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Skiing switch at 80mph

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Lolocaust.
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If repost, let die.


Jun 21 2012 12:38PM
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MaryO
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Congrats. to Anders Backe!!
Jun 21 2012 12:48PM
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danderson.
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Pussy.
Jun 21 2012 12:55PM
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Online_Alien
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***Officially recorded by a Guinness official.

I can say without a doubt people have gone faster switch. They just don't have the ego to feed or money to pay for an 'official' to come verify the event.
Jun 21 2012 12:56PM
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Stose
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the sketchy part is when he reverts at the end
Jun 21 2012 1:04PM
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the.nile
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80mph is pretty damn fast. i would be surprised if too many people, if anyone, has gone that fast switch
Jun 21 2012 1:04PM
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corona
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I dunno about that. who do you think has gone faster switch? 128 km/h is pretty damned fast. At the hill I normally ski at you can`t even get going that fast with a full race setup.
Jun 21 2012 1:05PM
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corona
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great minds..
Jun 21 2012 1:06PM
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Tikayt
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I like how at 128km/h he makes a 180 to go back normal.. I would be a pussy to try going back normal at that speed !
Jun 21 2012 1:11PM
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eirikdl
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do you know it`s as fast as the downhill racers go forward?
I doubt that anybody has gone faster switch
Jun 21 2012 1:20PM
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Flying~Squirrel
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this is probably one of the kids who thinks he drops into a jump line going 60mph
Jun 21 2012 1:25PM
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I_Am_Mod
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people who think this isn't fast, 128kph switch is pretty damn fast, trust me...
most of you guys probably haven't even reached 128kph straight ...
Jun 21 2012 1:32PM
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Flying~Squirrel
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none of these kids have. if they say they are, they are lying. even pro downhill racers only get up to 80 on the absolute steepest sections of a course, when they are pretty much free falling. i did a few super-g events when i used to race, and the fastest ive ever been clocked was 62. thats with 188 skis, a speed suit, racing helmet, mouth shut, and pole straps taped. i was in the lowest tuck possible down the steepest section of the course, and i was terrified.
Jun 21 2012 1:39PM
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Mr.Gaga
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Tanner was prbly close to that record when he hitted chads switch. The landing too was realy close .
Jun 21 2012 1:55PM
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L.G.P.
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how the fuck can u reach 80mph. was he on like specially designed snow with specially designed skis?
Jun 21 2012 1:57PM
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forrest-cole
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super steep hill with really nice waxed up skis, plus straightlining. it's good to go
Jun 21 2012 2:00PM
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I_Am_Mod
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i think it's done on the landing of a skijump , just by the looks of it ....
Jun 21 2012 2:02PM
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Online_Alien
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that's too bad, you must ski on a small hill, I've gone around 70 mph multiple times on my normal setup.

how do I know? the sled I'm keeping up with has a friend and a speedometer.

and I know I've gone faster. and I'm sure if ive gone that fast, others have done so backwards.

hi haters.
Jun 21 2012 2:02PM
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JWeinstock
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holy shit that was fast
Jun 21 2012 2:11PM
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SKI.ING
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Thought the same thing. It made my knee ligaments twinge in fear.
Jun 21 2012 2:13PM
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Tikayt
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At my homemountain, Vars, is where the world championships of speed goes on so we have a nice place to take some speed. Well you can speed check yourself I got at exactly 97kph (i remember that day...)
And I was literally blown away !! Haha in my mind I was like "dude, imagine you fall or something..."

Really great but scary feelings. Couldn't imagine doing that switch !
Jun 21 2012 2:16PM
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a_burger
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pics or it didn't happen
Jun 21 2012 2:37PM
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a_burger
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scratch that vids or it didn't happen
Jun 21 2012 2:38PM
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the.nile
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so you were being towed by a sled? it was probably 70 kph which is something like 40-50mph aka nothing too special
Jun 21 2012 2:38PM
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russ.bar
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Hi.
You're fucking stupid.
Jun 21 2012 2:38PM
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whoa-dere
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yes the snow was designed just for this
Jun 21 2012 2:41PM
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Downtofilm
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I was going 98km forward and I thought that was scary...
Jun 21 2012 2:46PM
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Peter.
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imagine catching an edge on that revert back to forwards?

good lord
Jun 21 2012 2:48PM
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NWPA
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this quote is so stupid i dont even know where to start..
Jun 21 2012 2:52PM
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Pow.yuHdig*
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lol how old r u and where do you ski?

and wat mountain in the world would allow your frined to bomb down the hill on his snowmobile at 70 mph

thats probably even more ballsy than skiing 70 mph


Jun 21 2012 4:16PM
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maximiliaan
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136 last year:)but that wasnt controlled i was just like omg omg omg omg omg omg omg
Jun 21 2012 4:20PM
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I_Am_Mod
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i clocked 119 once in a slushy straightline (clocked with gps, i was so scared of catching an edge and dying :P
like really, anything above 100kph is damn fast imho ...
Jun 21 2012 4:24PM
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EmperorKuzco
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do want those purp slims.
Jun 21 2012 4:54PM
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Elg
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biggest one there is, actually. Vikersund, Norway
Jun 21 2012 4:59PM
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monkatizer
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so youre telling me you were bale to hit 70mph on skis, downhill. and somehow your friend was alongside you on a sled doing 70 also. you must have been on a groomed trail.

doing 70 on a sled down a hill is sketchier then skiing down at that speed

and... what the fuck mountain lets someone sled down with a skier right next to them?

you sir, are a fucking idiot

Jun 21 2012 5:03PM
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Brenone
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No jump at the end?
Pussy! hahaha jk

That was sick tho.
Jun 21 2012 5:14PM
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CrotchKiller
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i can say without a doubt, that is incorrect
Jun 21 2012 5:41PM
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ChasingFlakes
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he was not , if i can remember correctly he hit 58 mph? that's a far cry from 80
Jun 21 2012 5:54PM
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luc
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racers go up to around 148kph, but thats just on the highspeed sections of a very few races! i did 83kph switch and when i look back i wonder how i cuold even try...
Jun 21 2012 6:01PM
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250r
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people have gotten goin pretty fuckin fast in the backcountry straight lining lines switch. Some of them probably going faster than tanner even, but i have to agree that this has to be the fastest
Jun 21 2012 6:40PM
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E-fry
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Skiing a ski jump landing forward is pretty fast and a lot of fun but switch is just crazy.
Jun 21 2012 6:43PM
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Chubz.
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yep.

i'd probably catch edge and die.
Jun 21 2012 6:45PM
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Casper.
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You're dumb.
Jun 21 2012 6:49PM
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ikindalikeskiing
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My highest speed is 61mph straight lining forwards with atomic race skis and that was super scary
Jun 21 2012 7:26PM
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Malcolm
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Not sure if trolling

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Jun 21 2012 7:49PM
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NinetyFour
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If you were clocked that speed on a highway, anywhere in Canada, you would get a ticket. Folks, its fucking fast....
Jun 21 2012 8:02PM
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Age
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You know what is really stupid? The Imperial system. Stupid ounces and feet or yards or whatever the fuck it is. Metric system for the win! Show me the grams and metres my logical metric brethren!

Also, that switch straightline was baller. He should have done it in a thong though

Jun 21 2012 8:30PM
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--ski--
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That's really fast.

I'd love to find out the fastest I've ever gone.
Jun 21 2012 9:09PM
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danbrown
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i hit 72-74 at pc this year. pretty scary considering i was wearing baggy ass clothes riding beat to shit park skis.
Jun 21 2012 9:12PM
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wintersway
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second time ive seen something along these lines tonight. they were clocking him on chads and here is a shot of it.

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Jun 21 2012 9:37PM
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wintersway
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damn it!
Jun 21 2012 9:39PM
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