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What speed do we hit when bombing??

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constpapa
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I've been wondering lately what speeds we hit when bombing down a steep run....I know super-g racers hit like 120 km/h so is it safe to say we probably hit 100? It's pretty crazy to think that fucking up at those speeds is like falling out of a car at highway speed !

Jun 13 2008 2:18AM
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bret
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a friend of mine had a gps tracker with him on the ski hill one day. we hit over 60mph just bombing straight down a steep blue. so yeah, around 100kph is possible!
Jun 13 2008 2:20AM
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skiingonskis
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i had like a radar gun once like 3 years ago and i went 55 mph, whatever that is in km/hr.
baggy clothes and unwaxed skis slow us down...
Jun 13 2008 2:22AM
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traylortrash
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gps is a good idea...  I've only tried it once and it was like at the end of the day on a blue like two or three years ago...  lol I hit like 42 so I'm pretty sure I could probably hit 50-60 now.  gps' are sweet
Jun 13 2008 2:30AM
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Holte
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I was clocked at 72 last season. I don't think it the fastest I'd ever gone, but I was definitely bordering on the edge of control. Sudden stopping would've been a problem.
Jun 13 2008 3:04AM
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Holte
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mph.
Jun 13 2008 3:05AM
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Literature
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We played with our freestyle team's radar gun one day a couple of years ago, and I went someplace over  60 mph. One of my coaches was in the 70's. Fun, fun stuff.
Jun 13 2008 3:31AM
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ryan.c
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eh, bombing into a jump is fast, but shooting out of a chute is much faster...
Jun 13 2008 7:16AM
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FUUUCK
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never really thought about it, I've gone as fast as my little hill would allow, dont think i broke 100km/h but I dont really know.
Jun 13 2008 8:51AM
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tommihq
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Now I need to get a radar or a gps in the winter.

Jun 13 2008 9:19AM
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danbrown
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I've hit around 60 tucking down a long steep trail at Stratton, but yeah baggy clothes definitely slow us down
Jun 13 2008 9:59AM
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teleTay
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yeah i wondered that too
Jun 13 2008 10:36AM
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bigolrig
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i think i hit 12mph at my hill once
Jun 13 2008 11:05AM
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screamin_seamen
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my friend almost hit 70
Jun 13 2008 11:40AM
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Rosbif
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That is so fucking Redbull, props!
Jun 13 2008 12:02PM
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Klick_2_klaim
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hmmmmm.... not fast on rockers thats for sure.
Jun 13 2008 1:03PM
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ButteredToast.
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I've always wondered this.
My hill is only about 400 vert, but theres one run you can get chuggin on if you sit on your skis.
Jun 13 2008 1:09PM
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Malcolm
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im going to clock it next winter. it sounds like fun

Jun 13 2008 1:14PM
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TheGreen
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wow 60 mph = 100 km/h so you went like 120 kmh
Jun 13 2008 3:35PM
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Pipe_Munky
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i've been clocked between 120-130km/ph on my race skis that get mega gnar at those speeds


Jun 13 2008 3:47PM
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Mr.LemonPie
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yeah, but my bet is he had waxed skis and a suit on once, when I was 11 (six years ago) I was clocked at 63 in a tuck and a speed suit...my coach broke 70, just about everyone else was between 55-65 though. I don't think I go much faster than that now even if I am bombing it cus my skis are never waxed and baggy clothes....
Jun 13 2008 3:48PM
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CBROOKS
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Yepp.. hit 58 at vail just casually skiing with my father, holding one of the gps receiver things.
Jun 13 2008 4:06PM
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eastAR5
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i hate KM/H

SPEAK ENGLISH
Jun 13 2008 4:08PM
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Kevski
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Tanner hit Chad's at 55mph when he did the sw9, so I'm sure some really high speeds are possible.
Jun 13 2008 4:10PM
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wazzucrewskier
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at my hill there is a slope that is close to like a 45 degree angle, and is about 3 or 400 yards long and people were clocked on the flats right after it going 85mph in a tuck with their gs skis on.  i have tucked that run quite a few times, and i would think i have gotten close to like 70 with my baggy shit on and elizabeths, and let me tell you those skis are fucking scary at speed haha.
Jun 13 2008 4:18PM
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sktrkdo7
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we high and mighty americans should be using the metric system dumbass...get a clue
Jun 13 2008 4:40PM
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constpapa
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Cool thanks for the responses....I'm gonna try the GPS idea next season
Jun 13 2008 5:24PM
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drumbumocdp
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people broke 80mph in the 70's by going straight down the head wall at tuckermans ravine... on 70's skis... thats flexing nuts
Jun 13 2008 5:29PM
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marc_sncl
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put yourself into our position, i started laughing when i first heard people talking about "feet" as a measurment!

i mean you guys hear it every day so it probably sounds normal to you, but its fucking rediculous.

+karma for the guy who likes the metric system
Jun 13 2008 5:33PM
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Klick_2_klaim
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Hey, Im as much a Metrican as any one, but I use feet all the time.

If I have to start measuring things in centimeters or Hectares Im going to have an anurism.
Jun 13 2008 5:34PM
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Peter.
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lol i've probably gone around 30-40 MPH, never really tried just seeing how fast i can go

its tough on center mounts lol
Jun 13 2008 6:12PM
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huge-go
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Those 70's skis are faster becaused they probably have no sidecut.  Get on a pair of 94 b-squads or something with like a 40 m turn radius and you will HAUL ASS.
Jun 13 2008 6:32PM
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DangerToes
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That's what I'm talking about
Jun 13 2008 6:41PM
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grifter
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GPS showed 68mph, the run was so slick that day...
Jun 13 2008 6:41PM
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BMskier
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what is the world record ski speed?


i read an article in a mag once abot it and these guys would bomb this straight hill on super long skiis in like these thousand dollar suits that didnt let air in.

can someone please inform me?
Jun 13 2008 7:47PM
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smuggs
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probably 150 mph
Jun 13 2008 7:52PM
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BEARS.
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my dad has a radar gun and [claim]clocked me in at 43 mph switch in like december.[/claim]
Jun 13 2008 8:12PM
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*DrewT*
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Well I've been on freestyle air sites with radar and the jumps are kinda small in comparison to some of the ones I've hit recently and we were clocking around 70 km/h.  Didn't even feel fast so I'm sure bombing a steep groomer you could get going 100 easily
Jun 13 2008 8:35PM
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freezed
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back when I raced, sometimes the coaches would bring out a radar gun. I broke 80 MPH at a super G training thing.
Jun 13 2008 8:40PM
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0123456789
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when i raced i got clocked at 45ish at 100lbs and on 165's, on my big super g's (201) and 130 lbs ive hit well over 60 close to 70 bombing.
Jun 13 2008 8:45PM
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Balto
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my coach clocked me at 69 mph in a downhill race, but i have done faster if im just straight lining it lol
Jun 13 2008 8:59PM
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Lemuel
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i probably broke 70 bombing mineshaft at Mt Snow
Jun 13 2008 9:02PM
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coolhandluke
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avoirdupois FTW
Jun 13 2008 9:11PM
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Franny
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For me, probably about walking speed. Maybe even jogging speed but thats pushing it.
Jun 13 2008 9:11PM
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T-Time
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My dad tells me stories from when he was a ski instructor at arapahoe around the early 80's. People would hike up the chutes with rubber suits and like 250's and would hit 120mph. When they fell though the rubber suits would burn up because of the friction.
Jun 13 2008 9:30PM
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asfffffffffdd
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i've clocked at 86 mph
Jun 13 2008 9:42PM
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TWoods
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THIS MANY!!!!!!

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Jun 13 2008 10:04PM
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alex.k.
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88mph and 1.21 gigawatts.
Jun 13 2008 10:31PM
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bsmith01
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I remember watching a speed skiing comp on Reevolution of Sports (such a sick show btw I wish they still had it) like 5 or more years ago.  Of course it was sponsored by redbull and they were hitting speeds around 150mph.  It was a incredibly long steep run starting off with a huge drop in off a giant redbull can.  As for me, Im not too of my top speed but I know I reached it on Keystone's Go Devil.  I would always try to turn at the top but it was way to icy for my dull edges and I would end up strait lining near the top.  I would guess I was going about 60mph.
Jun 13 2008 10:55PM
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powderhound100
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ya my friend hat a gps like 3 years ago or so. we just went straight down this blue, it wasnt that steep, but we just went straight the whole time. we clocked in at like 65 once. probably have gone faster since then.
Jun 13 2008 11:02PM
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skientrepreneur
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This gives a unique video feel for the speed as we straddled the picture camera.  We did the same thing down Lake Louise's Downhill run going twice as fast but that's on my brother's camera.
   http://media.nscdn.com/uploads/member/temp/12134123713_speed.MOV

Jun 13 2008 11:08PM
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