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Quoting JenniferGarner from Jun 26 2012 3:40:07:
no it's pretty easy to get up to 98mph when you're being towed in by a sled, going down a ski run... it scares me to think about what will be forgotten by you kids in the next 3 years...

Quoting Jahseph.$ from Jun 26 2012 4:06:43:
The rage jump that spong overshot was at my home mountain, and I heard rumor from a patroller that the speedometer on the sleds read apron. 95mph when they were hitting it.

Quoting Jahseph.$ from Jun 26 2012 4:07:29:
aprox.

Quoting Nadia.$ from Jun 27 2012 3:29:15:
Alpine ski racing top DH speeds are like 130-150km/h depending on the course, which involve jumps. Ski cross has some pretty big jumps they hit at massive speed too. Anyone who has been to X Games and stood at the finish area and has seen how much further the SX guys were landing (on the flats waaaaay past tranny, Julia Murray landed past the finish line and put her chin to knee pretty bad.) vs. Ski Big Air will have some idea. They're definitely not going 130, probably more like 80km/h since buttermilk is flat. Other Steeper courses are faster though. Just going to throw it out there, going 100mph on a snowmobile is pretty damn fast, I can't say I've ever gone over 140KM/h on a sled and thats full pin across flat lake beds on an 800cc machine. 100mph = 160km/h and you have to factor in loft and vertical height, drop etc when trying to calculate distances like that. IE: We were hitting a sled booter late this spring, total of 180ft take off to landing (measured) and I can guarantee you we were not going that absurdly fast, it was just a suuuuuper lofty jump to bit of a step down. It's hard to get going DH Alpine racing speeds without the correct wax and a relatively aerodynamic suit. Not saying it isn't possible, but I think people tend to grossly overestimate how fast they are going, along with how big their drops are. Watch footy from Wengen or Kitzbuhel DH races, 140km/h is fast. Doubt you're getting those speeds on 160cm park skis and tall tees. These guys get going 140km/h in speed suits on 220DH skis that have hundreds of dollars of wax put into their bases over time and spend god knows how many hours next to mirrors and in wind tunnels perfecting the most aerodynamic tuck possible. The guys that speed ski for sheer speed? They wear plastic/latex suits and have crazy fins on their helmets legs and arms to reduce drag to attain those speeds.

Quoting Nadia.$ from Jun 27 2012 3:32:03:
Speedo's on sleds are notoriously inaccurate. They're based on how fast the track is spinning, and it will spin faster or slip/spin in place in icy conditions, hard pack or excessively deep snow, if it's slipping, it's not an accurate indicator of true speed. The track also cuts down into the snowpack as well before propelling the snowmobile forward. How you've geared your clutch/chaincase can alter this as well. A radar gun is going to be the most accurate method of judging speed, not the speedo gauge.

Quoting JenniferGarner from Jun 27 2012 10:14:04:
they used a speed gun... it was a 100ft. true channel gap and it was built horribly... it happened and its in a ski movie that didn't come out too long ago but yet you kids still insist that it didn't happen. are you all on bath salts or something? by the way your logic of comparing skiers to snowmobiles while in the air is impeccable.

Quoting JenniferGarner from Jun 27 2012 10:14:04:
they used a speed gun... it was a 100ft. true channel gap and it was built horribly... it happened and its in a ski movie that didn't come out too long ago but yet you kids still insist that it didn't happen. are you all on bath salts or something? by the way your logic of comparing skiers to snowmobiles while in the air is impeccable.

Quoting JenniferGarner from Jun 26 2012 12:40:14:
This is the nature of action sports, for kids to completely ignorant about their own sport. If anyone has the record it's Mike Wilson for being towed into the true channel gap at the park shoot for RAGE Films Corduroy. He was being towed in at just under 100 MPH, yes that's MILES per hour, and he kept overshooting the jump to the bottom. Here's the trailer with one of Wilson's overshoots. http://www.ragefilms.com/storeProduct.php?id=RP-024 Now can you kids go back to discussing something you know about like the personal lives of pro skiers? This thread is just painful to read through.

Quoting JenniferGarner from Jun 27 2012 10:14:04:
they used a speed gun... it was a 100ft. true channel gap and it was built horribly... it happened and its in a ski movie that didn't come out too long ago but yet you kids still insist that it didn't happen. are you all on bath salts or something? by the way your logic of comparing skiers to snowmobiles while in the air is impeccable.

Quoting AlexMartini from Jun 27 2012 1:40:41:
btw i still don't believe my eyes that andres went 80 switch, i went 70 forwards once and it was extremely fast, i can't believe his skis stayed on, that was incredible, i was also 15 and weight 60 lbs less when i went 70 so i guess it could be easier now, i think the WCS / sammy jump was probably a 50 mph in run and the transition going up the jump was tough to manage, going twice as fast would have blown my knees

Quoting RubberSoul from Jun 27 2012 1:43:26:
(assuming GPS apps are remotely accurate) going 70 mph period isnt too crazy (dont get me wrong, it's super fast but if youre a good skier and youre on a safe run it's not too much to handle at all) but hitting a jump anywhere that fast sounds like the most terrifying thing ever, which is why i started wondering about this

Quoting AlexMartini from Jun 27 2012 1:48:45:
i definitely think it would be much easier to manage now that I'm much heavier and stronger, but that chick claiming kids are ignorant to say its impossible to hit a jump at 100mph..... she is VERY ignorant

Quoting AlexMartini from Jun 27 2012 1:40:41:
btw i still don't believe my eyes that andres went 80 switch, i went 70 forwards once and it was extremely fast, i can't believe his skis stayed on, that was incredible, i was also 15 and weight 60 lbs less when i went 70 so i guess it could be easier now, i think the WCS / sammy jump was probably a 50 mph in run and the transition going up the jump was tough to manage, going twice as fast would have blown my knees

Quoting JenniferGarner from Jun 27 2012 10:14:04:
they used a speed gun... it was a 100ft. true channel gap and it was built horribly... it happened and its in a ski movie that didn't come out too long ago but yet you kids still insist that it didn't happen. are you all on bath salts or something? by the way your logic of comparing skiers to snowmobiles while in the air is impeccable.

Quoting Nadia.$ from Jun 27 2012 8:14:03:
Obviously you can't read, because I most definitely used examples of ACCURATE speeds in Skier-Cross, and Alpine DH racing for comparison. All I said regarding snowmobiling is that using the speedo gauge is VERY INACCURATE and cannot be trusted. Hence your logic for deducing skier speed based off of snowmobile tow-in is flawed. As for your sexist remarks regarding opinion/reception of your very flawed evidence being a result of you being negative because of your sex, I too am female, but I can back up my statements with fact. Claiming the "you all hate me because I'm female and right" argument is like crying wolf. Thanks for making it that much harder for the rest of us to be taken serious. DH races use speed traps and laser barriers placed at different distances on course, the time it takes for the athlete to enter and exit those two beams calculates their speed. I've raced the Nor-AM DH at Lake Louise and average speeds were 125-139km/h at the bottom of the fastest part of the course. That is on 225 speed skis, with dialed in wax, full tuck after a long sustained STEEP pitch that is WATER INJECTED, like an ice rink. In fact a course worker fell and slid the 800ft to the bottom of the hill and broke his leg it was so sketchy. That is shit your pants fast. You're trying to tell me a guy on park skis probably 2-3ft shorter than this in full baggy get up in the backcountry or on resort went over 30-40km/h faster than this? I just don't see this happening. Like I said, people tend to over-exaggerate how fast they go or how big their drops actually are. People claim they hit 30ft cliffs all the time, but stand on top of a 3 story house and tell me thats how much the cliff was, probably not the case. Similar regarding speed.

Quoting Nadia.$ from Jun 27 2012 8:14:03:
Obviously you can't read,

Quoting JenniferGarner from Jun 27 2012 7:15:59:
He hit the lip at 85 MPH, blasted off the lip, and was way the fuck in the air." welp i guess i was wrong, he was being towed in excess of 100mph

Quoting JenniferGarner from Jun 27 2012 7:15:59:
welp i guess i was wrong, he was being towed in excess of 100mph. and if you have a problem with RAGE's credibility, that's your problem and not theirs because they're out of business.