.4kph faster than females
- People, on the whole, underestimate their speed. This difference increases as speed increases.
- It took little effort to get three digits (107kph) on slow, spring snow




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Oct 21 2004 2:15PM
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SeanB
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that's interesting man, I've often wondered how fast I'm going sometimes when I'm just bombing shit, it feels pretty fucking fast but I have no idea what the fastest I've ever gone is.

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Oct 21 2004 2:22PM
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hellmut
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how do they get those stats. i mean people will be going different speeds in certain places
Oct 21 2004 2:23PM
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Papa
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the world record is like 250 kph, that's ridiculous






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Oct 21 2004 2:23PM
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Freeskier22
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cool, but in america we do mph




-even though i wish i knew how fast that was in realtion to mph
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Oct 21 2004 2:24PM
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SeanB
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that's cool but believe it or not we don't all live there. Oh and the metric system is the shit.

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Oct 21 2004 2:27PM
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Ahmets_Brother
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yeah i think i go like 70 mph when i pull the chinese downhill action



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Oct 21 2004 2:29PM
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Freeskier22
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chinese downhill = life


thats for democrats, and the stinkin liberals too
Oct 21 2004 2:30PM
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Freeskier22
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not really but its a ton of fun


thats for democrats, and the stinkin liberals too
Oct 21 2004 2:30PM
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metric system rules!!!
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Oct 21 2004 2:40PM
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srwinnsuco
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fuck that metric confuses us americans. And we know whast most important pleaseing us americans or we might just go and bomb your metric loving country's
Oct 21 2004 2:44PM
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srwinnsuco
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whoops left out system

silly me
Oct 21 2004 2:44PM
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AltaMan
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thats funny shit
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Oct 21 2004 2:51PM
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shagboy
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thats interesting
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Oct 21 2004 10:14PM
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offtrail
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i feel that ''us'' americans are ignorant for the fact that we don't use metric. the rest of the worls does, what make america that much better
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Oct 21 2004 10:25PM
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rynmartn
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thats cool but I don't know how to convert any of that MPH u freaky damn canadain


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Oct 21 2004 10:31PM
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Stinkey_egg
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hahah i have no idea how fast i really go but i just know im goin down really fast and if i fall im dead. and i don't understand the metric system im american...




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Oct 21 2004 10:35PM
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YellowPants
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What's with all the Americans being too incompetent to convert kph to mph? It's seriously not that hard....just divide by 1.6

Or just learn to use the metric system like the rest of the world.




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Oct 21 2004 10:53PM
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Tha_Grouch
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seriosously the world operates on the metric system.... Everything. The US is just dumb in that sense... and for those of you who say fuck it. Go a ski shop and ask them for a pair of PE's in like a 54 inch or something and see what kind of look you get back. The metric system is everywhere, its about time the US give in.


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Oct 21 2004 11:30PM
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airic
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everything makes sense up here... 0C it freezes, 100c it boils, 10mm goes into 1cm, 100cm goes into 1m, 1000m goes into 1kh... see what i meen?

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Oct 21 2004 11:40PM
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Oct 21 2004 11:46PM
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wiener
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i was clocked at 135km no helmet in a t-shirt
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Oct 21 2004 11:53PM
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ski_Crystal
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what's a kph??
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Oct 21 2004 11:59PM
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wiener
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kilometres per hour let me guess you are an american?
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Oct 22 2004 12:01AM
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IHOP
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ski crystalm needs to pay attention in school
Oct 22 2004 12:03AM
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Crystal-needs-a-park
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this is a very perplexing concept ive just realized. i spent 6 years racing, my top clocked speed was aroun 70 mph, the fastest being around 75 i think ( im small... this was a FIS DH on the womens olympic course at snowbasin... so it was fast enough). 70 felt pretty sketch, i was all racered out with downhill suit and 210s and such... and i was getting lots of fishing action in the skis... it was intense... so it seems hard to believe that 'its not hard to break 60' (which = about 100kph). then again, i built a step up in the parking lot at crystal last xmas... and the tow in required us to go 40... which was pretty much nothing... so how can 40 feel so slow and 70 so fast?
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Oct 22 2004 12:16AM
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Jib_This
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^sketchiness of the downhill suit, surface area/torsional stiffness/damping of the race ski, extra wind generated by high speeds, etc. Who knows?




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Oct 22 2004 12:18AM
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wiener
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i hit a step up a couple years ago at 90km/h and didnt make it
it hurt
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Oct 22 2004 12:19AM
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wrenegade
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at least you americans are consistant with the imperial system. those crazy brits use a combination of imperial and metric. plus they measure weight in stones. fucking nutty brits.




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Oct 22 2004 12:25AM
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wiener
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those brits are crazy they use stones so they sound less fat like saying you wweigh 12 stones doesnt sound alot but you are a fat fuck (if you are short)
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Oct 22 2004 12:28AM
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Mattman
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too fast....



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Oct 22 2004 12:55AM
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everyone learns engish across the globe why can't they follow the U S and use MPH




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Oct 22 2004 1:05AM
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SeanB
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yeah I never did get the whole stone thing

'Rufus, Brent, and Micus were like brothers to me, and when I say brothers I don't mean like an actual brother, but I mean it like black people mean it, which is more meaningful I think'
Oct 22 2004 1:06AM
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agentorange
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we should measure speeds in like feet per hour er something.. i mean everyone has feet.. its simple, its easy!
Oct 22 2004 1:09AM
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HG*Trubs and I got pulled over once by a patroller named Chris Moseley for skiing too fast on juniper jungle. then we asked him if he was related to johnny moseley. he wasn't impressed.


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Oct 22 2004 1:49AM
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i got yelled at by some lady for skiing by the chic pea switch last year.
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Oct 22 2004 2:14AM
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Epiphany
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Haha, Junpier jungle. The volly patrollers are retards. I've straigtlined from the top of Ptarmigan, Paradise and Summit. I have no clue how fast I'd be going but it's fast! I don't get how you guys know your speed? Are you just estimating, if so, I think you're off. Who really takes a speedometer with them when they go skiing? I dunno, maybe I'm just dense. Everybody has thought of checking their speed when they straightline but who actually does? (Without some race setup still up or something on some random day)


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Oct 22 2004 2:26AM
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avblackman
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england uses metric and imperial, its confusing
Oct 22 2004 3:08AM
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pales
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can someone change those statistics into mph?


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Oct 22 2004 6:20AM
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Smithy
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i used to get 'pulled over' by the ski patrol at winter park and steamboat all the time.

i think that stat about males going a bit faster than females should be reexamined and only studied on experienced males and females. cause i know alot of woman that go balls to the walls when they ride. but i do agree with the skier/snowboarder differences in speed.






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Oct 22 2004 7:41AM
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Crock360
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yeah i'll agree; metric system just confuses us stupid Americans....

All i know is there are times when i'm going fast. damn fast. Sometimes you get a reality check when you're flying down a run, and in the middle of a carve you leave the ground because you're going so fast and the snow dips enough for you to leave it, so then you're sideways about 6inches (what's that like...14 centimeters or something?)off the ground,and unless you turn it into a 180; you're screwed.
Oct 22 2004 9:18AM
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KRASHED
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funny I go as fast as possible without bombing the hill and ive never had anyone yell at me or get 'pulled over' by the speed police
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Oct 22 2004 9:40AM
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johnnypsunami
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i love how americans are like the only coun try still using their damn ancient measuring system but they thikn its still the best one...









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Oct 22 2004 9:42AM
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^I kinda agree with you, I like using inches when we do woodshop, maybe just because its something new.
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Oct 22 2004 9:50AM
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Triple_Strum
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so many stupid ignorant Americans :( (I am american, btw). The metric system is off the chains, both mathematically speaking and everyday usage. We are just too pompous to learn the system the rest of the world does, because ours works for us and we think we are the shizzla. oh well :) but yeah, I always underestimate my speed


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Oct 22 2004 10:22AM
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offtrail
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and to the person who said the world should all learn english... why? are we better than everybody else. they all lear english in school, but americans arn't required to actualy learn anything. i feel that it is ignorent to say fuck them they should speak english. i personaly feel that us americans, and canadians who don't speek french, should learn at least one language if not more. i personaly kinda am fluent in german, but i really want to learn french. mainly so i can understand all the french canadians. it is nice to know what people are saying around you.
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Oct 22 2004 10:53AM
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luckydevil
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For those of us in the states and have a little trouble with the metric system, here are those stats converted to US.

- Typical speeds were consistent at ski areas across the US with an average speed of 26.7mph (standard deviation of 7mph) and maximum speed of 52mph
- 84% of skiers and boarders were in excess of 19.7mph and 16% in excess of 33.7mph
- Skiers go an average of 3.5mph faster than boarders
- Those with helmets go faster than those without
- Males go 4mph faster than females
- People, on the whole, underestimate their speed. This difference increases as speed increases.
- It took little effort to get three digits (107kph/66.5mph) on slow, spring snow







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Oct 22 2004 11:37AM
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holyDINOSAURS
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metric makes so much more sense. i was going to say something else about metric and imperial but i forgot what it is now...

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Oct 22 2004 12:26PM
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skibunnie
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I've been clocked at 118 km/hr in a downhill. it was fun.
Oct 22 2004 12:53PM
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kinosoo
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metric is so much easer just move a decimal place for the next 'phase' CM M KM everyone uses it but the US
Oct 22 2004 12:56PM
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