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Fastest you've gone on skis?

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Skiingsnow
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Probly a stupid thread but im bored, whats the fastest you've ever gone on skis? i got to use a pair of those GPS goggles in whistler and straightlined the saddle, clocked 135km/h
Oct 1 2011 3:14AM
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Steezyiott
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damn beat me to it
Oct 3 2011 10:03PM
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Mr.Huck
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Between 80 and 85 mph doing tuck tests on the landing hill of the 90 meter nordic jump at Howelsen Hill in Steamboat.

Craziest feeling speed was when a friend of mine and I ran the Junior Olympic Downhill course on these:

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60 to 65 mph on ski that are less then 2 feet long was an experience I never felt the urge to relive.
Oct 3 2011 10:09PM
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phelps
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I'm callin BS...On a relevant note 65-70 mph?
Oct 3 2011 10:09PM
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Davy.Crockett
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i wish i could clock my self. i would guess probably abou 55ish? 60? this year im gonna go so fast
Oct 3 2011 10:18PM
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Waldo-
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83mph, in wisconsin...
Oct 3 2011 10:27PM
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e.wait
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Retardedly fast. I'd say around 55mph.
Oct 3 2011 10:52PM
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crawley
Posts: 605 - Karma: 729
just because this thread has some insane claims, I'll clear it up- if you are claiming over 70mph you were most likely in a downhill suit and probably on super g skis or at least a FIS gs board, so you are kind of outing yourself as a racer
Oct 3 2011 11:20PM
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tbayjibber
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This is what I'm thinking one of the fastest speeds at Kitzbuhel in the straightaway to the finish for world cup downhill was 142km/h so to reach anywhere around that speed you probably have to be in a downhill suit with race boards
Oct 3 2011 11:26PM
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steezenskis
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ive been clocked at 75 mph by a phone gps but i dont know how reliable that is.
Oct 3 2011 11:30PM
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Krokodile
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Probably like 50.  I've heard you are usually going a lot slower than you think.  My dad used to race and said he once estimated he was doing 100 and he was clocked at 60 or 65.

50 is still pretty fast though.  I straightlined a pretty long black and was launching 60+ feet off these huge natural rollers on the green it connected to.  Granted I was only a foot or so in the air but it felt awesome.
Oct 3 2011 11:48PM
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oldskewl
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i been faster i promise - ask peaches how fast i been my man!!!
Oct 3 2011 11:52PM
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DIX~
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Definitely over 100km/h
Oct 3 2011 11:53PM
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Skiingsnow
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but they have just come out of a race course where they have to turn into gates, we are just finding a steep groomer and straightlining it
Oct 4 2011 5:11AM
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Freshbakedbread
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what pile of dirt did you do this on?
Oct 4 2011 8:38AM
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ndye
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Im callin shenanigans on the majority of these speeds
Oct 4 2011 9:26AM
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TheGnarwhal
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I borrowed my mates rossi world cups once.. They're scary as fuck
Oct 4 2011 9:46AM
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CKpolicy
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I have a really hard time believing anyone saying over 50 mph unless you have a speed suit on. This is based on clocking the super g speed camp at bristol.
Oct 4 2011 2:05PM
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PON3
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prolly 40 at THE most. If I do this at my local hill I can go from the top of the lifts to the bottom in like 6 seconds haha
Oct 4 2011 2:31PM
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ReignMan
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i wanna try a pair of race skis. my dads an ex racer so he has a shit ton of 12 plus foot skis. i bet ill go fat on those...
Oct 4 2011 3:01PM
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stupendous-man
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i straight lined hood from the top of bruno's /claim
Oct 4 2011 3:24PM
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Flying~Squirrel
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theres a whole lot of bullshit in this thread.

as it was said earlier, you need fast skis to fast. im assuming most of you ride 175ish park skis that you wax twice a year, and i dont think those could get much past 50mph under normal circumstances.

back when i used to race, i got clocked doing 62mph the one time i did super g, and that was pretty sick.
Oct 4 2011 3:36PM
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Mr.Huck
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In case anyone was wondering.
Oct 4 2011 4:18PM
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PON3
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This is why you are my favorite member.
Oct 4 2011 4:38PM
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Download-My-Apps
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please tell me this was on camera?
Oct 4 2011 4:42PM
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Balto
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was clocked at 74 in a DH race AFTER the fastest zone, so closer to 80
Oct 4 2011 4:44PM
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stickski
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75-80
Oct 4 2011 4:50PM
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shrEddie
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i went 74 mph bombing straight down peak 9 at breck this past season
Oct 4 2011 7:01PM
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all-i-do-is=ski
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I go mach 10 all day.
Oct 4 2011 7:06PM
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kamron_708
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Erryday??
Oct 4 2011 11:01PM
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J.M
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this. i always use the pair of skis with skulls and flames on them. i get an extra 5 out of my speed
Oct 4 2011 11:03PM
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Gknow
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67mph, made it 4000ft in 40s. Average of 65 roughly
Oct 4 2011 11:27PM
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Peach.
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I love you.
Oct 5 2011 11:29AM
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doGelyst
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9001 mph.....something like that
Oct 5 2011 11:58AM
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Pee_and_Ski
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straight running white heat at sunday river fast
Oct 5 2011 12:21PM
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tommyp1ckles
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this fast Click for larger image
Oct 5 2011 12:29PM
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Pipe_Munky
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i was clocked with a radar gun at 110km/h. kinda shitty but i ran out of hill
Oct 5 2011 12:57PM
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forrest1
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74.3 mph.  but thats the only time i tracked it.

it was off of Mt. Disney at Sugar Bowl Ca.

Oct 5 2011 1:00PM
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nkmo.
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Clocked 65 mph on phone GPS, slushy day on OneLifes. I assume I've passed 70 in prime conditions. For everyone claiming bullshit, its really not that hard. Just need a LONG steep groomer. Legs were definitely jello by the end.
Oct 5 2011 1:10PM
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forrest1
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I can't believe people don't wear helmutts.  DARWINISM???
Oct 5 2011 1:18PM
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crawley
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lazy troll is lazy?

Alright, I've had friends clock 75mph on phone GPS when in all honesty they might have been doing 45mph. Nobody has ever hit 65mph in park skis and a XL jacket in any conditions let alone slush. Maybe if you straightlined birds of prey or something you could hit 65, but that's the limit in a baggy jacket, period.
Oct 5 2011 1:20PM
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LittleFoot
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10 mph... swtich
Oct 5 2011 1:20PM
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williams
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we got up to 68 with park skis and our normal outerwear on. also important to note that that was at an east coast mountain.
Oct 5 2011 1:23PM
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Trojan~Man
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Damn right.
Oct 5 2011 1:26PM
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crawley
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clocked with a gun? thats pretty fucking legit if true, 68 is so fast people have no idea until they actually see it on the gun. Most people overestimate their speed by 30% until they get a run clocked with a gun. It's always humbling the first time you hear those numbers.
Oct 5 2011 1:27PM
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oil.
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clocked at 63 but i've definitely gone faster than that unclocked hahaha
Oct 5 2011 1:41PM
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whegrodamus.
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70mph @ mt high east /claim. Car gps
Oct 5 2011 1:46PM
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williams
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yeahh we brought a gun up on the hill one day. bombin groomers haha
Oct 5 2011 1:46PM
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danbrown
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clocked at 64 on a gun at stratton on stiff-er park skis
Oct 5 2011 2:32PM
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array.
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it was spring and slushy, so only like 50
Oct 5 2011 3:17PM
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KravtZ
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clocked at 73 mph straightlining standard on stratton
Oct 5 2011 3:35PM
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