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On Tue, 03 Feb 2015 15:22:38 -0800, lal_truckee
wrote this crap: "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. Wuss. This signature is now the ultimate power in the universe |
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On Tue, 03 Feb 2015 15:48:40 -0800, The Real Bev
wrote this crap: Ski fast -Take chances..... 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. Wuss. There's a run a Boyne Highlands that is listed at 5280 feet long. I've often timed myself at less than 60 seconds. My best is 50 seconds. This signature is now the ultimate power in the universe |
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On Tue, 3 Feb 2015 14:20:22 -0800 (PST), pigo
wrote this crap: Remember Ski deep -Make turns..... Fast is for when you're lazy, tired, or before you learn to turn. Deep is good. Wuss. This signature is now the ultimate power in the universe |
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BrritSki wrote:
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. The Stevens Pass ski app I've been playing with has put me at similar speeds on days I was on my snowboard and conditions were bad enough I knew I couldn't have gone that fast. I suspect they aren't very accurate. |
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On Wed, 4 Feb 2015 07:28:05 -0800, "Bob F" wrote
this crap: BrritSki wrote: 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. The Stevens Pass ski app I've been playing with has put me at similar speeds on days I was on my snowboard "Snoreboard"? and conditions were bad enough I knew I couldn't have gone that fast. I suspect they aren't very accurate. You couldn't have possibly gone as fast as a skier, poseur. Begone from this newsgroup, dumbass. This signature is now the ultimate power in the universe |
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On 2015-02-05 15:02:11 +0000, The Real Bev said:
On 02/04/2015 07:28 AM, Bob F wrote: BrritSki wrote: 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. The Stevens Pass ski app I've been playing with has put me at similar speeds on days I was on my snowboard and conditions were bad enough I knew I couldn't have gone that fast. I suspect they aren't very accurate. The GPS on my phone is flakey. I'm pretty sure I didn't top out at 253 mph on one run, but maybe I'm wrong. Still, it's better than nothing. I just wish I knew how to edit a .gpx file to remove ALL labels. I can get rid of the names, but the fix numbers stubbornly remain. Bev, I'd try editing the file with a text editor. |
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On 02/05/2015 10:48 AM, Alan Baker wrote:
On 2015-02-05 15:02:11 +0000, The Real Bev said: On 02/04/2015 07:28 AM, Bob F wrote: BrritSki wrote: 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. The Stevens Pass ski app I've been playing with has put me at similar speeds on days I was on my snowboard and conditions were bad enough I knew I couldn't have gone that fast. I suspect they aren't very accurate. The GPS on my phone is flakey. I'm pretty sure I didn't top out at 253 mph on one run, but maybe I'm wrong. Still, it's better than nothing. I just wish I knew how to edit a .gpx file to remove ALL labels. I can get rid of the names, but the fix numbers stubbornly remain. Bev, I'd try editing the file with a text editor. :-) Witchcraft stopped working a long time ago; pico is crude but effective. I removed the /name/ field, but I can't find anything in the .gpx filethat might be something that numbers the fixes chronologically or any other way. It might be google earth doing it, and there's no way on google earth to fix anything google earth doesn't want fixed. And while we're talking about fixing, why does it have to show lines so FAT? That, coupled with the numbers, makes GE nearly useless for this. -- Cheers, Bev "It is never fallacious to properly cite Donald Knuth in lieu of providing your own argument." --Sun Tzu |
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