On May 7, 11:47 am, Excess wrote:
On Mar 30, 9:43 pm, "
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The latest ski speed record was set by Harry Egger in 1999 with an
astounding speed of 248.1 km/hr.
source:http://www.abc-of-skiing.com/speedskiing.asp
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World Snowboard Speed Record of 201.907 km/h was set by Darren Powell
in Les Arcs in 1999.
source:http://www.skiclub.co.uk/skiclub/gui...?intGuideID=22
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Grant Torrens set water-ski world record of 219 km/hr in 1977.
source:http://www.britishrewards.co.uk/foru...9331&sid=87a3d...
If anyone wants a go themselves, try the Flying Kilometre in Les Arcs.
Anyone can have a go and 150 km/hr is do-able for decent skiers. To
book your break in Les Arcs visithttp://www.skicollection.co.uk/default.cfm/loadindex.58
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Book your "break" at Les Arcs? LOL, maybe you should reqord that!