On Nov 16, 9:17*pm, lal_truckee wrote:
On 11/16/10 11:56 AM, 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.

Was he wearing baggy clothes, and pants hanging around his ankles?
*
* Highest Speed on skis
* Simone Origone (Italy) 251.4 km/h (156.2 mph); Les Arcs, France, April
* 2006

Interesting that no recent speed skiing meets have achieved better
results? Formerly the record was creeping up yearly. Maybe FIS has
stopped holding speed skiing meets?

Maybe the snow hasn't been as good.