On Nov 16, 1:04*pm, gr wrote:
On 11/16/2010 2:56 PM, snoig wrote:

On Nov 16, 8:44 am, *wrote:
I was wondering; given the same snow and path; which is faster Skis or
Snowboards?
gr

Check the record book:
Highest Speed on a Snowboard
The highest recorded speed by a snowboarder is 201.907km/h
(125.459mph) by Darren Powell (Australia) at Les Arcs, France on 2 May
1999.

Highest Speed on skis
Simone Origone (Italy) 251.4 km/h (156.2 mph); Les Arcs, France, April
2006

Hey, good answer! Big speed difference!
Now to further question; is it the sq. inches of P-tex that makes the
difference? *For XC skis, the best gliders are the extremely narrow
racing skis (48mm wide!).
So maybe narrow downhill skis would be faster,
or narrower snowboard faster,
or a mono-ski faster than either!
gr

The skis used to set the raw-speed record are nothing like an everyday
sxkier would use to ride up the chairlift and boogie down through the
moguls.

I imagine the same would apply to the speedrun boards.