On 04/02/2015 00:48, The Real Bev wrote:
On 02/03/2015 03:22 PM, lal_truckee wrote:
On 2/3/15 2:18 PM, The Real Bev wrote:
On 02/03/2015 12:55 PM, BrritSki wrote:
On 03/02/2015 19:53, lal_truckee wrote:
On 2/3/15 10:45 AM, downhill wrote:
Remember

Ski fast -Take chances.....

Remember

Ski deep -Make turns.....

"To turn is to admit defeat" Hugh Grierson, RIP

"Hugh Grierson 1992 205.597 kph Les Arc France"

127 mph. Not all that shabby.

Record has crept on up, now 252.4kmh (156.8mph)
Simone Origone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLEEvDDpu1M

Not my cup of tea.
Although I have some 230 cm obsolete old Atomic DH skis that bounce and
rattle like a Model A until you hit 55-60 mph and they suddenly go quiet
and smooth and track and turn like they're on rails. I always stood up
to slow long before these skis would top out.

Best I've ever done is 53 mph, and that was several years ago. I just
can't count on being able to deal with it if some moving slalom gate or
piece of unpleasantly soft snow suddenly decides to dart out in front of
me.

My record is 87.3 kph or 54.25 mph (if smartphone gps's are that
accurate). Always done on the same red piste in Pila where it's usually
very quiet and there's a nice steep bit with no bumps and a wide flat
apron to run out too.

Thinks: must try the similar piste at Limone, but that's where I like to
attempt a 360 degree carved turn on snow and have succeeded a couple of
times